Hi, I'm just retiring, and planning on a new pool.. Gunnite too expensive, like the vynil one, but now.. which walls ? concrete, steel, other, please help.. looked at various arguments.. caving/not of concrete vs steel... rusting in steel.. etc..
Our vinyl lined pool, installed in early 2004, has polymer walls. We haven’t had any issues with them and I like that they will not rust over time (If I remember correctly they came with a lifetime guarantee).
my walls are plastic with pool krete for the floors. My pool was built 30 years ago so techniques may have changed but I don't have any structural issues even with lots of tree roots.
It seems to be a NY specialty, esp on LI, to build concrete walls for vinyl lined pools. I like it a lot and if I ever built one I'd get the cement walls.
Hi, I'm a new member on this site. I am in the process of hiring a pool builder for a new vinyl lined in-ground pool in Greenville, SC. A few builders use poured concrete walls. The others use a steel frame , cost is similar. Are there any distinct advantages of one system over the other...
Ok, newbie here. Have done quite a bit of research, brought in 6 companies for estimates and now my head hurts. 1/2 do steel wall other half cement wall. Everybody does their sales pitch etc on why they have the best bla bla bla. Now, pricing is similar with all companies, looking at a 18x20x40...
I built my pool with cement, happy about the forever-ness. Things change and the house that we thought we'd be in forever is selling in a few weeks. Steel pools routinely last 40 years. At this point that is officially a 'lifetime' pool for me. If my builder will do it at a significant savings, I'll build with steel next time. If the cost is similar then concrete would win. Last time (8 years ago) nobody was doing steel but it seems to have gained popularity again. Probably because of the amount of freeform pools.
Polymer or cement. Fiberglass will blister and crack and steel will rust sooner or later (hopefully later but posts on this forum suggest sooner is common).
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