#1 Myth of Fiberglass Pools – They Float or Pop-Up

Being the premier pool builder and dealer of Viking fiberglass pools in the Virginia Beach area for over a decade, we've addressed many concerns of customers involving the pros and cons of owning a fiberglass pool. Without a doubt the biggest myth we continue to dispel is that fiberglass pools float or pop up.

It’s a little bit amusing to us every time we hear it because we know that it’s the competitors of fiberglass pools that set this myth into motion and continue to add fuel to the fire with misinformation. We don’t believe in trying to use fear as a means of motivating our customers, we just want you to have the facts so that you can make the best decisions for you and your family.

During our over a decade in the fiberglass pool business and having installed over a thousand pools in the ground we have never had a pool float after installation.  It only stands to reason that if the pool is full of water, it’s not going to float, its general physics. 

Here’s a great you tube video by another fiberglass pool builder that shares with you a demonstration on how it’s not possible to have a fiberglass pool pop up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjuKk1NAhg

As mentioned in the video, vinyl pools and concrete pools need to be drained for replacement or cleaning, a fiberglass pool doesn't need to be drained for any reason and if it did there are measures taken to make this safely possible. Contact a professional fiberglass pool builder before draining a fiberglass pool for any reason.

The second largest myth about fiberglass pool (yes, set into motion by the fiberglass pool industry competitors) is that fiberglass pools are much more expensive than a vinyl liner pool. If you were to only look at the initial cost of the project this might appear to be a true statement. If you add the expenses of the pool over the course of it’s lifetime you will see that the beauty of a fiberglass pool is there are almost never any expenses down the road for the home owner to worry about. Expenses like replacing a vinyl liner which typically lasts 5-8 years on average at a cost of 3-5K, so in it’s life time an owner could easily add 8-12K onto the original cost of the vinyl pool. This same principle will apply to concrete pools too requiring re-plastering every 8-12 years that will average 5K and over. If you are a potential pool buyer, figure in the cost of these long term repairs/expenses, as well as the year to year savings on chemicals, you will see if you are willing to pay more initially for a fiberglass pool you will pay less in the long run and have less headache.

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