There are several options for Vinyl Pool Walls.

Most inground vinyl liner pool are built with Galvanized-Steel pool-walls. But it has been known that galvanized steel pool walls rust and corrode over time. The unprecedented increase in raw material pricing for steel, aluminum and plastic has forced many manufacturers in the swimming pool industry to cut back on the quality of the products they manufacture in an effort to stay competitive.

For example: the standard 8-foot inground steel pool panel is 40% lighter today, with less zinc coating and galvanization then the standard panel of 10 or 12 years ago.

The way to combat this problem, is to take the galvanized pool-panel and coat it with polyester powder-coating, that is then baked-on in a 400 degree oven. This re-establishes the rust and corrosion resistance lost in the typical steel pool-wall manufacturing. And all of the cut edges, punched holes for skimmers, lights, and return fittings are now polyester powder-coated. These cutouts, etc. are not coated in plain galvanized steel pool-panels.

Only the extra step in polyester powder-coating, can fix this problem. Here is a photo of the plain (NON COATED)  galvanized pool-panel showing rust at the skimmer cut-out.