starrlitepools Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I've been in the fiberglass pool industry for the last 24 years, and I can honestly say that I have never seen what I had just recently been made aware of from contact with a homeowner. I had a customer contact me to provide assistance with regard to a previous pool crack as to its possible causation. Upon viewing the installation photo's, it showed that the installing contractor rather than leveling the pool at the shallow end- physically removed the top of the coping to level it; I'm talking about 25 feet of it- gone- and once the pool was filled with water installed waterline tile to hide his mistake. I'd like the opportunity to post the picture of exactly what I am explaining, but I am not familiar enough with the web-site to know how to post from my computer- I would appreciate any info. My experience with fiberglass is that the coping gives the pool its strength and integrity- and removal of such seriously weakens the pool itself- not withstanding the fact that doing so goes beyond the scope of the engineering design of the pool and exposes the manufacturer to a liability that could have otherwise been avoided. Any input? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrlitepools Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I negelected to mention that the building department is having trouble determining whether or not this issue is considered a building code violation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pool tile Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Hi Star, I'd like to see the photos. Can you e-mail them to me? nikki@flextile.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrlitepools Posted November 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Hi Star, I'd like to see the photos. Can you e-mail them to me? nikki@flextile.com I'll e-mail them to you- see what you think. I'll try to reduce its size so it doesn't take forever. Drop me a line @danny@starr-litepools.com. so I know that you got it. Take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrlitepools Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 You haven't shared the photo here on the forum. Might be more of help if you did that. As I had stated in the fist posting, I am not familiar enough with this site to know exactly what to do to accomplish this. I'll happily send it to you through e-mail, as I know how to do that, and you can take it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolGuyNJ Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I doubt the manufacturer would be liable unless there was a paper trail from them suggesting that as a course of action to correct the installer's laziness/incompetence. Time will tell if the loss of the coping edge will cause waves in the walls. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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