I'm a new pool owner like a lot of folks here and purchased a home in the last 3 months with a pool and spa combination. Originally, the spa was unusable(automatically) because there was no check valve on the in floor cleaner booster pump. There are 3 in-floor cleaner heads in the spa. Pool guys came out, installed a check valve, and then the spa could be used and wouldn't drain down. I thought everything was fine, but intermittently at night with the equipment off the spa would drain down into the pool. Not every night, but maybe 50% of the time.
A few days ago, the spa started draining all the time when in use or not, except of course in pool mode when it overflows. In trying to isolate which area was responsible, I eventually turned off all equipment and closed all ball valves. This is in spa mode - pool drains and returns closed.
The water level still dropped. I believe this means it's transfering through the water valves. There's a set of 3 valves in a standard Paramount 12-valve system. I can hear gurgling sounds in the valves until the spa drops to pool level. The valves are installed close to the ground. They are above the pool level, but below the spa.
My question is how do I address this issue? I'll have professional service, but I want to make sure that they do the right thing. Is it just a matter of raising the valves up above the spa water level? Or, do I need check valves on all the valves lines?
Thanks for any help from the forum members.