| Incorporating glass mosaics design into your | | | | of the swimming pool wall is flat and lower |
| swimming pool can be just the thing to make | | | | than the surrounding coping. The water flows |
| your pool come to life, it will keep your | | | | over the top of the wall and down into a |
| pool from being ordinary and suffering from | | | | reservoir and is recirculated back into the |
| the ho hum's. | | | | pool, it looks as though the water just |
| | | | vanishes over the edge. |
| Colored cementacious finish coatings that are | | | | |
| pretty typical today. After some years they | | | | The beach is a really cool feature; there is |
| start to wear and fade. With solid colored | | | | no step down into the pool. It is just like |
| glass tile you will never have to have your | | | | walking out of the ocean or a pond. The pool |
| pool walls recoated again. This can save | | | | bottom is constructed so that it gradually |
| quite a bit of money in the long run. | | | | tapers up to the level of the pool deck . |
| | | | This can be wonderful for children and older |
| Glass tile is forever, it will never change | | | | folks. For wheel chair bound swimmers, the |
| its look or loose it's vibrant color due to | | | | beach can be used as a ramp for the wheel |
| the wear of chlorine and sun. Maintenance is | | | | chair as there is no step to contend with. |
| a snap as the glass tile is non-pourus and | | | | |
| cannot be penetrated by staining from | | | | Sometimes the entire pool is clad with the |
| unwanted objects that can wind up in the pool | | | | glass mosaic and the glass color gradates |
| such as leaves. | | | | from a blue or green into a gradation of dark |
| | | | to light beige as it meets the pool deck |
| There are so many colors, sizes and styles | | | | |
| available it is sometimes difficult to | | | | My favorite pool enhancement is a swim up |
| choose. Some have a reflective quality. They | | | | island bar. You can sit around it sipping |
| are manufactured using a mirror backing with | | | | your favorite beverage and chat with your |
| a transparent colored glass overlay. While | | | | friends and family while being submerged in |
| some glass mosaics are opaque and others | | | | the refreshing cool water. |
| semitransparent. They all have unique | | | | |
| qualities that work for many different looks | | | | The colorful mosaics also can help to avoid |
| and effects. | | | | accidents from people jumping into the pool |
| | | | and hitting a step or swim out that cannot be |
| There are even photo luminescent tiles that | | | | seen because the step or swim out is the same |
| absorb ambient light during the day and then | | | | color as the rest of the pool interior. This |
| at night they give off that stored up light. | | | | can be a spine-jarring hazard if you jump in |
| Glass mosaics are fantastic for your | | | | and don't see the underwater object lurking |
| waterline as opposed to the everyday tiles | | | | below. The answer for this is to have your |
| offered from most pool companies. Some pool | | | | pool contractor install a row or two of the |
| tile suppliers have special software that | | | | brightly colored tile along the outer edge |
| allows you to design your own blend or design | | | | and in the center of the underwater hazard. |
| of pool tile mosaics. | | | | So when you are considering the different |
| | | | options in front of you when you are |
| One feature that colorful mosaics are great | | | | installing a new pool or remodeling your |
| for in modern swimming pool design is the | | | | existing pool, remember the many benefits |
| vanishing edge. This is usually one side of | | | | that glass mosaic tile can provide.. |
| the pool that has no coping; instead the top | | | | |