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A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and may be found as a feature aboard ocean-liners and cruise ships. In-ground pools are most commonly constructed from materials such as concrete, natural stone, metal, plastic, or fiberglass, and can be of a custom size and shape or built to a standardized size, the largest of which is the Olympic-size swimming pool.
Many health clubs, fitness centers, and private clubs have pools used mostly for exercise or recreation. It is common for municipalities of every size to provide pools for public use. Many of these municipal pools are outdoor pools but indoor pools can also be found in buildings such as leisure centers. Hotels may have pools available for their guests to use at their own leisure. Pools as a feature in hotels are more common in tourist areas or near convention centers. Educational facilities such as high schools and universities sometimes have pools for physical education classes, recreational activities, leisure, and competitive athletics such as swimming teams. Hot tubs and spas are pools filled with water that is heated and then used for relaxation or hydrotherapy. Specially designed swimming pools are also used for diving, water sports, and physical therapy, as well as for the training of lifeguards and astronauts. Swimming pools most commonly use chlorinated water or salt water and may be heated or unheated.
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Can anyone help me out with a price for a 85m2 swimming pool. Concrete construction. My customer wants to use mosaics. I have done my homework on the materials i'm going to use. I just need a little help on the labour cost as obviously I dont want to loose the job by going in too high...
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well i did and tom mixed/labour Caribbean blend mosaics, and the builders sprung a Dolphin on me , so we put it down as goodwill,we have to grout tomoz and set up the overflow channel ready to receive the surround tiles :thumbsup:
Hi fellow tilers, got a swimming pool to tile, last pool i worked on was about 7 years ago, just needing advice on suitable adhesive, grout and pricing. Does the render/screed need prep of any kind etc. Any help would be gratefully appreciated, cheers, Alan:huh2:
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OK guys this is the pool we have just finished in cheltenham!! hope you enjoy :thumbsup:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9z1DVj7TDw
any question i'll try to answer for you!
we had water ingress probs with this but we overcame them no thanks to the main contractor
and recieved a telephone call from the client today to say that they are over the Moon with the job we have done for them and would like us to tile there next swimming pool in norfok :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: so thats great news, the Main contractor have been the most unhelpfull builders...
in norfolk to start after, the one in gloster is rendered then come back and tile gloster then go tile norfolk :thumbsup: love it!! this will take us to just after christmas :thumbsup:
I was chatting to the swimming pool contractor at one of our jobs last week and one of his tilers said that rapidset and spf rapid were not recommended for pools, i was surprised by this as many rapids can be used externally and can even go off under water ,Is he correct? or does it just depend...
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OK lad;s this is just made up!! the pool is 100m2 mosaic tile on to sand and cement wall/floor it;s been cured for one month ,its a labour only price you don't need to supplie any material's, the job is just around the corner from your home so no traval!!if you dont want to post your price that...
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Can anyone help me, i have been asked to quote to tile some poolside steps from changing rooming up to the pool area in my local heath club.
Can anyone suggest where i can find non slip tiles for these steps, i would like a range of quality of these tiles to take to the customer...
i thought i would make a few peeps smile :thumbsup:
today i was finishing a bathroom and holding the shower screen in my hands to fix to the wall i stepped into a bath full to the brim of freezing cold water that i had siliconed the night previous,,then i proceeded to slip:drool5:
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Hi, I have a tiled swimming pool which was contstructed about 4 years ago. There have been not been any problems with it until it started losing water 3 months ago. The pool is in Spain where builders are desperate for work. The builder (who I have not used before) called in to rectify the...
at the moment, its just that there are a few big pool company's going bust at the mo and theres not a lot of pool tileing to be had, so just be very- careful with payment if you take any on :thumbsup:
gooner & peckers / anybody whos done one
when you render a pool, do you set up screeds or just free rule as you apply ??
is sand and cement being fazed out by bagged renders?
any tips? steps, curves, ?? any special considerations??
cheers
ed :thumbsup:
I have a job starting soon to tile around an indoor pool with Travertine copings.
Then i have all the small wall area's to tile with honed & filled travertine and the floor to tile in the same.
All the pool copings have to be bull nosed by hand as i cannot get double bull nosed ones in the uk...
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YouTube - diamond pool finishers pools HAVE A LOOK!! at what me and tom just made today, i think ill make some more of these, for you-tube as an advertising thing!!it might work :8:
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I am cleaning these tiles for a local hotel and spa, the thing is when the place was build 4 years ago, the tiles where layed first:oops: before anything else so they got alot of dirt, plasterdust, grime and you name it ground in and they where not cleaned. Since then with under...
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