We have an L shaped vinyl liner pool in need of a new liner. When thinking about doing the replacement a few thoughts came to mind.

- One thought that came up was to reduce the size of the pool (we don't need all that space).
- Then another thought was to possibly change to gunite.

With the excavation already done since the pool is already in place, what type of expense would I be looking at in NJ (I am hoping some of our NJ pool builder friends will chime in).

Are we just crazy for even considering either? I know it mostly a matter of opinion, but is one really better than the other?

You are looking at the cost of a new pool minus the excavation. Plus the cost of removing the old walls and deck.

It would be much cheaper to rehab the vinyl. Vinyl pools are over dug then backfilled. To change to a gunite, i would think more excavation would have to be done as well.

gunite pools are more expensive than vinyl not to mention trying to convert basically means a whole new pool. Stick with your vinyl, vinyl stays pretty longer than painted pools anyways.

We just had a new inground vinyl lined pool built, however when they installed the liner it has sooo.. many seams and all are visible. And the vinyl over the corner steps are a mess, edges lipped up, and vinyl pieced together. This pool is only 18" square and 4" deep (flat bottomed) with steps in one corner. Can we REALLY get a competent company to "build" the liner in one piece and a knowledgeable installer to "fix" this mess? Or is this not the way vinyl pools are supposed to be put together? Am I asking for the impossible? Any Suggestions?

my liner pool has a allot of seams to... i can see them to!!! for some reason i thought that a liner was one piece!!!

Vinyl comes on rolls that are about 6 foot wide. The vertical wall section usually only has one seam. Some patterns show seams more so than others but there has to be seams to form a liner

The liner we just replaced didn't seem to have many seams (not sure of it's age). However, our new liner does in fact have a lot more noticeable seams than the former. Since the raw edges are white, coupled with the darker blue print, they are quite noticeable. I knew there would be seams, but didn't realize THIS many...especially down in the hopper area.