Pool Leak Detection in Columbia, SC

Find the leak before you start digging.

A pool that keeps dropping is not just a water bill problem. Water escaping under the shell or through a broken return line will wash out the soil around your pool, damage your deck and slowly undermine the structure. We locate the leak first, exactly, so the repair is small and the fix actually lasts.

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What You Should Know About Pool Leak Detection

Columbia summers push pools hard. Between heat, heavy use and the clay-heavy soil around the Midlands, leaks here tend to show up at the same few places: skimmer throats, return and suction lines, light niches, and cracks in the shell where the ground has shifted.

Guessing is expensive. Plenty of homeowners get talked into replastering an entire pool or digging up a whole run of plumbing when the actual problem was a single fitting. We use electronic listening equipment to hear water escaping through the pipe wall, then confirm it with pressure testing and dye testing before anyone touches a shovel.

Some water loss is normal. In peak Columbia heat a pool can evaporate a quarter inch or more per day. Part of our job is telling you honestly whether you have a leak at all, and we would rather tell you that you do not than sell you work you do not need.

Pool Leak Detection performed by The Leak Geeks in Columbia SC

What's Included

Electronic listening equipment locates leaks precisely
Pressure testing of pool plumbing lines
Dye testing for visual leak confirmation
Structural shell inspection
Equipment pad and return line testing
Written findings so you know exactly what was found and where

Warning Signs

•Water level drops more than about a quarter inch per day
•You are adding water far more often than last season
•Soggy, sinking or unusually green ground near the pool
•Cracks appearing in the deck or coping
•Air bubbles coming from the returns when the pump runs
•Autofill running constantly, or a jump in your water bill

Recognize any of these?

Call and describe what you're seeing. We'll tell you honestly whether you need us out there.

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How Our Pool Leak Detection Works

A clear process, so you always know what's happening and why.

Confirm the loss

We measure actual water loss and rule out evaporation and splash-out so we know we are chasing a real leak.

Isolate the system

Plumbing lines are isolated and pressure tested one at a time to narrow the leak down to a specific line or the shell.

Pinpoint it

Electronic listening equipment and dye testing mark the exact spot, usually within inches.

Explain the options

You get a clear picture of what is leaking, where it is, and what the repair involves before any work begins.

Pool Leak Detection Questions We Hear a Lot

How much water loss actually means a leak?

In Columbia heat, a quarter inch a day can be normal evaporation. Consistently more than that, especially with the pump off, usually points to a leak. We measure it properly rather than guessing.

Will you have to break up my deck or drain the pool?

Almost never for detection. The whole point of electronic detection is finding the leak without tearing anything up. In most cases the pool stays full and the deck stays intact.