New Member, old pool, long time lurker

Hello everyone I just wanted to introduce myself I have been a long time lurker of this forum. I have an older pool built in 1984 and its around 33k gallons. The only issue I have at the time is a slow leak that I haven't had been able to find. I've done the bucket test so I know its more than evaporation. I'm probably going to hire someone to find it for me but I do have one question before I do that. Next to my pool on a hill I have one section where the grass is dead could this be cause by the leak? This has been going on for years now and the ground seems to be dry and the grass very brittle so I confused about this. Any insight is appreciated.

Mike from Texas

I've never seen ANY evidence of pool water hurting grass . . . so I'd say, "No".

Chemical spills are another matter.

Welcome Mike. Like I just said in another post, good luck getting someone out to look at a leak, especially this time of year.

Does it leak down to a certain spot and stop? Stop adding water and watch this. It's an easy first step to determining your leak. A tangent to that, does it only leak when the equipment is running?

How much water are you losing?

You're doing good to look for external signs (dead grass, though pool water isn't the cause). Any sunken areas?

I haven't noticed any sunken areas and it leaks even when the equipment isn't running according to the bucket test. I would say I'm losing about 1-1/2 inches a week.

I haven't let it get below the skimmer to see if the leak was in the lines or pool itself so I'll test that next.

Thanks everyone for your responses!