Thick Vinyl Pool

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Thick vinyl pool.

The thickness of a vinyl pool liner is critical to how the liner fits. The economic option for a vinyl pool liner is 20 mil embossed. To work properly a pool liner needs to have a good balance of different properties. Non embossed liners are flat across the top.

Typically 15 years is about the average replacement age of all in ground pool liners. The liner needs to be strong and flexible but not too thick or heavy. The warranty is exactly the same on all rectangle replacement pool liners from pool warehouse which is 20 years. Thicker pool liners do not typically last any longer than the industry standard 20 mil vinyl liner.

When talking about the mil or guage of vinyl pool liners you should first get a decent understanding of what these terms actually mean. Potential punctures can come from a wide variety of sources including animal claws broken glass or basically anything with a point including long fingernails and toenails. The most common term for vinyl mil not to be confused with millimeter is a unit of measurement equal to one thousandth of an inch. Imagine a gymnast that needs a balance of strength flexibility and size.

Therefore a 20 mil liner thickness is equal to 20 thousandths of an inch. The thicker vinyl is more resistant to punctures from dog claws tree branches glass toenails etc. This option doesn t feel as squishy but it is equally thick all the way through.