Cut about a 1 ft border around the pool and lay your new coping.
Can you convert vinyl liner pool to gunite.
Can a vinyl liner pool be converted into a gunite pool.
Several area pool firms say not possible but my eyes see it.
During the pool conversion you will attach a pad between the liner and the gunite walls.
It seems to me i could pull out the liner and the walls of the vinyl pool and lay rebar and start spraying gunite.
He sent me a pic of it with the liner stripped out looks pretty simple to add some rebar and blow some gunite over it.
The obvious issue here is the new pool will be smaller and more shallow than the existing one because the gunite shell is about 8 thick.
As long as the vinyl liner pool is inground it can be converted.
If just want to change your pool completely you have a couple of other options.
With this option you can shallow or deepen the pool.
My kids 38k gallon vinyl pool is getting it s third liner in 12 years another 4500 down the drain.
I know this is an older post but within the last two years i converted my vinyl liner pool to a gunite pool.
If you are interested to learn more about how to convert a vinyl liner pool into a concrete pool the opposite process to the one talked about in this article then check out this detailed article about how to convert a vinyl pool into a gunite pool.
It is not uncommon to speak with customers who are looking to convert an old vinyl liner pool into a concrete swimming pool.
Use your current pluming for drain and skimmers and electrical for light.
I am extremely pleased with my pool and feel it was well worth the change.
Rolled wall foam is cut in strips and attached to the walls.
The purpose is to provide cushioning so the gunite does not damage your vinyl liner.
The above commenters are correct it will cost you at least the same amount as building a new pool.
They removed the vinyl liner and left the existing steel walls in place then set the new rebar cage and shot the gunite inside the existing walls.
Usually customers are surprised to hear just how little of the original pool can be used when converting to a concrete pool structure.
But you ll probably have to remove all of the vinyl pool elements until you.
It is very easy to change your existing pool into a concrete gunite pool.