Concrete pool decks in Mobile AL - a deck that wears well around your pool
Tired of a cracked, uneven deck around your pool? We pour a new concrete deck on a solid base, finished the way you want.
What goes into a new concrete pool deck in Mobile?
A concrete pool deck in Mobile is a poured slab around your pool, left plain or stamped before it dries to look like stone or brick, that gives you a solid place to walk, sit and dry off by the water.
Most pool deck calls start one of two ways. Either the old deck is cracked, sinking at the edges or pooling water, or a new pool is going in with bare dirt around it. The job is the same either way, because a deck is only as good as the subgrade, the packed ground it sits on, so we dig out, pack the base, set forms and steel, pour and finish. It's the same groundwork we put under a slab foundation.
Size and finish move the price most. A plain finish costs the least, and each pattern and color you add raises it, so I help you pick one that fits your budget. The schedule turns on the permit, the weather on pour day and the curing, the wait while the concrete hardens before you walk on it. If your back door needs a way down to the deck, we build concrete steps too, and your written estimate spells out what's in and what isn't.
What makes a concrete pool deck last
Most of what decides how a pool deck holds up happens before anyone sees the finish, so here's what I'd want you to know before we start.
The base comes first
The base is hidden on day one and gets cut first to save money, but a slab on raked dirt settles with it, so I'd trim the finish instead.
Where the water goes
We check how the yard drains before we set forms, so the deck sheds water away from the house and the pool instead of toward them.
A finish bare feet can grip
A broom finish, the fine lines dragged across the top while it's wet, gives bare feet some grip, which matters more around a pool than anywhere else.
Control joints on time
Control joints are grooves we cut so the slab cracks along a straight line we chose, and cutting them late is how you get cracks wandering across the deck.
Pool deck questions we hear in Mobile
How much does a concrete pool deck cost in Mobile, AL?
Across the US, poured or stamped concrete pool decks usually cost about $4 to $20 per square foot. Where yours falls in that range comes down to the size and the finish you pick. Poured concrete runs only slightly more than pavers and wears longer, so I think it's worth the small step up, and your written estimate gives you the figure for your own deck.
What is the best way to save money on a concrete pool deck?
Keep the finish simple, because fewer patterns and colors keep a deck nearer the low end of its price. Instead of stamping, you can have a pattern laid out with the joints and a few extra saw cuts, or go with a rock salt finish, a plain broom finish or exposed aggregate, where the small stones in the mix show at the top. Coating over your old deck can cost less too, but only when the old concrete is a good candidate, and I'll tell you if yours is once I see it.
Do I need a permit to pour a pool deck in Mobile?
Most likely yes, because Mobile County Inspection Services says almost any work in the county needs a permit, and its list of exceptions names things like painting and cabinetry, not pool decks. Inside the city, plans and permits go through Build Mobile, and if your property sits in a V-Zone, A-Zone or X-Shaded zone, the city uses a separate development permit application, so check with them for the current form. The county asks owners with questions to contact its office before starting any work. We check with the office that covers your address, whether that's here, over the bay in Baldwin County or across the line in Mississippi, and handle the paperwork when the job needs one.
Does a pool deck contractor need a license in Alabama?
Yes, once the job costs more than ten thousand dollars. Alabama requires residential home builders to be licensed every year by the state Home Builders Licensure Board, and its law counts paid improvement of a home over that amount, so the contractor on a larger deck should hold that license. If you'd rather do it yourself, the same law leaves you free to do this kind of work on your own home.
Can you pour a concrete pool deck in hot weather?
Yes, but it takes planning, because heat makes the cement react faster and pulls water out of the fresh mix, which causes trouble in mixing, placing and curing. The usual answer is to pour at a cooler time of day or night and keep moisture in the slab while it cures. That's how we plan ours, so the new deck doesn't dry out too fast and end up with a weak, dusty top.
What causes a concrete pool deck to crack?
Most cracks come from a base that settled, joints cut late or skipped, or a slab that dried out too fast. The typical ways to keep cracks smaller and farther apart are proper, timely joints, limits on how hot the concrete gets, and more rebar, the steel bars that hold the slab together. Concrete can still crack, so the goal is cracks that stay small and follow the joints, and that's what we build for.
Why Mobile homeowners call Quickset Mobile Concrete Company for pool decks
You can count on work done right under the deck, where nobody looks, and a straight answer about why each step matters. Satisfaction guaranteed.
I write the estimate
I come out to look at your yard and write the estimate myself, so the person pricing it knows the work.
In business since 2013
I learned under a boss who'd make you tear out a form that was off, and we still work that way.
Me on site with the crew
Our finishers and form setters do the pour, and I'm there running it from the first form to the last joint.
Fully licensed and insured
We carry both, which matters on a deck big enough that the state requires a licensed builder.
A bid you can judge
Call (251) 219-6382 and I'll explain each step so you can judge any bid, ours included.
Call about your pool deck any day
We pick up seven days a week, so have your deck size, the finish you're leaning toward and your property's zone handy when you call (251) 219-6382.
What happens after you call about a pool deck in Mobile?
Every pool deck gets planned around your yard, your budget and the permit, and you'll know who's doing what at each step before we pour.
Call or send the form
Call (251) 219-6382 or send the form, and I get back to you myself to set a time to look at the job.
I walk the yard
I look at the ground around your pool and where the water runs, then walk you through what the deck needs and why.
Your written estimate
You get it in writing, with what's included and what isn't, and we sort out the permit side before any work starts.
Pour and handoff
I run the job on site with our crew, and when we're done I show you how to take care of the new deck.