WHY DO POOL-WALLS RUST?  Galvanized pool-walls for in-ground vinyl-liner pools can easily rust and corrode in the damp ground of South Jersey. When one installs an in-ground pool, they usually build the pool with a steel-wall or plastic-wall. Galvanized steel pool-walls rust because the galvanization is lost in the pool-wall fabrication process. When cutouts for skimmers, returns, screw-holes, and then when rivets are injected in the steel, the galvanization is lost in the sheet-steel. You see the cut edges of the sheet-steel have no galvanization on them. And that’s where the rust usually begins, years after the pool is installed in the damp ground. The vinyl-liner is attached to the steel-wall and this liner is also damp. Dampness and water is the downfall of the galvanized-steel pool-wall. But you can protect a steel-wall with a polyester powder-coating, that is sprayed on the finished pool-wall and then baked in a 400 degree oven, after all of the cutouts and punches are made, and the wall is finished being formed. This powder-coating process is now being used by the BILCO door manufacturer. It is also used by Paradise Pool and Spa.Com LLC to create an in-ground vinyl-liner pool that will resist rust and corrosion.

For more information call Richard at: 609-313-0300 or email: Richard@paradisepoolandspa.com