fiberglass

Hi! After tons of money and different pool guys (turning my pool GREEN when paying $140 per month!), I’ve decided to manage my own pool and spa. We bought the home two years ago and I’ve been managing it for about a year. I’ve referenced this site many times, so I’m appreciative of you all. I...

Hello TFPers! I'm looking to install a small, simple rectangular pool in Austin, Texas this year (max 14' x 26'), and I'm evaluating fiberglass versus gunite. Pool will be for adulting/beveraging/beating the heat, ideally with a small tanning ledge. Going rectangular so we can install a hidden...

Hi, I have a 30 year old fiberglass pool that has many issues right now - chalking, blistering, and most importantly, a crack in the sidewall in the 8 foot deep end that started small about 5 months ago and is continuing to get bigger - likely due to undermining of the base as a result of...

We hired a contractor to resurface and paint our saltwater fiberglass pool. The application and wait times passed and our pool was filled on May 15, 2023. Problems we are having include: The color is coming off. You can see the pool resurface/repairs marks showing through. The brown marks...

Hi all, We have a 1yr old 10,000 gallon SWG fiberglass pool. I am prettty anal with water chemistry, checking and balancing every other day or so using Taylor test kit, and going by the ranges and levels suggested here and in the pool math app. Chemistry has been stable. I drained my pool...

Newbie pool owner here; we just installed our fiberglass pool in August. We live in an area with clay soil, and have had standing water in our yard in the past during heavy rain. Fortunately, before they dug for the pool it had been dry for some period of time and they didn't hit water when...

Hi All, So I've seen a few threads about fiberglass pool resurfacing and I'm in a bit of a conundrum. My 12x24 pool that came with our home we moved into about 2 years ago has been blistering pretty bad. A previous homeowner actually drained and popped the pool out of the ground (thanks!)...

Hello, all! Man, I'm so glad I found this forum! We're starting this pool journey, have weighed all the options and consulted friends with different types of pools - it looks like a fiberglass install is going to be the best option for us. I've searched this forum but couldn't find a topic...

I hope someone can help me with this. I had my fiberglass pool finished this year with a not so great company. They left my sump tube just concrete that’s not level so the lid won’t stay on, and someone has now hurt their foot. I told them there should be a insert there that the lid goes on like...

Hello. We are in the middle of having a fiberglass pool installed. The pool builders just got the water cleaned up and we can now see there are two hairline cracks along the seat ledge and stairs. We are having a separate landscaping company do the patio. They just got the bond beam around the...

Hi All! Opened my pool for its second season. Haven’t gotten any heat out of my Pentair Ultratemp 120 Heat Pump. Only used for one northeast season. Pool was winterized by a professional company. Last season it worked great, heated the 10,000 gallon pool quickly and was even able to make it a...

Hey group. New pool owner. PB finished our new Fiberglass Pool 35x16 and I want to make sure to get the chemistry right. 10,100 gallon pool. Salt Cell Ichlor30. 1.5 variable speed pump. 200 BTU heater. Ordered by Taylor Test kit and performed my first tests. Readings are as follows. Salt...

Hi! We purchased a home in September of 2021 which came with a less than 10 year old Fiberglass Pool and Splash Pool. The Splash Pool drains into the main pool through 3 spillways. We live in Indiana and had a particularly hard winter. During some spring clean up we noticed that some of the...

Recently my crew and I completed the initial pool start up for 2 fiberglass pool/spas both of the spas are slamming water up the air pipe to the extent of being inoperable. We spoke to our salesman and he told us that the fittings they pre installed in our spas do not have the Venturi effect and...

In July 2020 I signed a contract to have my pool installed in Aug 2021. However, it is now Sep and my PB has said that because of the nationwide resin shortage, Latham is unable to deliver pools to meet their deadlines. He said he can install 1.5 pools a week but he's only getting 1-2 pools a...

Hi everybody!! I just got my Thursday Pools Pearl installed a few weeks ago, and need some recommendations on what kind of Vacuum or Cleaner to get. The technician that did one of my initial cleaning sessions was talking about how cool robotic cleaners are, and recommended a Dolphin or Polaris...

We did decide on a fiberglass drop in pool, but my husband and I are having the great debate... chlorine or saltwater. I could use some help to ease my mind about the harshness of chlorine or to ease his about the damage salt can do. So a quick summary of what you chose and why would be a...

Hey everyone, New, first time pool owner coming up. I've been learning a lot reading through the site. My pool is in the ground, equipment hooked up, full of water, and now balanced well (from what my kit is telling me, at least). The shell still has the 4x4 post bracings strapped on (no...

Hi everyone, We're putting a new liner in - as part of that, going to refresh the return fittings, skimmer surround, etc. I've got a return in my fiberglass steps, which has always had a leak. Water from the pool leaking behind the return flange, confirmed with dye - and has been fine for...

I have a 25 year old 13x32 white fiberglass pool. Every year my floor and sidewalls have the chalky substance. Water is crystal clear until swimmers get in and stir the floor up. A few months into the swim season and backwashing several times (water looks like milk when backwashing!). It’s not...

hey everyone, first time poster here and hoping I can get some feedback from some of the pool Installers and/or homeowners who know how their bond beam was installed. I’m an architect by trade but pool install is something I’m not familiar with and want to make sure I’m not missing something...

Hello All, I’ve searched the forum. Looking for a final word or advice: Brand new leisure pools 30x14 pool in the ground. 15” bond beam collar poured. The PB’s concrete sub poured my collar level with the 4” fiberglass lip of the pool. After using mortar to adhere bluestone coping to concrete...

Hello, I stumbled upon a YouTube video about fiberglass above ground pool while searching for the above ground pool option for my sloped backyard. https://www.compasspools.com.au/above-ground-pools/ I searched on the internet, but it looks like they are only available in Australia...

First year with our pool and I’m still getting the hang of this chemical testing. From what I understand, since I have fiberglass, the fact that my calcium hardness is a little low is immaterial to me right? The pool math app keeps telling me to adjust it and add 50lbs of stuff and I figured...

What’s up ya’ll! My girlfriend and I are underway with construction for our IG fiberglass pool. - 14’x30’ Latham Majesty Ocean Blue G2 - Jandy CL460 Filter - Jandy 1.65HP VS Pump - 2 PAL LED lights - 1 shelf bubbler Going for a very simple clean/modern build and look. So far we have taken...

Hello! I am currently under construction on a 14x30' Latham Fiberglass pool in Memphis, TN and am excited to get started on my pool journey. Growing up I always dreamed of having a pool in my own back yard, but my parents were either too smart or too poor to concede to one :). I am blessed to...

OK, so opened the pool this year and everything was normal for 2-3 weeks. Then, I suddenly stopped getting suction from the skimmer line. I cleaned all baskets and filters, since that is usually the issue. Still no suction. Assuming there must be blockage in the skimmer line, I used a hose...

Hello everyone, I'm new here and we are having our pool installed. This will be our first pool and I will be looking here for as much advise as possible. We went with a Fiberglass pool from Latham (Monaco 16x40) with all Pentair products. We are the first "automated" pool from the installer so...

Hi all! Forgive me if this isn't the right place to post this, but we recently had a new fiberglass pool installed (Imagine Pools Freedom model). It was a several month process due to the fact that after they put the pool in, but before they put the brick coping in or the concrete deck, it...

Hi Everyone! This is my first real post. We're located in Central Indiana and are building a pool and patio space for our home. We've had a design made that includes a fire pit area and hot tub area, but we are going to hold on adding those two components for the future. Some basic details...