Limestone rustic patio and pool decks make the perfect choice for homeowners when designing their backyards. Limestone is a type of sedimentary rock composed predominantly of calcium carbonate and varying amounts of clay, silt, and sand. The varying amounts of these other minerals determine the color of the stone, which can range from blue to red and green. Limestone is significantly dense and renowned for being a heavy, hard-wearing material. There are many types of limestone that may have been subjected to different surface treatments, display different textures, contain different amounts of fossils, and bear different degrees of permeability. Therefore, certain types of limestone will be better suited to your patio floor than others.
Why Choose Limestone? Limestone is a well-used building material for several reasons:
- Strength – Limestone has a compressive strength of 180 MPa, while concrete has a compressive strength of 30 MPa.
- Shaping – While limestone is strong and hard, it is still soft enough to cut into different shapes for pool coping and other building projects.
- Aesthetic – Limestone comes in a variety of colors and textures that work with any design. Natural tans, buffs, and grays can have hues of pink, blue, and rust in the veining.
- Weathering – Limestone has the ideal porosity to handle the water and New York weather, making it a perfect pool stone.
- Durability – Limestone is also suitable for high-traffic areas such as patios.
- Safety – Not only does limestone last, but it also provides an element of security. The texture of the natural stone is not as slippery as tiles and other building materials, reducing the risk of falls.
Advantages For Patios And Pools Using Limestone
Limestone is a hard material that fairs well under exposure to the elements, making it an excellent candidate for patio floors. It is easy to cut and convenient to work with, minimizing costly complications during installation and contributing toward a flawless finished product.
Limestone can be obtained in unique and striking colors that can make a patio much more memorable. However, it can also be sourced in even colors for the creation of a uniform surface against which other features stand out. In addition to this aesthetic versatility, limestone bears a very fine texture that appears soft and smooth to the eye.
Limestone Disadvantages For Patios And Pools
Take note that limestone may not be a good candidate for your poolside, as it can be damaged by acid. While many homeowners find limestone desirable because of its beauty and longevity, it is important to seal any limestone that may come into contact with acid and be cautious handling chemicals near unsealed limestone.
Limestone is more susceptible to fading than many other natural stone variants, like sandstone. This can be combated through treatments and sealing. However, if you opt for a dark limestone variant, you may find that gradual fading gives it a time-worn look that is packed with timeless character.
Should you desire a very specific shade for your patio floor and cannot find limestone in that color, don’t settle for another shade before you have perused other types of natural stone.
Limestone Pool Coping Long Island NY
Pool coping is not the place to cut corners. Substandard pool coping can lead to problems with the structural integrity of your pool and create safety risks. Coping is what keeps water away from the pool’s shell. If water goes behind the pool walls, the structure is at stake.
Other Pool Coping Benefits
If pool coping breaks away easily, you and your guests can cut yourselves getting in and out of the pool. Keep everyone safe with coping that lasts. A solid pool coping helps keep debris from falling into the pool and improves cleanliness. Plus, if you want to add an automatic cover to your pool, the coping will simplify the process.
Works Well With Water
Why are we discussing water and swimming pools in the same sentence as if they don’t naturally go together?
When selecting your pool materials, water is one of the main considerations. The pool surface, walls, and floor must be waterproof.
Consider this: An average size swimming pool contains between 18,000 and 20,000 gallons of water. If left uncovered, around two inches of that water evaporates each week. Using porous materials could result in even more water seeping from the pool.
Natural stone tiles, if sealed properly, are essentially waterproof!
The Century Effect – Not only are natural stones water-friendly, but they also stand the test of time.
Bathing pools have a long history going back to ancient Rome and Greece. Early pool builders used tightly fitted terracotta bricks for the pool walls and floors. Bathers at Pamukkale, the site of ancient Turkish thermal springs, enjoyed the beauty of travertine terraces that still exist today.
If you build your pool deck from bricks or concrete, both common building materials, you may get a few decades of use before making major repairs. Take it from the Turks, the Greeks, and the Romans—choose natural materials. They’ll last longer.
Also, stones won’t fade over time. In fact, unlike concrete and humans, stones weather the effects of time and end up looking even more beautiful.
Limestone Rustic Patio And Pools in Plandome Manor NY
Gappsi’s latest Limestone Rustic Patio And Pools in Plandome Manor NY included a complete backyard design and installation. We installed a new vinyl pool equipped with an automatic cover for ease and convenience for the homeowner. Our team built two retaining walls with poured concrete and veneered with natural stone. The cooking island was built using all Delta Appliances which can be found in our online store. For the patio, we used G046 limestone and G045 blue limestone for the pool coping all selected from the Gappsi Natural Stones Collection. In addition, we kept the top of the wall with matching coping to the pool. This was a very large wall project but our team at Gappsi has the experience and knowledge. To complete the project the area was very beautifully landscaped by our team at Gappsi. To add to the depth and beauty of the property on the second level we built a circular patio with G046 brown limestone and a fire pit built with matching stones and added a Breeo Smokeless Stainless Steel Fire Pit. This was a very beautiful project to design and build with many details.
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The benefits of owning a swimming pool equipped with Automatic Retractable Safety Pool Covers are many. Homeowners in the market looking to purchase a swimming pool sometimes are not educated by their pool contractors. Most often they focus on items that are less important for the large investment. A safety auto-cover is one item. The benefits it offers far surpass the cost of buying one, you just need to educate yourself on them. Often consumers don’t purchase it mainly because the contractor does not take the time to educate the consumer on the benefits a safe electric auto-cover offers.
Examples of Pools that CANNOT have automatic covers:
Vinyl Pool With AutoCover and Large Natural Stone Pool Pavers
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Limestone Patio And Pool Long Island NY
Backyard renovated in Smithtown NY
These are new precast cabinets made of a composite concrete and a fiber reinforced mash. They are going to be assembled and bolt together. The rustic surface has veneers applied to them. The raised bar area we created with metal stands and Durarock. the cut outs we make with the cabinets to fit the kitchen and the grill and all the appliances. This is a complete kitchen we built with Eldorado precast outdoor cabinets made of lightweight cement and it was veneered with silver travertine rock face 4inch veneers and a limestone countertop. The appliances are a combination of delta, twin eagle and summit refrigerator, bar and a Delta grill. All beautiful and solid ready for the customer to enjoy. We also provide These services in the following areas of Eastern Long-Island – Western long-Island – North-Shore long-Island – South-Shore long-Island, Suffolk County, Nassau County, Glen Cove, Hempstead, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon , Huntington, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Southampton, Riverhead, East Hampton, Southold, Old Brookville, Old Westbury, Mill Neck, Nissequogue, Lloyd Harbor, Muttontown, Coldspring Harbor, East ,Norwich and both Nassau and Suffolk County
The pool is complete except for the patio around. We installed the porcelain pavers for water line tiles, Installed Indiana limestone as the coping. Laminar Jets, spillover water bawls and sheer descends in raised sundeck in the back. The sundeck with steps and the spa is raised from the water.
We just completed this gunite remodeling in Northport NY. We removed the old patio and installed new coping, new porcelain tiles and a waterfall. We paved the entire patio with the New G044 white and gray limestone. Very beautiful stones, everybody loves them. In the pool we installed porcelain tiles 6″ water line porcelain tiles. We marble dusted the pool with dark gray marble dust. The spa was also remodeled and re marble dusted with all new equipment . New pump, new filters, new ozone system, new salt chlorine generator. The color of the marble dust with the reflection of the sky gives a very deep blue color to the pool water . The next step is the landscaping. We will be doing some planting and trees behind the waterfall.
16×32 Vinyl pool, with concrete walls. We Build two corner stairs in the shallow area. To create a larger shallow area and a flat wall between the two steps for swimmers to flip . The autocover rolled into the G44 blue limestone pavers and coping. Very popular and famous limestone. We completed the all backyard with synthetic grass, which also works as a patio. We build a basketball court with metflex tiles over a concrete base. We utilized every inch of the backyard to make more of a playground for the kids.
Gappsi remodeled this gunite swimming pool in Laurel Hollow in Nassau County Long Island, NY. The original pool was a custom shape with a roman end bump out in the shallow area and inverted corners in the deep end. We reshaped the pool shell to be a rectangular pool to accommodate an autocover installation, new wedding cake shaped steps, and a bench were built in the shallow area along with 2 corner benches in the deep end. We installed 6 inch high 1×1 inch tiles as water line markers on the step edges and a tile mosaic design of dolphins playing with a ball on the pool floor. New honed Indiana limestone coping was installed and a shot-blasted finished large random pattern sandstone was used for the patio around the swimming pool. All new equipment was installed including the Aquacal heat pump, new pentair VS pump and cartridge filter, a salt chlorine generator, and an ozone UV light sanitizer. A new slide was installed for the kids with the autocover to make this pool safe, low maintenance, and energy efficient.
Melfi Limestone pavers for the 2020 season (G095). A very unique multi colors combination of gray, blue, green, and rusty brown color blend Limestone at a great price. This beautiful natural stone has a very natural cleft undulated textured look, resembling a natural slate and incredible Details in color shade variations! It requires zero maintenance and it comes with a lifetime warranty on weathering or color changing. We also offer 2 inch coping and 24×24 columns caps in this material as well. Heat absorption is low in this Limestone in warm weather. Come and view these amazing products at the Gappsi showroom at 1015 West Jericho Turnpike Smithtown NY 11787.