{"id":852,"date":"2011-02-22T01:35:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T01:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcitypools.wordpress.com\/?p=852"},"modified":"2011-02-22T01:35:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T01:35:55","slug":"vinyl-pool-liners-is-thicker-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/vinyl-pool-liners-is-thicker-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinyl Pool Liners: Is Thicker Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Vinyl-Pool-Liners\/Pebbles-21-Round-Beaded-25-Gauge.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Images\/PEG\/Pebble-small.jpg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"21 Foot Round - Pebbles Beaded 25 Gauge\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Vinyl-Pool-Liners\/Liner-NL505-25.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Images\/BWP\/NL501-Rolling-Rock-Small.jpg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"21' Rolling Rock J-Hook 48\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Vinyl-Pool-Liners\/Under-the-Sea-21-Round-Overlap.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Images\/PEG\/Under-The-Sea-small.jpg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"21 Foot Round - Under The Sea\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is this the year for replacing\u00a0your <a title=\"Vinyl Pool Liners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Pool-Liners-Vinyl.htm\" target=\"_blank\">vinyl pool liner<\/a>?\u00a0 Are you wondering whether you should spend the extra money to purchase a thicker liner?\u00a0 The thickness of pool liners\u00a0is measured in\u00a0mil or gauge units.\u00a0 A mil is exactly\u00a0equal to .001 inch and can be measured using a micrometer.\u00a0 A 20 mil liner, then, will measure .020 of an\u00a0inch thick.\u00a0 A gauge is not an exact measurement, and the same number may vary in thickness\u00a0depending on manufacturer,\u00a0but it is roughly the same size as a mil.<\/p>\n<p>Spending the extra money for a thicker pool liner depends on how your pool is used.\u00a0 If your pool is enjoyed heavily over the course of a season and tends to take much abuse by the swimmers who use it, choosing a pool liner that\u00a0measures\u00a028 mil thick, or close to it, may be worth the extra cost.\u00a0\u00a0Thicker pool liners offer\u00a0better UV protection, too.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how thick your\u00a0vinyl pool liner, make sure\u00a0the one you choose\u00a0fits your pool\u00a0properly.\u00a0 Also, be sure to maintain proper chemical balance in your pool&#8217;s water.\u00a0\u00a0Proper fit and chemical balance are two of the most important factors that can affect how long your vinyl pool liner will last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Is this the year for replacing\u00a0your vinyl pool liner?\u00a0 Are you wondering whether you should spend the extra money to purchase a thicker liner?\u00a0 The thickness of pool liners\u00a0is measured in\u00a0mil or gauge units.\u00a0 A mil is exactly\u00a0equal to .001 inch and can be measured using a micrometer.\u00a0 A 20 mil liner, then, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[206,378],"class_list":["post-852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pool-and-spa-equipment","tag-pool-liners","tag-vinyl-pool-liner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2No25-dK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}