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Stamped Concrete Pool Decks and Under-Deck Patios

Broad poured decks around pools and finished patio space beneath raised decks, with jointing planned rather than sawn wherever.

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Photographs of work completed by our team. We do not caption these with a location, because they are not Dallas-Fort Worth projects. DFW work is photographed as it finishes and published separately.

Method

How this goes together

Concrete cracks. The question is where

Any slab this size will crack as it cures and as the ground moves. Control joints exist to decide where, by creating a deliberate weak line so the crack forms there instead of across the middle of the pattern. Joints get planned to the slab's shape before the pour, not cut wherever is convenient afterward.

Reinforcement has to sit in the slab

Rebar on chairs, held at the right height so it ends up inside the concrete where it can do something. Mesh dropped on the grade and poured over ends up at the bottom of the slab, which is close to useless. This is one of the easiest corners to cut and it is invisible the day the job finishes.

Under a raised deck, drainage comes first

The space beneath a deck is where roof and deck runoff collects, and it is usually against the house. Before any concrete goes in, that water needs a route out: pitch away from the foundation, and a drain where the volume warrants it. Pouring a slab under a deck without solving the water first just gives it somewhere flat to sit.

Sealing is maintenance, not a one-time step

Stamped concrete is sealed to hold the color and keep water out of the surface. That sealer wears, particularly around a pool and particularly in Texas sun. It needs reapplying every few years, and we say so up front rather than letting it fade and look like a failure.