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We were called to repair a very sick swimming pool.

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This pool was losing about 10 centimetres of water per day. The first thing to do is to establish whether the leak is in a pressurised pipe or not. The water level is marked and the pump run for 24 hours. The level is marked again and the pump is disconnected for 24 hours.

The water level dropped three times further with the pump on, so the leak is in the pressurised pipe from the pump to the return jets.

There is no alternative but to empty the pool completely and confirm these findings with a pressure test using special equipment. ALL the pipes were tested like this and only the pressurised return pipe was found to be leaking.

The next job therefore is to excavate these fittings in the pool from their furthest point from the pump and working backwards until a problem is found.

Because the surrounds to this pool have been recently re-tiles, we decided to do this from inside the pool.

The pipes between jet one and three had a number of problems, which are shown in the following images. They include root entry because the original joints were not properly made and obviously never tested.

Pipes had been exposed to large rocks and the installation was generally awful.

Whoever built this pool knew nothing of how a pool should be built.

The pool was probably built cheaply, but the owner is paying dearly now.

The rocks had cracked one pipe, but it had been leaking for years as you can see from the corroded steel bar (left).

Luckily the pipe leading back to the pump room (right) was tested and found ok. This means that for the moment anyway, further excavation won't be necessary.

The repaired pool wall fibreglass is then carefully patched and the pool is then ready for cleaning and re-filling. The pool is now back in commission, it looks very similar to before but now, it doesn't lose water.

The pipes between jet one and three had a number of problems, which are shown in the following images. They include root entry because the original joints were not properly made and obviously never tested.
Pipes had been exposed to large rocks and the installation was generally awful. Whoever built this pool knew nothing of how a pool should be built. The pool was probably built cheaply, but the owner is paying dearly now.
The rocks had cracked one pipe, but it had been leaking for years as you can see from the corroded steel bar (left). Luckily the pipe leading back to the pump room (right) was tested and found ok. This means that for the moment anyway, further excavation won't be necessary.