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PLUMBING - TILE - COPING - DECKING - INTERIORS

Plumbing, Equipment, and Hydraulics

Plumbing for Pool Plumbing is the next phase after excavation is complete, and will continue after the steel cage is in place. Once the gunite shell is shot, we continue to run all the Schedule 40 PVC from the pool and set the filtration equipment.

Be sure to think about the filtration equipment location by the excavation phase because additional trenching may be required to get the piping from the pool to your equipment location.

Hydraulics: ( The study of fluids at rest and in motion) System piping size and run plus equipment Resistance charted by pump performance are the variables that are calculated at a pre-determined flow rate through the plumbing, filtration and sanitizing equipment. It provides a precise, pre-calculated flow rate to return lines, floor heads, sheer decents, cleaning systems, jets, waterfalls, and fountains.

To view pictures of the plumbing process, please click here to visit our photo gallery.

Coping and Tile

Decking installed Any material that borders the perimeter of the pool. We divided it into four main catagories.
( Finished stone, Natural stone, Cast pavers or Brick, and Poured concrete.)

  • Bluestone: Bluestone is a fine to medium grained arkosic sandstone (geologically referred to as a feldspathic sandstone classified as a sedimentary stone) comprised of mainly quartz, feldspars, micas and accessory iron, titanium, magnesium and calcium minerals. Most market grade bluestones are indurated with silica cements with lesser percentages of calcium carbonate or clay mineral cementation of sand grain particles. Rock faced edge, Pencil rounded top and bottom edge, Bull nose or Half Bullnose.
  • Granite: (gray, black, blue, yellow or other colors) Rock faced edging, Pencil rounded top and bottom edge, Bull nose or Half Bullnose.
  • Cantilevered Edge: (see deck samples) Straight on top and part of the pool deck, The deck runs out past the edge of the pool, then drops down to meet the top of the tile line. Technically we do not classify a cantilever edge deck as a coping.
  • Thermal finish: Treated with flame to create a slightly pebbled surface with medium relief. They are ideal for walkways and patios because of the uniform surface and nonskid texture.
  • Honed: This paver finish has a super fine, very smooth finish, though not as fine as a polished finish. .
  • Natuaral Cleft: Pavers that are cleaved or separated along a natural seam, the remaining surface is referred to as a natural cleft surface. These pavers retain a very natural, nonuniform finish.

    • Pool tile choices have transended from the original blue, standard 6" x 6" squares to elaborate shapes, sizes and materials. Tile from all over the world give us a vitually endless palette of colors, and mosaic designs.

    To view pictures of the coping and tile process, please click here to visit our photo gallery.

    Decking and Poured Concrete Coping

    Decking option SSG offers a wide variety of Decking options:

    • Stamped Concrete
    • Exposed Aggregate concrete
    • Traditional Broom and swirl finishes
    • Wet-set pavers with poured subdecking ( Granite and Bluestone)
    • Poured concrete coping

    ( any of our poured deck options can be added seperately as only a coping or decking border.)

    SSG has helped pioneer modern advancments in wet set decking with mechanical and chemical adhesion technologies.

    To view pictures of decking samples, please click here to visit our photo gallery.

    Interior Finishes

    White plaster finish In addition to South Shore Gunite exclusive lifetime guaranteed Pebble exposed aggregate surface finishes, SSG is now offering the Diamond Brite™ © color quartz exposed aggregate pool interiors.

    Diamond Brite is a blend of select quartz aggregates with fortified white portland cement. Available in a variety of colors and textures. Diamond Brite finishes are factory blended to provide a consistent, durable and VERY attractive pool interior. SSG is also introducing 3 new finishes to the marketplace manufactured by Wet Edge Technologies™

    Current Diamond Brite selection includes:

    BLUE QUARTZ - FRENCH GREY - MARLIN BLUE - MIDNIGHT BLUE - ONYX BLACK


    Wet Edge Technologies™ is an innovative company specializing in providing the finest quality interior pool finishes . Wet Edge Technologies™ is now marketing three beautiful and long-lasting pool finishes known as the Pearl Matrix™, Satin Matrix™ and Finest Finish Marble Blend™. Our objective is to provide the finest quality products that exceed all industry specifications. Finest Finish Marble Blend™, Pearl Matrix™ and Satin Matrix™ pool finishes are combined with a patented blend of Matrix Admixtures™ and are considered to be the most beautiful, long-lasting and trouble free pool finishes available today!

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