New build going on right now at my house. I’ll be ready for finish in two weeks. I am considering seriously tiling 100% of pool instead of more common alternative finishes.
Pebble/River Rock ruled out after I tried a friends pool with this finish and it seemed to harsh and rough for my taste. My last pool had Diamond Brite Tahoe Blue, but my wife complained that the color looked “too fake”. On this build I was sure I would go with Diamond Brite Super Blue, as this is a lighter blue version to the Tahoe Blue and also smoother that pebble.
Then recently I visited south France and bathe in a glass tiled pool. It was love at first sight. Gorgeous color, elegant, very smooth to the touch...So I called around local tile finish contractors and although the price is well over double that of Diamond Brite ($11k vs 4k), I am seriously leaning to the tile route.
My concern is that for some reason here in the forum, in the states, and certainly in South Florida as well, there seems to be slim next to nobody doing 100% tiled pools. Am I missing some big disadvantage to tiling pools? Besides cost).
Pebble/River Rock ruled out after I tried a friends pool with this finish and it seemed to harsh and rough for my taste. My last pool had Diamond Brite Tahoe Blue, but my wife complained that the color looked “too fake”. On this build I was sure I would go with Diamond Brite Super Blue, as this is a lighter blue version to the Tahoe Blue and also smoother that pebble.
Then recently I visited south France and bathe in a glass tiled pool. It was love at first sight. Gorgeous color, elegant, very smooth to the touch...So I called around local tile finish contractors and although the price is well over double that of Diamond Brite ($11k vs 4k), I am seriously leaning to the tile route.
My concern is that for some reason here in the forum, in the states, and certainly in South Florida as well, there seems to be slim next to nobody doing 100% tiled pools. Am I missing some big disadvantage to tiling pools? Besides cost).
