New Liner vs Gunite

[pooltime]

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?

 

[JohnT]

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

 

[bk406]

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.

 

[X-PertPool]

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.

 

[SHARONLEA]

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?

 

[hayfarmer]

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!!!

 

[X-PertPool]

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

 

[ChiknNutz]

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.