There are many advantages to choosing a fiberglass pool.

A Fiberglass in-ground pool Sunriver Oregon are durable.

One main advantage of fiberglass swimming pools is their high durability — inside and out.

The structure and the surface of a high-quality fiberglass pool can last a long time, provided you take good care of it.

A well-made fiberglass pool can last at least 50 years, with less maintenance required to keep it useful and enjoyable decade after decade. 

Fiberglass pools are low maintenance.

Fiberglass swimming pools are as low-maintenance as you’ve heard.

For example, the non-porous surface (the gelcoat) of a fiberglass in-ground pool Sunriver Oregon resists algae growth and won’t react with the chemicals commonly used to sanitize pool water. This means you won’t spend as much time adding and balancing chemicals or scrubbing the walls.

You won’t have to worry about acid washing or patching holes in your fiberglass pool’s surface as you might with other pools.

Fiberglass pools require less ongoing labor.

Continuing from our last section, you’ll spend much less time and energy keeping your fiberglass pool in good shape.

A Fiberglass in-ground pool Sunriver Oregon doesn’t need to be acid washed, won’t develop any wrinkles you’ll need to smooth out, and are also free from many other common maintenance chores you might need to tackle with other inground pool types.

If you hate pool chores, you might want to explore fiberglass pool maintenance in more detail to see what you’ll need to do.

You can always hire a professional cleaning service — and it might cost less simply because your pool cleaning pro won’t have as much work to do each week.

Fiberglass pools have a very smooth surface.

That non-porous surface –the Gelcoat — is quite smooth, but it’s still slip-resistant.

Remember scraping your knees and toes when you were a kid hanging out at your neighborhood’s public pool? You don’t have to worry about that with a fiberglass pool.

If you’ve ever gotten into the shallow end of a pool and scraped your foot on a rough surface, the gelcoat surface of a fiberglass pool could be perfect for you.

Fiberglass pools rarely need resurfacing.

For pool surfaces, a fiberglass pool’s gelcoat can last its entire lifetime without needing replacement or resurfacing.

This isn’t true of every fiberglass pool in every backyard, of course.

Some people may find they’ll need to resurface their fiberglass pool — but this is often after years of enjoyable pool ownership.

Compare this to vinyl liners, which need to be replaced about every 5-9 years on average, and concrete pools, which may need complete resurfacing done every ten years.

If your fiberglass pool is well-maintained, you may never need to resurface it.

Fiberglass pools are algae-resistant

Algae is ugly. What’s worse is that it forces you to use more chemicals to get rid of it. and algae often forces you to run your pump and filter more often.

A fiberglass pool’s non-porous surface helps prevent algae from sticking to its walls, which makes algae much less likely to become a problem in your pool — provided you maintain it regularly!

Other inground pool types may allow for more algae growth due to the porosity of the surface. That’s why you have to scrub your pool surface with a steel brush regularly.

Fiberglass pools have lower lifetime costs.

All that acid washing, resurfacing, repairing, and liner replacing costs money over the life of your pool ownership.

Because a fiberglass pool doesn’t need this sort of work, and your ongoing maintenance costs will be lower overall, you can often save thousands of dollars over the years over what you might have spent to upkeep other inground pool types.

Fiberglass pools have faster installation times.

Want your concrete pool fully built, in the ground, and full of water in two days?

It ain’t happening. Unfortunately for concrete (gunite) pool fanatics, concrete pools are built from scratch, with long periods for the concrete to cure, thus leading to longer installation times.

However, putting in a pool of the fiberglass variety tends to yield faster installations. The fiberglass pool shell — which is the entire structure you’ll swim and lounge in once it’s in the ground — arrives at your home completely manufactured and ready to be installed.

Once it’s in the ground and we begin backfilling the pool, we must also fill it with water to equalize the pressure on both sides of the shell. This mandatory backfill-and-fill process results in a much faster installation process overall.

In most cases, your pool project should be wrapped up, with patio installation and everything else you’ve asked for beyond the pool itself, within just two to six weeks on average.

Concrete pools typically take three to six months for full installation.

Vinyl liner pools often take six to eight weeks on average.

Of course, your pool builder will need to be available before your pool can be installed, no matter which type of pool you get. The last two years have seen significant disruptions to both the supply of materials needed to build and install pools (it’s much tighter) and the demand for new pool installations (it’s much higher), which has resulted in longer wait times for new pools across the country and around the world.

Fiberglass pools are compatible with saltwater systems.

You might think, “saltwater systems can work with any swimming pool.”

But just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should.

You can use a salt system with other pool types, but we don’t recommend using salt chlorine generators if you have metal pool walls.

Salt plus metal equals corrosion, and that shortens the lifespan of your pool.

If you have a plaster-based surface in your pool could wear down faster than it would wear down on its own (just using chlorine). More wear and tear on this type of surface means you’ll probably have to resurface your pool sooner… and that can get rather expensive.

Fiberglass pools, on the other hand, work well with salt systems. The same surface qualities that make fiberglass low-maintenance and algae-resistant also help its surfaces hold up to salt water. If you’d like to install your salt system, click here to check out our review of some top saltwater systems for pools of all sizes.

Fiberglass pools are attractive.

This might be more of a subjective opinion than an unarguable fact… but we’d love for you to browse our pool gallery, so you can see just how beautiful a high-quality fiberglass pool can be.

Fiberglass pools (at least those made here at River Pools) come with multiple surface color options and can also be customized with a custom waterline tile.

Fiberglass pools also have sleek, smooth surface finishes and can utilize various attractive coping options.

Fiberglass pools have built-in features.

Want a tanning ledge, bench seating, or a built-in spa?

That may cost extra when you buy other inground pool types.

Fiberglass pools include these features for no additional cost — if you choose a model that happens to have them as part of its design. This means that you can get a pool with all the hottest features without worrying about racking up unexpected additional costs.

Fiberglass pools are manufactured in a controlled environment

Do you live in a “weird” or just plain unpredictable climate? Are you worried about how the weather might impact the construction of your pool? Bad weather can have a real and generally unwelcome effect on pool construction, depending on the type of pool.

The largest part of a fiberglass pool — the pool shell — is manufactured off-site in a controlled environment, so even the worst weather won’t affect the final quality of the swimming pool installed in your backyard.

We also allow our gelcoats to cure in a secure space at controlled temperature and humidity levels to achieve optimal strength and durability.

This process ensures every pool shell, for every model we sell, comes out of our warehouse with the same superior quality.

Fiberglass pools can increase the resale value of your home.

Not all swimming pools increase the value of your home. Fiberglass pools often do.

A pool considered to be more permanent can often contribute to the value of your home.

A fiberglass pool can increase your home’s value by around 5%. This, of course, varies by home, region, and other factors.

Fiberglass pools can be installed above ground or semi-inground.

Can’t decide if you want your pool fully inground, semi-inground, or completely above ground with a wrap-around deck?

A fiberglass pool can be installed practically anywhere and any way you want, even on the roof.

Inground fiberglass swimming pool with bubbler

Fiberglass pools are more environmentally friendly.

Fiberglass pools can save you lots of money in chemicals by helping you avoid the lifelong battle with algae that can plague other types of pools.

A nice byproduct of this benefit is it’s easier on the environment, too.

If and when you decide to remove or replace your pool, the old fiberglass in your pool shell can be recycled.

Fiberglass pools save money.

Fiberglass is pretty durable, which helps you save a lot on long-term maintenance costs.

And because you never have to drain your pool to acid wash the surface or replace the liner, you won’t have to spend money to refill your pool either.

Fiberglass pools are flexible and strong.

The earth doesn’t just move when there’s an earthquake.

It’s perfectly normal for the earth to shift subtly over time, which is why structural and/or cosmetic cracks can appear in concrete pools.

Fiberglass is strong, but it’s also flexible enough to withstand the earth’s movement without any major damage to the pool shell.