b'CASE STUDYduring the project, he said. Wegunite, and did not meet substrate projected that the project would betolerances for both glass and ceram-completed in 6-7 weeks. ic tile installation. To address this Brookesexplainedthatthepoolissue,wefloatedthewalls,trued grotto shell had been formed withup the niches and arch, and used a laser level to create critical layout lines, he said. The center point of the domed roof was used to attach a story pole, and datum was estab-lished on which the layout would be dependent upon. The pool grottos structure required numerous hours ofpreparationtomakethewalls smooth enough to accept the Sicis glassmosaictile.Oncethewalls werewithintolerance,LATICRETE Hydro Ban Cementitious membrane wasapplied,whichisspecifically designed for pool applications.Niches had to be pieced in by hand by installer Gabriel Cortez and helper Ledesmo Calderon.70TileLetter | September 2020'