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.