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**French Grey Pebble Sheen

15 years ago

Another link to these pictures are in the Gallery section, just switch to Gallery at the top of the page. My original message deleted itself, but I just wanted to share pictures of my family's pool that will soon (tomorrow) have french grey pebble sheen inside of it. The pictures of course don't show the pebble sheen, but will within a few days. I hope this helps those who have searched everywhere for this color and had very little luck, like me.

Here is a link that might be useful: My Unfinished pool

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tresw
15 years ago
Looks like it's coming along nicely! You might want to consider adding a changing room in the future what with all the clothing being shed in your pool and it doesn't even have water in it yet :-D

Quote: "My original message deleted itself,"

Looks like it's still there:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pools/msg0621483029376.html
brycee_pooh
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank You!I noticed that it actually posted of course after I wrote the second message.Figures. I have updated the pool and the pebble sheen is in and drying. The acid wash comes tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for your interest

Here is a link that might be useful: Pebble Sheen In!
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Hi - I live in San Antonio, TX. my pool is being constructed now. We have a big choice to make with the pool finish and are waffling horribly. Our contractor told us that they have a special right now and we can get CL Industries Sunstone Pearl White Pearl finish for only $500. That is the only color. I guess it's on clearance. Any other color would be another $2400. We initially were thinking of grey plaster. We have huge live oak and post oak trees in our back yard. The more research I've done on here and talking with people in our area, I think the pebble finish is a better choice. The problem is that my husband doesn't like the color white. He thinks it looks like a community pool. Other people here say their plaster has stained from the oak tree leaves and hasn't held up well. I don't want to spend another $2400. Any additional thoughts from the gallery? p.s. We are using Arizona flagstone and then a golden sand color cool deck with a texture. You guys rock!
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No actually that was my mother that wrote to you. She is also thinking of building a pool and liked the color we are getting, but neither of us actually knew what the color of the water would turn out to be, hence the email. Thank You for explaining the pictures on your website. My pool is now done... just in time for those monsoons Here is a link that might be useful: Finished Pool
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I think your pool guy is crazy :) If mottling is a concern, stay far away from colored plaster, including grey. Pebble Sheen / Pebble Tec (the real things) will both look great years and years down the road if installed correctly. It' all relative to your situation. If spending the extra is not a concern, stick with sheen. I will add that some certain projects of mine look better with a colored plaster than they do a sheen...some tuscan style homes and french chateau projects needed that old world mottling look.
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3 of the most popular Pebbletec colors. They are all very similar and the color will depend on the depth of the pool also. The deeper the darker. Also the tanning shelf shallow water will be more of the true color of the material. You really can't go wrong with any of these colors. The water will also reflect your surroundings so keep that in mind. If you are in a heavily landscaped yard with a lot of trees and neighboring trees the pool will take on more of a "greenish" tint. We do more French Grey and Blue Granite than anything mainly because in our area there are restrictions on how dark your pool interior can be. Blue Granite would be the darkest of the allowed colors.
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ga_mom
15 years ago
Great pictures! I'm so jealous...we still have a concrete hole in the ground. Can I ask how much you were charged for the shells to be added? Did you arrange that with your PB, or did you add it in when the crew showed up to do the installation?
brycee_pooh
Original Author
15 years ago
A bag of the shells costed about 600 dollars. Our PB told us earlier that he would be including it, but when they showed up this morning, they had no idea about the shells. The supervisor was there and we told them that we wanted it, but of course they did not bring a single bag. So they waited a little while for someone to get a bag to mix in with the pebble sheen. Earlier, we bought a few bags of crushed sea shells for the pool at Joann's Fabric store, but they said it would void the warranty if we put it in ourselves, thus we did not.It is still sparkly, but would have been nice to add more.

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