Stone options around a salt pool

13 years ago

This is my first pool build and first post. Thank you in advance to all the generous contributors. This forum is nothing short of amazing especially for a novice.

We are building a fairly large salt water pool system in Dallas, TX (design pic included if you are interested). Our house is done is an off white brick, almost a light yellow. Would like to find a very light stone (near white, some yellow/tobacco accents) to use on the grotto and other surfaces. We liked one called Austin Block but it is a limestone and we have been cautioned against limestone with salt. Lueders choices all look too gray and I think it is a limestone too. Does anyone have any recommendations/experience of very light stone that is compatible with salt? Please let me know if you have any questions about specs. Thanks again.

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jlroper
Original Author
13 years ago
I see lots of participants post progress photos. I have been posting our's to Facebook because that is where the family tends to congregate. Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151468994612211.1073741826.724297210&type=3
(let me know if that link doesnt work) Sorry but the chronology is not great. If that is not a good solution then I will gladly try and post here too. Progress for the past week has been slowed by weather and this issue about the stonework. Would be thrilled if anybody could weigh in on the options. Again, if you have any questions/comments about our project please just say so and I will do my best to respond. It is a big and scary project. Appreciate any and all feedback.
womanowned
13 years ago
There is a white flagstone that comes from Mexico that may be an option for you. I don't recall the name, but I believe the importer is/was Alamo Stone. You may not want to worry about trying to match your house brick and pool coping. Sometimes a nice contrast works well from a design perspective. You could also do concrete coping (made on site or precast) for a white look. If you end up choosing a stone coping, be sure to have all the stone sealed with a long warrantied product designed for salt water pools. That will help slow down the erosion from the salt water.
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jlroper
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you womanowned. Just to amplify, we are not trying to match the house necessarily. Just not fond of the grays and browns we have been shown so trying to explore our choices. Since it is going around a salt pool and we have no experience it makes it a little difficult to research. Our coping is simple cast white bullnose. The stonework we are trying to source is for the vertical walls and columns. I have found a photo with some stone work that looks like it is about the right color but not sure what kind of stone it is. It is clearly being used around a pool but dont know if it is a salt pool or not. Thank you.

This post was edited by jlroper on Sat, Apr 6, 13 at 22:56