New owner of old pool looking for repairs for leaking shell

[mapgirl]

I should also add for clarification that there are no visual structural cracks in the fiberglass walls EXCEPT just under the coping where the previous owners removed tile and patched - which is above the water line.

[Marin]

So is it a fiberglass wall & gunite bottom?

Bubbles behind paint are 1 of 2 things. A contaminant left in the surface (including moisture) or the paint was applied in 90+ temps in the sun. I've experienced both.

There is an epoxy paint that will go over any type of paint. We use it and it holds up very well. That said, I still hate painting pools.

Lew me know about your pool construction. I don't mess with fiberglass but can help with the other stuff.

[mapgirl]

Hi Greg! yes it is fiberglass wall and concrete floor construction although the concrete was not applied as you would gunite - it's pretty old and from the looks of it was done the old fashioned way

We don't have a problem anywhere else in the pool except for with the fiberglass LOL
I think next spring we are going to remove the decking around the pool and fiberglass walls and have concrete walls poured -i have yet to hear back from uniwall or other business that specializes in fiberglass wall construction.

i was hoping that coating it with some kind of epoxy sealcoat would help hold the water in for a few seasons - we may be beyond that as a solution to our problem.
thank you!

our water loss has slowed but the level is down to where the fiberglass meets the concrete now.