mrmichaeljmoore Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 First time poster on the pool forum.... My mother has an in-ground Foxx pool. At least 15 years old. Location Delaware. The second step has a crack in it. Repaired with 2-part epoxy about 2 years ago. Epoxy has now failed. Looking at options for repair. The guy who did the epoxy said the only way to repair the steps was to break up surrounding concrete, remove old steps, install new, re-concrete. Ugh. With a little googling, found this guy: http://eastcoastpoolsteprepair.com/ My mom talked to him...He said to do the repair was about $1200 or so. Guaranteed for 2 years, but he said he won't have a problem beyond that. He said he's done many Foxx pools; I guess the top steps are notorious for cracking. Also, a Foxx Pools dealer recommended Acrylic Crafters out of Virginia. Contacted them; they do a little bit of different process; but similar price. Anyone have any info about this issue?? Thanks in advance for the help. mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullspectrum Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 First time poster on the pool forum.... My mother has an in-ground Foxx pool. At least 15 years old. Location Delaware. The second step has a crack in it. Repaired with 2-part epoxy about 2 years ago. Epoxy has now failed. Looking at options for repair. The guy who did the epoxy said the only way to repair the steps was to break up surrounding concrete, remove old steps, install new, re-concrete. Ugh. With a little googling, found this guy: http://eastcoastpoolsteprepair.com/ My mom talked to him...He said to do the repair was about $1200 or so. Guaranteed for 2 years, but he said he won't have a problem beyond that. He said he's done many Foxx pools; I guess the top steps are notorious for cracking. Also, a Foxx Pools dealer recommended Acrylic Crafters out of Virginia. Contacted them; they do a little bit of different process; but similar price. Anyone have any info about this issue?? Thanks in advance for the help. mm I also had a couple of cracks in my fiberglass stairs which I patched with epoxy. Holding for now. How bad are the cracks??? If they haven't got any worse just repair them again. Drain the water and lightly sand the cracked area and epoxy again. I wonder if new fiberglass would be better over the cracked area. One thing I found with my pool...the cheap bastards that constructed the pool never put any supports under the stairs at all so they flex as you walk on them!!!! I'm currently going to build a support underneath. You may need something under yous stairs to support them as well if they are salvageable. You will need to dig under to take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmerboy Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 The guys from www.poolstepspecialists.com told me about how sometimes the tread support that was used in older Foxx stairs could come unglued. With a bit of their help, and a D.I.Y. kit, for under $200 we were able to re-support our swimming pool step, and then fix the crack that had formed on the edge of the tread. Once we were done, you couldn't even see the original crack. hopes this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathonM Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 we also had a crack on our swimming pool steps, tried the underwater epoxy route,but the crack kept getting worse over time. Contacted Pool Step Specialists.com, as the previous poster suggested. We were amazed at how simple it was to fix the underlying support issues without having to remove our decking, and make the steps look great, all for under $250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason T. Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 I repair these stairs quite often the best solution is to forget about the underneath support build up the top of the step areas with layers of fiberglass and a coring material in between these layers to stiffen the fiberglass. i prefer to use 1/16-1/8 travera core between laminates of 1.5 oz mat. I have fixed dozens of them in the 30+ yrs in the fiberglass industry. Jason T. ( DBA almost anything fiberglass) feel free to contact me directly 727-364-7442 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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