Hi! We are in the middle of our installation of an inground pool and raised spa in Southeastern PA. I am seeking advice on the tile selection and the inside finish of the pool. We have a stone chimney and stone patio walls that are very close to the pool. I struggled with doing a blue tile since it will be very prevalent on the spa and raised bond beam. While I think the blue tile looks beautiful on the pools I have seen, I keep getting drawn back to letting the water be the thing that is blue and going with a natural looking tile that coordinates with the stone that we already have. To give you a little background, we were first planning to do matching stone, but our PB doesn't like to use manufactured stone (only uses real stone) because they aren't sure how it will hold up long-term. Since we didn't want to introduce a stone that was different from what we already have, we opted to do tile. The fact that it would save us $7K to do tile rather than stone was also a bonus! I really struggled with the tile choice and only found one that I felt really picked up the colors in our existing stone. It is called Eternity Multicolor and is sold by US Pool tile: http://uspooltile.com/eternity-6x6-series/. The picture doesn't really do it justice--much prettier in person. My thought is to play it safe on the tile and add color through the landscape around the pool by planting hydrangas in various colors. That said, I don't want to have regrets about the tile choice so I keep looking at other tile and wondering if I should do something more daring and colorful. Thoughts??
Here is a link showing the gunite shell and our existing stone and pavers. Pool pictures - Google Photos
We are doing a stamped concrete cantilevered deck in a light gray or light brown/tan--still to be determined. The wall cap and spa cap will also be poured concrete made to look like stone by using a rough-edged form. We are hoping this will tie into to our brownstone caps on our patio walls. We are going to see what the cost for two separate pours would be so we can possibly make the caps and the deck different colors. So many decisions to make!
The other question that I have is about the inside finish. Our PB uses Finest Finish MicroFusion
http://finestfinishpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/web_FF_Micro_10.14.14.pdf
We are thinking of using the one below which is French Gray because I like the water color it produces, and I love the lavendar and gold flecks that will be visible in the sunshelf and spa because they are closer to the color in the tile. That said, I have not been able to to see this finish in person yet as our PB hasn't done this particular one yet since they recently switched to this quartz company and most people choose the ones with blue. I would love to hear from anyone who has this finish.
I was also considering Pebble Sheen in Bordeaux, but there are none near me to go look at, and it is a significant upgrade in cost (probably at least $8K). Our PB doesn't think it is worth doing it.
Pebble Sheen with Bordeaux Finish
Any input about either the tile or the inside finish would be greatly appreciated. Tile is going in very soon and the finish not far behind so the sooner the better on the advice because I don't have much time left.
I have pictures of the gunite shell and the Eternity multcolor tile with our stone, but I'm not sure how to post them!I think I attached them, but not sure. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance!
Here is a link showing the gunite shell and our existing stone and pavers. Pool pictures - Google Photos
We are doing a stamped concrete cantilevered deck in a light gray or light brown/tan--still to be determined. The wall cap and spa cap will also be poured concrete made to look like stone by using a rough-edged form. We are hoping this will tie into to our brownstone caps on our patio walls. We are going to see what the cost for two separate pours would be so we can possibly make the caps and the deck different colors. So many decisions to make!
The other question that I have is about the inside finish. Our PB uses Finest Finish MicroFusion
http://finestfinishpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/web_FF_Micro_10.14.14.pdf
We are thinking of using the one below which is French Gray because I like the water color it produces, and I love the lavendar and gold flecks that will be visible in the sunshelf and spa because they are closer to the color in the tile. That said, I have not been able to to see this finish in person yet as our PB hasn't done this particular one yet since they recently switched to this quartz company and most people choose the ones with blue. I would love to hear from anyone who has this finish.
I was also considering Pebble Sheen in Bordeaux, but there are none near me to go look at, and it is a significant upgrade in cost (probably at least $8K). Our PB doesn't think it is worth doing it.
Pebble Sheen with Bordeaux Finish
Any input about either the tile or the inside finish would be greatly appreciated. Tile is going in very soon and the finish not far behind so the sooner the better on the advice because I don't have much time left.
I have pictures of the gunite shell and the Eternity multcolor tile with our stone, but I'm not sure how to post them!I think I attached them, but not sure. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance!
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