Hi, this is my first post to the forum. I would really appreciate getting some input from you folks on my pool renovation.
I have a 20-year-old ozone (non-salt) in-ground (concrete/gunite) free-form pool with a raised spa and bull-nosed red brick coping and a turquoise blue water line tile. It’s pretty simple, but, it is showing its age. Our house is Georgian style mostly reddish brick and I am having a terrible time finding a pool coping that I actually like more than the red brick. I didn’t realize until we began the process that the red brick is considered “dated” and flagstone or travertine is now the standard. The more I look at sites like this one, I can clearly see that the red brick/blue tile look is not what most pools are being renovated with. To me, however, the new materials do not seem to "go with" the style and color of my house and some of the materials have issues that we never had with the brick.
As for Flagstone, there are colors like Oklahoma and Arizona that might be close to the existing brick color, but the rough inside edge sounds like a deal-breaker for my husband whose likes to be able to stand up near the edge and lean over the side of the pool (beer in hand…). I also wonder how uncomfortable it would be leaning back in the spa.
The Travertine comes in bull-nose, but the colors all look very light and kind of washed out. None of the colors seem to "go" well with the brick on the house. Then, there is the flaking and need to seal.
Our entire deck is a light color sun-deck that we are going to have re-sprayed and scored to hide the cracks. This seems to be the cheapest option.
We’ve already spent quite a bit having several spa leaks fixed and both skimmers rebuilt, and, as we are planning on selling this house in a few years, I don't want to go overboard.
I am not opposed to something different, in fact, it's kind of disappointing that I can’t visualize my pool with any of these “newer” materials. I recognize that my pool and I are both in need a makeover. I don't want to miss this opportunity to update our pool into something beautiful because I settled on the same look we have now just because I have a design block. I also don't want to make a mistake on this huge decision!
Sorry so long...I'd be grateful for any advice offered!
I have a 20-year-old ozone (non-salt) in-ground (concrete/gunite) free-form pool with a raised spa and bull-nosed red brick coping and a turquoise blue water line tile. It’s pretty simple, but, it is showing its age. Our house is Georgian style mostly reddish brick and I am having a terrible time finding a pool coping that I actually like more than the red brick. I didn’t realize until we began the process that the red brick is considered “dated” and flagstone or travertine is now the standard. The more I look at sites like this one, I can clearly see that the red brick/blue tile look is not what most pools are being renovated with. To me, however, the new materials do not seem to "go with" the style and color of my house and some of the materials have issues that we never had with the brick.
As for Flagstone, there are colors like Oklahoma and Arizona that might be close to the existing brick color, but the rough inside edge sounds like a deal-breaker for my husband whose likes to be able to stand up near the edge and lean over the side of the pool (beer in hand…). I also wonder how uncomfortable it would be leaning back in the spa.
The Travertine comes in bull-nose, but the colors all look very light and kind of washed out. None of the colors seem to "go" well with the brick on the house. Then, there is the flaking and need to seal.
Our entire deck is a light color sun-deck that we are going to have re-sprayed and scored to hide the cracks. This seems to be the cheapest option.
We’ve already spent quite a bit having several spa leaks fixed and both skimmers rebuilt, and, as we are planning on selling this house in a few years, I don't want to go overboard.
I am not opposed to something different, in fact, it's kind of disappointing that I can’t visualize my pool with any of these “newer” materials. I recognize that my pool and I are both in need a makeover. I don't want to miss this opportunity to update our pool into something beautiful because I settled on the same look we have now just because I have a design block. I also don't want to make a mistake on this huge decision!
Sorry so long...I'd be grateful for any advice offered!