- Oct 18, 2009
- 3,637
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
My DIY pool build
- Thread starter gumarogarc
- Start date
So, beautiful, and looks like everyone is enjoying it finally! I really like those tile!
- Jan 21, 2009
- 562
- Pool Size
- 21000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite Pro (T-15)
I love the look of the tile finish! I'd like to see a picture of the water in full sun to see how that tile shines. Is the tile slippery to walk on?
jasonlmarsh,
Here are two pictures whit the surface moving and still, there is no slippery to walk on.
spillmar,
The tile was on paper, not mesh, after 30, 40 minutes from install it, you wet the paper with a sponge several times in 5 minutes to soften the glue then clear the paper.
Thank you all for your words.
Gumaro
Here are two pictures whit the surface moving and still, there is no slippery to walk on.
spillmar,
The tile was on paper, not mesh, after 30, 40 minutes from install it, you wet the paper with a sponge several times in 5 minutes to soften the glue then clear the paper.
Thank you all for your words.
Gumaro
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Some results so far:
I lost 1/2" daily in an ambient temperature up to 100° C, water is at 86° C.
I´ve used 7 pucks (3 left to reach 40 ppm CYA) and 3 galons of 6% bleach in 16 days.
Working on lowering TA from 200 (not hurry) to add borates.
Filter working at 7 Lb/In2. 2.5 hr/day.
Whit the TFTestkit and the pool calculator, is awesome how easy can you control the pool.
Thanks troublefreepool.com
I lost 1/2" daily in an ambient temperature up to 100° C, water is at 86° C.
I´ve used 7 pucks (3 left to reach 40 ppm CYA) and 3 galons of 6% bleach in 16 days.
Working on lowering TA from 200 (not hurry) to add borates.
Filter working at 7 Lb/In2. 2.5 hr/day.
Whit the TFTestkit and the pool calculator, is awesome how easy can you control the pool.
Thanks troublefreepool.com
That looks great!gumarogarc said:
Maybe I'm just old school, but I like the tile look better than plaster/pebble/quartz, etc... Was there anything special you had to do (to make it water tight). Seal the concrete? Special thinset mix? Special grout? Do you even have to grout those? sorry for all the questions :-D
I added sikalite to the concrete when we poured the bottom and walls.
Then applied 4 layers of morter whit sika 1 according to its instructions.
Finally the tile was installed with an adhesive from kolorines made to be permanent submerged, this same adhesive was used for the grout.
Here is a link to the tile and adhesive I used:
http://m-v-m.mx/kolorines/
I instaled the caribbean blend.
If you see the site in English the adhesive shown is a Mapei, if you see it in Spanish they show a Laticrete, I used the second one. Just for reference, the cost of this adhesive was 4 times the cost of a standard tile adhesive, even months after its use, it seems to be kind of soft and flexible, you can mark it with the nail.
Then applied 4 layers of morter whit sika 1 according to its instructions.
Finally the tile was installed with an adhesive from kolorines made to be permanent submerged, this same adhesive was used for the grout.
Here is a link to the tile and adhesive I used:
http://m-v-m.mx/kolorines/
I instaled the caribbean blend.
If you see the site in English the adhesive shown is a Mapei, if you see it in Spanish they show a Laticrete, I used the second one. Just for reference, the cost of this adhesive was 4 times the cost of a standard tile adhesive, even months after its use, it seems to be kind of soft and flexible, you can mark it with the nail.
Wow!! Awesome job!! I am a newbie, but planning on doing a DIY hottub/spa within the next few months.