Myths vs. Fact about Viking Ceramic Pools

Most myths are created by unscrupulous sales people who cannot stand on the quality or features of their own product. We would encourage you the consumer to do your own research and to feel free to ask these purveyors of misconception provide names and addresses of these faulty jobs. They cannot.

There are many misconceptions about Viking Ceramic Pools out there. Here are the straight facts on a few of the more commonly repeated myths about fiberglass pools.

Make sure you know the FACTS!

MYTH: Viking Ceramic Pools “pop” out of the ground.
FACT: This myth is absolutely untrue. This myth was started by people that are trying to sell you a competing concrete pool. The analogy to dispel this myth goes like this. A yacht in the middle of the ocean is filled with water, what happens? It sinks. Does the yacht float or “pop” out of the water…NO! Now if the level of the ocean was to rise due to incredibly heavy rain fall does the yacht now float or “pop” out of the water? NO! As long as your fiberglass pool remains full of water it will never float. In fact many oceangoing vessels are actually built out of concrete!

MYTH: Concrete pools are stronger than Viking Ceramic pools.
FACT: Of course not.

Concrete pools can crack @ 3000 lbs. per square inch. Viking Ceramic pool’s flexural strength is 41,976 lbs. per square inch. This is far superior to that of a concrete pool. This is why Viking can offer a lifetime structural warranty against pool shell cracking.

MYTH: You can only get 2 or 3 pool style options with a Viking Ceramic pool.
FACT: The Viking Advanced Composite pool comes in 45 different pool style choices that will turn your backyard into a vacation paradise.

MYTH: Viking Ceramic Pools don’t last.
FACT: Viking Ceramic Pools will maintain their beauty three times longer than a concrete pool on average. Minimizing the need for costly re-plastering.

MYTH: Viking Ceramic pools don’t look like a real pool.
FACT: A Viking Ceramic Pool is impossible to distinguish from a brand new plaster pool until you reach in and feel the smooth surface. You have to touch it to know the difference! The big difference though is that our Viking Ceramic Pools will stay looking new. It won’t look pitted and blotchy after a few years.

MYTH: Viking Ceramic Pools are susceptible to structural failure.
FACT: The Viking Ceramic Pool is the #1 manufactured one-piece composite pool in the country and has never had a structural failure.

Additional Fact: Advanced pools have been installing the Viking Fiberglass pool in El Paso and Las Cruces since 2002 with No pop-outs, No cracks and No structural failures.