HELP - leak maybe? advice

[pmdelage]

If the pool has a main drain with a hydrostatic valve consider whether the valve has lifted due to pressure of ground water when pool water was low. Sometimes when this happens trash gets in the valve and it does not close completely. Simple solution is to swim down and lift valve momentarily and hope trash is flushed out as valve closes. Then wait and see if that solves the problem.

[xoroniox]

If the pool has a main drain with a hydrostatic valve consider whether the valve has lifted due to pressure of ground water when pool water was low. Sometimes when this happens trash gets in the valve and it does not close completely. Simple solution is to swim down and lift valve momentarily and hope trash is flushed out as valve closes. Then wait and see if that solves the problem.

Thanks for your help, so to check this i would swim to down to the main down, does it matter if the filter system is on or off? and open the main drain cover and check for the valve because i am not sure if my pool has that valve or not. if it does lift the valve and close it and hope that does something.

[pmdelage]

Thanks for your help, so to check this i would swim to down to the main down, does it matter if the filter system is on or off? and open the main drain cover and check for the valve because i am not sure if my pool has that valve or not. if it does lift the valve and close it and hope that does something.

I would think that any IG pool that has a chance of ground water being higher than pool water will have a hydrostatic valve. This is what keeps the pool from becoming a boat and rising out of the ground if the ground water gets higher than the water in the pool. You might go to a pool store and get a look at one so you can see that it is a spring loaded one way valve that should let water in but not out. Mine is part of the main drain box. Good luck, Paul

[xoroniox]

I would think that any IG pool that has a chance of ground water being higher than pool water will have a hydrostatic valve. This is what keeps the pool from becoming a boat and rising out of the ground if the ground water gets higher than the water in the pool. You might go to a pool store and get a look at one so you can see that it is a spring loaded one way valve that should let water in but not out. Mine is part of the main drain box. Good luck, Paul

hey ok im gonna head over to my local pool store to get a look @ it anyway even if it has nothing to do with my problems with is a very important thing for me to know about because i drained my pool not 2 long ago for another reason and i was very scared about the "boating" issue IG pools here in florida have so i didnt drain it all the way anyway thanks for your info ill get on that.