Cracked, slick or sinking concrete around your pool? We build a deck on packed ground that drains away and feels right barefoot.
A concrete pool deck in Port Hueneme is the slab around your pool, built to give wet, bare feet a good grip and to send water away from your house. Most of the work is the ground and drainage prep before the pour, then there's a curing wait before anyone walks on it.
Usually people call us because the old deck has cracked, a section has sunk near the pool edge, water sits in puddles, or the surface has gone slick or chipped. Sometimes it's a new pool and the deck is the last big piece. What moves the price is the size of the deck, whether old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off, how much ground prep and drainage work the yard needs, how easy it is to get a crew and concrete into the backyard, and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on demolition, any permit, the weather and the curing wait, and our estimate is written out so you can see what's included.
I come out myself to look at the pool, the ground around it and where the water runs now, and I write the estimate. Our own crew does the forming, pouring and finishing, so the plan we talked through is the one that gets built.
I learned concrete pouring slabs, footings and parking lots for a large commercial outfit before starting this business in Port Hueneme in 2017. Those years taught me that most of a good pour is the planning and ground work nobody sees once it's done.
We're licensed and fully insured, and I'm happy to explain any part of the work before you decide. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready, call (805) 269-8744 or send us the form and tell me a little about your pool.
Send the form or call (805) 269-8744, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a time. I'll come out for a free on-site estimate with no obligation, look over your pool and the ground around it, and write it up so you can see what's included. It helps if you tell me how old the pool is and whether you need a new deck or a replacement.
Port Hueneme sits right on the coast, and that can matter for a pool deck. In California, the Coastal Commission or a local government issues coastal development permits for building in the coastal zone, which by the city's own coastal plan generally reaches 1,000 yards inland from the average high tide line. The Commission's list names construction of buildings, not pool decks, so whether your deck needs one isn't settled, and I won't tell you it doesn't. Where the Commission has certified a city's coastal program, the city reviews most of these applications, so the city is the place to ask, and its coastal zone map shows where the line falls. If your job does need a permit, I'll tell you at the estimate, and we take care of the application and inspections with the office that issues it.
On pool jobs around here we see a lot of the same things: decks that dropped where the fill beside the pool sank, slabs that tip water back toward the house, and older surfaces worn slick or chipped. We handle them the same way in Oxnard, Ventura and the other cities around Port Hueneme, starting with the ground and the water.
A textured finish in a lighter shade is usually the best mix, because broom, textured, aggregate and decorative finishes all differ in grip and heat, and very dark finishes can get uncomfortable in full sun. So it's worth weighing grip and heat right alongside looks. I'd rather give up a little on color than have kids hopping across a hot deck.
Most often it's the ground underneath, because backfill around a new pool that wasn't placed and packed properly can settle later and crack the deck above it. That prep deserves as much attention as how thick the slab is. The deck and the pool shell can also move differently, so ask any crew whether they follow the pool designer's isolation joints, the gaps that let the two move on their own, instead of tying everything together with steel.
Across the US, installing a concrete pool deck usually costs about $11 to $12 per square foot. That's the national going rate for installation, not our quote, and your number turns on the size, any demolition, the ground prep and the finish you choose. Our estimate is written out so you can see exactly what's included.
Every two to three years for most acrylic-sealed pool decks, according to one sealer maker. That's a cost that comes back, so it's worth planning for from the start. It's good to know before you settle on a finish that needs sealing.
Ask where the water will go before anything gets poured. A pool deck needs drainage planned on purpose, away from the house and either away from the pool or toward deck drains, depending on how it's designed. The same plan keeps dirty runoff from washing back into your pool.
Tear out the old deck and look at the ground underneath before settling on the new design. Replacement jobs can turn up old fill, earlier slabs, buried lines and a pool shell that's been moving, and any of those can change the plan. It pays to leave room in the plan for what demolition turns up.
