Bush-Hammered Concrete Pool Coping - Class 3 Anti-Slip
Bush-hammered concrete pool coping: the classic anti-slip edge
The coping is the piece of the whole pool that gets stepped on barefoot and wet the most, and where most slips happen. This coping solves the problem through texture rather than a surface treatment: bush-hammering exposes the marble aggregate and achieves a USRV of 74, class 3, a value that doesn't fade with use because it doesn't depend on any added layer that can wear away.
✅ Key advantages
Structural anti-slip: USRV 74 and class 3; the grip comes from the concrete's own aggregate, not a varnish or etch that ends up polishing smooth.
Unreinforced white concrete: with no steel inside there's no risk of rust or spalling in a permanently damp, chlorinated environment.
Four sizes, straight and angled: includes inner and outer corner pieces to close off the pool corners without disc-cutting.
4 to 6.5 cm edge: the overhang hides the liner or mosaic tile finish and protects the pool shell edge from knocks.
Cool to the touch: the white concrete reflects much of the solar radiation and doesn't burn feet in summer.
Stable against chlorine and salt: a piece designed to work at the waterline and withstand constant splashes of treated water.
🏗️ Recommended uses
Coping for built-in pools finished with mosaic tile, liner or paint.
Perimeter coping for fibreglass pools and prefabricated shells.
Closing pool corners with inner and outer angle pieces.
Refurbishing old pool edges with worn coping.
Coping for ornamental ponds and walkable water features.
📋 Technical specifications
Material: bush-hammered white concrete, unreinforced.
Texture: anti-slip through exposed marble aggregate.
Slip resistance: USRV 74, Class 3.
Colour: white.
Available sizes: 50 × 37 × 40 × 4 × 6.5 cm · 50 × 40 × 50 × 4 × 6.5 cm · 50 × 47 × 50 × 4 × 6.5 cm · 60 × 50 × 60 × 4 × 6.5 cm.
Unit weight (50 × 37 × 40 × 4 × 6.5 cm): 20.7 kg.
Units per pallet: 50 × 37 × 40 cm: 60 units · 50 × 40 × 50 cm: 12 units · 50 × 47 × 50 cm: 48 units · 60 × 50 × 60 cm: 12 units.
Weight of a 60-unit pallet: 1,258 kg.
Use: outdoor, at the waterline.
🧰 Installation
Dry-lay the entire perimeter before bonding anything and spread out the misalignment across several joints; never leave a cut piece narrower than a third at a visible corner.
Clean and dampen the pool coping surface; dry concrete draws the water out of the adhesive and leaves it unset.
Bed the pieces with a C2 tile adhesive rated for outdoor and immersion use, using double buttering, with a 1.5-2 cm overhang past the pool shell edge.
Give a slope of 1.5 to 2% toward the outside, so splash water drains toward the surround and not back into the pool.
Leave 3-5 mm joints between pieces and an elastic expansion joint every 4-5 linear metres and at every corner.
Grout with an outdoor-rated joint mortar and seal the continuous joint between the coping and the pool shell with polyurethane.
📦 Available formats
50 × 37 × 40 × 4 × 6.5 cm — single unit or pallet of 60 units.
50 × 40 × 50 × 4 × 6.5 cm — single unit or pallet of 12 units.
50 × 47 × 50 × 4 × 6.5 cm — single unit or pallet of 48 units.
60 × 50 × 60 × 4 × 6.5 cm — single unit or pallet of 12 units.
💡 Professional tip: pool coping is not a paving slab and isn't laid the same way. It works permanently wet with half its edge cantilevered over the pool shell, so it demands a C2 immersion-rated adhesive and double buttering; with ordinary tile adhesive, within two summers it starts sounding hollow and comes loose. Measure the actual pool perimeter and order 8 to 10% extra material: between corner cuts, transport breakage and shade variation between batches, running short forces you to mix batches and it shows at a glance. And don't forget the perimeter expansion joint: if you bond the rigid coping tight against the surround slab, summer thermal movement will crack it at its weakest point.
