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It's certainly a lot of work, but it should be worth it. I'm also hoping the walls are good for another 30+ years after this, because I'm definitely not doing this ever again. :D

Fiberglass is the worst material to work with. The smell, the dust, the itchiness that won't go away. I spent all day Sunday grinding out blisters from the walls using 24-grit fiber resin disks on my angle grinder. It does the job pretty quickly, but there are just A LOT of blisters to attend...

Probably a bit of both.

I'm not sure yet. At least two coats, but it depends on how much build I can get when I apply it. It will essentially be replacing the gelcoat on my walls so I want it to be on there pretty thick (I'd like 20-30 mils). Same scenario with the concrete portion, I want it thick enough to fully...

I'd love to have copies of the other docs! I shot you a message with my email address.

I also came across this while looking through some old paperwork for the house tonight: The original maintenance manual for the pool! It also helped explain why it was so easy to remove the "gel coat" today... I guess it's actually an acrylic, not a gel coat.

Now we're getting into the thick of things. Today's plan was attacking the fiberglass walls and getting the blisters ground down and ready for repair. I spent a few hours grinding individual blisters and was not making good progress; getting through the gel coat was quite the ordeal. It was more...

I don't have any input as to how the work is being accomplished, but I really like the changes you're making.

I am in the middle of a project where I doing this. I'm using Macropoxy 646, with an overcoat of Sherloxane. Both products are used in water treatment and sewage plants, and for water storage applications so I'm confident the service life in my pool will be much longer than a standard off the...

I had little concern about draining my pool due to the geology of my area and the placement of the pool on my property. It does have a hydrostatic relief valve but it's currently put back in because I'd rather drain the water back out of the pool as I pressure wash it rather than flood the...

After a couple busy weekends, I finally had a few hours to start digging into this project. I knew what I was getting into when I decided to tackle this myself, but now that I've started the reality of just how much work it's going to be is starting to set in. The first thing I did was worked...

I feel like it was MORE work for the original builder to do it so poorly as opposed to just doing it right? Wowza.

I'm in the Seattle area and I just went through the process of getting several quotes. Being an area without a lot of pools, there isn't much competition up here so you'll quickly find that work people pay $5-10k for in areas like Arizona and California is $20k+ up here. A couple companies I...

I don't understand how someone can do work this terrible with good conscience. Thanks for another reminder as to why I do all my own work on pretty much everything.

There is a hydrostatic plug in the main drain. Nice and dry under it. (y) I'm at the top of a hill in an area with soil that drains very well (in some ways too well), and the area to the left of the pool is a steep hill that drops about 30 feet. Pretty much no where for water to accumulate...

- Originally built/installed 1988 - Made by Hallmark - 18,000 gallons - 3 foot shallow end, 6.5 foot deep end - Approximately 36x18 feet - 300 square feet of fiberglass, ~700 square feet of gunite A little backstory: We purchased this home in 2022, partly due to the great back yard and pool...

I wish I could have watched this happen. Gave me a good chuckle. Looks like a pain to clean up though.