Swimming Pool Deck Tile Layout

This topic describes: The layout of deck tiles for rectangular swimming pools.

Materials

The deck surrounding covered or open pools can be made from any suitable material. The most common materials are ceramic tiles or concrete flags. Wooden decking is popular for smaller pools and hot tubs. Irregularly shaped pools are more difficult to pave due to the complex cuts required to fit tiles. Materials such as concrete or a man made composite material are often chosen as an alternative to fill behind the deck tiles surrounding the edge of the pool.

Rectangular swimming pool tile layouts

Rectangular pools are a popular choice and laying tiles for the surrounding deck straightforward. If the layout of tiles is done incorrectly the result may look messy.

To layout tiles; first mark the centre of each side. Fit the corner tile first. Sometimes the tile range has a special corner tile. If the tiles are not square, it will be necessary to cut and fit the corner tiles to give a 45 degree corner as illustrated. The other half of the tile can be used to form another corner. Next, working from each corner, lay tiles to the centre marks on each side stopping one tile short of the centre mark.

At the centre point of each side, the gap will be such that you will have to trim either one tile 'A' or a pair of tiles equally 'B' to fit; shown below. Avoid trimming tiles to less than half their width as this reduction is obvious when laid next to full size tiles. To avoid sudden size reductions, trim a pair of centre tiles equally by a small amount. This makes the size reduction less apparent ‘B’.

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Different size deck tiles

Pool edge tiles may be a different size to the main body of the deck flags behind them. When mixing different sizes, a small size difference in tiles may appear visually messy; however if the size difference is three time or more times, this effect usually disappears.

To fit the tiles, first fit the pool edge tiles. Then repeat with the main body pool tiles, always working from the corners to the centre of each side.

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