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Posted on 8/4/22 at 3:18 pm to
Posted by MEd LSU
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 3:18 pm to
Can you feel a squishy action where the floor meets the wall?

Use some goggles to check all the wall fittings skimmers lights etc

Turn off the pump get in pool alone and squirt some phenol red around the fittings. If it is a leak you can see the red leak out. If the red dissipates that area sn’t leaking. Check the step are really well

Good Luck and ask more questions if needed

I have been around the pool business since 1978
This post was edited on 8/4/22 at 3:25 pm
Posted by Python
Member since May 2008
6317 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 7:01 pm to
Yep, spongy where wall meets floor in deep end. Liner losing its seal so some wrinkles form in the shallow end. I’ve been down this road many times before. It’s either ground water or a liner leak. Highly likely it’s a liner leak.

I tested water that I suck out using the behind the liner drain that was put in when the pool was built. Very, very small amount of chlorine but ground water has no chlorine so that tells me it’s a leak. Although the chlorine could be coming from the first burst of water from the pool when I switch the valves over to the liner drain.

Either way, I know about the dye test, but my point is that even if I know where the leak is coming from, I still need a recommendation for someone to fix it. Have you used Sibley? Do they handle things like this?
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