Wow! I was quoted! I'm so honored. It's true. Your stone is the beautiful frame, your water is the picture, and your tile is the mat. It shouldn't take away from the other two, unless it is a feature. At first I thought, definitely the gray, but as I looked at it, it could also be the color of one of the lighter gray rocks in your stone (I see two of the stones in the second set of pictures under the pvc pipe). That might be more of a gradual transition between the rock and the gray finish and blue water. I LOVE your stone. Our tile would probably be too dark for you, but we used Daltile Continental Slate in Asian Black. Lots of grays and brown it it too. http://www.daltileproducts.com/series.cfm?series=38#608 The tile is great. The only trouble that we had in the beginning (and now again, see below) is that the grout put out calcium. Our pool builder didn't know how to get rid of it, and poured chems. right on the grout and it ate it up. After a while, I tried spraying vinegar on it and scrubbing a little and it came right off. This was on our 360 degree spa that has water running on it everyday. The waterline has had no problems since. We had them come back to regrout the spa, and we do have a couple of areas that show calcium again. I guess it's time to get out the vinegar again. It should stop soon. Now others might want to chime in on this one, but you might want to seal the grout. We didn't, and I don't know if that would have helped. Here's some pictures of our spa and the tile. Good luck with your choices! I think it will look beautiful no matter what. That stone is great! I especially love the slide. I'd love to try it!

Well. that's what they say. I've talked to several people who have had this company tile their pool and most are done within a week. The workmanship is beautiful and all were happy. Even the owner of the tile company had them renovate his pool - always a good sign. The work on the pool has a 10-year warranty. We're also having some other work done including some work on the deck, and new equipment. Here is a link that might be useful: Before Photos

I had the same problem. I did find NPT tile I liked for the waterline but not for the accent pieces on my spillway wall and along the step edges. For the spillway I used Sonoma Tilemakers Tantrum Raffia 2x2 and for the steps & swimouts O used AFI Navajo Sienna 2x2 (the picture shows 6x6). Neither was "pool tile" but were rated for such use by the manufacturers on their web sites and in their printed info. I purchased them from the same supplier that I bought all the tile from for my house and I evidently was one of many that could not find suitable "pool tile" You could easily do the same for waterline tile, but if you are in an area that gets cold (I am in FL) make sure the tile can handle the freeze cycles.

We had a salt water pool installed earlier this year and I had asked the contractor repeatedly to get the waterline tiles clean before we gave him his final payment. He said he had it cleaned and unfortunateunfortunately he got his payment before I verified...dumb mistake! I have tried all I can think of that is reasonable to get the tile clean but this stuff just will not come off! I have tried scrub brushes, magic erasers, running razor blades over the tile, fine grit sand paper...I am worried I will damage the tile before I figure out how to get this stuff off. My best guess this is mastic or plaster or maybe concrete from the coping? Anyone out there have any ideas??