We just sold our home which has a beautiful 20 x 50 gunite salt water pool with lots of features. It has proven to be very challenging keeping the pool clean and healthy, even with automatic muriatic acid machine and salt cell keeping levels proper. Its has always been a hassle, tons of brushing, finicky calcium levels, phosphates, and other nuisances.
We are building a new home and putting in another large inground pool. I was wondering if there is anyone who ever picked a vinyl pool over a gunite pool, with money being no object. I would be willing to spend heavy on whatever pool I choose since it's so important me. Just because gunite is considered king of the hill and it's the only pool that supposedly raises the value of your home, doesn't mean I'm not heavily considering doing a vinyl pool. I hope there is someone else here who struggled similarly. I figure the vinyl pool will look almost as good since the bluestone patio will be responsible for good amount of the optics, and the cleaning and hassle would hopefully be far less. Dealing with the mottling and uneven plaster on the gunite pool is gut wrenching for picky people. The vinyl is perfect in this regard. Plus it seems exciting to just swap out the liner if needed and getting a new lease on life. If I were to replaster my gunite pool, I shriek thing about what a mess that would be, and then just hoping and praying that crew did a good job. Seems like a vast majority are disappointed with there plaster finishes for one reason or another. If I did decide to do another gunite pool, I would have to find a finish other that diamond brite, as I would definitely want a smoother finish to help keep algae at bay and feel nicer on the feet and knees.
I would love to hear some thoughts on this.
We are building a new home and putting in another large inground pool. I was wondering if there is anyone who ever picked a vinyl pool over a gunite pool, with money being no object. I would be willing to spend heavy on whatever pool I choose since it's so important me. Just because gunite is considered king of the hill and it's the only pool that supposedly raises the value of your home, doesn't mean I'm not heavily considering doing a vinyl pool. I hope there is someone else here who struggled similarly. I figure the vinyl pool will look almost as good since the bluestone patio will be responsible for good amount of the optics, and the cleaning and hassle would hopefully be far less. Dealing with the mottling and uneven plaster on the gunite pool is gut wrenching for picky people. The vinyl is perfect in this regard. Plus it seems exciting to just swap out the liner if needed and getting a new lease on life. If I were to replaster my gunite pool, I shriek thing about what a mess that would be, and then just hoping and praying that crew did a good job. Seems like a vast majority are disappointed with there plaster finishes for one reason or another. If I did decide to do another gunite pool, I would have to find a finish other that diamond brite, as I would definitely want a smoother finish to help keep algae at bay and feel nicer on the feet and knees.
I would love to hear some thoughts on this.