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Pool coping

10 years ago

Did you use bluestone for coping? Looks as though your pool is free-form? Although I am using for our patio, my contractor is trying to convince me not to use Bluestone for coping because the color wont be uniform and it is very labor-intensive to form the pieces around the contour of the pool. Was this your experience? Do you have any other pictures of your project? Thanks in advance

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W.D. Interiors, Inc.
10 years ago
Sorry for my delayed response. We did use bluestone for the coping. I don't think it's been an issue from a maintenance perspective. In my experience, I don't usually go against a contractor that feels strongly about something, unless I know for SURE that it can be done. If you go ahead and do it and there is a problem, he'll possibly not help you fix it. I think you should do a bit more investigating before you decide.

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