Hello everyone,
Many thanks for the great info in this forum.

Can anyone please help with the following? I have searched the forum and so far not found the specific answer.

Our pool suddenly -- over 2-3 hours, anyway -- lost about 12" water down to the level of the Polaris supply pipe. The Polaris supply comes through a horizontal 5' x 2" PVC segment going level and straight out from the side of the pool to a 90 degree elbow. This entire pipe has been dug/exposed and the only apparent defect is not at a connector but is about 3-4 inches inside the mouth of the pipe at the plastic Polaris connector, a crack about 1/8 by 2 inches in upper wall of the pipe, within the portion of the PVC pipe that passes through the concrete of the pool wall.

It looks like it's from shear stress as the underground segment of the pipe flexed and the concrete held the last few inches immobile.

So, long back story...now a question: what's the best substance, like Permatex/Form a Gasket, Blue Glue, silicone sealant etc. to apply to the crack inside the PVC pipe that would plug the leak?

I'd like to try the easy way first, before thinking about complete pipe replacement.

Thanks!


22,000 gallon IG Gunite pool
DE screen-type Anthony VA-52 vertical filter
Polaris automatic pool sweep