- Apr 5, 2009
- 232
I used boulder creek cliffstone. The color is a combo of apache and montour. http://www.bouldercreekstone.com/stone/CS/Cliffstone
The tile, I ended up getting from Lowes. It's a nice thick, porcelain. They had a lot to choose from. I would definately do it again. Everything is working great. I only have three small issues. I'm not really thrilled with the light coming out of the waterfalls. The fiber isn't very bright and seems to be a little splotchy. I made the spillway a little high in the spa so now the waterline is high on the tile when the spillway is on. I also made the jets a little low so the gunite guys made the seats deeper to compensate. So coupled with the high waterline, shorter people may sit a little low but I havnt gotten in yet to test it out. I'm also not too happy with waterway plastics in general. Two of the nine jets wont stay in. The skimmer (renegade venturi) seems to be a bad design. It's very hard to get the plugs in the venturi line and create a loop between the suction and main drains for pressure testing. Also the venturi doesnt return to the pool, the suction pulls it down before it can make its way into the return nozzle. I think I will just plug the venturi port. The jets arent as strong as I would like them...yet. Still working on that. I'm not sure if it's lack of flow or lack of air. Other than those small things, I'm very happy with the way everything came out.
The tile, I ended up getting from Lowes. It's a nice thick, porcelain. They had a lot to choose from. I would definately do it again. Everything is working great. I only have three small issues. I'm not really thrilled with the light coming out of the waterfalls. The fiber isn't very bright and seems to be a little splotchy. I made the spillway a little high in the spa so now the waterline is high on the tile when the spillway is on. I also made the jets a little low so the gunite guys made the seats deeper to compensate. So coupled with the high waterline, shorter people may sit a little low but I havnt gotten in yet to test it out. I'm also not too happy with waterway plastics in general. Two of the nine jets wont stay in. The skimmer (renegade venturi) seems to be a bad design. It's very hard to get the plugs in the venturi line and create a loop between the suction and main drains for pressure testing. Also the venturi doesnt return to the pool, the suction pulls it down before it can make its way into the return nozzle. I think I will just plug the venturi port. The jets arent as strong as I would like them...yet. Still working on that. I'm not sure if it's lack of flow or lack of air. Other than those small things, I'm very happy with the way everything came out.