Swimming Pool Today

While swimming pool liners are a relatively new feature, they are very popular. They are protective and add to the beauty of your pool. In fact, pool liners come in a wide variety of design patterns and colors. You get the type of beauty that was previously only available by custom surfacing or paint jobs. You can give your pool a unique look, rather than settling for the traditional blue pool. You don’t even have to have the same design or color across the entire pool, though most people do choose to have a consistent design scheme.

Overlap Pool Liners and Beaded Pool Liners

Overlap pool liners come up to just below the swimming pool top. The liner is draped over the pool walls, with the rail temporarily removed for installation. Plastic clips are used to secure the overlap liner before the rails are put back in place. As you can see, it is a lot easier to have the overlap pool liner installed during the initial pool construction. Beaded pool liners are secured by a grooved lip. A track, often referred to as a bead receiver, is placed around the pool rim. Then the grooved lip is snapped into the bead receiver.

Pool Liner Variation

It is not unusual to find liners that come in sections conforming to size standards. This allows you to choose sections to put in your pool or to replace a single section. These sections overlap each other all the way across the surface of your swimming pool bed.

If your pool has an odd shape or you have unique requirements for your swimming pool liner, you will probably need a custom pool liner. This service is relatively common, so manufacturing techniques are implemented to streamline the pool liner creation process. This means the cost is not that much higher than choosing a prefab pool liner. Swimming pool liners are typically rated by thickness, varying between 20-gauge and 28-gauge. Choosing a thicker pool liner will usually get you a longer warranty, though only longer by about five years.

Benefits of Swimming Pool Liners

Whatever swimming pool liner option you choose, it will be composed of a durable vinyl material. One of the benefits of these pool liners over traditional pool paints is that they do not wear out from exposure to algaecides and other pool cleaning chemicals. Not only will a good swimming pool liner eliminate a reliance on pool painting, but it has some other unique benefits. Algae, for example, don’t tend to build up as easily on vinyl. And, pool liners are designed to cause less abrasion the skin, while providing better footing to prevent slips.

But for most people, the decision to install a pool liner is made to improve the aesthetic appeal of the swimming pool. For example, you can give your pool the feel of the Mediterranean Sea or make it look like an Egyptian bath with a well-conceived design. Or, perhaps you want to transport your experience to a sandy beach with a sandy brown pool design.