Performing a Swimming Pool Leak Detection Dye Test by Your Own

Performing a Swimming Pool Leak Detection Dye Test by Your Own

Content  Introduction  How People Understood the Dye Test?  Check Suspected Area  Spray Dye  Detect the Leaky Place

Introduction  Keep your pool clean and maintaining it in a proper way

can make you and your family to be happy.

 If you have identified that your swimming pool loses more

water than normal, then probably it may have leaks.

 In this situation, you need to detect the leak places and

repair it as soon as possible.

 Dye test is a quick and easy method to find out swimming

pool leak by your own.

How People Understood the Dye Test?  Most of the people doesn’t aware about the concept of dye

test.

 Many of them believe that the swimming pool dye test is,

you put the dye liquid in the pool and somehow it detect the leaks.

 But, this is not an actual way to conduct a dye test; and to

perform a dye test, you should purchase the required equipment.

Check Suspected Area  Before starting a dye test, you should manually check the

suspected leak area in your pool.

 For example, if you suspected that water is escaping from

the liner of your pool underwater, then it is best place to start dye test from this area.

 Fittings, skimmers, returns, cleaner line, lights, steps and

the corners are the commonly suspected areas of the pool.

Spray Dye  You should need special dye, applicator syringe, red liquid

and dropper bottle to conduct this swimming pool leak detection method.

 After confirming the suspected area, you need to spray four

to five drops of dye (red food coloring) directly adjacent to the area where you suspect the leak is.

 You should do this process all the suspected area in your

swimming pool.

Detect the Leaky Place  After spraying the dye, you should wait a few minutes to see

the water slowly move in the pool. If there is any leak in your pool, then the red dye will pull into the leak.

 The larger leak in your pool, you can see the dye is being

pulled into the leak.

 This is the best way of performing a

swimming pool leak detection dye test around the skimmer and light gaskets.