Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Mar 07, 2022 9:15 pm Hello I have an 11m by 4m pool and I am going to start installing tiles around it. There is a 150mm concrete coping around the pool perimeter currently. The pool sits about 600mm away from the house, surrounded by floor to ceiling windows. There is a 1200mm eave from the house which stretches over the pool, so it's kind of under cover. I have a few PVC drain pipes around the pool which have been installed for me to connect some drainage into. I am about to pour concrete between the coping and the house to fill the gap (currently soil). Then the plan was to tile over that. I really like the tile insert strip drains and was planning to do this around the pool perimeter. But a few quotes I have seen means this will cost $10k+ (just in the drain materials!), which is a little ridiculous. I don't really like the look of the stainless steel grated strip drains, which are much more cost effective. Has anyone done anything different? Maybe a DIY tile over drain that they can share which is more cost effective? Or maybe I ignore the drain and just grade the surrounding area toward the pool so I don't get water pooling around the house? Although I am a little concerned with rain dragging crap into the pool. Re: Strip drain alternative - landscaping 2Mar 09, 2022 6:07 am I’m planning a slot drain in 20mm porcelain pavers, cantilevered over a cheap plastic drainage channel. I’m thinking of getting a 316 angle lip welded up for the driveway to support the cantilevered edge. Foot traffic would be ok unsupported Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has switched from a small square tile insert or normal square waste to a strip drain at all, and if so did the plumber or diy-er… 0 13403 Might cheaper to changer your idea of what makes a home, have you considered building a porch? 2 52619 |