Brevard County
Pool leak detection on Merritt Island
Merritt Island lies between the Indian River and the Banana River, in the middle of Brevard County. With water on both sides, it is easy to blame damp ground on something other than the pool. Leak Locators East Coast serves Merritt Island. We start by confirming whether the pool is actually losing water, then find where, because a wet patch of lawn looks the same whether the pool is fine or a line is leaking.
Method
How the leak is located
We treat the pool as several separate systems rather than a single unit. Skimmers, returns, the main drain and the shell fail differently and sound different, and testing each one in turn narrows a general suspicion down to a specific location for the repair.
A Merritt Island inspection follows these steps.
Detect
We confirm the pool is losing water and rule out evaporation. Then we isolate each plumbing line and pressure-test it; a line that will not hold pressure is the one with the problem.
Locate
Acoustic listening equipment narrows the leak down to one point along the line, and we mark the surface above it. Nothing is opened to find the leak.
Repair
The repair needs only a small opening at the marked point. If you schedule it with us, the same crew that found the leak makes the repair, and your written report covers what was tested, found and fixed.
Our services on Merritt Island
Select a service to see how the work is done.
- Inground Pool Leak Detection
- For concrete, gunite and fiberglass pools. We find where the pool is losing water before any repair is chosen.
- Above-Ground Pool Leak Detection
- For above-ground pools: the liner and its bead track, the skimmer and return connections, the hoses and the equipment.
- Inground Vinyl Liner Leak Detection
- For inground pools with a vinyl liner: the liner, its seams, its fittings and the buried plumbing behind it.
- Commercial Pool Leak Detection
- For HOA, hotel and community pools, with written findings a board can use.
- Slab Leak Detection
- Finding leaks under a concrete slab without opening the floor.
- Spa Leak Detection
- Finding where a spa is losing water, including a spa that may be draining into the pool.
- Commercial Pool Repair
- Repairing located leaks on HOA, apartment and hotel pools, scheduled around pool use.
- Inground Pool Leak Repair
- We repair leaks in inground pools, using the smallest opening that will do the job.
- Vinyl Liner Pool Leak Repair
- Repairing tears, seams, bead track and fitting leaks in vinyl liner pools. We do not replace full liners.
- Spa Leak Repair
- Repairing the leaks we find in spas, quoted free once we know what is broken.
- Pool Inspections
- An independent, written assessment of the pool, including before a home purchase.
- Pool Resurfacing
- Replacing a pool surface that has failed, rather than coating over it.
- Pool Painting
- Repainting and coating an existing pool surface, without replacing it.
Service area
Coverage
Merritt Island is in Brevard County, between the Indian and Banana rivers. Cocoa, Cape Canaveral and Rockledge are also confirmed service areas, and the Brevard County page covers the whole county. A travel fee may apply for locations 45 minutes or more from Melbourne, Florida. The amount varies by location, so please call for pricing.
Nearby areas and services
Is Merritt Island in your service area?
Yes, along with Cocoa and Cape Canaveral on either side of it.
How do I know it is a leak and not evaporation?
Look for consistency. Evaporation varies with the weather and with pool use, while a leak loses water at about the same rate whether or not anyone is swimming. If the level keeps dropping regardless, that points to a leak.
Does the pool need to be full?
Yes, and clean enough to see into. Draining the pool removes the evidence the inspection depends on.
Can you check the water lines in the house too?
Yes. Finding a failing line under the slab is slab leak detection, which we also offer. It is a separate test from the pool work.
Tell us about your pool on Merritt Island.
Tell us what you are seeing, and we will explain what it may mean and what a visit would involve.