Boca Raton has a large share of newer pools still under manufacturer warranty, and buyers of those homes often assume that means nothing needs checking. If you are buying or selling a Boca Raton home with a pool, a dedicated pool inspection from Leak and Subsurface Locators looks at the whole system and hands you a written report so the real condition is on the table before anyone signs.
Why Get a Pool Inspection
Buying a home
A pool can hide thousands of dollars in leaks, failed equipment, and safety problems that a standard home inspection never opens up. A pre-purchase pool inspection tells you exactly what you are taking on while you still have room to negotiate.
Selling a home
A pre-listing pool inspection lets you find and price repairs on your own terms instead of having them surface during the buyer's inspection, where an unexpected finding usually costs far more in renegotiation than the repair itself.
A Pool Inspection Covers More Than Leaks
Structure & Finish
Shell, plaster, tile, coping, and deck checked for cracks, wear, delamination, and prior repairs.
Equipment Pad
Pump, filter, heater, valves, and salt system checked for operation and condition.
Electrical & Bonding
GFCI protection, equipment bonding, and wiring around the pad checked for safety hazards.
Safety & Code
Drain covers, barriers, gates, and entrapment items checked against current pool safety codes.
Leak Detection
Isolated line pressure testing, dye testing, and acoustic listening to confirm exactly where a pool is losing water.
Written Report
Every finding documented with photos and a marked diagram.
Under Warranty, Still Missing a Safety Barrier
A recent Boca Raton inspection covered a pool only about a year old, with the Jandy equipment still under manufacturer warranty. Plumbing pressure testing across the skimmer, vacuum line, pool drain, water feature suction, pool returns, spa drain, and spa jets held at 15 pounds with no loss observed, and the bubbler water features passed dye testing. By almost every measure, this was a young, well-functioning pool.
The one thing warranty coverage does not fix is a missing child safety barrier, and that was the principal deficiency the inspection found. Minor air intrusion was also noted at the pump basket, with the exact source not conclusively determined. New and under warranty is not the same as compliant, and it is exactly the kind of gap a buyer would not think to check on their own.
From This Inspection
What a Standard Inspection Would Have Missed
The report did not include a dollar estimate for the child safety barrier, that requires a quote from a barrier installer once the layout is measured.
Areas Served in and Around Boca Raton
Leak and Subsurface Locators is based in West Palm Beach and serves Boca Raton as part of a service area covering Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River Counties. Call Sandra to confirm scheduling for your specific address.
Selling? Run the Bucket Test First
If you suspect your pool is losing water, a 24-hour bucket test tells you whether it is beyond normal evaporation before an inspection ever happens. The guide walks through it step by step, and the calculator compares your loss against an expected baseline.
Schedule a Pool Inspection in Boca Raton
Buying or selling a home with a pool? Get the full picture, structure, equipment, electrical, safety, and leaks, in one written report. Licensed CPC1457277.
Frequently Asked Questions
A general home inspection rarely covers the pool in any depth. A dedicated pool inspection checks the structure and finish, the equipment pad, electrical and bonding, safety and code items, and runs full leak detection on the plumbing, then puts it all in a written report so a buyer knows what they are taking on before closing.
The plumbing and equipment tested well and the pool is still under manufacturer warranty, but the inspection found no child safety barrier installed, a compliance gap a warranty does not cover.
Yes. A pre-listing pool inspection lets a seller find and price out repairs on their own terms rather than having them surface during the buyer's inspection, where they usually cost more in renegotiation than the repair itself.
This inspection's findings were significant enough to require follow-up quotes from the relevant trades rather than a single estimate here. Every written report documents exactly what was found so buyers and sellers know what to get quoted.
Yes. Leak and Subsurface Locators holds Florida Pool Contractor License CPC1457277, verifiable at myfloridalicense.com, which covers pool inspection and leak detection work in Palm Beach County including Boca Raton.