Do Fiberglass Pools ever fail?

Great question and the answer is YES. Why would a fiberglass pool builder admit to this, you may ask. Well, it's the honest truth. For every beautifully built and landscaped fiberglass pool there is a fiberglass pool that needs some help.

The number one reason for fiberglass pool failures is poor installation practices. This typically stems from lack of experience and knowledge of pool building in general.

Fiberglass pools percieved ease of installation often draws inexperienced people to the industry that think they will make a fortune building fiberglass pools. More often than not this lack of industry experience and knowledge comes back to haunt them. That is the reason why so many fiberglass builders last 2-3 years then close thier doors.

First and foremost fiberglass pools have their challanges and if you are not a seasoned pool builder a fiberglass pool project can go sideways on you in a hurry. If corners are cut to keep cost down it will show. There are no hiding mistakes made with fiberglass pools.

Our home area that we cover in Northeast WI has fallen prey to the build and bail fiberglass pool contractors for years. The gallery below shows what happens when you hire an inexperience fiberglass pool builder. The worse part is the manufacturer will not cover the damages as these are all caused by improper installation techniques.

Please take time to read my review on local pool builders and how not all fiberglass pool builders are created equally.

This pool built by Siesta Creations of Appleton WI features a skimmer that was installed too low on the pool ans was completely underwater if the water level reached the middle of the tile. To properly operate the system the water level had to be lowered to expose half of the skimmer faceplate to the air. Leaving the waterline 3" below the tile. Negating the need for tile.

This fiberglass pool built by Siesta Creations in Algoma WI was severely damaged for 2 reasons. There was a high water table with no way to pump out ground water and an inexperienced Service Tech from Premiere Pool Service in Denmark WI drained the pool. The pool was backfilled with sand so when the water was removed formthe pool the sand on the sides of hte pool liquifide and began heaving on the pool. The liguifide sand cause a large 8' long buckle and crack down the floor of the pool.

This is another fiberglass pool built by Siesta Creations. This pool was built in Shawano WI. Siesta Pools never pressure tested the plumbign and lef the homeowner with leaking fitting throuought the entire pool. All the fittings had to be removed, the pool wall sanded and new fittings installed and pressure tested.

This pool was built by Brinkmann Pools in Waukesha WI. This pool was severely damaged due to a failure at the pool equipment pad. All the valves were clsoed off excpet the main drain. The plumbing at the pad failed which allowed the pool to be completely pumped dry. The water then saturated the gorund outside of the pool and liquifide the sand base cuasing the bottom of the pool to heave and buckle/crack.

This is another fiberglass pool buitl with a sand base that experienced sad movement causign damage to the floor.

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