If your Clewiston pool is losing water beyond normal evaporation, Leak and Subsurface Locators provides the full diagnostic process needed to find the source out on the Lake Okeechobee side of the service area. Job records here span 2023 through 2026 across several techs. Most estimates are handled over the phone with the price given upfront.
Pool Leak Detection Services in Clewiston
Acoustic Listening
Hydrophone inspection of every pool fitting, plus ground microphone listening along underground plumbing paths.
Water Pressure Testing
Each plumbing line isolated and tested individually through a custom-built manifold, with multiple verified runs.
Dye Testing
Visual confirmation at skimmers, returns, light niches, and any suspected crack in the pool shell.
Pipe Locating
Electronic mapping of underground plumbing paths before any acoustic or excavation work begins.
Trace Gas (When Needed)
Specialized hydrogen-nitrogen or helium gas detection for breaks that acoustic methods cannot pinpoint.
Written Documentation
Every visit produces a written report and photo documentation of all findings.
A Longer Drive, and Equipment That Fails in Ways a Water Bill Won't Explain
Clewiston sits well inland from the coastal cities that make up most of the route, on the southwest shore of Lake Okeechobee, and it is a genuine outlier in the service area geographically. It is also one of the older communities on the list: much of the housing stock dates to the sugar-industry growth of the mid-20th century, with pools that have been resurfaced and re-plumbed multiple times over the decades. On a pool that old, the diagnostic question is rarely whether there is a leak but which of several aging components is responsible.
A recent Clewiston evaluation is a good example of why "water loss" and "leak" are not always the same finding. The homeowner reported the pool losing water whenever the pump ran, and the water tracked back to the multiport filter valve, not to a cracked shell or a broken pipe. The valve's diverter gasket had failed, letting water exit through the backwash line and discharge onto the yard behind the equipment pad instead of returning to the pool. On lots this size, with a lawn that runs out toward a rear canal, that discharge can go unnoticed for a while since it just looks like a wet patch of grass rather than an obvious leak. The backwash line was cut and capped on the spot as a temporary measure so the pool would stop losing water immediately, with the pipe to be reattached once the valve is properly repaired.
Ground conditions this far inland, on the muck and sand soils near the lake, behave differently from the coastal fill and limestone that shape most of the rest of the service area, which is one more reason a call here gets diagnosed on its own terms rather than assumed to match a coastal pool of the same age.
Because of the distance, Clewiston visits are scheduled around the existing route rather than dispatched as a one-off, and the price given over the phone accounts for that up front.
From This Evaluation
Areas Served in and Around Clewiston
Leak and Subsurface Locators is based in West Palm Beach and serves Clewiston 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.
What a Visit Costs
Most Clewiston estimates are handled on the phone. Describe what the pool is doing, how much water it is losing, and roughly how old it is, and you will get a price upfront rather than a technician dispatched to your driveway to quote you in person.
Some work genuinely does require a site visit before a price can be given. Underground pipe repair is the common one, because what is over the pipe changes the job completely and a photo rarely tells the whole story. Concrete, pavers, multiple patios stacked over each other, pipes below the water table, stacked runs, mature root systems, and nearby electrical all change the scope. Equipment installation is the same. In those cases the visit is scheduled and explained first.
Before You Call: Run the Bucket Test
A 24-hour bucket test tells you whether your pool is losing water beyond normal evaporation, and it costs you nothing but a day. The guide below walks through it step by step, and the calculator compares your loss against an expected baseline.
Schedule Pool Leak Detection in Clewiston
Licensed CPC1457277. Full diagnostic tool stack. Written documentation. Most estimates by phone, price given upfront.
Frequently Asked Questions
Leak and Subsurface Locators, LLC provides pool leak detection throughout Clewiston and the surrounding Hendry County area. The company is based in West Palm Beach, holds Florida Pool Contractor License CPC1457277, and carries the full diagnostic tool stack including acoustic hydrophones, isolated line pressure testing, dye testing, electronic pipe locating, and trace gas.
Most estimates for Clewiston pools are given over the phone with the price stated upfront before anything is scheduled. Some work, particularly underground pipe repair and equipment installation, requires a site visit before an accurate price can be given, because what sits over the pipe determines the scope.
Yes. It is further out than most of the service area, but it has been a recurring stop on the route for several years running. Because of the distance, Clewiston visits are scheduled around the existing route, and that is accounted for in the price given over the phone before anything is confirmed.
Scheduling for Clewiston depends on the week and on where the route runs. Call Sandra Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, to check current availability and confirm a visit time.
Yes. Leak and Subsurface Locators holds Florida Pool Contractor License CPC1457277, verifiable at myfloridalicense.com, which covers pool leak detection work in Hendry County including Clewiston.