Cracked, slick or sun-hot concrete around your pool? We build decks that grip when wet and drain water away from the house.
A concrete pool deck is the slab around your pool, and it has a job most slabs don't, which is holding up under wet, bare feet. At Balch Springs Concrete we build concrete pool decks in Balch Springs, TX, and we work out the finish, the drainage and the joints before the first form goes in.
Most calls start with a deck that's cracked, sinking at one corner, slick when it's wet or too hot to stand on by midsummer. The price moves with the size of the deck, the finish you pick, whether it needs drains, and whether an old deck has to come out or something under it has to be fixed first, so I walk the job, measure it and write down what the price covers.
The schedule turns on the permit question, the weather and the days new concrete needs to cure. The city's permit list names electrical, plumbing, air conditioning and signs, not pool decks, so I check with the City of Balch Springs on every job before we talk about a pour date.
I learned concrete working next to my dad on weekends and summers, and I still run every pool deck job the way he taught me, one step at a time. Here's how it goes with us.
I come out for every estimate myself to measure the deck area and look the site over with you, including where the water runs now and where the pool fence sits. We've been in business since 2023. We're licensed and insured.
You get the price in writing with a list of what it covers, from breaking out old concrete to the finish you chose. If something can't be known until the old deck is up, I'll say so on the estimate instead of guessing.
Once you say yes, we file any permit the job needs, book the inspections and set the pour date around them. I'm on the job with our crew from the forms through the pour and the cleanup.
Wet bare feet come first on a pool deck, so the first thing we settle with you is the finish, because it changes how much grip you get and how hot the surface gets, and a very dark deck can be uncomfortable to stand on in full sun. Next we work out where the water goes, away from the house and toward deck drains if the design calls for them, without sending dirty runoff into the pool. On an old deck, I check whether it's still moving, because if it is we fix the cause before we'd put a new surface on it. Only then do we form and pour.
A pool deck often ties into other work. Where the deck steps down to the yard or up to a back door, we pour them as part of our concrete steps construction work so the finish and the drainage match. If you're adding a pool house or a covered area that needs its own slab, slab foundation building is a separate job, and planning both together keeps the water from one running onto the other.
The base is hidden on day one, and it's the first thing people want to cut from a budget. It also decides whether the deck settles, so if something has to give, I'd rather trim the finish than the base.
We dig down and pack the subgrade, the soil the slab sits on, instead of raking it level, because loose dirt settles and takes the deck with it. That's also when we set the grade so water falls away from the house.
The deck and the pool shell can move differently, so we follow the pool designer's isolation and joint details instead of tying the two together with rebar, the steel bars set inside a slab. I check the forms twice and measure again before a truck gets called.
We pour in the cooler part of the day when we can, because concrete finished in midday heat can end up with a weak, dusty top. Then we put on the finish you picked, often a broom finish, the fine ridged texture dragged across the surface so feet don't slide.
We cut control joints, the planned lines that give a slab a place to crack where nobody minds, on time and laid out around curves, drains, corners and the deck's shape, because narrow, odd-shaped panels tend to crack. After that the deck needs to cure, the wait while it gains strength, and the questions below say how long.
Send the form or call (214) 286-6733 and we'll get back to you within one business day. The estimate is free, on site and comes with no obligation. I'll come out, measure the deck area, look at where the water runs and write down what the price covers.
(214) 286-6733A concrete pool deck in the Dallas area usually costs about $6 to $12 per square foot. That's the going rate for the concrete deck around here, not our quote, so your own number comes from the estimate, where I measure your site and write down what it covers.
Textured finishes grip best when wet, such as a broom finish, exposed aggregate, deeper stamp textures and matte or anti-slip finishes. Smoother stamp patterns and glossy sealers tend to get slippery, so if you want stamped concrete around the pool, I'll steer you toward a deeper texture.
Curing starts right after the concrete is placed and finished and usually runs 3 to 7 days. Build those days into your plans before the deck goes into full use, especially if you're counting on the pool for a party or the start of summer.
On a job under a city permit, the steel and forms get inspected before any concrete is poured, and the address and permit stay posted while the work goes on. The city's permits page says inspection requests go to inspections@balchspringstx.gov, so when your deck needs a permit we book them there and tie the pour to them. Once the job's done, the building materials get hauled off, which the city also expects on a permitted job.
In Balch Springs, a private pool that's built or structurally altered has to sit in the rear yard inside a wall or fence more than six feet and less than eight feet high. When a new deck runs up to that fence, we plan the work so the enclosure stays in place, and it helps to show me where yours runs when I come out.
The ground here is heavy black clay that swells when it's wet and shrinks as it dries, which is why the base and joint work above matter so much on a deck. We're based in Balch Springs and build pool decks across the cities around it too, including Mesquite, Garland, Forney and Lancaster.
Call (214) 286-6733 or use the form with the rough square footage, photos of any deck you have now and where the pool fence runs, so I show up already knowing what to look at.
If you're torn between resurfacing the old deck and pouring a new one, call (214) 286-6733 any day from 7 AM to 11 PM and we'll talk it through.
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