Can I lay pavers all the way up to the coping on a newly installed in-ground pool? I'm planning on backfilling the pool surround with 4 feet of crushed stone and tamping it with a machine (or the contractor will, I'm not doing the work myself). Since the ground below the pool dig hasn't been disturbed below the 4 foot dig, it will be virgin ground and should be okay, yes?
Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I talked to one paver contractor today that said I'd have to back fill the stone and then let it settle for six months before laying pavers over it. He said in the meantime I could cover the stone with plywood (which would negate the affect of rain and weather settling the stone, imo).
That sounds nuts to me. The pool would be relatively unusable for that time and I imagine even mild use would end up putting dozens of stones into a liner pool.
Any ever done anything like this?