Concrete pool decks in Mountain View CA - a surface that grips when wet and drains away
Slick concrete or tile coming loose around your pool? We build a deck that grips wet feet, drains away and protects the pool edge.
Concrete pool decks work hard. Here's what they need.
A concrete pool deck is the flat concrete we form, pour and finish around your pool. It has a harder job than a patio, since it's wet half the time and walked on barefoot, so when people call us about concrete pool decks in Mountain View, CA, we start with grip, heat and water.
Most decks go wrong where you can't see. One pool engineering firm warns that without a flexible joint between the deck and the coping that caps the pool's edge, movement in the deck will often knock coping and tile loose and crack the waterline tile. The firm says that joint has to run the full depth of the deck, so ask how any bid handles it.
Price moves with the deck's size and shape, the finish, the drains and any old deck that has to come out. The schedule turns on that tear-out, a permit if one's needed, and curing, the wait while concrete gains strength. If money's tight, I'd trim the finish before the base, since a deck that settles takes your tile with it. Your written estimate shows your own number.
Signs your pool deck needs work. Most start small.
Slick spots after a swim
A deck that's worn smooth or sealed with a glossy coat has lost the grip a pool deck needs. Every season you wait is another season of kids running across it wet.
Tile popping loose at the edge
Loose coping or cracked tile at the waterline usually means the deck is pushing on the pool edge as it moves. Left alone, more tile lets go and water gets behind what's left.
Puddles, cracks or sunken panels
Water that sits on the deck or runs toward the house points to a slab with the wrong fall or a base that's settling. The longer it goes, the more the panels tip and crack.
Here's how a pool deck job runs. I come out first.
I come out myself to look at the pool, the yard and where water runs now, and I ask plenty of questions about who uses the deck. We talk finish and color together, because the deck has to grip when wet and stay comfortable on bare feet. If a pool house is coming too, I'll look at its slab foundation on the same visit.
Then I send a written estimate that shows your price, where the water will drain, away from the house and the pool, and how we'll build the joint at the coping, since that joint is what keeps your tile safe. If your job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork with your city's building office and set up the inspections, and if it's unclear, we check with the city before we schedule anything.
Once you're ready, our lead hand runs the crew and I check in at the key steps. We dig out and pack the base, pour and finish the deck, build any concrete steps down to the yard, and cut the control joints, the grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack. We lay them out around curves, drains and corners, because narrow odd panels crack on their own. Then we clean up and walk the finished deck with you.
Tell us about your pool deck. We'll come take a look.
Send the deck's rough size in square feet, photos and whether the pool is salt-water. We reply within one business day to set up your free on-site estimate, with no obligation.
(650) 447-1063Concrete pool decks around Mountain View. Built by a licensed crew.
The state's contractors board requires a license from anyone who builds or alters a structure in California when the job needs a building permit, uses other workers or runs $1,000 or more in labor and materials. We're fully licensed and insured.
We're based in Mountain View and pour decks there and in many of the cities around it, like Sunnyvale and Los Altos. Where a yard slopes toward the house, drainage is the part I spend the most time on.
Pool deck questions. Plain answers below.
Read through the answers below, and if your question isn't here, call us at (650) 447-1063 and I'll walk you through it.
What's the least slippery finish for a concrete pool deck?
A textured finish usually grips better than a smooth or glossy one. A broom finish, with light ridges dragged across the fresh concrete, and exposed aggregate are both common choices. Heat matters too, since very dark finishes can get uncomfortable in the sun, so we pick the finish and the color together.
How much does a concrete pool deck cost in Mountain View?
Across the US, installing a concrete pool deck usually runs about $10.10 to $12.40 per square foot. That's the going rate for the work nationally, not our price. Tear-out, finish and shape all move it, so your real figure comes from the written estimate after I've seen the yard.
How often does the caulk between the pool deck and coping need replacing?
One maker's guide says most elastomeric caulks, the flexible kind used in that joint, last five to ten years. It advises checking the joint every year and redoing it when it cracks, pulls away or breaks down. The same guide says to wait at least 30 days after the pour before caulking, so the concrete can cure and shrink first.
Can you resurface an old pool deck instead of tearing it out?
Sometimes, if the old deck is sound enough to take an overlay. Any movement or settling in that deck should be fixed first, or the same problem comes back through the new surface. Once I've seen it, I'll tell you which way I'd go and why.
Pool deck, steps or patio on your list? Give us a call.
Tell us everything you're planning around the pool, since the drainage is easier to plan once for the whole yard, and we'll set a time to come look.
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