Swimming pool prices compared by make, model and style - Concrete, Vinyl & Fiberglass

Basic Concrete Pool Installation Prices

A basic concrete pool installation will exclude many items that you may like to add to your pool package. The basic installation price estimated by most contractors only includes the absolute minimum required in order for the pool to function and gives little overall consideration to the user friendliness or functional usage of the pool.



Understandably pool contractors like to minimize the fact that pool upgrade options are very expensive and showcase the basic installation costs. In actuality very few pools are installed without at least a few upgrade options. This is especially true for concrete and gunite pools as most people shopping for these pools are less restricted by budgets than shoppers looking at slightly less expensive than fiberglass and even more less expensive vinyl liner pools.

Basic Concrete Pool Installation Cost

Concrete pools are priced based upon design, size and depth, raw material costs as well as skilled labour costs. Many aspects of the two month long construction process of a concrete pool can only be completed by highly skilled tradesmen. These in demand tradesmen tend to make well above average money for construction workers and the availability of these seasoned veterans regulates how many concrete swimming pool companies operate in your area.



The process for building a concrete pool starts with digging a hole and removing the fill from the property which is the same as fiberglass and vinyl liner pools. After the hole is in place the concrete pool construction process continues by forming and framing the exterior form of the outside of the pool shell. Steel and plumbing are installed and a shotcrete, gunite or pour application of concrete is used to shape the shell. An interior finish of plaster or marbelite is used in addition to a tile band around the top perimeter of the pool to minimize any scum from forming and staining at the waterline.



Concrete pools only loosely follow conventional pool sizes since they are unrestricted in both size and shape. Since a great portion of the cost of your concrete pool will be the associated skilled labour costs, the price for your pool will vary depending on the availability and cost of skilled labour in your area. A skilled concrete pool worker will be billed to the customer at anywhere from $50-$100+ per hour.

16x32' = $35,000 - $45,000
20x40' = $40,000 - $60,000
The actual price that you are quoted will depend on a number of different factors including the quality of your installer, the layout and accessibility of your property and the area that you are located in. Swimming pool pricing typically follows real estate pricing fairly closely to help you determine what you can expect to pay for your basic concrete pool installation.