Pool decks and coping
Pool deck pavers in the Tampa Bay area
We pave the deck around a pool that is already in the ground, and we run the coping at the water's edge. The job in these photographs is a new build laid in large-format white stone.
01 What the job involves
The deck, the coping and the step runs
The pool in these frames was built by somebody else. We came in afterwards and did the paving around it, which is the deck, the coping at the rim, the drain line in the field and the steps off the deck.
- The deck in large-format white stone. Big units and few joints, with every closing piece cut on site so it meets the coping square.
- Mitred coping at the water's edge. The outside corners are cut on an angle, so the joint carries straight through and runs true right around the rim.
- A linear drain set flush in the field. A slim channel runs the length of the deck and finishes level with the stone, so nothing catches a bare foot.
- Step runs with bullnose treads. On this job one wide run drops from the deck to the new lawn and another rises to the rear glass doors.
- Cuts at the corners, the columns and the walls. The stone is cut to the low planter walls and to the house so the deck reads as one continuous surface.
- Outside the pool, always. We set the deck and the coping. We do not do work inside the pool.
If you already have a deck and it is cracked, dated or the wrong colour, that is the same conversation. The frames on this page are a new build, where the concrete beside the pool was clean and level before we started. On a deck that is being replaced the old surface comes off first, and what is under it decides the rest of the job.
02 The photographs
One deck, from bare slab to filled pool
Every frame below is the same house in the Tampa Bay area. The pool sat empty the whole way through the build, so it only holds water in the finished frames.
During
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BeforeWhere it starts. Bare concrete beside the pool, sprayed and chalked out before a piece of stone is cut. -
DuringThe coping goes on before the deck field. It sets the line everything else is cut to. -
DuringSlabs this size go down one at a time, levelled as they are set, with the next ones staged behind. -
FinishedThe drain grate close up, sitting flush between two runs of stone beside the coping. -
FinishedThe run from the lawn up onto the deck. Rounded treads, stone risers, the same stone as the field. -
FinishedThe widest frame we have of it, with the house and the roofline in shot.
03 How the work runs
From your first call to the first day on site
Four steps. We are not going to promise you anything past them.
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You get in touch
Send the form or call. Tell us the city and what you want done.
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We come out
We measure the deck on site and talk through the stone with you.
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You get it in writing
The estimate comes to you written down, and it costs you nothing.
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We schedule and start
Once you approve the estimate, we put the job on the calendar and start.
04 Questions
What people ask about a deck
Do you work around a pool that is already there?
Yes. That is the job. We set the deck and the coping around it. We do not do work inside the pool.
What stone goes around the pool?
Large-format limestone and stone paving on the deck, with matching coping at the rim. We also lay standard concrete pavers in a multi-tone blend. We bring the options with us and go through them on site.
Do the steps off the deck come with it?
Yes. The step runs in these frames were built as part of the same job, one down to the lawn and one up to the rear doors, with bullnose treads on both.
05 Related work
What usually goes with a deck
On this house the front entry, the side walkway and the low white walls were laid in the same stone, in the same visit.
- Walkways and entriesFront walkways, landings and step runs
- Landscape block wallsLow planter and grade walls in block
- Paver patiosConcrete pavers on a compacted base
Tell us about the deck
Send the form with your city and a rough size, or call and talk it through. Estimates are free, in English and Spanish.