Fiberglass Walls and Concrete
Bottom Pools
Proper Pool Preparation
Photo
 This
is an excellent example of a properly
prepared swimming pool that is now ready
for the UGlassIt application to begin. In
this instance, the entire pool was being
converted to fiberglass.
The owner had a
professional sand blasting contractor
remove the old gelcoat from the pool
walls, and most of the many coats of paint
from the bottom. We provided the
information needed by the Contractor for
removal of the gelcoat from the fiberglass
walls. Without this information, which is
a "trade secret", this pool could easily
have been seriously damaged.
Almost all Sand Blasting
Contractors are well experienced in
removing paint and plaster from gunite and
concrete pools, however because fiberglass
gelcoat will usually last up to
twentyssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss years, most
Contractors have no experience in gelcoat
removal. Without our direction, attempts
to remove the gelcoat can have serious
consequences.
Sometimes, the home owners
decides to just refinish the fiberglass
walls (the first 3' to 4' down from the
top), and leave the bottom alone. If the
pool bottom has been recently painted, and is not
leaking, this is an inexpensive way to bring back
the pools original beauty. It will also assure
another fifteen years of
service and beauty, with only one exception.
The only weakness in the
original design is the joining of the
fiberglass wall to the concrete bottom.
When leaking does occur, it has always
been, in our experience, at this joining.
There has never been a reported leak
between the panels at the vertical seams,
only at the joining, or somewhere in the
concrete bottom.
Because all these hybrid
pools will eventually leak at the joining, a
supplement to our book, Pool Resurfacing Made Easy,
has been added for owners of hybrid pools. This
eight page supplement explains how to prevent
leaking at the joining on a permanent basis.
These hybrid swimming
pools are great! Best of all, they are
still being built right here is the United
States. The only flaw, at the joining has,
of course, been corrected.
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Pool Resurfacing, Inc.
67 Buck Road
Suite 140 Box B-43
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
267-988-8712
Toll Free: 800-676-8528
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