The purpose is to provide cushioning so the gunite does not damage your vinyl liner.
Can you convert vinyl liner pool to gunite.
It is very easy to change your existing pool into a concrete gunite pool.
I think that a most cost effective method would be a new liner that s more appealing to you new coping and perhaps jets and skimmer fittings that blend in a little better.
But you ll probably have to remove all of the vinyl pool elements until you.
Last but not least you can just change out the liner to give you another 10 to 15 years.
An adhesive works well for this step.
I know this is an older post but within the last two years i converted my vinyl liner pool to a gunite pool.
During the pool conversion you will attach a pad between the liner and the gunite walls.
I am extremely pleased with my pool and feel it was well worth the change.
It is not uncommon to speak with customers who are looking to convert an old vinyl liner pool into a concrete swimming pool.
Tell me what i m missing here.
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.
Usually customers are surprised to hear just how little of the original pool can be used when converting to a concrete pool structure.
It seems to me i could pull out the liner and the walls of the vinyl pool and lay rebar and start spraying gunite.
Can a vinyl liner pool be converted into a gunite pool.
Cut about a 1 ft border around the pool and lay your new coping.
As long as the vinyl liner pool is inground it can be converted.
But anything is doable.
I can imagine that converting to gunite will be just as pricey as a completely new gunite pool minus the cost of excavation.
The above commenters are correct it will cost you at least the same amount as building a new pool.