Sunday 3 January 2010

The leaking Pool





---- were the water usually is


---- after 24hours of leakage (and its a big pool)

We had been away from Spain for the whole of December and only got back on the 1st January. We had been in the UK all of that time, doing family things and other ex work-related tasks. We were both glad to get back.

Things looked perfectly normal, however, The Lady of the Villa checked the electricity meter (hardly moved) as we had switched everything off bar the alarms and the fridge. The water meter was a different thing it had registered that we used 4.5 cubic meters of water per day while we were away. How? nothing was left on and there were no leaks in the house.

The meter was still going round after we checked everything in the house, that left the pool. Sure enough the auto fill on the pool was going. Again Why as the weather was not hot enough to evaporate the water. We closed down the auto fill and waited a day.

As expected the pool level dropped (see photo). This meant that while we were away the pool, which, is buried in the ground, had sprung a leak (where the water was going I don't know) and had been auto filling.

The total cost over 200 euros to be found in our next bill.

I have called out some pool people to find the leak. Hope they get here soon before the pool empties.

1 comment:

  1. Greetings and not what we expected very disappointed not to have received the call to help. Have you checked the pump area. Not wanting to add to your mystery but the Lexus has a bigger hole in the exhaust than when you removed it from me. Will investigate when it is above freezing.

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