For years, homeowners, landscape designers, and pool builders have faced a compromise when selecting pool surrounds and coping tiles.
On one side, there is natural stone — admired for its timeless beauty, texture, and ability to create seamless single-piece drop face coping around pools. Natural stone delivers an organic, high-end aesthetic that has made it a staple in luxury outdoor design. However, it also comes with ongoing maintenance requirements including sealing, staining management, and long-term upkeep.
On the other side, there is porcelain —celebrated for its durability, low maintenance performance, stain resistance, and easy-clean surface. Porcelain pavers have become increasingly popular for contemporary outdoor spaces, but traditionally there has been one major limitation with using them around a pool: achieving a seamless rebated edge or drop face coping piece.
Most porcelain drop face coping available on the market is manufactured by cutting and mitre-gluing pieces together. While functional, visible joins and glued edges can compromise the premium finish many homeowners and designers are seeking.
KLAY Pool Surrounds changes that.
Manufactured in Spain using advanced extrusion technology, KLAY Pool Surrounds feature true monolithic porcelain drop face pieces — meaning the coping is formed as a single piece rather than cut and glued together. The result is a cleaner, more seamless architectural finish with superior structural integrity and a refined premium appearance.
This allows homeowners and designers to achieve the sophisticated edge detailing traditionally associated with natural stone, while retaining all the performance advantages of porcelain.
Unlike natural stone pool coping, KLAY Pool Surrounds do not require ongoing sealing. The porcelain surface is highly resistant to stains, salt, chlorine, moisture, and harsh outdoor conditions, making it an ideal solution for modern Australian outdoor living.
Importantly for pool environments, KLAY Pool Surrounds also offer high slip resistance, with products achieving a minimum P4 slip rating, helping provide safer surfaces for wet outdoor areas around pools and entertaining spaces.
KLAY Pool Surrounds also incorporate advanced antibacterial easy-clean surface technology designed to support cleaner outdoor environments and reduce the build-up of bacteria and biofilm commonly associated with wet areas.
Beyond performance, KLAY Pool Surrounds have been designed as part of a complete luxury pool design system. The collection works seamlessly with KLAY’s premium mosaic pool tile ranges, allowing designers and homeowners to create cohesive material palettes from the pool surrounds through to the waterline and interior pool finish.
Popular pairings include:
- Siracusa Blanco with Meridian Turquoise or Ascona Shell mosaics
- Corino Blanco with Meridian Opal or Amano Ice Blue mosaics
- Cortino Blanco with Sorrento Desert Sand or Meridian Turquoise Wavy mosaics
A key design advantage is the ability to continue the same porcelain base tile from the pool surrounds directly into surrounding outdoor areas, creating a seamless architectural transition throughout the landscape design.
The base porcelain tiles are available in both 625x310x10mm and large-format 1200x600x10mm sizes, with matching monolithic coping and drop face pieces available across the range.
For landscape designers and pool builders, this creates greater flexibility when designing modern outdoor spaces with integrated materials, refined detailing, and long-term durability.
As outdoor spaces continue to evolve into true extensions of the home, homeowners are increasingly searching for materials that combine luxury aesthetics with practical performance and lower maintenance.
KLAY Pool Surrounds represent a new generation of porcelain pool coping and pool surround systems — delivering the beauty of seamless architectural detailing, the safety of slip-resistant surfaces, the practicality of low-maintenance porcelain, and the design flexibility to create complete luxury pool environments.
Klay Pool Surrounds launches officially in August this year. If you would like to find out about the prices or order a set of samples, please express your interest below.
