coping

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    Fiberglass Pool, Bluestone coping gap

    Hello All, I’ve searched the forum. Looking for a final word or advice: Brand new leisure pools 30x14 pool in the ground. 15” bond beam collar poured. The PB’s concrete sub poured my collar level with the 4” fiberglass lip of the pool. After using mortar to adhere bluestone coping to concrete...
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    Pool concrete deck painting and coping question

    HI everyone, New to the forum and have a question. We have a concrete deck that has never been painted or stained in 15 years with some cracking but not much honestly. We are thinking of improving the look, powerwashing and painting it and wondering what products are recommended (Cool, etc.)...
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    Coping choice

    Hello! We are in the beginning stages of getting a pool. We are in the North Fort Worth area and I’m having trouble making a coping decision. We can choose between Oklahoma Flagstone or Lueders. I like the look/white color of the lueders but would like to hear opinions on both!
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    Reattach pool coping

    What is the proper adhesive to use if the pool coping concrete has broken loose?
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    New fill after coping renovation

    We recently had our old brick paver coping removed and had new PA Flagstone coping installed. Tomorrow is pool fill day, finally! I haven’t started from scratch with a new fill in about 8 years or so, and now sure where to start. I am thinking that I will need to add some shock just to get...
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    Precast Concrete Pool Coping Recommendations

    I am in Los Angeles and I am trying to decide on pool coping for pool update. The deck will be stone and I was going to go for stone coping but didn't want a bullnose edge. Bedrosian has stone I like but it all single edge bullnose. I think I need double edge for my spa. So now I am considering...
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    New Pool Construction - So Cal - PLS HELP!!

    We have finished dig out, currently finishing up the rebar. Having trouble with two decisions. 1) steps. The Baja is 18” deep (we did that because we want to sit it in also, and have the kids 2&4y/o splash around there; later we can put deep aqua chairs). We will add a step into the Baja and...
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    Guidance on regrout of stone coping

    New to TFP. Doing some research on a coping repair and ran across y'all. Have an inground gunite pool that we renovated about 16 years ago...located in Atlanta GA. While in the process of replacing my expansion joint, I discovered a loose coping stone along with a few areas where the...
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    Concrete coping- expectations too high?

    My concrete coping is incredibly rough - Any way to smooth it out so it doesn’t tear us up next summer? Also, is it normal to have cracks on a brand new pour? It did have fiber mesh but it was a large pour deck 12ft, 6ft, 8ft, 10 ft around 18x36 pool. Over 1500 sq ft. Of course contractor is...
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    Coping gap cover for older spartan pool

    Just replace liner and painted coping on my 16x32 Spartan inground pool. Need to get the cover strips that cover the gap between sections of coping and cant find then anywhere. Anyone know someone who carrys them? Attached are pics. Thanks!
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    Painting pool coping?

    Has anyone ever painted their pool coping? Mine is looking a little on the dingy side as its old concrete. I plan on painting the deck and scrubbing and power washing the coping part but a, wondering if it will look better if I either paint the coping a different color or the same color as the...
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    Coping and decking replacement

    Hello, Purchased a home in 2016 with a 16x32 pool that our pool company stated was probably built late 70s. So the coping is wide like what would be on an above ground pool which they no longer make I guess so we cannot replace the existing and also our concrete decking is caving inward...
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    Coping help for a newbie

    Bought a house in Massachusetts in the fall with a pool. Older liner and coping, but trying to not replace it for at least another few years. Have never owned a pool but always wanted one. Really can't find any info on how to potentially fix this one piece of coping that's popped. Any...
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    Lueders Limestone Coping - Does this look right?

    We are on month 9 of our pool build and there's one last issue of concern. The builder used buff Lueders limestone coping. The coping was installed months ago. When the weather warmed up and the construction started to approach completion, we noticed many flaws in the coping--crumbling...