Quote Originally Posted by terpsucka View Post
Any luck? I appear to be losing about a 1/4 inch a day, never had it go down even close to this quickly. I will also try the test, but won't be able to let it sit long enough until Tuesday... long time for an impatient guy like me to wait!!
Welcome to the forum!

There's a nice little phrase here called POP (Pool Owner Patience) - you seem to need some

Pool water issues usually take a while to become evident, if it took a month to get to the problem stage, it's gonna take more than a day to fix it! As Ben espoused in the Pool Solutions site, there is NO magic chemical you can add to the pool to immediately correct a problem

What it boils down to is - follow the advice here, have patience and then you'll have a pool that will no longer give you problems - as Carl says "2 - 5 minutes a day" (spent on maintaining the chems) will keep your pool sparkling and hassle free

The POP also is required for the open bucket test (though I'd prefer to see a 'vessel' test first - the vessel test is where you plug all the lines to and from the pool, mark the waterline and see if the water drops more in the pool than in the bucket, this helps to identify if the pool shell/ liner is leaking or if it's in the plumbing) If the vessel test is OK, you know to look into the plumbing for the leak - I'll tell you how to 'homebrew' a pressure tester for the lines {actually I think Al has already posted his method}

I'm more than willing to spend some time and help the posters here find the source of their missing water! It's just easier if y'all do your homework and do the prescribed tests first Heck, for the low, low cost of $0, I'll give you my best advice on how to fix the leak, once it's identified