I'm not a big fan of the look of cantilever coping - completely personal. I do feel cantilever coping gives the pool a smaller appearance because with coping, you have an additional foot plus on each side that looks like it belongs to the pool instead of the deck. Just a visual trick. I can't imagine laying the coping on our pool as a diy with the perfect leveling required. There was 2" of mortar below it (partially due to the autocover tracks) which varied all around to get it to level. It's not rocket science but so important.
I love your pool build btw. Your whole property just beautiful!
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