Main drain issue

[Lefty17]

Hello ,

My main drain apparently has a leak, my pool is almost empty but there is water in the deep section. Had a pool service stop by today to take a look. He pulled back the cover and examined the liner and there was no tear. He told me it was the main drain and that I should plug it up, and a repair would require replacing the liner. My pool is 45k gallons and i will be renovating my yard in 2 years looking for any feedback.

Thank You

[Denniswiseman]

I would look to temporary plug the main drain to make sure the leak is in it before plugging it permanently as repairing a leak in the main drain would be an enormous task

[Teapot]

Dennis that is what I am working on at the moment only a concrete pool with a glassfibre skin over what was the old tiles I believe so going very carefully.

Lefty, there are two possibles, either the main drain has failed which should be evident from a Leak Trac diagnosis follewd by a dye test or it's the pipe that's leaking, so a pressure test should be carried out on the pipe run to the main drain. There are specialist companies that can seal leaks in pipe work without excavation.

[Lefty17]

Thanks for the responce , I will look for someone to come in when I open and test the plumbing.

[Teapot]

No worries, maybe you could pop back and let us know how you got on?

[Lefty17]

I have someone coming down next week , I will follow up with everyone.