Designing a Swimming Pool with Glass Mosaic Tile

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