Swimming Pool Coping
The Coping and Liner Track on a vinyl liner pool is something that a homeowner may want to renovate while doing a vinyl liner replacement. Sometimes it helps to see what a pool looks like underground and during construction for reference.
Standard Pool Coping for Vinyl Liner Pools comes in many different styles. Here are a few of the commonly used choices. Note: The coping and track are commonly referred to as the “coping”, though they can come built into one piece, or they can be installed separately.
When it is time for a renovation, the coping/liner track combination could be replaced by a new coping/liner track combo, but only if the liner and the concrete patio are both being replaced.
Other options include removing the existing coping and installing new coping in a variety of materials including stone, bluestone, pavers, or cantilever pool deck, and also installing a surface mount “coping” also known as “liner track” for the pool liner to track into.
This increases the choices, looks and styles for a homeowners pool.
Here is a pool renovation which presented with a traditional coping (and lack of deck braces in original construction). The patio was removed, water fall reinforced with solid underground footings, the coping removed and replaced with a surface mount track for the liner. The top surround of the pool got a new concrete collar, bluestone coping stones, and a new textured/colored patio.
This pool shown below was a concrete walled vinyl liner pool with no easy access point. The homeowners wanted a renovated look and feel, and increased function of the pool. The patio was removed along with the old coping. A new collar was poured around the top edge, a manufactured coping stone added, a surface mount liner track underneath that. New patio was formed and poured, and the resulting pool was a completely new space.
