American Leak Detection came out....what do you think

[chrisexv6]

If you are going to abandon the line, its more important to know which line is leaking than it is to know *where* the line is leaking. In my case, we never did find where the leak was, we just cut the existing line short of the return and ran a new one. Ran the new line 99% in my yard, with the minimum amount of line necessary running under the concrete. This way next time (please no next time?) I can just dig it out of the yard and replace.

As far as losing water when the return was plugged, our leak did that too. Turned out that the plug itself was leaking, so its very possible you only have one issue. Then again, its also very possible whatever caused this issue has caused another one as well. Plugging all other openings (like it seems you are trying) is the best way to narrow that down.

-Chris

[AndieP]

As far as plugging both end of the return...I don't know...he did take a piece of the pipe off over at the filter (and just left it off )

So it seems finding the exact spot of the leak isn't that important? Just the pipe that it is in. Which, I suppose has been done. It seems abandoning the line is the only option since they were unable to find the spot of the leak. They drilled probably 5 or 6 holes around the concrete, which I guess did not help.

I think I will get quotes from somewhere else on just running a new line out and around the yard from the existing jet. It's a long way...about 100ft but going the other way would mean tearing up more concrete b/c the yard ends and the porch begins after about 30 ft.

So, is our best bet to try to get this fixed first and then deal with any further leaks afterwards? This is an older pool .... probably about 25 years old so other leaks could be possible (hoping not)

Thanks for your continued help....we are fairly new at taking care of and learning about pools so this problem has thrown us for a loop.

[sevver]

Maybe it is time to run all new lines then, What do you have, two returns and two skimmers?

[AndieP]

Maybe it is time to run all new lines then, What do you have, two returns and two skimmers?

1 skimmer, 1 return, and apparently a main drain that has been plugged. The previous owners just told us "there is no main drain." There is something that looks like a main drain that has a plug in it.

[sevver]

If you were going to run one new line, then the cost of getting someone to run the other one while they are there could be minimal, you should look into it.