Concrete Pool Deck Contractor in North Phoenix, AZ
Pool Decks
Grip when it’s wet, a light surface in the sun.
A Phoenix pool deck is wet, barefoot and in full sun for months on end. That calls for a textured surface with grip, a light color, slope that sends splash and storm water away from the pool, and a joint at the coping so the deck and the pool can move separately.
Typical price$6–$10 / sq ftinstalled · free written estimatePool Decks by Sam The Concrete Man
Photos from Sam The Concrete Man jobs. Each caption says whose job it was.
Pool Decks, start to finish
- New pool deck installation
- Tear-out of old pavers, brick or failing concrete
- Stamped, colored and stained decks
- Resurfacing and overlays for worn decks
- Slope and drains that carry water away
What goes into it
- 01A textured, slip-resistant finish
- 02A light color in full sun
- 03Slope away from the pool
- 04An isolation joint at the coping
- 05A sealer suited to pool water and sun
Good concrete starts long before the truck arrives. Our experienced team knows what to look for, what questions to ask, and which details can make the difference years down the road.
What Phoenix asks of a pool deck
Cool-deck coatings
Cool deck is a textured coating for concrete pool decks; the name comes from Kool Deck, which its Tucson maker says it introduced in 1962. A worn coating can often be renewed over a sound slab. A slab that has failed underneath gets replaced first.
Heat and the coping
Concrete grows in the heat. An isolation joint where the deck meets the coping lets the deck move without pushing on the pool, and control joints keep any cracks in straight lines.
Monsoon water
The deck is sloped away from the pool, so splash water and storm runoff go to the drains or the landscape and stay out of the pool and out from under the deck.
Built for Valley ground: a driveway in cross-section
Estimate to final walkthrough
- 1On-site estimate around the pool
- 2Written quote with finish options priced
- 3Removal, base and forms
- 4Pour, texture, cure and final walkthrough
Straightforward or decorative
Broom finish
Fine ridges for grip when it’s wet from a storm or the sprinklers. The standard for driveways and walks.
Exposed aggregate
The top layer washed back to show the stone. Grippy around pools and good at hiding dust and wear.
Stamped
Patterned to look like flagstone, slate, brick or wood plank, in one solid slab.
Integral color
Color mixed through the concrete, so chips don’t show grey and the sun doesn’t fade it.
Sealed
A UV-resistant sealer against water, stains and sun fade, renewed every few years.
A pool deck on caliche is a different job than one on wash sand
The Valley has four kinds of ground, and each one changes how we prepare the base, reinforce the slab and handle water. Your community page has the specifics.
Caliche desert floor
Dig to firm ground, break out caliche that sits high in the base and haul it off the site, bring in aggregate base compacted in lifts, and slope the slab and the grade so roof and sprinkler water run away from it and off the hardpan.
River and wash alluvium
Compaction done in lifts at the right moisture, with loose or soft soil dug out and replaced, a thicker section anywhere a truck, trailer or RV will park, and grading that keeps runoff off the slab and out from under it. Washes and drainage easements stay open.
Expansive clay pockets
Remove the soft and organic soil, bring in compacted aggregate base, set rebar on chairs, and keep the moisture under the slab steady: drainage away from it, and turf and drip lines held back from its edges.
Desert foothills and rock
Excavation into the rock or hardpan, a thicker compacted base where the support is uneven, drainage that catches runoff above the slab and carries it around, and engineered retaining walls where the grade is cut. Walls on hillside lots often need a permit, and each city and town has its own rules, so we check yours.
Pool Decks: what people ask us
Typical prices for every kind of project are in the Phoenix concrete cost guide, and general questions are on the FAQ page.
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