How To Perform Dye Pool Leak Detection Test

Have you been noticing the signs of leakage in your swimming pool off late? Do you think you should confirm the leakage first by yourself before you call for any underwater pool repair service provider? Then we are here to help you out in finding the possible leakage in your swimming pool through a simple dye leak pool detection test.

This simple test can be performed easily with the material available in and around your house and also doesn’t take much of your time and energy. Before that you need to buy some testing material like a special dye for pool leak detection and an applicator syringe, which is easily available at any pool equipment supply store. However, you can also check your swimming pool repair kit may be syringe is available in that too. If you are too lazy to buy things especially for pool leak detection test then use any kind of red liquid and a dropper bottle from your swimming pool maintenance kit for conducting this simple test that doesn’t require the involvement of underwater pool repair service provider.

Most of the people misunderstood this simple dye leak test and believe that only putting a handful of dye in your swimming pool can help them in finding the leak. In reality, the actual technique of finding the leakage through this test is considered to be more complicated rather being conclusive. Still, it is one of the most common types of pool leak detection test performed by both home owners and leak detection service providers to identify the leakage.

The concept of pool leak detection dye test is to basically confirm any kind of suspected leakage in your swimming pool manually. In this test you apply a few drops of red colored dye on the suspected area from where you think water is escaping. The dye will stay there predominantly and will also slowly start to diffuse after 2-3 minutes. With the gentle rocking of the water in the swimming pool the dye will start mixing with the pool water. However, if there is a leakage the dye will stick rock with the pool water motion and will still diffuse within 2-3 minutes but it will also be pulled into the possible leakage outlet and not just diffuse in the water.

The bigger the leakage, the more prominent the dyes mark on the pool wall to confirm your suspected leakage.

Author's Note

The author writes a lot about pool leak detection. He also shares information about underwater pool repair.