Chris and Catherine Sears measure the water loss, pressure test every line, listen under your deck and dive the shell. Upstate South Carolina, western North Carolina, northeast Georgia and Gainesville, Florida.
A leak can sit in the shell, a fitting, the plumbing under the deck or the spa that shares the water. We test them in order, so nobody digs until we know where.
NAUI-certified SCUBA inspection
Standard, infinity edge, custom and commercial pools all go through the same process: confirm the loss, inspect the basin, pressure test, listen, then report.
Residential in-ground pools
Backyard pools and the spas that share their water. Liner punctures and simple epoxy and vinyl repairs found on the visit are patched then, at no additional charge.
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Vanishing edge and catch basin
An infinity edge spills water by design, which hides a real leak. We measure the loss against the day's evaporation, then pressure test the whole plumbing system, catch basin lines included.
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Rock work, waterfalls, raised spas
Waterfalls, raised spas and rock work add plumbing nobody can see. Every line gets pressure tested and the shell gets a dive before anyone talks about pulling rock.
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Apartments and community pools
Apartment and community pools, from Piccadilly Apartments in Gainesville to the Big Ivy Community Center in Barnardsville. The findings report goes to the manager or the board.
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inch of water a day, heater off
The Aquatrace Promise
If your swimming pool is losing half an inch or more of water daily, without a heater in operation, and our team fails to locate the source of the water loss, you get a refund for the service.
If the pool keeps losing water after the first assessment, we reserve the right to a no-cost revisit, for example to run evaporation tests. And separately from the refund: when we arrive, if a leak is present in your system, we will find it.
2 in.
A week. That is the rule of thumb: if you are adding more than two inches of water a week, you may have a leak.
Check your own pool first“The next day I dug the area and found breaks in both lines EXACTLY where he said they would be, I was blown away at the accuracy!!”
“Great company! Chris fit me in a couple days after we spoke and was able to find my leak pretty quickly. I had been looking for it a while without luck. Highly recommend these guys!”Kyle Brookshire, Google review
The job, opened up
Some leak detection companies outsource the work, and some are simply not equipped to go into the water. We do both halves ourselves: the plumbing above the waterline and the shell below it.
The full processOn the deck
Acoustic listening devices, pressure testing gear, water level sensing equipment, electronic basin testing, dye, and the SCUBA kit.
At the waterline
A baseline measurement against the day's evaporation index, and a final one after testing and repairs. The loss is measured, not guessed.
On the floor
The pool and spa basin, inspected from the deck and, when the shell needs it, from underwater with photographs. Did we mention SCUBA? Yep! That too! Chris is a NAUI scuba instructor, and Catherine is NAUI certified.
In the lines
The filtration system and then the entire plumbing system, put under pressure line by line until one of them will not hold.
Under the deck
Listening to the problem. Water, air and specialized listening devices trace the underground plumbing beneath your decking, so you dig in one spot instead of tearing up the whole deck.
In your inbox
A digital copy of the findings report, emailed after the inspection. Simple epoxy and vinyl repairs are done on the spot at no additional charge.
Rates depend on the type of pool, so we do not publish a price list. A short phone consultation gets you a real number.
All questions
Fair Play, SC · Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Have these handy for the phone consultation and we can quote you properly:
Toll-free (888) 896-AQUA or email aquatraceleak@gmail.com