planning on concrete pool next year, so just following ;)

Hi my name is Dominic from Momentum Pools, I just thought I would provide the following detail and advice. Most swimming pools are fitted with waterline tiles to manage the manage the insoluble, floating veneer of pollen, sunscreen, body oils and fake tan that forms the scum line at the air / water interface. The bath tub ring formed is usually evidenced as a yellowy, brown stain that can be locked into place with a thin film of translucent inorganic calcium scale deposits. Tiles inhibit the formation of this "ring" through the hard impermeable glaze fitted to tiles forming a barrier to which debris cant easily mechanically fix itself to; also the baked, glazed coating is chemically inert and wont chemically bond to any floating compounds etc. The same cant be said , for the typical cementitious linings fitted to pools in place of tiles, they are chemically very reactive and porous in structure with many mechanical fixings points.

In your position I would probably fit the proposed travertine pavers as a large format waterline tile (hopefully they can supply 10mm or so thick tiles made from the same material (- in addition pls check that the material is suitable for water immersion)

Kind Regards - Dominic Momentum Pools

Honestly if you can push your budget do it. We wound up using glass tiles entirely in our pool - maintenance is a breeze! We initially were going to go ceramic everywhere but then upon investigation wound up with glass (more expensive to lay & purchase) but for your ongoing maintenance it will be worth it. I have had our pool for just over 2 years and everyday of the year it looks inviting for a dip! I just get my broom and run around the top and pop our pool cleaner in and that's it. Not much effort at all! You won't look back. Oh - I used black granite as my paving and I also used some of them on the swimout & steps.... I used a mid blue glass tile - I love it but if I do it again I would go even lighter with my tiles as I have seen some white ones it looks fantastic (winds up looking pale blue once water in it).

We have small courtyard - L shaped so we used the smaller 500mmx500mm for our pavers - easier cutting and allowing for angles for water flow run off etc etc. It goes really black when wet (you can see from the swimout).... it is speckled unlike greystone.

Be careful using dark coloured pavers. We ended up replacing ours with sandstone- simply too hot to walk on in summer, made getting in and out of the pool like walking on hot coals.

And waterlines.....yes!...you will need them. You will be horrified the amount of oil scum and hair you get after a day of use. You really won't want to see that all stuck to the edges.

We are almost done - some metal artwork and filter box to go before planting. Thought you all might like to see what we ended up doing…. Pool & tiles by pool company, everything else done by ourselves.

We are extremely happy with the waterline tile colour - they show up differently all times of the day which is a lovely surprise.

Ezarri Glass Mozaic waterline: Space Capricorn

Capping Travertine

Looks great - I am grateful most of my customers aren't so able with their pool completion works .........or I'd be out of a job

Too funny cbandcharli2 ! Both my husband and I are originally from the country so don't mind having a go - we do have limitations though. Always good to get an expert in to do the job in about a tenth of the time ;)

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