But we have had to accept that we just lost another week in the pool build... we should have the pebbletec guys here TODAY to start the coating process. Most people think a swimming pool is tiled but no-one does that any more - they only use tile on the waterline for ease of cleaning. The rest of the pool (the part that's under water) is either plastered (either white or colored) or it's coated with something like Pebbletec or Pebblesheen. These latter coatings are a lot more expensive but they last at least 20 years whereas modern plaster lasts 5 to 7 years and is prone to staining (because they had to remove some useful additives like asbestos recently!).
So we chose Pebblesheen. It's a resin that is covered with tiny stones. The result is a slightly rough surface that looks pretty nice. We went with Blue Granite as the color - we're hoping for a nice blue water color without it looking like a resort pool (we don't want the aqua blue).
Here is the official color chip for Blue Granite pebblesheen - the top is what it actually looks like when applied, the bottom is an approximation of the water color:
Here's a pic of a blue granite pebblesheen pool - ours is obviously not quite as spectacular but you get the idea of the water color:
What do you think?
3 comments:
It looks SOOOOOOO good...great choice to go with the bluegranite pebblesheen!
hi there, the"Michael Phelps training Pool" looks great. Won't be long now and you'll be duck diving endlessly!!!!! I think your pool looks beter then that other one. Great choice of stone it gives a nice blue colour. Hows the banana lounge coming along??? Margarita anyone??
I haven't read the blog for a couple of weeks and today when I went on to catch up on what's going on the first picture I saw was this one and actually thought it was your pool!!! (I haven't looked at yours yet... so here goes).
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