Hi thinking of buying a radiant pool , anyone have problems after installation and would you still recommend this type of pool I want to install it fully inground
. . . My only regret is that we didn't do foam padding under the bottom. Everything is solid, square, sturdy and beautiful, but the bottom is bumpy? Someday the liner's going to need replacing and we're going to have to fix that.
Hi there, new to the group. I'm really considering a radiant semi in ground oval with the 7' hopper. Anybody with one of these? I'm pricing it against a doughboy. I can get a 16-32 doughboy for the same price as a 16-28 radiant. Thoughts?
Hi! I'm a new member too. I'm hoping to install a 32X16 radiant oval fully ig in the early spring. My local radiant dealer only installs two pools...the radiant and the doughboy. My wife and I looked at both pools up and running at his store. Nothing against dough boy here, but when I saw them side by side, the difference is staggering. The radiant' walls are solid as a rock. If someone were to kick off the walls of the doughboy they would flex, opposed to a solid wall that doesn't move on the radiant. All without any support posts.
My quandry is going fully ig with all the concrete work I'm almost at 30 grand and I wonder if I should look into a fg insert pool. I've been trolling tfp looking at radiant installs and I'm leaning that way. Going to try to pm some owners for tips. Anyway, hope that helps!
Yea, I saw those pics as well. It made me wonder why the damage was 2 foot from the bottom. Wouldn't ice damage be at the top as it would freeze from the top down? That poster was also an installer and it made me suspicious that he could possibly be just bad mouthing his competition. Again, mostly because like you said...the only bad review out there.
I'm not a fan of the white steps. I wish they made them in blue to match the pool!
All in all seems like a great product... But I'm still trolling tfp looking at installs and making sure it's the right decesion for us.
I have an 18 foot Radiant Metric pool. I put it in the ground about 4 feet deep 5 years ago. After digging the hole I poured a 4" slab in the bottom of the hole and installed the pool on that slab. I sprayed foam along the bottom edge/gap on the inside and outside of the pool walls hoping to minimize the dirt, water and tree roots from wandering in.
I plumbed it like an in ground pool with a DE filter and 2 return jets. I added 2 LED lights, one multi color and one white.
I put foam coping along the inside edge and a gorilla pad on the cement to comfort the liner.
We have been very happy with the pool but have developed a leak over the past year. After quite a bit of mask time on the bottom I am unable to locate a leak in the liner. It may be be in the plumbing but just not sure. I figured I'd pull the liner and replace it since it's 5 years old and start there.
As I removed the liner I found that there was quite a bit of water outside the liner. Well over an inch. Also noticed that several of the panels had corroded along the bottom edge and a few had the inside wall separated from the foam showing a buckle in the inside wall. I don't know if this buckling was from the corrosion and separation of at the bottom of the wall panel or from a leak in a jet or light fixture pass through that leaked water down the inside of the wall panel.
In addition to the corrosion and delamination of the wall, the paint on the inside wall of the pool was all blistered and coming off from the bottom all the way to the top of the walls.
With a lifetime warranty I figured I'd share this with Radiant Pools. Dropped them a note a few pictures. The Customer Service Manager replied that he saw a few things in my pictures that were inconsistent with their installation instructions. They advised it wasn't a warranty issue and sent me a copy of the installation instructions. The instructions are pretty clear on leaving drainage around the bottom of the pool but this leads me to wonder how they can recommend an in-ground installation and still expect drainage. I guess they don't have Texas soil up there. He offered to sell me replacement panels at a reduced rate and it was a fair price.
It would be a nightmare to dig up and replace panels. I'm also pretty sure the splines that join the walls would not ever come out to separate the walls and after a few years I would be back in the same boat.
Plan A was to line the walls with a foam pad all around to stop any rough edges on the wall from cutting a new liner, place new bottom edge foam coping, replace the gorilla pad and install a new liner.
I think I am going with plan B. I found a pool company that resurfaces pools with chopped fiberglass spray on resin. Then gel coats it. They have done work on vinyl pools before. I figure the Radiant walls are a perfect candidate for this treatment. Cost will be a little under $4,000.00 and can be completed in a few days, as soon as my turn in the summer queue comes around. That makes $5,000 for the initial pool investment and $4,000 for the fiberglass. Fairly expensive but it will give me a nearly permanent in-ground pool I hope.
I have used other, cheaper above ground pools in the past and would never buy anything but a Radiant Pool. A quality build that may last a long, long time if installed properly, and above ground.