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Issues with using travertine for tanning ledge?

11 years ago

Beautiful design. Are there any issues with regards to using travertine on the tanning ledge, such as chlorine from the water causing fading, or collection of algae in the porous stone?

Bennett Project - Alpharetta, GA · More Info

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PRO
Sandals Luxury Pools, Inc.
11 years ago
Thanks!

No it's actually less porous than the pebble tec finish. We have had some algae issues before with regular flagstone on a 4" deep tan ledge but it was always a water chemistry problem where the customer had the PH or something a little off! It works great!
David Ibañez
Original Author
11 years ago
Ok, great. Thank you for your reply!
PRO
Sandals Luxury Pools, Inc.
11 years ago
No problem! Let me know if you have any more questions!

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