The stone colors an the plaster colors are beautiful and blend in so nicely. I love the tiles on the steps too. That is a nice touch.Congratulations!

Gotcha. The meeting went well. The handouts could have been much better for people to take with them, otherwise I think there were many good questions asked and answered very well...mostly by Steve Barnes at Pentair who is on many of the councils and committees for the writing of the recent codes. There seems to be a fine line as to what a "remodel" is and when the main drains need to be changed. For instance, a drain with an acid wash shouldnt really constitute a remodel, but what if you replace the tile but leave the interior. No one could really come out and say when exactly the main drains or any point of suction needs to be brought up to code. Kinda of a grey area... we dont do a lot of remodels, and when we do they are so extensive we always split the drains and bring it all up to code, but its still good to know. I'll be at Atlantis Sept27th -Oct 4th with the wife and some friends. when is the trip? It is atlantis right?

Yes, my stairs (the entire pool, in fact) is all pebble with no cement showing. Try the acid thing again yourself. Just lean over from the edge, hold the opening of the bottle as close to the water as possible if not actually in water, and pour it out slowly and gently over the length of the steps. Depending on the severity you might want to brush and repeat with another gallon. Here's a couple before/after acid wash photos that I dug up of my pool. The steps were really bad and hadn't fully cleared up after a couple days of the no-drain acid wash. So I poured another gallon directly over them and it finished clearing them up. Actually I think I may have done that twice. Pool floor:

After much deliberation, we have decided to go with Blue Granite Pebble Sheen for our first swimming pool. With that big decision out of the way, we now are faced with the question of exactly which tile works best with this finish. We will be using a dark gray granite stone for coping. Any advice or recommendations on tile colors that best compliment the blue granite sheen would be most appreciated!