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Pool leak detection · Cape Coral

Pool step leak detection in Cape Coral

A Cape Coral pool was losing water, and the plumbing tested good. The dye test led our leak tech to a small hole in the grout of the cap tile on the pool steps.

By Pro Pool Team, state-licensed pool contractor CPC1460553 · October 24, 2026

Plumbing ruled out

Both the suction side and the return side passed their plumbing tests, so the leak was in the pool itself.

A hole in the step grout

During the dye test, the dye pulled into a hole in the grout line between two cap tiles on the steps. A pick went all the way in, and there is a very large void under the steps. The cap tiles need to come off so the area under them can be repaired.

A lot of old epoxy

We also found old epoxy in the main drain, around the light niche and in its conduit, around a return fitting and on the steps. Epoxy tells us these spots leaked before. It is a temporary patch, not a permanent repair, so we listed proper repairs on the quote. The pool will keep losing water until the steps are fixed.

Step cap tile with a pick in a hole in the grout
The hole in the cap tile grout.
Pool steps with the leaking area boxed in red
The area of the steps that was leaking.
Main drain pipe with epoxy and a void around it
Old epoxy and a void around the main drain pipe.
Pool light conduit covered in layers of epoxy
The light conduit, epoxied several times.

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