Pool Leak Detection

Swimming Pool Leaks

Pool Water loss can have serious short and long term implications, from increasing running costs to serious subsidence, leading to possible costly pool shell and building damage. Pools can naturally lose water for some perfectly acceptable reasons, whilst other water loss could be due to wear and tear or failure of pool pipework, equipment, pool shell or liner issues. Losing more than 25-30mm of water per week could indicate a probable leak.

*Leak detections are highly specialised, we would recommend that it is only to be carried out by professionals registered MISPE and SPATA associated.

Some Common Causes of pool water loss:

> Evaporation – Caused when the temperature of the pool water surface is above the air temperature.

> Wind speed across the water surface will effect outdoor pools, whilst air humidity can effect indoor and out pools.

> Sealant deterioration.

> Chemical corrosion.

> Fracturing of pool shell due to ground movement.

> Pipe work & fittings – over time pipe work and fittings became brittle and are easily fractured or broken.

> Back washing – water loss when cleaning filters, this is perhaps the most significant natural water loss.

> Water loss outside of the pool due to bathers exiting the pool/splashing.

How To Identify a Leak Yourself

Before spending money on a survey, there are a number of tests that you can carry out yourself just to identify whether or not you actually have a leak before we visit to conduct our survey. The main test to carry out is a bucket test. BUCKET TEST:

Bring the pool water to its normal level.
Fill an empty bucket with pool water to about one inch from the top of bucket.
Place the bucket on the first or second step of the pool. (To keep it from floating away it may be necessary to place a few bricks or rocks into the bucket.)
Mark the water level inside the bucket.
Mark the water level of the pool on the outside of the bucket.
Operate the pool for 24 hours as it had been operated when a leak was first suspected.
After 24 hours, compare the two levels. If the pool water (outside mark) goes down more than the inside water level, there is probably a leak.

Our Leak Detection Procedure

After you have identified a leak, It is unlikely that you will be able to determine the source of the leak yourself, but don't worry! We are here to deliver a specialist pool leak detection service to locate and fix the problem.

To start the ball rolling, please email our team on info@poolleakdetection.co.uk with your contact details, your address and a brief description of your pool, or fill in the 'get a quote' form at the bottom of the page.

We will then forward you a questionnaire to fill out about your pool which will enable us to assess the services you require, confirm leak detection survey costs and book an appointment for your survey.

After we have received the information about your pool our team will confirm an appointment for your Leak Detection Survey and we'll take it from there!

Our Leak Detection Surveys consist of the following tests:

Full pipework pressure test.
Full inspection of plant room equipment.
Full visual inspection of pool and shell fittings (underwater).
Full visual inspection of pool enclosure/building and surround/report.
Full dye test to suspect areas to confirm water loss to the same.
Leak Track 2000 electronic survey (liner/fiberglass pools only).
Thermal image camera survey (pool needs to be temp for results).
Camera Survey where possible.
Acoustic survey.

We then submit our written report within 7 days which will include our findings from the survey, our recommended remedial works and any associated costs.

We carry out any ''minor'' repairs, if possible on the day of the survey at no additional cost!

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