Concrete Pool Decks in Kirkland WA - a deck built to protect your pool edge
Cracks at the coping or a deck sinking around the pool? We build it on packed ground with room to move at the edge.
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What goes into a new concrete pool deck in Kirkland?
A concrete pool deck is the slab poured around your pool. In Kirkland we build it on dug-out, packed ground and leave a flexible joint where it meets the coping, the cap along the pool's edge, so the deck can shift with the seasons without pushing on the pool. The pour is one stage, and sealing that edge joint comes later, once the new concrete has settled in.
Most of our calls are about an old deck that's cracked, sunk or pulling away from the pool, or about bare dirt around a pool that just went in. The price mostly comes down to the size of the deck, whether an old slab has to be broken out and hauled off, how much ground work sits underneath and how hard it is to get concrete into the backyard. The schedule turns on the weather, on whether your address needs a permit, which we check before we start, and on that later visit to seal the edge. The written estimate puts a figure on your own deck.
How do you know your pool deck needs replacing?
Cracks at the coping
Cracks running out from the pool edge, or a cracked coping stone, usually mean the deck was poured tight against the pool with no room to move. Every season of heat and cold pushes a little harder, and the next thing to give can be the pool's own edge.
Caulk pulled from the joint
If the flexible strip between the deck and the coping has split, hardened or gone missing, water gets under the deck right at the pool. It's a small fix while the concrete around it is sound, and a bigger one after a winter has worked on the gap.
Sunken or tilted sections
A slab that has dropped or tipped usually sat on dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed. It trips people and pulls at the pool edge, and it tends to keep settling until the ground underneath gets fixed.
How we build a concrete pool deck
If there's an old deck, we break it out and haul it off first. Then we dig out the soft dirt and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, because a deck that settles will pull at the pool edge no matter how good it looks on day one. We set the forms, leave room at the coping for the deck to move, pour, and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a straight place to crack instead of a random one. After curing, the stretch the slab needs to harden before it takes weight, we come back once the concrete has settled in and seal that edge joint. That joint matters more than anything else on a pool deck, so I'll show you how to check it and when it's due for new caulk. If the budget gets tight, spend it on the ground under the deck before anything you see on top, because the base is the one part you can't fix later without starting over.
Pool decks rarely stand alone. If the deck meets a back door or a higher patio, we can build concrete steps to tie the levels together, and if a pool house or equipment shed is in the plan, slab foundation building can be planned alongside the deck.
Replacing an old deck
This suits a cracked or sunken deck around a pool that's still in good shape. We break out the old slab carefully near the coping and fix the ground under it, so you're not pouring new concrete on the same old trouble.
A deck for a new pool
This suits a pool that's just gone in with fresh fill around it. Backfill around a new pool needs real packing before we pour, and I'll tell you straight if the ground needs more work first.
Adding on to a deck
This suits a deck that's sound but too small. We tie the new section to the old one with a joint so each can move on its own, and I'll tell you honestly whether the old part is worth keeping.
Get a written estimate for your pool deck
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out, look at the pool and the ground with you, and send a written estimate that's free, with no obligation.
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- Kirkland, WA 98033
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–9 PM
What happens after you call about a pool deck in Kirkland
Here's how a pool deck job runs from your first call to the final walk-through, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send the form
You call (425) 285-8195 or use the form, and we get back to you to set a time to come out. You'll talk with someone who can answer real questions about the job.
I look at the site
I walk the pool, the old deck and the ground with you, check which city or county office covers your address, and then send a written estimate. You see the price in writing before anything goes on the calendar.
We prep, form and pour
Once you're set, our crew gets the ground and forms ready before the concrete truck shows up, and I'm on site for the pour. Heavy rain can move the pour date, and we'll call you if it does.
Walk the job together
When it's done, we walk the deck with you and go over how long to keep off it while it cures. Any questions you have get answered right there, standing on it.
Why Kirkland pool owners call Precision Kirkland Concrete
I write the estimate myself
I come out to look at the job and write the estimate, and I'm on site with our crew when we pour. The person who priced your deck is the one watching the pool edge go in.
In business since 2020
We've been at this since 2020, six years now, and flatwork like patios, walks and garage floors is most of what we do. That's a lot of slabs to learn from about what holds up.
Licensed and insured in Washington
We're licensed and insured, and we're glad to have you look us up before you sign anything. The questions below show how to check any contractor with the state.
Straight talk before the pour
Most of our calls come from homeowners in Kirkland and the cities around it, and the first worry is usually whether the new deck will crack like the old one. I'll tell you plainly what concrete can and can't do, so nothing catches you off guard once it's in.
On a pool deck, the edge is what counts. When you're ready, send us your pool deck details or call (425) 285-8195 and I'll set a time to come look.
Pool decks, permits and the work around them in Kirkland
Kirkland's Development Services answers permit questions, and the city's list of work that needs no permit names decks 30 inches or less above the ground, not pool decks, so that list doesn't settle your job. Even when no building permit is needed, the city says every code still applies, and zoning rules like setbacks from property lines and limits on how much of the lot you cover can shape how big the deck gets. The city's Planning division takes those questions at 425-587-3600. If your yard sits in a flood hazard area, or in one of the city's critical areas or the buffers around them, the no-permit exemptions don't apply. Work that often comes with a pool deck can need its own permit too, like a retaining wall over four feet, new irrigation, electrical circuits, tree removal, or digging out or bringing in more than 50 cubic yards of soil or changing how water drains. We check which city or county office covers your address before we start, and when a permit is needed we can file it for you or help you file it, then plan the start around the approval and the inspections.
We're based in Kirkland and take jobs in the cities around it, in King County and south Snohomish County. Around here the long wet season keeps backyard ground soft, and plenty of pools sit where a truck can't reach, so we plan the dig-out and how the concrete gets to the back well before pour day. We run into the same conditions on jobs in Bellevue and Redmond.
Questions about concrete pool decks in Kirkland
What does a concrete pool deck cost around Seattle?
A concrete pool deck in the Seattle area usually costs about $7 to $14 per square foot installed. Where yours lands depends on the size, any tear-out, the ground work underneath and how easily concrete gets to the backyard. Our written estimate puts a figure on your own deck.
Do I need a permit for a concrete pool deck in Kirkland?
The city's no-permit list doesn't cover pool decks, so ask Kirkland's Development Services before you count on skipping one. Flood and critical areas and the work that often comes with a deck, covered above, can change the answer for your lot. We check before we start and can file it for you.
How do I keep a new pool deck from cracking the coping?
Leave a gap between the deck and the coping and fill it with a flexible sealant, as one coping maker's guide calls for, because a poured deck shifts with heat, settling and freezing. Without that joint, the moving deck can crack the coping and the bond beam, the concrete ring around the top of the pool wall. The same guide says to caulk the joint at least 30 days after the pour, once early curing and shrinkage have passed, so sealing is a second visit to plan for.
How often should I recaulk the joint around my pool deck?
Check it every year and replace the caulk when it cracks, pulls away or wears out, according to that same coping maker's guide. Most elastomeric caulks, the flexible kind used in that joint, last five to ten years.
What is the best concrete for a pool deck that freezes in winter?
Air-entrained concrete, which has tiny air bubbles mixed in, holds up better to freezing and thawing when it's soaked, according to the American Concrete Institute. It also cuts the flaking that ice melt causes, so if you use ice melt near the pool, ask whether your deck concrete is air entrained. We'll go over the mix with you at the estimate.
How do I check a concrete contractor in Washington?
Look them up on the state's Verify a Contractor tool, which shows whether their registration is active, whether their workers' comp is paid up, and any safety violations or lawsuits against their bond. Washington requires every construction contractor to register with the state Department of Labor and Industries and to be bonded and insured.
Related concrete work around a pool deck
Concrete steps construction
When the deck sits below a back door or a raised patio, poured steps tie the levels together and can be formed while we're already working in the yard.
Slab foundation building
If a pool house, shed or equipment pad is part of the plan, its slab foundation can be dug out and poured alongside the deck work.
Cities where we build pool decks
Precision Kirkland Concrete is based in Kirkland, WA, and works across the 12 areas listed here, from Bothell to Woodinville and the cities in between. If your city isn't on the list, call and ask.
Kirkland, WA
Book an on-site pool deck estimate
Have a rough size of the deck and its height above the ground ready when you call, because those two numbers shape both the price and what the city may ask about.