Types Of Pools

A swimming pool is an investment. It may or may not add monetary value to your home and its property...that will depend on the overall housing market, your local housing market, and the overall condition of your home, property, and the pool itself. But it will certainly add value to the time spent with family and friends.

There are two types of swimming pools:

• inground pools.
• aboveground pools.

An inground pool is quite simply a pool that is built in the ground (underground). There are four types of inground pools:

• concrete inground pools.
• hybrid inground pools.
• fiberglass inground pools.
• vinyl-liner inground pools.

An aboveground pool is quite simply a pool that is built above the ground (on the ground). There are three types of aboveground pools:

• vinyl-liner aboveground pools.
• bladder aboveground pools.
• inflatable aboveground pools.

Regardless if you have an inground pool or an aboveground pool, for you to really understand your pool as a whole - to include its structure and integrity, watertight finish, waterproofing, chemical requirements, maintenance requirements, mechanical operations, equipment, plumbing, electrical, and all of the other components, parts and pieces of your pool - you must first understand some basic information about swimming pools in general as well as the type of pool your have in your yard. This will then help you understand what is required to fund, operate, chemically-treat, maintain, clean, care for, and service that type of swimming pool.

Within this pool manual, the following introductory information is available about the various types of pools: