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I had a leak in the bottom of our gunite mosiac tile covered pool and was able to find it by lowering the water level to about 1 foot then dropping red dye slowly around the perimeter of the pool. The dye headed straight to the leak. We fixed the leak and have not had a problem since. To find a leak in a vinyl you can use the red dye,although the easiest thing to do is call your pool dealer and have them come and with a leak detector.Then use a clear patch or scrap piece of your liner(always cut in the shape of circle).
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∙ 16y agoPerform a bucket test first to see if you actually have a leak. Add some water to a 5 gal bucket place it on top step of pool ( water in bucket should be at or close to level with that of the pool water out side the bucket. Mark the water levels. With the pump running, monitor in 12 hrs. If pool water has dropped more than the water in bucket you have a leak. Try again with the pump off for comparison. If they drop at the same rate = no leak(possibly).
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Perform a bucket test first to see if you actually have a leak. Add some water to a 5 gal bucket place it on top step of pool ( water in bucket should be at or close to level with that of the pool water out side the bucket. Mark the water levels. With the pump running, monitor in 12 hrs. If pool water has dropped more than the water in bucket you have a leak. Try again with the pump off for comparison. If they drop at the same rate = no leak(possibly).
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Why is pool filter is leaking but the pressure is not too high?
because the leak releases pressure?
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oil leaking out of the muffer and the air filter oil leaking out of the muffer and the air filter oil leaking out of the muffer and the air filter oil leaking out of the muffer and the air filter
What kind of caulk do you use to fix a pool filter?
You cannot caulk a swimming pool filter of either stainless steel, fiberglass or plastic. Does this filter have a crack in the main body? Is this filter leaking at the flange or where the two main components come together? How old is the unit? It may be covered under warranty. Ken
Why is my pool cloudy?
Any particles in your pool can cause cloudiness - for example, dead algae. To eliminate it, most pool stores sell a "clarifier" - the one I sell is blue - which will get the particles out of your pool, or "alum" or "floc", which will bind the particles together, making them heavier, dropping them down to the bottom of your pool. You can then vacuum them out with your filter set to waste. If you have a DE filter, and you add a white powder to your skimmer sometimes, it is possible that your filter is leaking DE back into your pool and you need to replace the grids inside it.
Do you know what the problem might be if a swimming pool drains when the filter is on?
Backwash valve is leaking by. More than likely it is a bad oring inside the valve. Or it was not place back into recirc mode completely. or you may have a leak on the return side of the filter. That includes all the plumbing from the filter or heater to the pool. The back wash valve may be obvious if the waste line ends close by. The back wash valve should be placed in the "filter" mode not the "recirculation" mode. K
Leaking oil around the filter housing?
Which filter housing? Air filter, oil filter, fuel filter?
Will a 4000 gallon per hour filter type pool pump be strong enough to run a pool vacuum with hoses?
Need to know what horse power you are thinking of. B T W the pump is not the filter. The filter is the large tank.
Can alum be used to clean an above-ground baquacil pool whose sand filter is leaking sand into the pool?
Alum is a floculent and these are often used to settle excessive amounts of dirt to the bottom of pools the are available from pool shops. It sounds like you will need to replace the laterals in your sand filter first so that you don't have this problem in the future. Take care vacuum the settled dirt and flock to waste do not put it through the filter.
If the pool was leaking 1 2 hour the pool has leaked 7 8 gallon of water how many gallons of water per hour is the swimming pool leaking?
If a pool was leaking for 12 hours and leaked out 78 gallons of water in total, then it would of leaked out 6.5 gallons every hour. This is a math problem.
How do you know which is the inflow from the pump and whch is the ouflow to chlorinator on a Ranger series sand filter?
Starting at the pool first is the static skimmer then the leaf basket then the hair filter basket on the inflow side of the pump then the pipe from the pump to the filter then the pipe from the filter to the pool return The chlorinator sits on the pool return pie at the highest place in the system.
How do you store used pool filter sand in the winter?
Don' know how to store used filter sand, but a good question none the less :)
How is much water shoud you loose in a inground pool?
The question is imposible to answer as it is a physics problem with too many variables such as relative humidity, wind speed, surface area, etc. If the question is how do I know if my pool is leaking or not, that we can answer. Pool & Spa
