Coping refers to the tile or stone that lines the edge of your pool. This can be found on the inside edge, outside edge, or both. With coping, you can add a colorful splash of tile or classic stone accents. You can tie the bright or earthy colors in with your landscaping and outdoor seating area for a lovely cohesive look.
Coping offers three main benefits to pool owners outside of aesthetics. Firstly, it can help disguise any scum rings that tend to form at your pool’s waterline. Secondly, it can help prevent your concrete pool shell from cracking. And lastly, it protects your skin from burning as you walk around or lounge within your pool on hot days.
Coping
Disguise Waterlines
One benefit of tile or stone coping is that it can help disguise that pesky scum ring that can form at your pool’s waterline. A pop colored tile or a subtle stone accent will not only distract the eye, but the materials are actually less likely to form a scum ring in the first place!
Name
The scum lines that form in your pool are also commonly known as bathtub rings.
Material
Coping is less likely to form or show scum lines than plaster or concrete.
Accents
Add Stone Accents
Add stone formations to give the curve of your pool a dramatic edge that compliments your other stone accents. Consider adding a water feature such as a cascading fountain within it.
Color
Natural, earthy colors are far from boring!
Texture
Stone textures complement all pool finishes!
Look
Improve Aesthetics
Improve your pool’s look with coping that adds to your aesthetic! Add to your clean modern lines or accent the curves of your flowing freeform with the perfect color and texture of tile or stone.
Tile
A beautifully bright pop of color!
Stone
Natural and earthy colors and textures!
Prevent
Prevent Burned Skin
Hot sunny days can make the area around your pool incredibly hot to the touch. If you want to walk barefoot around your pool or lounge at your pool’s edges in peace, invest in pleasantly cool coping.
Concrete
Concrete absorbs heat on hot days. Having concrete around your pool means burned feet!
Coping
Stone and tile coping do not hold heat. Install coping around your pool and avoid burned feet!
Protect
Protect Concrete
If your concrete is exposed to major temperature changes, shifting soil, or earthquakes, it can crack or shift. Coping helps prevent your concrete pool shell or the concrete surrounding your pool from shifting, cracking, or leaking.
Shifting Soil
The soil around your pool will likely shift over time, protect your investment with coping!
Temperature
Major temperature changes can cause your shell to crack, coping can help prevent this!
Add
Add Water Features
Updating your pool coping is the perfect opportunity to add water features to your pool! Consider adding popular options such as a waterfall, fountain, or spa.
Options
Add fountains, waterfalls, a spa, or even a pond!
Ponds
Two popular pond choices are mirror and koi ponds.