Building Materials Made Of Fiberglass Offer Huge Advantages Over Conventional Building Materials (Including Aluminum)

JUST LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES OF FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS IN TODAY’S WORLD:

FIBERGLASS POOLS:
“Fiberglass composites have revolutionized nearly every industry we know today. The inherent light weight, strength, and flexible quality of composite products have made fiberglass the product of choice to manufacture items in the medical equipment industry, the aviation industry, the storage tank industry, and many household items you may already be familiar with.” 
From:  http://www.alohafiberglasspools.com/web/fiberglass.html

FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS IN GENERAL:

A Quote From One Of Many Manufacturers Of Pultruded Fiberglass Products Regarding Uses Of Modern Fiberglass:

“ The advantages and benefits that Pultruded Fiberglass Composite Materials offer over traditional materials such as Wood, Aluminum, Steel, Thermoplastic, and other Thermo-set materials are many.  Familiar applications include the Mesmerizing Dancing Fountains of the Bellagio Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, the Observation Deck overlooking the breath taking Niagara Falls, and the fiberglass walkway and aquarium supports at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. These applications all use structural fiberglass composite materials.

Fiberglass As A Structural Component In Ladders:

1.  “Fiberglass beams are uniform and inherently strong. While aluminum may be more consistent than wood,  different manufacturers use different grades of aluminum. A cheaper aluminum ladder could bend under a load.”

2.  “Fiberglass does not conduct electricity so it is much safer to use around power lines than highly-conductive aluminum.”

3.  “A fiberglass ladder does not absorb moisture or weaken significantly in the sun.”
From www.wisegeek.com

Common Fiberglass Usage In Various Industries:

Aircraft: With the high strength to weight ratio, fiberglass is ideal for plane fuselages, propellers, and nose cones of high performance jets.

Automotive: Bodies and bumpers of vehicles from cars to heavy commercial construction equipment including truck beds and even armored vehicles. All of these are constantly exposed to the extremes of climate and subjected to abusive wear and tear.

Boats: 95% of boats are made of fiberglass, due its ability to withstand the elements under heat and cold and resist to corrosion from both salt water and atmospheric pollution.

Construction: Bridge decking steel bars are now being replaced with fiberglass.  It has the strength of steel but resists corrosion. Fiberglass is being used in suspension bridges for spans so wide that if made of steel, they would collapse under their own weight. Fiberglass road guard rails have proven to be stronger than their steel counterparts. Hydro transmission towers, street light poles and street manhole covers are all being made of fiberglass due to its' strength, light weight and durability.

Household Fixtures: Shower stalls, laundry tubs, hot tubs, ladders, and fiber optic cables are all being made of fiberglass.

Other: Golf clubs and carts, snow mobiles, hockey sticks, playground equipment, skis and ski poles, fishing rods, travel trailers, helmets.  All are everyday products made of fiberglass.

Fiberglass As A Window Frame: 

“There are many benefits of Fiberglass material; durability, strength and resistance to weathering, to name a few. These benefits in turn mean minimal maintenance for your windows. More common comparisons are boats sailing in salt water for over 50 years and underground chemical storage tanks which must last over 50 years. You will find below charts showing the many benefits of Fiberglass Windows...”

From www.fiberglasswindows.com

Protect-A-Child's commentary:

These are just a few general examples of the overwhelming superiority of fiberglass products in applications of all types.  In pool fence post construction, the key is to produce the post correctly.  Protect-A-Child uses a proprietary 4-step process to produce our fiberglass support posts.  This process has been proven in testing and actual use for over 15 years.  It creates posts of incredible strength, colorfastness, and longevity.  Simply put, Protect-A-Child's Quad Bilt Composite Fiberglass Posts provide a combination of advantages that dramatically raise the level of safety, longevity, and quality of your pool fence.