Basically, the ‘slot’ that the water goes through. Most pools/spas have some sort of notched area between the spa and pool that allows water to flow through for a waterfall effect.
Just want to make sure we are all on the same page. Do you mean an actual piece of granite will be your spillway, or will they make the structure of the spillway gunite and put tile, stone, etc over it.? The latter is the most common and how I initially read your post, so want to clarify gunite vs granite.
Yes, that is correct. The granite will only be cosmetic to the pool structure. What I have now, is a plastic insert of some sort. Appears to be made out of the same material a kitchen cutting board is made from. Looks tacky.
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Thank you! Those threads were very helpful. Especially the ones about the need for a drip edge.Got it. Mine is tile so not sure I can be of much help with advice, but here is a good thread that discusses the various options including granite. There are some other threads also linked within this thread:
Pool spillover , Stone with a grout line or solid granite.
We are renovating our pool and our spa spillover will be 34" wide. We were originally set to have a solid stone spillover but then it was discovered the stone didn't come in a long enough piece . Our choice now is use the stone in 2 pieces with a grout line or use a solid piece of granite. I...
