Travertine pavers are too hot to stand on

[voidpointer]

In these 100F+ Texas temperatures this summer, I've found that it's really painful to stand on the travertine pavers around the pool. The pavers are also really slippery when wet. I'm frustrated that I didn't catch these issues during the pool build, but money is already spent :-(

Does anyone have any advice to resolve the temp issues? I can't imagine there's an easy or cheap answer, but I thought I'd check anyway.

 

[1poolman1]

In these 100F+ Texas temperatures this summer, I've found that it's really painful to stand on the travertine pavers around the pool. The pavers are also really slippery when wet. I'm frustrated that I didn't catch these issues during the pool build, but money is already spent :-(

Does anyone have any advice to resolve the temp issues? I can't imagine there's an easy or cheap answer, but I thought I'd check anyway.

Not a lot can be done outside of some sort of shade structure.
Try something like this:

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[hexabc]

Wear flip flops

 

[JamesW]

Install pipes below the pavers and run chilled water through the pipes like they do for an ice rink.

This is what they did for the Hoover dam.

Six hundred miles of steel pipe was installed through the different layers of concrete pours.

Once the 1-inch diameter, thin-walled steel piping was installed and concrete was poured, engineers pumped river water through it.

After the first pass with cool river water, the second stage of cooling began.

They built a refrigeration plant on-site to produce a maximum of 1,000 tons of ice per day.

It was the largest refrigerator in the world at the time.

Next, icy water was circulated to bring the cores of the slabs down in temperature.

After the concrete had cured to engineers’ satisfaction, the steel pipe was filled with grout, pumped in at 300 psi.

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It's basically the same concept as radiant heating for floors or driveways, but cooling instead of heating.

 

[ramit]

I am having the same issue. everything I read said travertine stayed cool in hot climates, definitely not the case. OP di did you ever resolve this or are you just living with it now?

 

[voidpointer]

Just living with it. I wear flip flops around the pool now. It's annoying, but not worth spending tens of thousands of dollars to fix. I just got unlucky and got a terrible pool builder that gave me terrible materials. Life lesson.