chocaholic22

The swimming pool does not have any shade on it all day, so therefore gets max heat from the sun. Would this justify having a hose pipe trickling water into it all day long, or could the pool be leaking?

We initially asked for clarification from the owners at the start of the buying process, but they keep just saying it's not leaking.

Any advice welcome.

Thanks.

lyric030250

My pool, which is never totally in full sun, looses about 1cm a day in these temperatures.
It hardly looses any water in winter.

Fred James

Our loses a lot in the summer - over 1cm on some days. It also depends on the humidity - if it's very dry the rate increases.

Ours is topped up automatically every day.

You can test for a leak by putting a container of water next to the pool and seeing how fast that goes down - if the pool goes down faster you may have a leak.

CapnBilly

Our pool gets the sun all day from 10am until about 8pm. Last week I topped it up, and this week I had to add another 5 cm ( just over 2 tiles). This is normal in the high summer, plus it's also been windy, and this also affects the levels. I used to think mine was leaking.

chocaholic22

Thank you for all the helpful replies. They have put my mind at rest.

The Beast

Just raise the ball cock on the water inlet and see how much to pool goes down over 24 hrs!

chocaholic22

Thanks for the advice- haven't a clue what you mean, but I'm sure my hubby will know. I thought they only had those in toilets!

lyric030250

You will only have one if it auto fills and from your original post it sounds to me that it does not.

chocaholic22

Okay- thanks for that info.

The Beast

Yep....Well spotted!