Concrete & Pool Decks in Queen Creek, AZ

Queen Creek's building boom means a lot of its pools are new, and a new pool very often comes surrounded by plain, broom-finish concrete that bakes too hot to cross barefoot by mid-morning. That is the work we do. To be clear on scope, Solterra does not build, install or remodel pools; we build and resurface the hardscape around the pool you already have. On the wide master-planned lots in Encanterra, Ironwood Crossing and Harvest at Queen Creek, there is usually room for a generous deck that ties the pool back into the patio, turf and the rest of the yard.

The single biggest complaint about a Queen Creek pool deck is a surface too hot to use in full summer sun. We attack it two ways. First, material and color: light-toned travertine, buff and gray pavers, and cool-deck coatings reflect more sun and hold less heat than dark concrete. Second, texture: a matte, lightly textured finish reads cooler and grips better when it is splashed. A cool-deck coating troweled over sound concrete drops the surface temperature noticeably and adds slip resistance, so the deck stays walkable through the hottest part of a Queen Creek afternoon.

Coping is the capped edge where the deck meets the pool, and we set travertine, precast or paver coping to a clean line with a slight pitch so splash-out runs away from the edge instead of pooling. Drainage is the desert detail people miss. Queen Creek's lots sit on hard caliche and expansive soil that shed a monsoon downpour rather than absorbing it, and that same soil movement is what cracks a rigid concrete deck over time. We grade the surface and add channel or deck drains where the site needs them, so a summer storm clears fast and water leaves both the pool and the house.

Most of our pool-deck work is a resurface, not a tear-out. If the existing slab is structurally sound we can lay pavers or travertine over it, or trowel on a cool-deck overlay, which is faster and less costly than rebuilding. Where the concrete is cracked or heaved on poor base, we tear out and rebuild on compacted aggregate so the new surface stays flat. In master-planned communities like Ironwood Crossing we build to the material and color rules architectural review expects and prepare your submittal. A cool-deck coating typically runs about 4 to 9 dollars per square foot, while pavers or travertine run about 15 to 30 dollars installed, and we quote firm after walking the deck.