Pool Copings
Pool coping is the stone edge that caps the pool shell, and this range covers it in travertine, bluestone, granite, sandstone, limestone and marble. Choose a bullnose profile for a soft rounded edge or drop-face for a modern square line that hides the pool shell.
Copings match our pool paver ranges, so the edge and the surround read as one surface. Free sample pieces are available before you commit.
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What Pool Coping Actually Does
Coping is the edge course that caps the pool shell. It covers the top of the shell and the waterline fittings, it gives you something to grip when you climb out, and it takes the brunt of the splash. It is the most abused stone on a property, so it is worth more thought than the paving behind it.
Every coping we sell is natural stone, cut with a finished front edge and sized to sit on a standard shell. They are sold by the piece, not by the square metre.
Bullnose or Drop Edge
Bullnose coping has a rounded front edge. The stone is one thickness the whole way through, usually 30mm on ours, and the nose is rolled over. It is the standard, it is comfortable to hang onto, and it suits pools where the shell is flush with the surrounding ground.
Drop edge coping is thicker at the front than at the back, commonly 60mm down to 30mm, so it hangs over the shell and hides it. That is what you want on a raised pool or where the shell wall is visible above ground. Our bluestone coping is a 600x400x60/30mm drop edge, and several of the granites offer a drop edge alongside their bullnose sizes.
Look at the pool, not the catalogue. If you can see the side of the shell when you stand next to it, you want a drop edge.
Working Out How Many You Need
Measure the perimeter of the pool in metres, including the corners. Most of our copings are 600mm long with a 10mm joint, so each piece covers 0.61 metres. Divide the perimeter by 0.61 and that is your piece count for a straight run.
Add for corners and for cuts. On a rectangular pool add four pieces. On anything curved or free-form add ten per cent, because curved sets waste stone. Order it all at once. Stone is quarried in batches and a top-up crate ordered three months later can be a visibly different shade.
Which Stone for a Pool Edge
Three things decide it: grip when wet, heat underfoot, and how it handles your water chemistry.
Travertine in the unfilled tumbled finish is the most popular coping stone in Australia and deserves to be. It is pale, so it stays cool, and the open pores give real grip.
Granite in an exfoliated finish is the toughest and the most acid-proof, and it is the pick for a heavily used pool or where the coping doubles as a step edge. The dark granites do get hot in full sun.
Limestone and sandstone are the softer, warmer looking options and both suit salt systems fine. Keep chlorine tablets off them.
Marble in the anti-slip finish gives the most refined edge, and Atlantic Grey and Argento are the two people ask for most.
Matching Coping to the Paving Behind It
The usual approach is to run the same stone through both, with the coping as the finished edge and pavers filling out the surround. It is the safest look and it is why almost every stone in our range has a coping in the same colour and finish.
The alternative worth considering is a deliberate contrast, a pale coping against darker paving, which draws the line of the pool and makes the water read as bigger. What does not work is a near miss, two beiges from different quarries that are almost but not quite the same. If you are contrasting, contrast properly.
Whatever you pick, order the coping and the paving on the same delivery.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between bullnose and drop edge coping?
Bullnose is one thickness with a rounded front edge and suits a pool sitting flush with the ground. Drop edge is thicker at the front, so it overhangs and conceals the shell wall on a raised pool.
How many pool copings do I need?
Divide the pool perimeter in metres by 0.61 for 600mm pieces with a 10mm joint. Add four pieces for a rectangular pool’s corners, or ten per cent on a curved pool.
What is the best stone for pool coping?
Unfilled tumbled travertine for comfort and grip, exfoliated granite for durability. Both work with salt and chlorine systems.
Does pool coping need to be a different thickness from the pavers?
Not usually. A 30mm bullnose coping sits level with 30mm paving. Drop edge coping is thicker only at the front face, so the back of the piece still matches your paving height.
Will salt water damage natural stone coping?
No. Salt is not the problem, acid is. Chlorine tablets, pool acid and citrus left sitting on limestone, marble or travertine will etch the surface. Rinse spills off and the stone is fine.