Opinions / Experience with Ramuc HI-BUILD, EP and INSL-X

[pmh3986]

If you do ANY work to the decking be aware the deck is integral to the support structure of the walls of a hybrid pool. There are metal beams that attach to the wall and run back perpendicular to the walls. Then the deck is poured on those beams to lock it all in place. If decking is to be removed the pool should be left full and braced and a lot of care should be taken during demolition to disturb the beams as little as possible.

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Curious, where did you find that document showing the construction? Do you have other info? I don't know what brand mine is, but the fiberglass steps have a logo (my camera phone is broken or I'd post) - the logo is a large embossed H with a smaller P and C inside each of the openings in the "H" and a seahorse embossed to the right of it. "Hallmark Pool Company" maybe? It's in Western NY.

 

[Lake Placid]

Curious, where did you find that document showing the construction? Do you have other info? I don't know what brand mine is, but the fiberglass steps have a logo (my camera phone is broken or I'd post) - the logo is a large embossed H with a smaller P and C inside each of the openings in the "H" and a seahorse embossed to the right of it. "Hallmark Pool Company" maybe? It's in Western NY.

I’ve got a file of the stuff from my original pool build. I can email you the files if you’d like - they’re pretty large. PM me to arrange.

 

[sktn77a]

I don't know what brand mine is,

Doesn't matter - they all tie the fiberglass wall panels into the concrete at the top and bottom. Makes renovating the coping a little more complex and involved.

There are plenty of examples of hybrid pool renovations installing a track and a liner. I like the one in the picture in an earlier post - avoids the issue of attaching the track to the existing fiberglass wall (although I really don't see why that should be a problem - those walls are pretty thick and sturdy).

 

[pmh3986]

Doesn't matter - they all tie the fiberglass wall panels into the concrete at the top and bottom. Makes renovating the coping a little more complex and involved.

There are plenty of examples of hybrid pool renovations installing a track and a liner. I like the one in the picture in an earlier post - avoids the issue of attaching the track to the existing fiberglass wall (although I really don't see why that should be a problem - those walls are pretty thick and sturdy).

Thanks. I have determined it's a Hallmark Pool (thanks @Lake Placid!) and judging by the drawings of how it's built, I would have to agree that I see no reason why a liner track couldn't be mounted directly to the deck (or, frankly, the fiberglass walls.) Good to know there are actually workable options down the road. This time around though I'll be re-coating it.

Interestingly enough, the "owners manual" @Lake Placid sent me from Hallmark (from the early 80's) actually calls out using Zeron Epoxy to re-coat it, same product I settled on using.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Interestingly enough, the "owners manual" @Lake Placid sent me from Hallmark (from the early 80's) actually calls out using Zeron Epoxy to re-coat it, same product I settled on using.

Maybe the same product name but definitely NOT the same formulation. EPA regulations have changed quite a bit since the good old days of smoke stacks, smog alerts, and global-freezing/ice-age … the coatings allowed nowadays are a lot more environmentally friendly and less toxic to humans (and the all-important ecologically critical Tennessee Snail Darter bait fish… god save the snail darter!!). But all those great epoxy paints you can now bath in and make smoothies out of are not worth a dang as pool coatings …

Glad you got more info about your pool!

 

[pmh3986]

Maybe the same product name but definitely NOT the same formulation. EPA regulations have changed quite a bit since the good old days of smoke stacks, smog alerts, and global-freezing/ice-age … the coatings allowed nowadays are a lot more environmentally friendly and less toxic to humans

Ahh yes, who could forget!