Brevard County
Pool leak detection in Palm Bay
Palm Bay is the largest city in Brevard County by both population and land area. Where the equipment pad sits well back from the pool, the line between them can be long enough to leak for weeks without any sign at the surface. Leak Locators East Coast serves Palm Bay, and we test buried lines as carefully as the parts of the pool you can see.
Method
How the leak is located
We isolate a buried line and bring it up to pressure to see whether it holds, then locate the leak through the ground with acoustic equipment. On a long line, that sequence matters even more: knowing the leak is somewhere in forty feet of pipe is not an answer, but knowing the exact foot is.
A Palm Bay visit normally follows this sequence.
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 in Palm Bay
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
Palm Bay is in Brevard County, immediately south of Melbourne. Melbourne is also a confirmed service area, 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
Do you cover Palm Bay?
Yes. Palm Bay is a confirmed service area, and so is Melbourne next door.
The wet spot in the yard is far from the pool. Could the pool still be the cause?
It can be. Water follows the easiest path underground and can surface far from where it escaped, which is why we pressure test the line rather than judge by where the ground is soft.
Could the leak be under the house rather than the pool?
Yes, that happens, and it is a different problem with a different test. Finding a failing water line under a slab is slab leak detection, which we also offer.
How much digging is needed to find the leak?
None. Locating the leak is non-invasive. Any digging is part of the repair, in the one place we marked.
Tell us about your pool in Palm Bay.
Tell us what you are seeing, and we will explain what it may mean and what a visit would involve.