Coping For A Beaded Liner

by Bill
(Plymouth Ma)

I have a Sharkline Odyssey 52" x 20' Round Pool, I just installed the beaded liner, I noticed that there is no plastic coping to secure the liner, it seems to fit and hold the water without any problem. My question is: Do I need the plastic coping, will there be any problems without it?



Hi Bill. Coping strips are only used to hold overlap liners in place, they are not used with beaded liners.

If your pool had a j-hook bead then it probably had metal stabilizer rods that would go over the liner bead to give the wall some stiffness at the top.

Other beaded liners use a bead receiver. The bead receiver acts as a stabilizer rod and in most cases that's all you need. There are bead receivers that need the metal stabilizer rods over top of them. Every brand of pool is a little different so be sure to read the instructions that came with the pool to be sure you have used all of the parts you were supposed to.

More information about liners and installation can be found on these pages.


Overlap Liners

Beaded Liners

Beaded Liner Installation

Vinyl Liner Replacement