Pool Cove And Padding

I have an old pool up and I want to install cove and padding for it? Do I need to remove the sand or what do I do?




Hi. It sounds like you want to install preformed pool cove and foam padding to an existing above ground pool. There are a couple of ways to go about this.

You could pull the sand cove back away from the wall and install the pool cove. This sand could then be put back over the cove and the remaining sand used to resurface the bottom of the pool. Once that was all smooth you could lay the cushion over that and run it all the way to the wall. It could then be taped to the wall to hold it in place.

You could also remove the sand from the cove area and install the preformed cove. At this point you could try to level the existing sand out to a point just a little below the half way point on the cove. This would leave the top half of the preformed cove exposed. When you lay the foam pad down it could then be taped to the coving. Or it could cover the cove and be taped to the wall, it really does not matter, it looks nice either way.

The most important thing to keep in mind with the pad is that it will take on the shape of whatever is underneath it. It will not smooth out a rough surface. It is thin, and with the weight of the water on it, everything shows. You need to lay this material on top of a very smooth surface. For that reason I would use it over top of smooth sand, as opposed to removing the sand and putting it on dirt.