How long does Your fiberglass pool will last?

This is one of the most questions I am asked. Although I know that durability of Fiberglass Pools is amazing, quite often I need to say: it depends! It depends on several conditions on both the product and the user.

First of all You need to buy a good quality fiberglass pool. Then Your Fiberglass Pool needs to be properly installed and maintained. If these conditions are done Your polyester pool will last many decades.

1. Buying a good quality pool

   

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   What I mean by a good quality You can read in post: 5 things You must check before buying a Fiberglass Pool. The most important are: the type of material and how much of this material is used for production, what kind of protection from water and ground is used: anti osmosis layer, insulation foam and how is the quality of pool form.

     

 2. Correct instalation

Installation of polyester swimming pool is not the most difficult task , so you can do it yourself , but it must be done correctly to howl at the last detail. I can give You here a short instruction of the correct instalatin:

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  Instalation of a Fiberglass Pool

  You need to dig a hole in the ground. Its dimensions should be about 0,5 – 0,8 bigger than the dimensions of the fiberglass pool. In the case of high groundwater levels perform drainage around the pool.
• You need t prepare the substrate and the reinforced concrete base slab with a total thickness of about 15 cm. The size of the slab is equal to the external upper edge of each fiberglass swimming pool size.
• It is advised to put a hard styrofoam on the concrete base slab.
• Set the polyester pool on the pre-prepared base.
• Pour the water into the pool at a height of about 20 – 25 cm.
• Fill the space around the sides of the fiberglass pool with mortar made of sand and cement (proportion 4:1) until the level of mortar is the same as the level of water. Carefully pour water over the mortar to adjust the shape of the pool. When pouring mortar around the sides of the pool the level of water should be slightly higher than the level of mortar. The concrete must not be compact mechanically. The pool steps should be supported with concrete blocks.
• Pour the next 20 -25 cm of water into the pool.
• Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the swimming pool is completely filled with water. After that the fiberglass pool installation is finished.

3. Proper maintenance

It was for me a very suprising when I have seen 15 years old fiberglass pool that looked like had been installed the day before. I also have seen 2 years old pools that I would guess were about 14 – 15 years old. By these words I want to show You how much depends on proper maintenance so it means that it depends on You. Maintenance of the Fiberglass Pool is very easy and it takes no more than half of an hour per week. The most important is good protection of the pool and for the next season (You can read about it in the post: 6 steps toprepare well Your Fiberglass Pool fo the season).