kidney shaped vinyl liner pool

Vinyl liner swimming pool

Vinyl swimming pool

Vinyl swimming pools are the most popular types of pool is some parts of the country.  They have a reputation for being the least expensive swimming pools to install which may or may not be the case.  The price of a pool is wrapped up in more then the just the type of pool.  Sometime a fiberglass pool or a concrete pool could be less expensive to install.

Vinyl liner swimming pools get their name from a liner that is placed on top of the pool skeleton. Like concrete and fiberglass pools, vinyl pools start with an excavation.  After the hole is ready, a vinyl liner pool is assembled in pieces.

Once the pool site is prepared, the vinyl liner pool will be delivered to the pool site and be ready for installation.  Typically the vinyl liner pool walls are constructed of steel ore reinforced plastics.  The wall sections are installed and connected.

steel vinyl liner pool walls being installed
steel vinyl liner pool walls being installed

After the walls are connected the bottom of the pool is installed typically with a concrete material.  After the walls and bottom are complete, the vinyl liner is installed over the entire pool surface.  Vinyl liners come in many shapes and sizes.  Most vinyl liners made today are durable and meant to last.  Eventually you will probably have to install another liner but that may be 10 years down the road or more.

Vinyl pool shapes

Vinyl pools come in many shapes and sizes.  Some of the most popular vinyl pool shapes are the rectangle, L shaped, Grecian, kidney and free form.

rectangle vinyl pool with diving board

rectangle vinyl pool with diving board

L shaped vinyl swimming pool

L shaped vinyl swimming pool

Grecian vinyl swimming pool

Grecian vinyl swimming pool

kidney shaped vinyl liner pool

kidney shaped vinyl liner pool

free form shaped vinyl liner pool

free form shaped vinyl liner pool

Vinyl pools can usually be installed in a week or two.  The best pool for you might be a vinyl liner pool.  To be sure, you should check out all the of the major types of inground swimming pools before you settle on one pool type.

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