Irving Pool Builders provides professional pool leak detection & repair in Irving, TX for homeowners across the Las Colinas and mid-cities area. Pool leak detection starts with a bucket and 24 hours, and that part you can do yourself for nothing.
In an Irving July a pool gives up about a quarter inch a day to evaporation and that's simply the climate, but half an inch a day is a leak and worth chasing quickly. The water bill is the least of it.
A return line weeping under the deck is washing out the sub-base your concrete is resting on, and you'll meet that problem again in a year as a settled slab and a cracked expansion joint, which costs far more than the pipe ever would.
So do the bucket test first. Float a bucket of pool water on the top step, mark the level inside and outside, leave it 24 hours with the pump running normally, and compare. If the pool dropped more than the bucket, water is going somewhere.
Then tell us two more things, because they save you an hour of our labor. Does the loss stop when the pump is off, which points at the pressure side.
And does the water stop falling at a particular level, because a pool that drops to the skimmer mouth and holds is telling you exactly where its leak is. Finding the rest is the skilled part.
We isolate and pressure test each line separately so we know which circuit is failing rather than guessing, dye test the shell, skimmer throats, return fittings and light niches with the pump off and the water dead still, and run a hydrophone along the plumbing to listen for the escape.
That normally narrows it to an area the size of a dinner plate instead of a general suspicion about the deep end.
Skimmers are the most common culprit in Irving, because seasonal clay movement shears a rigid skimmer throat away from the shell and opens a hairline gap right at the joint.
Second most common is a light conduit, third is a return fitting that was never properly glued. Most repairs happen without demolishing your deck, either by replacing a section from the pad end or by relining the pipe in place.
Structural shell cracks are a different job and need stapling and epoxy injection, not a plaster patch. If the shell is cracked because of clay movement or a washout, resurfacing over it just hides the problem for one season and then you've paid for both.
One thing worth hearing before you call anybody. During a windy, dry, 105-degree week, an uncovered pool with an active spa spillover can lose a good deal more than a quarter inch a day and never have a leak at all.
A fair share of our leak calls turn out to be evaporation plus an enthusiastic family and a lot of cannonballs. Do the bucket test, then call. If it comes back clean, we've saved you a service fee and you've lost a bucket.
With 15+ years of experience, our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — gunite and shotcrete shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, glass mosaic and large-format porcelain tile, travertine coping and decking, variable-speed pumps, cartridge and DE filtration — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Irving and nearby communities including Coppell, Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville.
What We Handle
Everything our pool leak detection & repair in Irving covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of pool leak detection & repair work in Irving, TX. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- pool leak detection
- underground plumbing leak repair
- pressure testing suction and return lines
- skimmer throat and return leak repair
- shell crack and structural leak repair
- light niche and conduit leaks
- dye testing and hydrophone location
- spa and water feature leaks
- leak repair without deck demolition
- pool losing an inch a day
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Irving services.
Materials, equipment and how we do pool leak detection & repair
The difference between pool leak detection & repair that lasts and pool leak detection & repair that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with gunite and shotcrete shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, glass mosaic and large-format porcelain tile, travertine coping and decking, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Irving job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of pool work in the Las Colinas and mid-cities area means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do pool leak detection & repair outside Irving
Irving Pool Builders covers Irving and the surrounding communities of the Las Colinas and mid-cities area. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
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Start on the Irving Pool Builders homepage for a free estimate, or call (877) 730-2126 and describe the job.
Why Irving Chooses Irving Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building and servicing pools across Irving, Las Colinas and the mid-cities
- ✓Gunite and shotcrete construction, plus full remodels on pools we did not build
- ✓Experienced with tight zero-lot-line access, conveyor spoil removal and long gunite hose runs
- ✓HOA architectural review packets prepared as part of the job, not billed as an extra
Want a written pool leak detection & repair estimate in Irving?
Call (877) 730-2126 or send the short form — no pressure, same-day reply on most requests.
The standards behind pool leak detection & repair
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The pool leak detection & repair work we do in Irving follows published industry standards: Pool & Hot Tub Alliance publishes the ANSI/APSP construction and barrier standards, and American Red Cross water safety sets out the layered-protection guidance every pool owner should read. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every pool leak detection & repair project in Irving gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or the whole property. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (877) 730-2126 for a free pool leak detection & repair free estimate in Irving, or request a quote on our contact page and we'll get right back to you.