How Crazy Pave Can Elevate Your Pool Area
If your next remodelling project involves building a new pool or renovating an old pool, you’ve likely been thinking of the various tiling and coping options for it.
In the market for a unique, modern design to compliment your sparkling poo? Why not try crazy paves?
Despite the name, crazy paves—otherwise known as “flagstones”—are actually a highly refined and dignified style of paving that has its origins in Ancient Rome. By the contrary, this design style is quite trendy and on the rise for deluxe home renovation. Keep reading to learn more about crazy paves and their benefits.
What are Crazy Paves?
Crazy paves are broken shards of stone laid on a surface to create a variety of organic and eye-catching patterns. Unlike your standard variety of geometric tiles that are placed in straight lines, crazy paves are irregularly shaped tiles and arranged in a haphazard yet elegant manner to create a flat walking surface.
Crazy paves were originally used in Ancient Rome to tile roads and to reuse old rock fragments from quarries. In modern times, the stones are created by buying rectangular pavers which are safely broken by a hammer or shaped by an angle grinder to create a variety of unique tiles. They are then set out in an organic pattern. Usually, large stones are laid down first, with small and medium stones filling out the spaces in between, before the gaps are filled with grout and sealed with a sealant.
Benefits of Crazy Paves
Crazy paves offer a numerous amount of benefits for homeowners and landscape designers of all kinds. Here are a few:
Perfect for pools: Crazy paves are very effective for both pool tiling and coping. Due to the liberty with which they can be laid, they are perfect for tiling curved surfaces, such as around a circular pool. The combination of its unique design possibilities and natural feel underfoot make for a wonderful way to frame your beautiful poo.l
Organic style: Due to the way crazy paves are created, no two floors will look the same. With the mosaic style of large and small pieces, you get an eye-catching pattern around your pool that is organically elegant.
Highly Customiseable: Due to fact the pavements aren’t laid geometrically, it allows you to get creative and really experiment with different patterns and arrangements. You can even use similar-sized stones to create paths or centrepieces within your tiling. In short—the look of the stone is completely up to you
Durable: If you’re making your crazy paves out of natural stone, they will be extremely durable to adverse weather conditions, especially if sealed and installed properly. Pavers can last for decades if maintained properly.
Reusable: If your crazy paves are well maintained, they can be reused for other crazy pave projects in the future. This all depends on how properly they are installed and sealed.
Best Stone for Crazy Pave Pool Coping
Travertine is a very popular stone for pool-side crazy paves due to their beautiful white colours, slip-resistant surface, and natural cooling abilities. That’s right, even during hot weather, they are still extremely cool to the touch and won’t burn your feet.
Our most popular ranges are our Almond Travertine with its sweet honey undertones, our resplendantly bright Superwhite Travertine, and our Linen Taverntine with its creamy beige finish. All of pavers are appropriate for pool tiling, creating a luxurious and elegant ambiance for your outdoor area.
Conclusion
Want to see our tiles in person? If you get in touch, we can send stone samples right to your doorstep and experience the colour and feel of our natural stone right beneath your fingertips. Conversely, if you are not working with an architect or builder, you can book a design consultation with Arlo Stone to have a member of our team give you some extra advice on style and materials for your next pavement project. We look forward to hearing from you!
