Firstly, if you have an in-ground swimming pool, then your liner will need to be of the beaded variety. If your pool is an above-ground model, then you can select either an overlap liner, or a beaded liner.

In either case, there is a large selection of cosmetic choices available that will determine how your completed swimming pool will look.

I you are about to purchase liner for a new pool, or as a replacement for an old liner, think carefully about these choices, you will have to live with them for the next 10 or more years.

Swiming pool liner colours

These days you can choose from an extensive range of different base colours that run across the spectrum.  There is no shortage of suppliers and all offer a lot of choices. You can also select subtle tile replicating patterns that give the pool a character and the impression of a texture.

These choices can be almost overwhelming and it can be a temptation to choose an unusual or very bold bright colour. Resist the temptation. Few pools look appealing if the base colour is not a hue of blue or pale green. These are natural water colours and they look good in all pools.

Patterns and textures

Adding a subtle pattern, possibly suggesting a tiled texture, can be a good idea, particularly for the swimming pool base. Doing this makes it easy to discriminate between the pool base and the pool walls, something that is useful when swimming under water.

Do not get carried away by opting for complex or multi-coloured swimming pool liners. Firstly, these liners look tacky once in the pool and secondly, they take away the emphasis that you want to place on the border strip that runs around the top of the pool at the water line.

If a pool is big enough, you can including a central geometric design, or an aquatic animal graphic like a dolphin, to provide an eye catching and interesting feature. However in small pools these elements can be overpowering and they can make a pool look cheap.

Liner borders

For most pools, the area of the greatest visual interest is restricted to the perimeter pool border at the water line. This is the part of the pool to which the eye is naturally drawn and it is the area where a feature, in the form of a repetitive mosaic or pattern, is shown off to its best.

All swimming pool liner suppliers offer an extensive collection of border details and combining the right border with the right pool base colour can create a strking and classy looking swimming pool.

Things to consider and things to select or avoid selecting

The best piece of advice that can be offered in terms of colour, pattern and border selection is to keep it simple. Traditional pool and “water associated” colours like blues and greens always look good.

Do not choose overly complicated patterns for the swimming pool liner’s base and walls.

Think about how the pool will look on a dull cloudy day.

Think about any paving, tiling, or decking that will surround the pool and the materials and style of any pool furniture.

Think of the swimming pool as the floor and walls of a room and all other pool items as the furniture. Do not allow the pool to overpower the entire pool and pool surrounding patio area.

Look at other people’s pools (or demo pools and brochure photos). Do not make judgements based on small swatches or samples of a pool liner. These tiny samples make you focus on details that will be indistinguishable when expended over many square metres and they are bad guides.

Finally, think about price differences between your two or three favourite selections and decide if the extra money (that may be) required for your first choice will ultimately warrant the additional expense. Will you really notice the difference in patterns when sitting by the pool or swimming in it.

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