Narrow down to two different contractors. One is for a fiberglass pool, cost is 27k more than the vinyl liner pool. Both are salt water system and have the same amount of decking, and features.
Most owners in my neighborhood have vinyl liners with no complaints.
Is vinyl as bad as the Internet makes it sound? Is fiberglass worth that 27k more?
Planning to stay in the house another 15 to 23 years. Looking for unbiased honest opinions.
Thank you in advance.
Every year I have a big fireworks party and I buy ten boxes of Sinister canister mortars. I have my own mortar racks that I made using HDPE pipes. The problem is that each box of sinister shells comes with 4 nice fiberglass tubes. I have no use for them because I use my own racks, so every year I end up throwing out 40 unused tubes. Any ideas as to what I can use them for so I don't waste so much?
Hey folks! I have been canoeing for about a year now with an ancient 18 foot old town canoe that weighs like 100 pounds and is just KILLING ME every time I try to drive it solo on the lake. I weigh like 150 pounds and the canoe could probably hold like 10 times that so it basically just sits on top of the water and I get blown whatever way the wind spirits dictate. Also it has no keel. Super unfun to portage, too. Good exercise but not the fun kind of exercise I want from a canoe.
SO! I need to buy a new one. I really need something that tracks well, maybe has an optimal weight between 175 and 300 pounds, is probably about 16' so I can store it indoors, and preferably weighs closer to like... 60 pounds? Hopefully less? I don't care about durability much because I will spend most of my time in deep water and can take care of my equipment. I will be facing waves, and don't mind the idea of getting wet but would rather not sink if I get some white caps. Tracking is super important, thoug
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Hi All,
I am looking to paint the topside of my boat. The current gelcoat has spidercracks, blemishes, stains, and lots of badly repaired cracks/chips with marineTex. There is also a large blemish where I did some a fiberglass crack repair and covered it with some gelcoat. The picture may not show it.
Some areas of the boat are molded non skid.
I figured the best way to make everything look much better would be to sand everything down to the fiberglass and paint over it with (one color) white gelcoat. I can add the non-skid sections with gelcoat and non-skid sand and then another coat of gelcoat.
Is this the right way to do it? The annoying thing is these blemishes are driving me crazy and the boat is able to be sailed for the season but I don't really want to wait til next spring to fix these annoying blemishes. How long would this job take?
Thanks
Im soon going to be installing a 7 piece fiberglass baja kit on my 1971 super beetle. I was wondering if i have to remove the hood springs since it may put to much pressure on the fiberglass hood?
Hey guys,
Does anyone know what paint I should use for fiberglass water fountain? It’ll be for the tub holding the water. I thought swimming pool paint, but a bunch advise against using on fiberglass pools. I also found some Pond Armor, and hate the colors on there. Any other recommendations before I cave to Pond Armor? Thanks guys!
I picked up the 12 ft boat and trailer for 200 bucks. The stern was rotted on the inside and had super thin fiber glass. The outside was fine. I cut the old stuff out cut some new plywood then fiberglass everything. So that's done. The next issue is the 3 benches. All three had rotten wood (likely due to the carpet that was on them) I pulled the wood and found the fiberglass was all super thin and cracked. There is styrofoam under the fiber glass but that's been chewed on quite a bit. I'd like to add a deck to the bow half of the boat and only have one bench at the rear. Should i fix all three of the benches before adding the deck? Can I just cut the two benches I dont need out? How should I repair the bench I want to leave? TLDR: how do I repair the super thin cracked fiberglass benches in my Jon boat
Hello!
I'm looking to replace my outdoor, above-ground oil tank, and I've been quoted $2500 CAD+Tax for installation of a double-bottomed steel tank (like the one I have now.. it's in decent shape, just too old for the insurance companies' liking) and $3000 CAD+Tax for a fiberglass tank.
Can anyone offer a comparison of the two? Would it be worth the extra $500 to go for the fiberglass tank? Am located in Ontario, Canada.
I'd prefer not to take it to the dump since I can't imagine the thing biodegrading, like ever. I also checked the city's website for recycling information, and it doesn't seem to fit any of the categories listed there.
While I would prefer to dispose of it in a responsible manner, I'd be open to repurposing if someone has a good suggestion. Also, if any of y'all want it for your own purposes, feel free to pm and you can have it. Thanks!
Edit: it's already depressurized, in case that isn't otherwise clear
Thanks for any help. The car is 2020 and 2 weeks old.
Alright, so I have a very interesting Ford E-350 Passenger Van that I’m currently working on converting.
Originally, I loved it for its high top. Now, it’s becoming a pain in the butt.
I’ve finished gutting the interior, and discovered that the fiberglass roof was added by a previous owner, and it is a bit odd (or a “home job” as my body shop mechanic said).
Here’s a photo of the interior.. As you can see, those metal bars are a couple inches from the fiberglass roof.
So my question: how do I install my Fan-Tastic Vent? Does it have to be centered? Any advice is welcome!
Also, any tips for insulation in general are greatly appreciated, as that’s what I’m working on next.
Hello r/FlyFishing,
I’m making the dive into building my first fly rod setup but am in a bit of a dilemna...
My primary fishing spots will be rivers/creeks/streams and almost strictly fishing trout.
Curious if anyone has any opinions in regards to going with a fiberglass or graphite rod.
Have never casted a fiberglass rod before but I am really into the idea of it being more of a “feel rod”. Especially as a golfer the idea of a slow cast and extra feel is intriguing to me. (And not to mention durability of fiberglass for a newbie)
The Butterstick in a 5 or 6 wt is my top choice right now (just a pretty little rod) and have no problem being patient with learning to cast it.
Am I better off however on a faster action rod? Or would graphite be more versatile for different trout fishing situations?
Thanks!
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I need to insulate the inside of the doors and the walls of my chevy g20, and I was planning on just using fiberglass insulation. I did a bit more of research and it sounds like if the fiberglass isnt fully sealed off from the living space within the van it can be detrimental to your health. I dont wanna bother with installing a vapor barrier, so the only thing that would seperate me from the fiberglass is my wood paneling, so i'm afraid that fibers could still find a way in.
So I was wondering if it was a good idea to cover the fiberglass with plastic trash bags and install it that way its fully sealed off? Or would that make the insulation less effective somehow?
Hey so I have a 50k budget for pool and some basic hardscaping. I’m not looking for anything too fancy but in my area of Nashville tn this budget doesn’t seem big enough which surprises me. Anybody know of any pool installs around here that could pull that off?
My plans for a small tender call for both epoxy fillets and fiberglass tape. The plans seem to show the fiberglass tape over the fillets, but there aren’t any instructions on how/when to apply? Should I let the fillet cure before adding the fiberglass tape, or should I lay the tape down right after I apply the fillet?
Edit: Thanks for the great resources everyone!
I would love to blame my wife for this since she was the one driving, but she's a good boat driver, and anyway this seems to be one heck of a freak thing to have happen. We were cruising around last night and idled up to a dock. I don't know if we had been dragging this branch under the swim platform or what, but it was a big branch, and once it got itself wedged between the fiberglass and the SST railing it levered against the bottom of the river and broke the fiberglass.
https://imgur.com/MxnBaSt
So anyway, now to my point. I do all the other work on our boats, but have never done fiberglass repairs before. I'm considering doing this one since I've been wanting to learn, and it's not in that visible of an area, but the compact spot and the radius where the side meets the top of the swim platform has got me wondering how best to handle it. Here are my questions:
- How do I handle the radius? I am reading that the main curve can be matched by fitting a piece of smooth plexiglass t
I just purchased plans for Jim Michalak's AF4 Casa:
https://www.duckworks.com/product-p/jm-af4casa.htm
For those of you who are not familiar, Michalak is a retired aerospace engineer who loves designing cheap and easy to build boats for the masses using common "lumberyard" materials. AF4 Casa is a 18' long-6' beam flatbottom built from three sheets of 1/4", two sheets of 3/8" and four sheets of 1/2" plywood. Frames are usually plywood webbing and 1x4 lumber around the edges and everything is simple nail and glue or screw and glue construction. I figure I have about half of the materials I need to build AF4 Casa laying around my shop right now. I'll be using BC Fir plywood. The point of this build is to have a large, stable and safe boat that really only has one purpose: Our local reservoir has wilderness camping that is only accessible two ways-either a six to nine mile hike (the sites are spread across three miles of shor
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I've been doing lots of research lately and I literally can't find a single company that still manufactures a range of fiberglass hightops for various common vans other than Fiberine and Tufport. I'm in Texas and want to travel to Pennsylvania regularly, so these companies are way out of my way.
- Sportsmobile seems to have stopped making their "fixed tops", now they only seem to do their nice-looking but very expensive pop-tops.
- The maligned "Fiberglass ME" even seems to have disappeared (and the reviews on google are HILARIOUS)
- Fiberine is the big name in the business, but they're all the way over in California, which is a 21 hour drive way out of my way.
- Tufport also looks nice but they're way up in BC Canada.
I've also seen references to places like like "discountvantruck.com" and "cyclevan.com", and "www.sampsonfiberglass.com" but I see no evidence on their web sites that they (still) manufacture a range of standard high-tops. My only guess is that the introduction of hig
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