Vinyl Swimming pool liners
Today the majority of new swimming pools use vinyl swimming pool liners rather than tiles and grout and there are many reasons for this increase in vinyl swimming pool liner popularity.
Properties of a vinyl swimming pool liner
- Vinyl swimming pool liners offer a performance that is comparable with tiled pools, but at a fraction of the cost and man-hour installation time.
- Vinyl swimming pool liners can be removed and replaced far more cheaply than their tiled counterparts.
- Many of the latest vinyl swimming pool liners come with warranties that can extend to 20 years or even 25 years. Few tiled swimming pools last for this period of time without significant maintenance and repair.
- Vinyl liners are available in a vast array of colours, patterns and border offering a near unlimited selection of choices. Most liners duplicate the appearance of a fully tiled pool.
- Vinyl swimming pool liners offer the option of giving an above-ground, or semi-above-ground, swimming a professional finish that compares with that of an in-ground swimming pool.
- For above-ground swimming pools, the overlap liner offers a very cheap way of covering an inexpensive pool and gaining a professional look.
- Vinyl swimming pool liners are available in a range of thicknesses (gauge) that range from less than 20 gauge to about 30 gauge. By selecting a liner at the top or bottom end of this gauge range, it is possible to choose from different qualities and prices of vinyl liners.
- Vinyl swimming pool liners have a smooth and tactile finish that most people find preferable to tiles. They can also be padded out by the use of foam base and foam side sheets, and the corners (at the junction of the pool base and walls) can be given a profiled treatment by using swimming pool liner coving.
- Vinyl swimming pool liners have a greater resistance to mould and bacteria than tiled pools (and other cheaper inferior liner materials) and they are easier to clean and maintain.