Pool Coping and Paver Upgrade without removing concrete deck

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Hi, I have an 18 x 36 inground pool in Massachusetts that was installed in the 80s. Over the decades the deck hasn’t moved but it does has a few small cracks, nothing substantial. The concrete coping is in worse shape (cracking) but still robust. I currently have the traditional bull nose aluminum coping with vinyl liner track.

The liner needs to be replaced in the spring and I would like to lay porcelain pavers on top of the concrete deck with a sand base without removing the deck. I am thinking of pulling out the coping and replacing the liner track with a cantilever track and then using coping pavers around the pool. The issue I have here is the height difference between the coping and pavers…. I see there are numerous remodeling coping pavers available but can I mortar them to the aluminum track? or can I replace the trace with a cantilever track and boost up the remodeling pavers with a couple inches of mortar?

Any guidance here? I would hate to have to remove 2k sqft of concrete to replace it with another concrete base an inch or two lower.

Ask the Pool Guy Changed status to publish April 5, 2021

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