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[Texasresident]

Wait until it if full and watering overflowing. You will not see the inside tiles as will be underwater and then flowing water over the exterior. It will look great!!!

I hope so .. I spent so much time deciding on grout color . That light grey looks almost white outside . I feel like crying

 

[ajw22]

I hope so .. I spent so much time deciding on grout color . That light grey looks almost white outside . I feel like crying

It will look great with water flowing over it.

 

[Texasresident]

has anyone been in this situation and do something to darken the grout color ? Was it sustainable - don’t want to make it worse ..

 

[Turbo1Ton]

What does the grout look like when you wet it down? I would mist water over it and see if that darkens it up at all.

I don't know of anything to darken grout that would not require reapplication every so often. And it would be a royal pain with that many grout joints.

--Jeff

 

[tommelton]

You can look at products like this:

Search Results for grout renew colorant at The Home Depot

Search Results for grout renew colorant at The Home Depot

www.homedepot.com

Here is Mapei's site:

UltraCare Grout Refresh

Universal Grout Colorant and Sealer UltraCare Grout Refresh is a nonflammable, ready-to-use, water-based, polymer-modified colorant and sealer for grout joints. It can be applied onto and bonds to cement, epoxy, urethane and acrylic grouts.

www.mapei.com

Have not used personally, but know that it exists.

-Tom

 

[Texasresident]

What does the grout look like when you wet it down? I would mist water over it and see if that darkens it up at all.

I don't know of anything to darken grout that would not require reapplication every so often. And it would be a royal pain with that many grout joints.

--Jeff

Water doesn’t change the color much .. I will talk to builder on Monday if anything could be done

 

[joel98z]

Like others have said, I would wait till it all comes together.. At first, I did not like my tile selection when it was installed. It looked good 5 months ago in the showroom with one little sample, fast forward 5 months they installed in the pool I thought it looked too busy.. Today they are installing the coping and the tile is looking better to me and not so busy anymore now that it is combined with the other design elements..

 

[Texasresident]

Like others have said, I would wait till it all comes together.. At first, I did not like my tile selection when it was installed. It looked good 5 months ago in the showroom with one little sample, fast forward 5 months they installed in the pool I thought it looked too busy.. Today they are installing the coping and the tile is looking better to me and not so busy anymore now that it is combined with the other design elements..

Pour bucket of water .. looks much better .. color got little dark .. I can live with this color ..thank you all for your help and listening (or reading) to my concerns

 

[Texasresident]

Totally different colors in sun this afternoon ..tile iridescent in action ..

 

[wireform]

Just run with it. It's gorgeous.

 

[HermanTX]

Totally different colors in sun this afternoon ..tile iridescent in action ..

Just wait until you have water flowing over it - it will look even more wonderful.

 

[JMSMommy]

Just seeing these pics!! Looks beautiful!!! Love that spa tile and your back wall is perfect!

 

[Texasresident]

Just seeing these pics!! Looks beautiful!!! Love that spa tile and your back wall is perfect!

Looking for some more accent - there is lot of light color decking. So thinking maybe planters , turf or stones border between coping and pavers will make it pop ..

 

[JMSMommy]

Looking for some more accent - there is lot of light color decking. So thinking maybe planters , turf or stones border between coping and pavers will make it pop ..

can you add turf or stone boarders now? Are the pavers already set? Or is that a later project? I think it looks great! Just wait to the end...it will all come together! Landscaping, planters, furniture, rugs, pillows, and drinking wine in that awesome hot tub changes the look and feel of it all! Good luck with the rest of the build.

 

[Texasresident]

can you add turf or stone boarders now? Are the pavers already set? Or is that a later project? I think it looks great! Just wait to the end...it will all come together! Landscaping, planters, furniture, rugs, pillows, and drinking wine in that awesome hot tub changes the look and feel of it all! Good luck with the rest of the build.

No it’s just graded, travertine is not yet set . It slowed down last couple weeks due to holidays . Expected to pick up from next week..

 

[Texasresident]

Update - replacement travertine delivered this morning and installation in progress . Looks so much better !!!! Not sure what the previous one was definitely didn’t look like this ..
Looks so bright will need lot of color in landscaping ..

 

[BigPapaSmurf]

Now that looks like the right stone.

 

[Texasresident]

Decking complete just before the storm . Too cold outside to take more pictures . I will share more next week . I like it so far .. last minute change to add small turf border as it was looking little bland .. builder was nice to redo some travertine to have space for turf ..are there different grades in turf also ? What do I need to look when selecting turf - totally new to this area

 

[Texasresident]

@BigPapaSmurf For your have multi level deck - do you use coping on steps or just normal travertine pavers

 

[BigPapaSmurf]

@Texasresident - the steps are Travertine coping. In fact all the entire edge of all the patios and steps are Travertine coping.