We were told that this pool wasn't conducive to tile and they were right but I like it even with all the "little things" that we made. Remember what we started with so from that (delaminated plaster, crumbling in several places, algae getting in places that we couldn't clean, people getting cuts because of the plaster having SUPER sharp edges, etc.) so this is a 1000 times better for us. We are SUPER critical of the problems we had but we are super proud of the job we did and we can use the pool now!!!!
Another super nice benefit, we found, was that the smoothness of the surface tile with the grout is INCREDIBLE nothing that feels harsh on our feet or that you have to be careful about when you are close to the bottom to get scratches on your knees, etc.
The grout has some shiny thingies in it so when the sun hits them they look beautiful. We love the glow in the dark tiles at night as well.
Thank you everybody for all the help and support from people here on getting us over the hump to have the courage and actually make this happen. Again, I will be posting more pictures, some other day, with what steps we did and how it looked after every step and why we did what we did.
Today we'll be in the pool most of the day and our skin we'll probably look like a raisin by the time we leave the pool!