Looks great! My wife and I picked out Maluka tile with Blue Surf as well. We had initially picked a stamped concrete deck. I was pouring over internet photos for the tile/ plaster color, and ran across your thread which lead me too TFP. After seeing your deck, we totally had to copy you and go with travertine pavers. It really looks top notch!
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Looks great! My wife and I picked out Maluka tile with Blue Surf as well. We had initially picked a stamped concrete deck. I was pouring over internet photos for the tile/ plaster color, and ran across your thread which lead me too TFP. After seeing your deck, we totally had to copy you and go with travertine pavers. It really looks top notch!
Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing the pictures -- really helps to see the color!
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,730
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Thanks, and if you ever need to see it in person just let me know. Our PB had another pool in Prosper that was half done with the coping we wanted. We spent a day crawling around the shell with a box of tile samples to nail down our choices.
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,730
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Salt is in, SWCG is turned on and I have not had to add chlorine in 2 days! I'm sure I will have to play around with run times and % output, but right now 40% running at 1600 rpms for 10 hours a day seems to be meeting my chlorine and skimming needs.
For me it’s easier to only have to adjust %. The electric difference between 12 hours and 24 hours at 1600 rpms is around $10 a month. On the surface it seems more expensive but the pool stays skimmed 24/7 so i don’t have to run a higher speed for a few hours to filter out anything that settled when the pump was off. That would eat more than the $10 a month I was saving.
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,730
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I know a lot of people knock gunite spas but 2nd weekend in a row for us to fire it up and great seats for the World Series even if it did fog up my phone.
Hope we continue to get use out of it for the rest of the winter and for years to come.
Hope we continue to get use out of it for the rest of the winter and for years to come.
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It is not really knocking them..............just making sure it is thought about and knowing there are choices. It makes me smile to hear that you are enjoying yours so much! 
Everything came out really nice! I'm currently building a very similar pool and attached spa laid out so we can watch football/beach volleyball from the spa and pool.
JJ. Your travertine looks awesome. How’s it holding up, any problems? Does the salt have any effect on it?
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,730
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Hey Aquaman - Thanks. We are still loving the travertine and no ill effects from the salt. The best part about it is that it doesnt seem to get hot in the heat or slippery when wet.