what is the best material to install under a vinyl swimming pool.?

Question

I understand decomposed granite is good, however if it remains wet, it will turn to soup. Please help. I want something other than just sand. My plan is to landscape the area outside the pool with pavers and gravel Help!!!!! :).

Answer 1

put sand down first and then you put down a tarp then you can landscape over your tarp and be weed free

Answer 2

Vinyl liner swimming pools desire no artwork on the vinyl floor for 10-12 years at which element you could favor to modify the liner, as against shotcrete, which desires to be drained and repainted each 2 years. Plus, in case you do get a tear, vinyl could be repaired surely, even through you, even with the undeniable fact that it really is a lot extra sturdy to patch a crack in a shotcrete pool. Plus settling and cracking is continuously an situation with a concrete/shotcret pool.

Answer 3

Sand.........use builders or masonary sand. The sand allows the water to perk or leech through and still maintains a good surface for the bottom of your pool liner. Follow manufacturers recommendations
Then use landscaping blocks around the edge to hold the sand in place. Next get busy with the landscaping just as you desire.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

Cement! It is always level and you never have to worry about grass growing through and sand getting into your pool creating an even bigger mess cleaning your water. It lasts throughout the years.While the cement is still wet you can add stones to give it a landscaped look, but no worries. The only downfall you can never move it.

Answer 5

After many pools, (and stories to tell, with thier self destructions), I have a base layer of sand under the pool that is about 4 inches deep.

I also put another pool up this year, and put a tarp under it, so that the moisture from the soil and other elements dont affect the pool bottom.

Beware of sorrel grass under the pool, it "will" grow up into the liner!

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 6

The 16X32 in-ground pool that I had put in in 1982 has marine plywood sides. We have never had any trouble with the sides, but have had to replace the liner twice. If the plywood wood is good enough for boats, it should be good enough for pools. The pool was built by a pool company.

Answer 7

sand thats what i did

Answer 8

sand is good

Answer 9

iron