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Some of the possible leaks our technicians will check during the leak detection process.

Under Ground Plumbing

1- Return pipes
2- Polaris Pressure pipe
3- Infloor Cleaning system pipes
4- Aerator pipe
5- Deck Chlor pipe
6- Deck Chlor static line
7- Skimmer Pipe (1 or 2 pipes)
8- Main Drain Pipe
9- Leaf trap Pipe (1 or 2 pipes)
10- Quick Skimm pipe
11- Quick Skimm Static line
12- Automatic Cleaner Sucion Pipe
13- Wips
14- Water Fall pressure pipes
15- Water Fall suction pipes
16- Water Slide pressure pipe
17- Pool Seat Jets
18- Deck water sprays
19- Spa Return lines
20- Spa Jets
21- Spa Air Lines
22- Spa Bottom Water Fountain
23- Spa Skimmer Line
24- Spa Main Drain Line
25- Spa Jet Suction Line
26- Pool or Spa Light conduit
27- Spa controls mounted on the tiles
28- Solar Heater Pipes
29- Heater Pipes Under ground at the equipment
30- Pipe between the infloor cleaning gear box and filter under ground
31- Old canceled lines not connected to anything
32- Pipe between the spa and pool, equalizer line
33- Cracks in the threads on any pipe ending

In the Pool or Spa shell

1- Around all returns between the plaster and the pipe
2- Around all suction lines, especially the ones on the wall
3- In the light counduit
4- Between the light housing and the housing ring
5- Between the light housing and the plaster
6- Light ground screw
7- Crack in the plaster or pebble tec
8- Tile grout crack
9- Crack between the tiles and plaster (or pebble, fiberglass...)
10- Around the drain cover rings and inside the rings
11- On the old return eyeballs with 3 screws, the screw holes may leak
12- Below the boulders
13- Fake boulders
14- Umbrella holder
15- Crack in the retro-fit caretaker pop-up housing
16- Around the pop-ups
17- Spa spill over tiles, grout or crack in the wall
18- MDX drains, between the black and white plastic parts
19- Leak under the deck when the spa overflows to the pool
20- Around the equalizer line
21- Water fall cracks in the shell or boulders
22- Screw holes in the drain covers





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Above Ground Plumbing:

1- Salt cell unions or any unions
2- pressure side pump
3- filter top
4- filter bottom or side crack
5- Jandy Valves or ball valves
6- Pop-ups gear box fastener
7- Pop-ups gear box and pipes connection (glue)
8- inline chlorinator connections
9- inline chlorinator top threads
10- pump seal
11- pump gasket
12- plumbing joints, couplings...
13- Inside the heater
14- Solar Heater pipes
15- Backwash valve

Skimmer for Pool or Spa

1- Between Skimmer and Tiles
2- Cracked Skimmer
3- Black Bottom Skimmer
4- Cracked Tiles in the skimmer
5- Tile Grout in the skimmer
6- Skimmer/pipe joint (threads or glue)
7- Water Level is higher than the skimmer opening

Water Leveler for Pool or Spa

1- Water Leveler Box
2- Water Leveler feed pipe
3- Water leveler float overfilling or broken and keeps filling
4- Static line between leveler and pool
5- Foulty electric water leveler (fills constantly)
6- Water leveler set too high on pools with negative edge
7- Water leveler set too high in the spa that overflows into the pool

Back-flow problems

1- Raised spa back-flowing into pool
2- Pool back-flowing into negative edge troth
3- Negative Edge troth back-flowing into a back-up tank
4- When Water Levelers are shut off, water can backflow from raised spa into pool or negative edge troth

Other problems

1- Negative Edge troth not big enough to support overflow from the pool
when there is to many people in the pool
2- Negative edge
3- Leak around the spa jets air switch on the side of the spa

Vinyl Liner Pools

1- Tear in the vinyl
2- Screws in the steps, returns or skimmer
3- Connection between the vinyl and any fitting, skimmer, steps, light etc...

 

 

 
     
 
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