Intstalling Preformed Cove

by Elliot
(Suisun City CA)

I'm doing a new 12' round above ground pool. I am using 12"x12" pavers under the uprights. Do I use pavers all the way around the pool for the wall rails to sit on also? Or do the rails sit on the dirt?

Also, when I put the bottom cove sections in, do they sit on the pavers? If so, do I just put the coves to the edge of the pavers and then the liner on the sand? thanks..




Hi Elliot. In most soil conditions blocks under the uprights are all you need. Unstable soil, or very sandy ground, would be conditions where it would be helpful to use the pavers under the entire ring. Either way, the coving would go into place the same way.

Preformed pool cove will either snap into the bottom rails, or get taped to the wall just above the rails, depending on which type of cove you have. They both need to rest at ground level, either on the dirt or on the pavers. Since the top of the pavers should be set to ground level, it would not make any difference with how the cove will be used.

I normally just spread the sand out inside the cove area, trying not to cover more than maybe have the cove, so that there is still a couple of inches showing above the sand level. It is possible also to cover the foam cove completely with sand, using the cove as just an extra protection against a possible cove washout. Either way is OK.