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Bucket test for pool leak.
By filling the bucket close to the top.
The bucket test will determine if water loss in a pool and or spa is due to evaporation or a leak.
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This test requires you to fill a bucket roughly two thirds full and place it on a step of your pool.
Setting it on the first or second step of your pool should suffice.
You can do a number of tests yourself to determine if your pool is leaking.
How to do the bucket test bring the pool water to its normal level fill an empty bucket with pool water to about one inch from the top of bucket.
Immerse the bucket in the pool to about 5 inches.
By filling the bucket close to the top.
Place the bucket on the first or second step of the pool.
Bring pool water to its normal level.
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Mark the water level inside the bucket.
Bring the pool water to its normal level fill an empty bucket with pool water to about one inch from the top of bucket.
To keep it from floating away it may be.
Place the bucket on the first or second step of the pool.
The bucket test enables pool owners to assess water levels that may indicate a leak.
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It is important that the bucket does not move and that the bottom stays flat.
To keep it from floating away it may be necessary to.
Here are the simple steps for the bucket test.
Bring pool water to normal level 2.
Using a 5 gallon bucket fill it 1 inch from the top with pool water.