Lighthouse Point sits along the finger canals of north Broward, where screen-enclosed pools and built-in water features are the norm. If you are buying or selling a Lighthouse Point home with a pool, a dedicated pool inspection from Leak and Subsurface Locators looks at the whole system, structure, equipment, electrical, safety, and leaks, and hands you a written report with repair estimates so the numbers are on the table before anyone signs.
Why Get a Pool Inspection
Buying a home
A pool can hide thousands of dollars in structural, equipment, and safety problems that a standard home inspection never opens up, even when the plumbing is fine. A pre-purchase pool inspection tells you exactly what you are taking on, with repair estimates, 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, water features, and deck checked for cracks, wear, and water intrusion.
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 & Estimates
Every finding documented with photos, a marked diagram, and an estimated repair cost.
The Plumbing Was Tight. The Pool Still Failed Inspection.
A recent Lighthouse Point inspection is the clearest case for why a pool needs more than a leak test. The skimmer and main drain suction lines held 15 PSI and the return fittings passed dye testing. There was no active plumbing leak. A leak-detection visit would have ended right there with a clean bill.
The inspection kept going. Behind the pool's waterfall wall it found efflorescence, calcium buildup, and dampness, the signs of active water intrusion at the feature. And it documented a list of safety items: the dual main drain covers were each missing a securing screw, an entrapment risk, the pump motor was unbonded, and the equipment circuits were missing GFCI protection. None of that shows up on a pressure gauge.
That is the difference. A clean plumbing test does not mean a clean pool. The inspection put the water intrusion, the safety findings, and the equipment fixes in one written report so a buyer had the real condition of the pool in hand, not just a pass or fail on the pipes.
From This Inspection
What the Buyer Would Have Inherited
The equipment and safety fixes this inspection could quote, valves, drain-cover screws, a filter pressure gauge, a skimmer weir door, a timer-box safety cover, securing the pump and filter, and an LED light, came to an estimated:
And that is the part that can be priced here. GFCI breakers, bonding wires, gate and fence repairs, barrier and child-safety devices, and the masonry repair behind the waterfall wall all fall to separately licensed trades, at added cost this estimate does not include. The safety items are the ones that matter most, because they are not about the pool, they are about the people around it. The buyers who skip the inspection are the ones who find all of this out after they have already closed.
Areas Served in and Around Lighthouse Point
Leak and Subsurface Locators is based in West Palm Beach and serves Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point
Buying or selling a home with a pool? Get the full picture, structure, equipment, electrical, safety, and leaks, in one written report with repair estimates. 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, then puts it all in a written report with repair estimates so a buyer knows what they are taking on before closing.
Yes. On one recent Lighthouse Point pool the suction lines held pressure and the returns passed dye testing, so there was no active plumbing leak, but the inspection still found active water intrusion behind the waterfall wall and a list of safety items, main drain covers missing screws, an unbonded pump motor, and missing GFCI protection. Roughly $2,550 in fixes the plumbing test alone would never have flagged.
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.
They are the most important part. Drain covers missing screws are an entrapment risk, and missing GFCI or bonding around a pool are shock hazards. These are life-safety items, not cosmetic ones, and they get flagged whether or not they fall inside a pool contractor's license to repair.
Yes. Leak and Subsurface Locators holds Florida Pool Contractor License CPC1457277, verifiable at myfloridalicense.com, which covers pool inspection and leak detection work in Broward County including Lighthouse Point.