Leak Detection

Pool Leak Detection

A simple test can tell if water is being lost from the pool through normal evaporation or from an actual rupture somewhere in the pool wall or piping.

Take a five-gallon bucket, fill it with pool water and set it in the pool on the first or second step, making sure the rim is a few inches above the surface of the water. This assures that the ambient and water temperature conditions for our tiny test pool (the bucket) are the same as the large one we’re investigating.

Now mark the water level for the water in the bucket and the wall of the pool. After 24 hours, the drop in water level in both the bucket and the pool will be the same if there’s no leak. If the big pool has lost more than the little test pool, water is escaping through a leak somewhere.

Contact Central Jersey Pools with the results and we will offer a recommendation on whether you need pressure testing of the lines or a scuba diver to determine the cause of your leak.