Any Swimming pool experts?

[Chilli]

Is there some kind of mechanism that controls the water level? No matter how much we fill ours up, it drops to a certain level, then stops. It stops about 1cm above the filter vents, which is about 3 or 4 inches from where I thought it should be.
So, if there is such a thing, can it be adjusted, or is it now too late since it's up and running?

Cheers.

[cuneus]

You have a leak

[M-J-B]

cuneus said:

You have a leak

My immediate thoughts too!

[Mattt]

You've got to stop bombing in the pool Nick and splashing all the water out

[Chilli]

Mattt said:

You've got to stop bombing in the pool Nick and splashing all the water out

Eh? With my slender profile, I hardly make a ripple mate!

I've been saying since day 1 that it's leaking, but the guys that installled it say otherwise.

[M-J-B]

Chilli said:

I've been saying since day 1 that it's leaking, but the guys that installled it say otherwise.

They are telling fibs

Ask them to explain where the water is going!

[cuneus]

Chilli said:

Mattt said:

You've got to stop bombing in the pool Nick and splashing all the water out

Eh? With my slender profile, I hardly make a ripple mate!

I've been saying since day 1 that it's leaking, but the guys that installled it say otherwise.

Ask them to explain where the water is going (It's a leak)

[Chilli]

Time and time again, they have said it's the sun evaporating the water (Dubai based). Time and time again, I have asked them why it stops at a certain level. A mixture of plain stupidity and the language barrier means this conversation goes round in circles, until I get the 'ump, refuse to talk to them, and get the Mrs invoved.

[daveparry]

Plant some shrubs/flowers around the edge of the pool, they will indicate where the leak is by shrivelling up where there is no water! and you may get roots coming back through the leak.....may take a while......alternatively could you use a dye?

[Chilli]

Thing is, it's in the middle of a tiled floor ie no plants, dirt/sand.

[Matt Harper]

Really easy to check for evaporation vs leak.
Place a bucket with a rock in it (to hold it down) on the first step and fill the bucket so it's level with the pool water. If the pool is leaking, the level in the bucket will be higher than the level in the pool after a day or so.
I was convinced that my pool was leaking, but it proved not to be the case. You can lose a lot of water through evaporation.

[eliot]

Matt Harper said:

Really easy to check for evaporation vs leak.
Place a bucket with a rock in it (to hold it down) on the first step and fill the bucket so it's level with the pool water. If the pool is leaking, the level in the bucket will be higher than the level in the pool after a day or so.
I was convinced that my pool was leaking, but it proved not to be the case. You can lose a lot of water through evaporation.

Good tip. pitty I dont own a pool though.

[Mr AJ]

eliot said:

Matt Harper said:

Really easy to check for evaporation vs leak.
Place a bucket with a rock in it (to hold it down) on the first step and fill the bucket so it's level with the pool water. If the pool is leaking, the level in the bucket will be higher than the level in the pool after a day or so.
I was convinced that my pool was leaking, but it proved not to be the case. You can lose a lot of water through evaporation.

Good tip. pitty I dont own a pool though.

Want to go halves on a bucket and rock with me?.

[Chilli]

Excellent idea that. Cheers.

[JM]

Do you have any pics of it?

Could it be you are over-filling it and it is the dropping down to a level that the auto top-up is set at, or elese the auto-top up (if it has one) is set too low. Or there is a leak at the very top of the pool.