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Thanks ajw... I have the exact same material! Smart people think alike.

Thanks for the quick reply. Clarification, you don’t see the waterline surface prepped with mortar and waterproofing inside the skimmer like the rest of the waterline. The question is should it be prepped the same as the rest of the waterline before adding tile? My research says yes.

Must you always mortar and waterproof the skimmer waterline with the rest of the waterline when installing travertine tiles and or glass tiles?

My first concern is the tile was installed with a gray thinset. A majority, if not all thinsets specific for glass tile are white and include a white powder and a latex liquid additive designed to grab the non-porous glass surfaces. Check your manufacture's specs to confirm the product was...

A "new" pool owner that has come to learn quickly the Texas pool construction industry, much like our home builders, are building pools faster than the resources they have to properly find, train and manage skilled labor. The level of mismanagement in this industry is alarming and needs to be...

I have a concern. Plumbing is seen placed down the middle of the spa, cocktail pool, and Baja pools on top of the excavation floor rather than buried under either aggregate or the soil. In my opinion, the long-running pipes in the middle of these structures have scored the gunite and become...