If you could choose any interior surface and cost was not an issue then a properly installed all tile interior surface is the best pool coating that money can buy.
Can you convert vinyl pool to gunite.
Sorry if there is a thread on this already but i can t find one.
With this option you can shallow or deepen the pool.
If just want to change your pool completely you have a couple of other options.
Gunite offers you a wide variety of interior finishes.
Gunite pool renovations are more expensive time consuming and messier than a vinyl renovation.
I live in fort worth tx.
So an inexpensive vinyl pool does look cheaper than a gunite pool but a nice vinyl pool can.
The biggest expense for a pool conversion from gunite to a vinyl liner pool is going to be the labor.
If you are converting a vinyl pool to a concrete pool for the purposes of developing a high end real estate property then paint is certainly not the finish you want in your pool.
Last but not least you can just change out the liner to give you another 10 to 15 years.
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.
Any color plaster rocks tiles paint etc.
I currently have a in ground vinyl pool 14x32 about 6ft deep and about 14000 gallons.
It is very easy to change your existing pool into a concrete gunite pool.
Hire contractors that have experience making liners for pool conversions and contractors that can give you references for prior pool conversion jobs.
Surface is a wear item you need to replace it whether or not you have salt in your water a concrete pool will need to be resurfaced.
Changing out the skimmers and returns are part of the labor expense we just spoke of.
Vinyl now offers the same selection.
Except the vinyl will be printed with photographs of tile or rocks instead of the real thing.
Yes you can but you would be replacing the liner every 3 4 years when you can build a gunite pool using the old pool as a base and get another 30 40 years of enjoyment out of it.