Pool Leak – a how to fix.
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Steps to detect the actual leak and the products I used to seal the leak. I saved hundreds of $$$. Hope you have the same success
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Posted: January 21st, 2012 under swimming pool kits.
Tags: A+B epoxy, find leak, Fix, Fix pool, food dye, how to fix your pool, Leak, liner, liner repair, Pool, repair leak, repair pool, stop leak
Comments
Comment from mrhulot101
Time September 30, 2010 at 01:18
great video.
If you try the food color trick and still acn’t find the leak you can try making a simple hydrophone, check out this youtube video
How to make low cost Hydrophone FIND A POOL LEAK WITH HYDROPHONE KIT
Comment from richierich1283
Time November 14, 2010 at 00:45
brilliant and thank you
Comment from TimDavis1958
Time December 8, 2010 at 19:13
This is a perfect “soup to nuts” video on how to find and repair a leak. Thanks. Saved me over $700.
Comment from clivewoodrow
Time December 10, 2010 at 02:33
Thanks for all the positive comments. Glad this has been helpful to each of you.
Comment from 6066118
Time December 13, 2010 at 01:59
Never use A&B…It gets rock hard and when it’s time replace the light fixture you will need a hammer and a screwdriver to remove the A&B to be able to string a new light..That means you’ll have to drian the pool and work on it from inside the pool…What you want to use is “Beutal Tape” which is sticky and flexable and is made for leaky light conduits…
Comment from clivewoodrow
Time December 14, 2010 at 19:45
@6066118 Good to know. Never heard of this product nor can I find much on the internet. Do you have a link, url, etc to assist other folks when making a choice over the two products?
Comment from icimblind
Time May 1, 2011 at 00:45
Clever way to find the leak. Nice educational video.
Comment from david1836
Time May 10, 2011 at 09:51
Very clearly put together. Really useful. Thankyou. Makes me feel lucky that we do not have to truck the water in!
Comment from AtlanticLeak
Time May 24, 2011 at 01:00
Great Video and certainly worth the shot. If you still can’t solve your pool leak problem and live in New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, visit AtlanticLeak online.
Comment from variableventuri
Time June 12, 2011 at 04:34
A&B is perfectly fine to use in light niches for this type of repair and is a pool industry standard. No problems replacing the light either. As far as butyl tape or “dum dum” goes I would never use that product. It will fail rather quickly in a pool environment, Especially if you take the reflector out at the end of the season. Butyl tape (tar) was used for older style automotive windshields and other auto body sealing applications not constantly exposed to water, pressure and chemicals.
Comment from aquamanleakdetection
Time July 12, 2011 at 01:29
You don’t need to drain the pool to fix it! Remember the 2 part epoxy hardens underwater and then you can double check your work with the Dye..
Comment from 94SupraTT
Time August 14, 2011 at 23:34
Excellent video! I’m losing almost 2 inches a day. I plan on doing this to try and find my leak.
Comment from PsychedelicSexDream
Time October 11, 2011 at 18:43
mmm…. bisphenol A – endocrine disruption- in the hardener I’d wear gloves and a mask and safety glasses but thats just me.
Comment from MrBoobers
Time September 21, 2010 at 16:41
Thankyou, I just realized my pool has been loosing 4-5 inches a day. I am gonna try the food coloring tip. Great vid!