We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks

On Mar 4, 3:49*pm, Pointer wrote:
We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. *Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks
I helped someone with a boat once.
It takes skill, organisation, planning and experience to lay up large
areas of GRP. You need several people who have done this before. You
need separate teams to mix the stuff /lay up/keep the materials coming
and to clean the tools.
The problem is consistancy and getting a good finish.
The vertical bits are the hardest to do.
It's the most messy job in the world.
The ambient temperature/humidity is critical as is the exact mix.

On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:49:22 -0500, Pointer
wrote:

We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks

Your question is ambiguous.

Do you plan to do this yourselves, or are you going to hire a company
with experience?

Are you asking about the process or the long-term durability, etc?

In article ,
Pointer wrote:

We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks

Here you go:

"How I Re-Plastered and Re-Modeled My Own Swimming Pool For only $502"

by Richard J. Kinch

http://www.truetex.com/pool.htm

On Mar 4, 10:49*am, Pointer wrote:
We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. *Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks

The only one I am familiar with redid the plaster work then shot a
layer of fiberglass over it. This used a "gun" that chopped fiberglass
string and mixed the resin at the nozzle. This was on a municipal
pool.

Jimmie

Trying one more time ... we are interested in hearing from anyone with
first hand experience concerning the use of fiberglass in lieu of
replastering a swimming pool.

On Mar 5, 8:34*am, Pointer wrote:
Trying one more time ... we are interested in hearing from anyone with
first hand experience concerning the use of fiberglass in lieu of
replastering a swimming pool.

Get a professional assesment of your situation unless you are willing
to provide a lot more information. No one can read your mind.

Jimmie

On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 05:30:00 -0800 (PST), JIMMIE
wrote:

On Mar 5, 8:34*am, Pointer wrote:
Trying one more time ... we are interested in hearing from anyone with
first hand experience concerning the use of fiberglass in lieu of
replastering a swimming pool.

Get a professional assesment of your situation unless you are willing
to provide a lot more information. No one can read your mind.

Jimmie

Even after I asked him questions, he doesn't bother to answer, but
repeats the same qustion with no thank you's, just the petulant
"Trying one more time ... "

In article ,
mm wrote:

On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 05:30:00 -0800 (PST), JIMMIE
wrote:

On Mar 5, 8:34 am, Pointer wrote:
Trying one more time ... we are interested in hearing from anyone with
first hand experience concerning the use of fiberglass in lieu of
replastering a swimming pool.

Get a professional assesment of your situation unless you are willing
to provide a lot more information. No one can read your mind.

Jimmie

Even after I asked him questions, he doesn't bother to answer, but
repeats the same qustion with no thank you's, just the petulant
"Trying one more time ... "

Maybe he's like some of the other so-called participants here, who
killfile everyone who ever disagreed with them. Other than google
groupers by default, I think my killfile consists of 2 alleged people.
Pretty hard to have a group discussion when you block half the group.

On 3/4/2011 7:49 AM, Pointer wrote:
We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks

Avoid Fiberglas at all costs.

On 3/5/2011 11:06 AM, Smitty Two wrote:

Maybe he's like some of the other so-called participants here, who
killfile everyone who ever disagreed with them. Other than google
groupers by default, I think my killfile consists of 2 alleged people.
Pretty hard to have a group discussion when you block half the group.

In some Usenet groups it's _only_ possible to have a group discussion
when you kill-file half the posters. I'm amazed if I check some groups
on Google Groups versus using my newsreader with elaborate filters and
anti-spam.

This is a pretty good group actually. I have no filters for it. For a
group like ba.broadcast, without filters the group would be unreadable.

On 3/5/2011 2:06 PM, SMS wrote:
On 3/4/2011 7:49 AM, Pointer wrote:
We are looking at replastering a community swimming pool in Maryland and
are researching the pros and cons of fiberglass vs. the conventional
approach. Does anyone have first hand experience with fibreglass for
this purpose and what have the results been?

Thanks

Avoid Fiberglas at all costs.
Why avoid fiberglass at all costs?

I understand it costs more, lasts longer, is guaranteed longer. reduces
the need for chemicals and is smoother which some people think is a
disadvantage. But I wonder if there are delamination and blistering
issues which can be common when there is improper application or poor
temperature control on hulls.