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All tile pool?

back_yard_lap_pool
12 years ago

From the London 2012 Olympic pool...180,000 tiles for floors and walls of pool.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8458946/London-2012-Olympics-final-tile-laid-at-Aquatics-Centre-to-mark-500-days-to-go-to-Paralympics.html

In a rectangular residential pool, does anyone ever do full tile pools instead of plaster / pebbletec / etc?

What would the installation cost comparison be for a 6x6 solid color tile instead of pebbletec on a geometric pool (IE: no curves)?


Would you have to form up the walls for poured concrete to get them straight enough to apply tiles (like in this Olympic Pool), or could it actually be sprayed w/ gunite and shape into flat enough surfaces for tile to look decent?

How much more maintenance and upkeep would tiles be vs. pebbletec?

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