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Real pool leak detections and repairs from our crews around Southwest Florida, with photos from each job.

Drain with its cover missing

Pool light niche leak detection in Cape Coral

A Cape Coral pool was losing water. The plumbing passed its test, and our dye test found the leak at the pool light niche, which had been patched with epoxy several times before.

October 13, 2026
Finished skimmer throat with new plaster

Skimmer throat repair in Cape Coral

Our repair crew rebuilt a leaking skimmer throat on a Cape Coral pool. The pool only had to come down about 1,000 gallons, and it was ready to refill the next day.

October 13, 2026
Skimmer lid in a reset paver deck

Skimmer replacement under a paver deck in Fort Myers

Our repair crew replaced a leaking skimmer on a Fort Myers pool with a paver deck. The pavers came up, a new skimmer went in with new plumbing, and the pavers went back down.

October 12, 2026
Deck patched around a new skimmer lid

New pool skimmer installed in Fort Myers

Our repair crew replaced the skimmer on a Fort Myers pool. They set the new skimmer level, tested the lines before closing it up, and patched the deck around the new lid.

October 12, 2026
New pool skimmer with a level on top

Skimmer replacement in Rotonda West

Our repair crew replaced a leaking skimmer on a Rotonda West pool, re-plumbed it, set it level and patched the deck and skimmer throat.

October 10, 2026
Pro Pool Team bucket test animation title screen

Pool bucket test: leak or evaporation in Southwest Florida

A lot of our calls start the same way: the pool is losing water, and the homeowner isn't sure if it's a leak or just the Florida sun. A bucket test answers that in 24 hours, and it only takes a bucket and a marker.

October 10, 2026
Finished pool skimmer with its basket in a paver deck

Skimmer leak repair on Fort Myers Beach

A Fort Myers Beach pool had a leaking skimmer under a paver deck. When our repair crew took it out, they found out why: it had been forced into place when the pool was built.

October 8, 2026
Paver deck reset around the new skimmer lid

Skimmer replacement in North Fort Myers

Our repair crew replaced a leaking skimmer on a paver-deck pool in North Fort Myers. Here is how the job went, step by step.

October 8, 2026
Finished spa with the repaired jets

Spa jet leak repair in Naples

A Naples spa was leaking around its jets and one return, the kind of leak that is often patched with epoxy and comes back. Our repair crew fixed each fitting properly.

October 6, 2026
Painted pool step with the surface peeling

Skimmer throat leak detection in Rotonda West

The plumbing in this Rotonda West pool passed every test. The leak was in the skimmer throat, and the dye test turned up several old epoxy patches that were warning signs.

October 6, 2026
Fresh deck patch around a new skimmer lid

Skimmer and main drain repair in Lehigh Acres

This Lehigh Acres pool had leaks at the skimmer and the main drain. Fixing the drain meant emptying the pool, so our repair crew first had to deal with the groundwater.

October 5, 2026
New concrete around a pool skimmer lid

Skimmer and throat replacement in Cape Coral

A Cape Coral pool had a cracked skimmer that was leaking. Our repair crew replaced the skimmer and the throat at the pool wall over more than one visit.

October 5, 2026
Inside of a pool skimmer with an arrow pointing to a crack forming

Pool leak detection in North Fort Myers

A North Fort Myers pool with a paver deck was losing water. Our leak tech tested the equipment, the plumbing and the whole pool, and traced the leak to a broken return line under the deck.

September 30, 2026
Loose spa spillover with an arrow pointing to the gap

Pool and spa leak detection in Cape Coral: no leak, but a few problems

Not every leak detection finds a leak. This Cape Coral pool and spa passed the plumbing test and the dye test, but we still found a few things the owners needed to know about.

September 25, 2026
Paver pool deck with sinking pavers around the skimmer lid

Skimmer leak detection in North Fort Myers

A pool and spa in North Fort Myers was losing water. Our leak detection found two leaks, a cracked skimmer and a leaking salt cell, plus a few other problems worth fixing.

September 23, 2026
Skimmer throat with an arrow marking the leak

Skimmer and main drain leak detection in Lehigh Acres

A Lehigh Acres pool had two leaks that someone had already tried to patch: one in the skimmer throat and one around the main drain. We also found two valves at the equipment that weren't doing their job.

September 16, 2026
Spa running with jets on after the repair

Spa air line repair in Bonita Springs

A spa in Bonita Springs had a cracked air line under the deck. Our repair tech dug down to the line, cut out the crack and made a new plumbing connection.

September 11, 2026
Spa return fitting with epoxy around it

Spa jet leak detection in Naples

A Naples pool and spa was losing water. The equipment and plumbing checked out, but the dye test found leaks around 7 of the 8 spa jets, every one of them patched with epoxy before.

September 3, 2026
Pool light reinstalled with epoxy patches at the screw holes

Pool light leak detection in Port Charlotte

A Port Charlotte pool was losing water. The plumbing passed, and our dye test traced the leak to the screw holes in an older style pool light niche.

September 2, 2026
Finished skimmer lid in the pool deck

Skimmer replacement in Cape Coral

Our repair crew replaced a leaking skimmer on a Cape Coral pool and re-plumbed the suction manifold at the equipment, where the old valves had gone brittle.

August 20, 2026
Finished return fitting with the wall patched around it

Pool return fitting repair in Fort Myers

A Fort Myers pool had a broken return fitting in the deep end, just above the bench. Our repair crew drained the pool, replaced the fitting and patched the wall.

August 18, 2026
Patched pool floor around a long slot main drain

Main drain leak repair in Punta Gorda

A Punta Gorda pool with a long slot main drain was leaking around the drain. Our repair crew drained the pool, cut out around the drain and patched the surface.

July 30, 2026
Finished pool light in a new niche

Pool light niche replacement on Fort Myers Beach

A Fort Myers Beach pool needed its light niche replaced. Our repair crew drained the pool, removed the old niche, installed and grounded a new one, and matched the surface around it.

July 6, 2026
Inside a pool skimmer with an arrow pointing to the leak

Fiberglass pool leak detection in Naples

A fiberglass pool in Naples was losing water. Our leak tech found two leaks: one in the skimmer throat and one around a return fitting.

April 14, 2026
Dye test at a return fitting

Return fitting and skimmer leak detection in Punta Gorda

A Punta Gorda pool was losing water. The plumbing passed its test, but our dye test found the skimmer throat leaking and four of the five return fittings leaking around their edges.

March 24, 2026
Pool deck edge with a green circle where the leak can be heard

Sheer descent leak detection in Babcock Ranch

A newer Babcock Ranch pool was losing water. The return side failed the plumbing test, and our leak tech traced it to the line feeding one of the sheer descent water features, under the deck.

March 16, 2026
Two spa main drain covers back in place after the repair

Spa main drain leak repair in Fort Myers Beach

A Fort Myers Beach pool and spa was losing water. Our leak detection found leaks around both spa main drains, and a week later our repair crew sealed them and refinished around them.

March 4, 2026
Pool wall with a circle around the leaking return

Return line leak detection in Rotonda West

A Rotonda West pool had lost so much water that the pump was off when we arrived. The plumbing test showed the leak was in a return line, right where the fitting connects to the flex pipe.

January 14, 2026
Gauge reading about 7 psi on the repaired spa line

Spa plumbing repair in Sanibel

A Sanibel spa had two leaking lines under the deck. Both had the same problem: the flex pipe was pulling out of its fittings.

January 2, 2026
Community pool wall with a circle around a second leaking light

Community pool light leak detection in Lehigh Acres

We do leak detection on community pools too. This Lehigh Acres community pool was leaking at two light conduit lines, and we resealed both on the same visit.

December 19, 2025
Pool wall patched around a new return fitting

Pool return fitting repair in Bonita Springs

A return fitting on a Bonita Springs pool had broken off inside the wall. We opened up the wall around it, replaced the fitting and patched the surface.

December 3, 2025
Refinished skimmer throat below blue tile

Skimmer throat leak repair in Naples

A Naples pool kept dropping even with an autofill hooked up. Our leak tech traced it to the skimmer throat, and our repair crew came back to fill the gap behind the tile and refinish it.

December 2, 2025
Tech applying epoxy at the conduit inside a pool light niche

Pool light conduit leak in Port Charlotte

A Port Charlotte pool was losing water. The plumbing passed, and our dye test found the leak at the conduit line behind the pool light, where an old silicone seal had failed.

September 26, 2025
Light niche rim with an arrow pointing to a leaking screw hole

Main drain leak detection in Punta Gorda

A Punta Gorda pool had two leaks. The plumbing passed, but the dye test found a light niche screw hole leaking and a large leak in the main drain that had already been patched at least twice.

February 12, 2025
Spa jet with an epoxy patch around it

Spa jet leak detection in Bonita Springs

A Bonita Springs pool and spa was losing water. Everything else checked out, and the dye test found one large leak around a spa jet.

January 29, 2025
New skimmer lid in a travertine pool deck

Skimmer replacement on Fort Myers Beach

A Fort Myers Beach pool was leaking at the skimmer throat. Our leak detection found it, and we came back the next week to replace the skimmer under the travertine deck.

November 14, 2024
Inside a pool skimmer with the unused port capped

Skimmer throat leak detection in Punta Gorda

This Punta Gorda pool has two skimmers, and both were leaking at the throat. We also found an unused skimmer port leaking into a line full of mud.

September 5, 2024

Pool losing water? Get a straight answer.

Leak detection from $295. Non-commissioned leak techs. Florida license CPC1460553.