One note on glass tile. We almost did the same ones but were told by countless sources not to use mesh backed glass tile as they tend to slowly separate from the mesh and that creates failures. On the positive side since you will never see freezing temps it may be less of a concern then it is here. I would also insist they seal the spa properly and use an epoxy grout. You can pick the colors and even make the grout reflective.
Our First Pool
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RoyR
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Seal the inside / outside of the spa - Aquron CPSP....use epoxy grout (Laticrete Spectralock Pro Premium) on the tiles...other products available, but these are really good!
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Backfill finished and they hauled away the mountains on dirt. Looks way better now.
Where are the doubles? The things that go under the steel to lift it off the ground so the concrete can get all around the steel.
Kim they are required for the larger steel on the footers (borders) and are installed. The mesh gets pulled up as they pour and walk over it.
They should be under the floor part also. That steel will go down from it's own weight AND them walking on it. It needs to be in the middle of the deck to do any good.
That pad is going to turn out awesome!!!My mind has been elsewhere with all the crazy Crud we have been dealing with but I will try to get some updates in. I am waiting for some more tile to be installed and have started to look closely at some plaster colors. Seems to be a common factor with folks as they get closer to the end as far as WHAT PLASTER COLOR TO CHOOSE! We are leaning towards Stonescapes Midnight Blue Puerto Rican Blend. I ordered some samples of Midnight Tahoe and Tropics Blue to get a better look. Our deck is very light and the waterline tiles are dark so I thought it would blend well with Midnight Blue.
here are some photos showing water tiles and the shell stone on deck nearly completed. They had to leave out that section of coping tiles to allow for the installation of waterline tiles in that small gap for the spa to overflow.
SWEET! That is looking awesome! Yeah they are going to need every bit of room they can get to install in there! That is going to be a bear to do.
Installed palm trees along the fence line. Not pool related but part of the overall project. 
That looks incredible! Love the bench one step from the sun shelf.
If you don't mind me asking, what are you using for coping and decking?
If you don't mind me asking, what are you using for coping and decking?
Love everything about this-similar to what we are doing, but colors are switched--will the wall where the sheer goes stay white?
No it will be a similar tile to the waterline but rectangles instead of squares in a brick pattern. The flanking columns will be travertine rough bricks just like the house back wall.