Why fix a leak?
Water is very valuable and so are your pool chemicals. Depending on the size of your leak, you could be using twice as many chemicals that are needed. It can also cause excessive saturation of the soil around your house and that can be bad for your foundation. When a pool or spa has a leak, fresh water must be added, sometimes continuously. Since tap water has so much less chlorine than is required by a pool or spa, it dilutes the pool water. This means that sanitizers (chlorine, bromine, etc.) must be added in greater quantities with increased frequency to compensate. PH and other factors are also greatly affected, requiring frequent adjustment with acids or carbonate. All this constant re-filling and chemistry adjustments can make a pool seem like a liability instead of an asset. So, water loss is expensive and damaging. The damage caused can start a “domino” effect as the leak damage progresses. A continuous small leak can eventually erode supporting soil behind the shell of the poo
