Swimming Pool Scene TILING & MOSAICS
ABOVE: For hotel spas and home pools where space is often limited, mosaics are the go-to tile choice as they are easy to work with and look great in smaller areas. Pic: Ceramique Internationale.
Finishing Touches Tiling and mosaic offers the ultimate pick ‘n mix to the water leisure market...
Much like kids in a sweetshop, today’s swimming pool installers are spoilt for choice when it comes to pool tiling and mosaics. This competitive sector now offers the pool industry the biggest and best choice of products ever available. In terms of both colour and materials, there is now an abundance of options on the market, all shown off to good effect with an increased focus on lighting as part of the overall design. Tiled swimming pools have never looked so good. “Increasingly we are asked to create a much complete look, pool, surround and feature walls working to create a very specifi c look,” comments Kevin Grant, Associate Contract Sales Director for Designworks Tiles. “This is a very long way away from Greek tile bands and 20mm blue mixes which can look dated through
ABOVE: For pools where space is often limited, mosaics are the go-to tile choice as they are easy to work with and look great in smaller areas. Pic: Ceramique Internationale. modern eyes.”
Julian Garlick of Waxman Ceramics agrees: “2016 is a very exciting year for tiles and mosaics; they are coming into their own in most sectors, with designers considering them for use in projects which might not have commanded them in the past”. “This also goes for the leisure and wellbeing sector; many projects are demanding the use of tiles for their aesthetic appeal and not just their functional advantages.”
He adds: “With design trends favouring marble, metallic and
shapes, many new ranges encompass such designs and have become increasingly popular. All these trends can be found upon the blog pages of most infl uencers throughout the fashion and
ABOVE: Waxam Ceramics teamed up with swimming pool and spa company, Service Solutions Ltd, to help kit-out the luxury Brynteg Spa in Snowdonia.
40 Swimming Pool Scene TILING & MOSAICS
ABOVE: Whether it is large format or exquisite mosaic nothing else has the ‘wow factor’ versus the cost factor like a tiled pool. Pic: Designworks Tiles.
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