Hello, everyone. I'm a newbie to the forum and to pool ownership. I've been reading posts for the past few weeks and have learned alot.

My husband and I are having a 12' x 25' freeform fiberglass pool installed with a cantilever concrete deck. I'm looking for opinions on whether or not to have waterline tile installed. I originally decided not to have tile to save money, but now I'm afraid the pool won't look like a conventional pool without tile.

Does anyone have an opinion or wish they'd installed tile when they didn't; or vice versa, wish they hadn't installed tile. I've been told you can have the tile installed later, but I'm wondering how that would work since the pool already has water in it. I would think it would be tough to keep the surface dry while the tile and grout are being installed.

Thanks for any help!

Chris