Poured Concrete Swimming Pools

Poured concrete swimming pools are the most widespread type of in-ground swimming pool on the swimming pool market. Concrete swimming pools make up over half of the in-ground pools built. Concrete swimming pools offer the customer a wide variety of options for shape, design, and spa features. A concrete swimming pool is constructed in an excavated site which has been reinforced with a wood or steel form.  The steel form provides a support for the concrete pool.

Concrete pools, much like gunite pools, use an application of cement but, concrete pools can be more difficult to build.  Concrete pools require the cement to be poured into wooden or steel forms.  The biggest advantage to poured concrete swimming pools is that they do offer various colors and textures to coordinate with your house and backyard design.  Tile, coping, and decking can be matched to achieve a most desired appearance.  Concrete pools can be customized to exactly what the pool-buyer wants and needs in a swimming pool.  A disadvantage of poured concrete pools is that they have an abrasive surface which may cause scrapes and snagged bathing suits.  Concrete pools require more maintenance costs over other in-ground pools. They need to be resurfaced and repainted.  Concrete pools are not flexible and they can not withstand the soil conditions and pressure as a result of temperature changes.