Concrete Pool Decks in Pembroke Pines FL - a solid deck with room to move

Most people call when the deck around the pool has cracked, chipped or gone uneven, or when they want more room by the water. The price moves mostly with the deck's size and whether the old slab is sound enough to resurface, because a coating over good concrete takes less work than a new pour. The schedule turns on whether a permit is needed, on the weather, and on curing, the wait while new concrete holds its moisture and gains strength before anyone walks on it. At the estimate I walk the deck with you and explain what's in the price, so your own number makes sense before you decide.

We start by deciding with you whether your old deck can be resurfaced or needs a new pour. On a new deck, I show you where the joints and the gap at the pool edge will go before we pour, since that's where the deck is meant to move. Then we dig out and pack the subgrade, the soil the slab sits on, because a base that's only raked flat settles and takes the deck down with it. We set the forms so water runs off toward the yard instead of back at the house, and we cut control joints, shallow lines that give the slab a planned place to crack, early enough that cracks don't pick their own spots. If the budget gets tight, I'd rather you spend less on how the top looks than on the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but it's what keeps the deck flat.

Pool decks often tie into other work. If your back door sits above the deck, we can build concrete steps in the same project so the step heights come out even. And if you're planning a cabana or pool house beside the deck, it needs a proper slab under it, which our slab foundation building work covers.

Deck size runs into a city rule here. Under the city's patio and deck requirements, a slab edge must be five feet from side and rear property lines, and slabs can't sit in easements, so before we plan a bigger deck we measure from your lot lines and lay out the edges around them. Work on the pool itself or its safety barrier is a separate matter, because Pembroke Pines requires a permit for pools and pool barriers before any of that work begins.

It's warm here all year and it rains a lot, so every pour meets heat, even in winter. We schedule pours for the cooler part of the day and watch the forecast for rain, the same as we do on jobs in Miramar and Davie. We're based in Pembroke Pines and work across the cities around it in Broward and Miami-Dade.