24/02/2026
Swimming pool surround in Turves.
What a job this was. At many times I was close to breaking point.
So originally the pool surround had been covered with a rubber mulch. On investigating I couldn't remove it.
So I opted to SLC over the top to give a suitable and smooth surface surface to start fixing to. I had to shutter off the pool edge with 80mm uPVC angle bead. This not only acted as a barrier to prevent the SLC flooding into the pool, but also gave a decorative edge covering the existing pool surround.
Ther was a "lounge" area within the room that was originally ply overlaid and carpeted. This was all removed and 20mm Premtool backer boards were glued to make up some height difference. Again this was then SLC'd with the rest of the areas.
Once SLC had been applied, Schlüter-Systems Ltd Dita matting was fixed all round before tiling with 900x600x20mm R13 porcelain tiles.
The pool wasn't actually square so some sneaky cutting had to be done to make "full" tiles fit.
Tiles (and matting) were fixed using UltraTile adhesive and levelled using Raimondi spin clips.
Tile edges were finished with Profilpas trims from Mapei UK Ltd
Finally grouted using Kerakoll fugabella 04 grout.
All materials supplied by Pro Tiler Tools