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RIGHT: Johnson Tiles demonstrate clever tiling in and out of the pool which makes this commercial facility a pleasure to visit
BELOW: Cranbourne's quality stone pool finishes complement a majestic view
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Corinthian polished plastering supply and install the Aquavations Hydrazzo®. This state of the art pool finish has a silky smooth texture, combined with the proven durability of exposed aggregates. With its unique colour selections and natural variegated appearance, the polished pool surface creates a finish that is naturally resistant to spot etching, topical stains, permanent scale and algae adhesion giving each pool timeless beauty and easy maintenance. The most beautiful pools in the world are
surfaced with the hand-polished magic of Aquavations Hydrazzo®. The smoothest, richest and most luxurious surface available, formulated from time-proven technology and the earth’s finest raw materials. Aquavations Hydrazzo® combines naturally beautiful coarse graded crystalline and coloured marble, along with white portland cement and a host of other performance-enhancing ingredients to create the ultimate pool coating. The secret to the Aquavations Hydrazzo® finish is the final step: polishing the surface to a brilliant lustre, and thereby unlocking the
marble’s natural beauty, and its extraordinary strength. The colour is breathtaking, achieving a soothing, colour-intensifying effect. Aquavations Hydrazzo® is the “smooth sensation” in exposed aggregate pool finishes, friendly to fingers, toes and swimsuits.
more than a Bright idea
Global Resin’s patented soft resin coping stones are truly ingenious and are the brainchild of Managing and Technical Director Mark Hempleman-Adams. The idea came to him whilst watching his son and daughter playing in the pool during a holiday in the South of France when Mark found he was unable to relax for fear of his children injuring themselves by hitting their heads on the pool’s copings. One of the truly innovative products to hit the pool market in recent years the coping are resistant to water, UV and most importantly, pool chemicals, and provide a soft and anti-slip surface so that any small, or large, head that accidentally connects with the pool’s edge will remain intact. As well as the outstanding safety aspect the
copings also glow in the dark so making the pool’s edge clear and visible during the hours of darkness. The optional luminescent finish, in green and aquamarine can also bring added design options for that of commercial operators such as hotels and leisure facilities who like to see their name in lights! The material used is incredibly strong but still lightweight and can be retrofitted as well as implemented in new pool installations, both indoor and outdoor. The copings are ideal for use in commercial and private pools and are the super-safe option for child friendly facilities.
ceramic SpecialiStS Global Resin’s patented soft resin coping stones glow in the dark
With over 50 years experience in the design of ceramic tiles and fittings for swimming pools, Johnson Tiles have developed a pools technical advisory service for specifiers. The swimming pool tiles are pressed glazed porcelain which provide
an accurately sized product that have high strength characteristics that are necessary for modern pool construction tolerances. The tiles are 250 x 125 x 8mm metric modular. The specialist ceramic fittings allow the
creation of almost any pool detail. For pool edge fittings a high degree of dimensional accuracy is required and these are pre-fire rectified to ensure that all dimensional standards are achieved. Standard fittings include finger grip edging for straight runs and pre mitred fittings for the pool corners, drainage channels for the pool deck and changing areas, lane markers and depth markers together with a series of coves and corners for pool deck wall to floor details. For any specifier, the choice of the deck tiles is
very important to ensure the safety of pool users. There are slip resistant tiles in a range of colours in different size formats allowing floor patterns to be created or directional guides to specific areas in the pool hall or to changing areas. Although the majority of swimming pool tiles are
developed for the commercial sector they are also widely used in private pools. Here the complexity of fittings available allows shaped and free form pools to be finished to the highest of standards.
Shimmering moSaicS
Alongside their huge range of glass and ceramic mosaic tiles together with an impressive choice of swimming pool copings, tiles and decking, in 2011 the Mosaic Company are launching an exciting new porcelain tile series which will be on show at SpATex (stand U115). The series is appropriately named Forest, which faithfully mimics natural timber both in size (782 x 152mm) and in six corresponding wood colours such as maple, oak, cherry and walnut. There is a choice of grooved or natural wood grain finish both with R10/C anti-slip surface, long edge bullnose pool edging, skirtings and a grating formed from cut pieces of tile for use in deck level pools. As an alternative to the ubiquitous plastic grating the company also offer a natural Ipe
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