Will Jandy's Sheer Arc work in fiberglass pool?

[TKR]

I am considering a small water feature before I backfill our fiberglass pool. The Jandy Sheer Arc would would work well and their website says "No raised bond beam necessary ".


Their installation manual (pdf attached), says it can be mounted in fiberglass or vinyl pools but only has instructions for vinyl. The diagram from the manual shows cutting a 5/8" slot in the aluminum coping for a vinyl pool....



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This water feature comes in 24", 18" and 12" widths. Below is a modified diagram of how I was thinking about mounting it. The pool has a fiberglass reinforcement beam molded under the coping edge that I could screw the mounting brackets into.

• Any glaring problems or other feedback?
• A 12" slot would be the least cutting but a 12" waterfall seems too small (unless I use two of them). Is a 24" slot too much to take out?

 

[kimkats]

I am going to call in a couple of people who many know. @bdavis466 @jimmythegreek @ajw22 or any one who may know.

Kim

 

[ajw22]

If you place the sheer arc in a slot in the coping the pool water should never rise up to that slot and get behind the pool.

With a slot in the pool wall you will not be able to waterproof around the slot and you have no way to prevent water rising up to the level of the slot and getting behind the pool.

The coping can always be replaced once you get bored with the water feature and stop using it. Putting a slot in the pool will permanently damage it.

 

[TKR]

With a slot in the pool wall you will not be able to waterproof around the slot

The coping can always be replaced once you get bored with the water feature and stop using it.

Thanks. Some definite “cons” there ?

I suppose I could set it on top of the pool edge but that would put the “lip” flush with the inside pool wall. That would require notching the coping stones, defeating the “stealth” look of the Sheer Arc.

Back to the drawing board. ( I was trying to keep things simple anyway ?)

 

[ajw22]

Those water features look cool during design. However you cannot run them often or the aeration they create will casue the pool pH to rise and you will be adding acid often to bring it back down.

Then you will get bored them after the first season and turn them on infrequently. And eventually they will get clogged from dirt or lack of use.

There are better ways of adding bling to the pool that you will get more use of.

 

[TKR]

you cannot run them often or the aeration they create will casue the pool pH to rise and you will be adding acid often to bring it back down.

And eventually they will get clogged from dirt or lack of use

“Trouble free” is good to design in

 

[bdavis466]

I wouldn't cut into the fiberglass shell and honestly if you want that kind of water feature, a raised bond beam would look a lot better.

 

[jimmythegreek]

2 ways on a fiberglass pool.

Cut the coping and notch fit it.

Install on top of fiberglass beam and heavy mud the coping and use tile to hide the gap or a mouldings trim piece

Dont cut the shell. You will regret it. Very hard to waterproof it. They look better on a raised beam or a small waterfall setup. When we install waterfalls on liner pools we build the frame out of steel studs then cement board and veneer it. Plumbing hidden inside and a piece of trex as a shim under the whole frame with tapcons into the deck. Like an outdoor kitchen setup. Lightweight and can make anything you want