If your pool deck gets slick when it's wet or holds puddles after a swim, we pour one that grips and drains.
A concrete pool deck in Tiburon is the poured slab around your pool, and a good one gives wet feet something to grip, sends splash and rain away from the water, and can still look decorative.
Most calls start with an old deck that's gone slick, cracked or uneven, or with puddles that sit by the pool's edge long after everyone's out of the water. That's usually two problems at once, a surface with too little texture and a slab that doesn't fall away from the pool the way it should. A new deck fixes both if the ground and the slope get planned before anyone talks about color.
The price moves mostly with the size of the deck, how much old concrete has to come out, how much digging and packing the ground needs, and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on those same things, plus what Tiburon asks for and the weather on pour day. Your written estimate spells out what's included. In California, forming, pouring and finishing flat concrete like a deck falls under the state licensing board's concrete contractor classification.
A pool deck stays wet most of the summer and has bare feet on it all day. These are the things that decide whether it stays comfortable and holds up.
Wet concrete can get slippery, so the finish matters more here than anywhere else in the yard. A broom finish, a fine ridged texture dragged across the surface, adds traction. So do exposed aggregate, a textured overlay or clear grit mixed into the sealer, and you can keep a decorative look with any of them.
A deck that holds puddles gets slippery, stains faster and can grow algae in the shady corners. That gets settled before the pour, with the slope and joints laid out so splash and rain run off toward a drain or the yard, not back toward the pool or your house.
The subgrade, the soil and packed base the slab sits on, decides whether the deck stays flat. We dig out loose material and pack the base instead of raking it level, because a deck poured on loose dirt settles with it and cracks in places nobody chose.
One publisher's guide says poured concrete needs occasional cleaning and resealing to keep its looks. Around a pool that usually means rinsing off leaves and sunscreen now and then, and putting a fresh coat of sealer on when the old one wears thin.
Here's how a pool deck job runs with us from the first call to the last walk-through, so you know what you're waiting on at each point.
Call (415) 429-4397 or use the form on this page, and tell us a little about the pool and the deck you have now. We'll get back to you and set a time to come look.
I come out, look at the pool area, where the water runs and how the yard slopes, and ask how you use the space. Then I write up an estimate in plain words that spells out what's included.
Once you're ready, we sort out what Tiburon or the county asks for and wait for any permit before starting. Then our crew takes out the old concrete, preps and packs the ground, pours, finishes the surface and cuts the joints.
When the work's done, we walk the deck with you, look over the finish and the joints together, and answer anything you're still wondering about before we pack up.
Around a pool, grip and drainage come first, and everything else follows from them. I'll help you choose a finish that's easy on wet bare feet. Then we lay out the slope and the control joints, the straight cuts that give the slab a place to crack where it won't show, so water runs off instead of sitting there.
The part you can't see on day one is the base, and it's usually the first thing people want to trim from the budget. I'd rather spend the money there and keep the finish simple than put a fancy surface on ground that hasn't been packed, because a deck that settles takes the nice finish down with it.
A pool deck rarely stands alone. If the deck steps down to the lawn or up to the back door, we can plan concrete steps with the same finish and slope in mind. If you're adding a pool house or an equipment shed, it sits on a slab foundation with its own base and edge work, so it's worth planning both at once.
A narrower deck around the water means less concrete, less digging and a short run for water to drain off. It suits a yard where the pool already takes up most of the flat ground.
A wider deck that reaches a patio or the back door gives you room for chairs and a table. The slope has to carry water farther, though, so we plan where that water ends up.
We reply to every call and message within one business day. The estimate is free and done on site, with no obligation. After you send the form, I'll set a time to come out, look at the pool area and write up what the job includes.
(415) 429-4397The Town of Tiburon requires a building permit for concrete patios, sidewalks and other hardscape, but its list doesn't name pool decks, so whether yours needs one isn't settled until someone asks. The city tells owners with questions to contact its Planning Division or Building Division before work starts, and work without a required permit can bring substantial fines. We find out for you, help with the paperwork and wait for any permit to be in hand.
Tiburon asks for some permits other California cities may not, mostly because of the peninsula's geology, steep ground and climate. Moving more than 50 cubic yards of earth means design review and a grading permit, which can come up when a deck goes in on a sloped lot. On jobs here we often see yards that step down the hill, tight side access and decks that have to meet a slope.
We're based in Tiburon and work in cities across Marin and nearby, from Novato down to Sausalito and over to Richmond. A deck in Mill Valley or Sausalito gets the same planning for grip, slope and base, and we check what that city asks for before we pour.
I started this business in Tiburon in 2020, after teaching myself concrete on small jobs around my own place and then learning the rest next to people who'd been at it for years. I still come out to look at each job and write the estimate myself, and I'm on site with our crew while the deck goes in.
What we're known for is explaining what we're doing and why before anything gets poured, and I'd rather answer a question twice now than leave you wondering about it later. We're fully licensed and insured. Every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
If you're thinking about a new deck, call (415) 429-4397 or send us a message. Tell me how you use the space around the pool, whether it's kids running laps, a few chairs in the sun or dinner outside, because that shapes the finish and the layout.
When a pool deck sits above or below the lawn or the back door, solid steps with a matching finish keep people off slick ground on wet feet.
A pool house, changing room or equipment shed needs level ground of its own, and a properly built slab gives it a base that stays put.
Pool decks are part of the work we do in Tiburon and the cities around it. These are the cities with their own page, and we work in others nearby too.
Concrete pool deck work in the San Francisco area usually costs about $6 to $15 per square foot, so treat that as an area figure, not a Tiburon quote. Where your deck lands depends on its size, the tear-out, the ground prep and the finish, and your written estimate shows your own number.
Pair one of the textured finishes above with a sealer that isn't shiny, because one contractor warns that glossy sealers can raise the slip risk. Their answer is the right sealer, with traction additives mixed in when the deck needs them, and keeping puddles off the deck helps just as much.
Some cracking is normal, because concrete can't be kept from cracking entirely, but well-planned joints control where it happens and keep it small. Before the pour, I'll show you where the control joints go and why each one is there, so a hairline crack in a joint doesn't catch you off guard.
It isn't settled for pool decks, so we check with the city before starting, as covered above. Separately, under a Tiburon handout effective June 7, 2004, the city collects a storm water runoff fee on projects that add 50 square feet or more of new hard surface, so ask the city for the current fee.
That depends mostly on the deck's size, how much old concrete comes out, whether a permit is involved and the weather around pour day. Your estimate lays out the plan, and we'll talk through the schedule and when you can get back out there before our crew starts.
Clear furniture, planters and toys off the old deck and out of the side yard so our crew can get equipment back to the pool. It also helps to tell me where your pool equipment, drains and any sprinkler lines are, since those shape where water runs and where we dig.
Call (415) 429-4397 or use the form with a rough deck size, a few photos and a note on whether your lot slopes, and I'll come out already knowing what to look at first.
