We have Cream/Beige/Charcoal pavers and coping...

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DISCHNELL what color is your pool's inside finish? Looks like a pebbletec? Back to the paver question....those were my favorite color for pavers, we ended up doing travertine. We are in the middle of a total makeover, I plan to post pics when we are done. Another color that is nice and very similar was White tan charcoal.

When we were choosing pavers, our final choices where White/Tan/Charcoal or Cream/Beige/Charcoal. We just liked that the CBC had no pinkish tones in the beige, where the Tan tended to look more like a pinky toned beige. We absolutely love our pavers and are so glad we went with the color we did.

GK5040, it's not pebbletec, but often mistaken for it by those who come see our pool. We did a dark gray plaster and it is called Premix Marbletite Marquis in the colors Charcoal (40%) and Pewter (60%) mixed. It is a quartz aggregate finish, but has so many specks in it, it is often mistaken for tec, but only with the smoothness that DH and the kids required on their feet. In addition to all the different colors of quartz, it does have a small amount of cloudy white pebbles in the finish, but they are sparse enough that they do not make the finish rough.

Here is a picture of the steps up close so you can see the actual color of the finish...

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dischnell, its very pretty, after I responded I was able to figure out how to search just the pool forum and I saw where you had mentioned your color. I was hoping it was Pebbletec, since I have to decide on a color ASAP. This forum has been so helpful.

Glad I was able to help. I completely understand how you don't want to make a mistake! My concern was my tile when I chose it. I knew I wanted this tile from seeing it in a model home, and basically I chose everything around my tile because I absolutely had to have this particular tile. From before a pool was even a thought for us, I remember saying to myself, "If I ever put in a pool someday, I am going to have this tile." Luckily it matches the pavers EXACTLY. We wanted a really natural looking pool and one neighbor actually couldn't believe how our tile almost looks like a continuation of the pavers. My biggest struggle in making a choice was definitely the pavers though. I wanted to be sure that the choice we made would go well with our pool finish, tile, current house color, and future house color (we want to go a darker beige when we repaint down the line). The area rep from our paver company actually dropped off numerous samples that I stared at for months before making a final decision. Thanks to this forum, I was able to get information on places locally that had these pavers on driveways and pools for me to go see in person. That REALLY helped. Really you can't go wrong with the CBC. They are very neutral and would go wonderful with your French Gray.

I noticed your tile matches so perfectly with the pavers and coping....wow. What did you choose? Looks fabulous!

The tile is a mosaic waterline tile by Luv Tile out of Sarasota, FL. It is called "Aqua Pillows" in the color "rust". If I had just seen this tile in the showroom, I don't know that it would've been one of my choices, but seeing it on that pool that time, it just looks so different installed. It doesn't really look like there is any pattern to it, but there is. I like the 6x6 stone look tiles, and if I hadn't seen this tile installed, I would've definitely chosen that. But I really liked the mosaic look of this tile. Hopefully the darker gray grout will hide any build ups over time or else poor DH will be scrubbing his little heart out :)

I thought that was the tile, we ordered Luv tile piriti black. I liked a bunch of their tiles. It was hard to choose. As I write I am waiting for a UPS delivery, but I forgot to specify am delivery. We were short 6 tiles, with no spares. So I ordered another box to have plenty of extra. I dont know how the pool guy miscalculated. We had to run our tile on a diagonal because we are doing a remodel with a bullnose coping so we needed to cover an 8 inch area. So far it looks great, just wish it was finished. The kids are out of school and we have no pool:(

Yea, that's exactly what I have tried to do is to get everything to match together. We ended up changing our tile choice and went with a tile called Slate Valley. It looks as though it will match our pavers very nicely. They even had a nice deco tile that we would like to get but our PB told us that it wouldn't work for us due to the curves in our pool. He suggested using travertine tiles which are smaller. Our tile on our porch has variations of beige and small lines of a darker brown color so we thought maybe this would help tie the pavers/pool tile/porch tile together. Since we had to take down a couple of kneewalls on our porch, we had to pull up the last row of tile and have to redo that part. We are trying to decide if we should wait to do that until after the pavers are installed and then possibly do a transition tile but we haven't decided yet. Was hoping I would come across someone else that had pictures posted that was in the same situation as us. They are still pulling permits so we should have a little bit of time to decide on that. I'll be glad when everything starts coming together. The next couple of months are probably going to take forever!!

GK, that's a nice tile. I suppose you are lucky to get extras. The website says they are out of stock.

I've been through 3 years of no pool in this house with the kids home all summer long. I'm SOOOO glad that we have the pool now. It'll make my summer a lot easier.

I just went online and you are right, it does say out of stock.....that would have been my luck for them to tell me that, we were short 2 tiles, but there was a mess up and the pool guy has to rip out 4 tiles to put the lines in for the waterfall....he forgot. Thank god, they had the tile. It finally arrived around 4 pm and 5 tiles were cracked from delivery. I thought Luv tile should have labeled to box "fragile" and they didnt. Luckily they werent all cracked. The picture on line does not do it justice.

Dischnell,
I just went and picked out our pavers today and I was wondering if when you picked out the pavers if they looked the same as they did when they put them in at your house as they did at the paver company?
I chose the pavers based on your pics and seeing them intalled at our clubhouse. At the paver company they looked nothing like your pics or our clubhouse...they looked a lot more charcoal. I'm a little nervous and thought maybe you could ease my mind! :)

How large of an area did you see at the paver company? I had samples brought to my house by Flagstone Pavers and it is really difficult to tell what it will look like from a small sample. My samples looked different from what I got only because there are so many variances of the CBC in each individual paver that if you get one or two that are more the charcoal color, it is going to appear more gray and vise versa with the beige or cream. The company my DH used to work at had the CBC pavers all over the grounds. We went and looked at them there and at a model home and made our decision based on those.

Is the paver manufacturer Flagstone Pavers out of Brooksville? If it is, then I wouldn't worry about it. They'll look like mine.

The area we saw at the paver company was about 4 X 4. The company is Flagstone Pavers. I brought a swatch of the house color and the tile from the outdoor kitchen and they all looked great together. Thanks Dischnell, you made me feel better about my choice!

Kris, we do a brand of pavers that have the 3 colors and there is a big variation in how a sample versus a whole yard will look. Contractors always overorder a bit, or should. So make it a point to be home when they lay them, if it looks like too much grey, tell them to start pulling the grey toned pavers from the pallet and set aside as they work. Depending on how big a job, they could also order separately a bit more of just one color to mix in. They may have to buy a full pallet, which is more $, but some companies in Fla will take back extra. Its easy to control as the job goes along, rather than fix it after the fact. Hope this helps, Barb

Glad I could help ease your mind! You have nothing to worry about...same manufacturer, same color. I know other manufacturers have CBC pavers and they look different. The cream has a pinkish tone to it and the charcoal is more like a pewter (brighter gray). Some of my neighbors claim to have CBC, but they are even a different shape. I like the CBC from Flagstone best. Be sure to post pictures when it is complete!!!

I sure will post pictures! We are waiting on permits and HOA approval, it is sad, but I think the HOA will probably take longer than the permits.
I can't wait!!!!

Here's a pic of Flagstone cream/beige/charcoal wetted down. We wanted to see what they would look like with a "wet look" sealer.

Looks great Scrapula! Do you have someone in mind for when you get your pavers sealed? If it goes well let me know who you use as we plan on sealing our pavers. I really can't wait after seeing all these great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Oh to have another 20-30K to throw around....

Scrapula You're pool just looks great! May the TikiGods look well upon you.

Gotpool We picked Cobblestone charcoal and beige pavers from PaverModule.Still have to seal them yet. Here are a few pics. Unsealed and Wet.

Thanks for the pictures. Your pool looks very nice!! Here is a picture of the pavers at the PB office. It looks really nice together in this photo. I know there can be some variations in the pavers but hopefully they will look close to this. We are doing a random pattern.

Hi everyone,
I was so excited when we decided to get pavers and now it has been a month and I have still not picked a color. I just want it to be done...and love it!! I also liked the white/tan/charcoal and found it to start to look pink to me after staring at it for a few days. I love the C/B/C when I see it in all your pictures but the sample I brought home seems to have alot of orange or rust in it? And the charcoal on my sample seems to look bluish at times. Did you find the same thing when you looked at yours at home. Got pool, I am curious do you love your pavers? Can anyone tell me where I can see a driveway or large area with the CBC? I live in Pasco county and would love to drive to take a look before I make my decision. Thanks! Battistafamily@aol.com