Just use a ruler, note the water level on the pool step and bucket (check in the same spot like the middle of the bucket and a spot on the step). Recheck after 24 hours. If the level drops more in pool, you have a problem.
I know it is two late for comments but first I guess you have to shut off the water fill supply line and second where would the leak in the in-ground pool be. One would be the piping to the pump I suppose but are you saying the pool itself could be leaking into the ground?
No... there obviously is more total from a pool but the distance of the drop will be the same. ... if more surface area meant a pool would drop faster than a bucket, then lake Michigan would evaporate in a day. Doesn't work that way.
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I built pools for over 15 years and this is exactly how to do the good old fashioned bucket test. Thanks for sharing!
Great video and instruction
There are two kinds of pools one that leaks and one that will leak eventually
Just use a ruler, note the water level on the pool step and bucket (check in the same spot like the middle of the bucket and a spot on the step). Recheck after 24 hours. If the level drops more in pool, you have a problem.
I know it is two late for comments but first I guess you have to shut off the water fill supply line and second where would the leak in the in-ground pool be. One would be the piping to the pump I suppose but are you saying the pool itself could be leaking into the ground?
Also peeing in the bucket would skew results.
Excellent video!! So well explained!!
Thank you so much!!
THAT’S A LOTTA DAMAGE
This test is bunk. The water loss ratios of these two containers will always be different, no matter what.
Yeah the bucket test wouldn't work that well on an Olympic size pool. However it is helpful on a residential size pool.
You’re a dummy
there would be more water loss in the pool due to more surface area, wouldn't there be?
Believe it or not this test is helpful, but you're right. There is a faster rate of evaporation the larger the body of water.
No... there obviously is more total from a pool but the distance of the drop will be the same. ... if more surface area meant a pool would drop faster than a bucket, then lake Michigan would evaporate in a day. Doesn't work that way.
Dummy number 2
Also make ure that no leprechauns jump in and out of the bucket, cause that would skew the results as well.