Can You Use Flagstone Coping for a Pool With Travertine?

Flagstone and Travertine

• Flagstone is a natural stone coping that often serves as the top cap to cover the edges of an in-ground swimming pool. Any natural stone brings high quality texture, slip resistance and plenty of durability. Travertine is also a natural stone that's created by a combination of water, limestone and sediments that form into a highly layered and attractive stone. Quality travertine natural stone is often used for paver surfaces on patios and around swimming pools.

Matching Surfaces

• Being natural stone, both flagstone and travertine come in a variety of thickness and colors. When trying to match travertine pool pavers to an in-ground swimming pool's flagstone, coordinate their colors to be aesthetically pleasing. In addition, flagstone pool coping edges need to match smoothly with travertine pool paver adjoining edges. The width of the travertine pavers going around an in-ground pool should also approximate the general width of the pool's flagstone coping. Lastly, travertine pavers should complement an in-ground pool's geometric shape.

Colors

• Travertine pavers come in colors that include ivory, creamy white, beige, pink, golden yellow, walnut brown, red and several others. Flagstone pool coping colors also vary and include different shades of red, blue, buff, chocolate as well as many swirling and speckled color mixes. Travertine pavers are composed of a type of limestone, while flagstone is considered a sandstone. Color matching travertine pavers with flagstone pool coping is actually fairly easy, given the large variety of colors available for both.

Considerations

• Natural stone used for pool coping and for pool pavers will impart a high line look to any pool area. Both flagstone pool coping and travertine pool pavers should be cut to fit their adjoining edges tightly together. Travertine pavers typically come in contemporary, modern, old world and traditional looks. Flagstone pool coping comes in casual and formal styles. Both flagstone pool coping and travertine pavers come in 1 3/4 inch standard thicknesses.