Measure the water loss
If it is safe for the pool and equipment, run a 24-hour bucket test and write down the pool drop and bucket drop separately.
Pool Plumbing Pressure Testing
Pressure testing isolates plumbing sections and evaluates whether they hold pressure. It is one of the most useful ways to distinguish an underground plumbing issue from shell, fitting, evaporation, or equipment-side water loss.
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Symptoms
Problems this service helps solve
- No visible leak, but the pool keeps losing water.
- Air bubbles appear in returns or the pump.
- Wet soil appears along a buried plumbing path.
- A builder, repair company, or property manager needs line confirmation.
What Echo tests
- Line-by-line isolation where plumbing access allows.
- Air or water pressure evaluation based on the system and conditions.
- Documentation of lines that hold and lines that do not.
- Follow-up locating when a line fails testing.
What to expect
- Accessible plumbing is identified and isolated first.
- Results narrow the problem to a specific plumbing section.
- Failed lines can then be located more precisely before excavation.
What the test can and cannot determine
- Complex plumbing, inaccessible valves, or shared manifolds can limit isolation.
- Pressure testing confirms a section is losing pressure; separate locating may be needed for the exact underground point.
Relevant service areas
Before the visit
Useful details to have ready
Good notes help Echo choose the right tests sooner. They do not need to be perfect, and they should never put the pool finish, pump, or anyone's safety at risk.
Use the evaporation checkerNote how the system was running
Record whether the pump, spa, spillway, water features, heater, or autofill were on during the measurement period.
Photograph visible clues
Take pictures of wet soil, deck cracks, loose fittings, air in the pump basket, equipment moisture, and the water level where loss slows.
Keep recent changes clear
List recent repairs, resurfacing, storms, backwashing, draining, refilling, or plumbing work so the appointment starts with useful context.
Common questions
Is pressure testing destructive?
The test itself is non-invasive. Excavation is only considered after testing supports that a buried line has failed and locating narrows the likely area.