Long Beach Pool Builders designs and installs pool decks and hardscape across the Long Beach coast. The deck is the surface you actually live on around the water, and near the shore it has to take sun, salt spray, and bare feet for years. We build concrete, paver, and stone decks with proper coastal drainage, slip-resistant finishes, and clean integration with the pool and the rest of the yard.
- Concrete, flagstone, and travertine decks
- Textured finishes that resist slips
- Coping matched to the hardscape
- Proper coastal drainage and grading
- Built to last in the marine sun
The deck extends the pool outward
A pool and its deck are a single connected space, not two separate jobs. The deck decides how you move around the water, where you lounge and entertain, and how the whole backyard feels. A beautiful pool ringed by a cramped or poorly built deck never reaches its potential.
Because we design and build both, we plan the deck and the pool together. The coping, the deck material, the grade, and the coastal drainage all coordinate so the finished space works as a whole. That kind of integration is hard to get when the deck is bid separately after the pool is already in the ground.
We design the deck to suit how you will use the yard, whether that means broad lounging areas, an outdoor kitchen, fire features, or a clean modern edge that frames a view toward the water. The goal is a backyard that works, not a strip of slab around a hole.
Deck materials that take coastal abuse
Coastal pool decks take real punishment: steady sun, salt spray, splashing water, and bare feet all day. The material has to handle all of it while staying comfortable and safe underfoot. We build in broom-finished and decorative concrete, pavers, and natural stone, and we help you choose on look, grip, heat, and budget.
Slip resistance counts most right at the water, so we specify finishes that stay grippy when wet and salty. Heat counts too under the marine sun, since some materials get uncomfortably hot, and we factor that into the recommendation so the deck stays usable in July.
Whatever the material, the install quality is what makes a deck last by the coast. Proper base prep, control joints, and finishing are what keep a deck from cracking, settling, or heaving as the seasons turn.
Drainage and grading for a coastal lot
The least visible part of a deck is the most important, and on a coastal lot it matters even more: the drainage and grading underneath. A deck that fails to shed water leads to standing puddles, staining, and water working below the slab where it drives settling and cracking, especially where the water table sits high.
We grade the deck to drain away from the pool and the house, set drains where the layout needs them, and build the base so the deck stays level and sound for years. It is unglamorous work, and it is precisely what separates a deck that lasts from one that fails early near the water.
If you are planning a new deck or replacing a tired one along the Long Beach coast, call 213-589-2715 for a free consultation and a deck designed and built to last.
Where every pool project meets
A pool is a design-build project, so pool deck installation rarely stands alone, it connects to building a new pool, pool renovation, pool remodels, a new plaster finish, new pumps and filters, and our crew handles all of it as one accountable team. We bring the same service to Pool Deck Installation in Signal Hill, Seal Beach pool deck installation, Los Alamitos pool deck installation, Pool Deck Installation in Lakewood and everywhere else across the Long Beach area.
If you searched for a local pool crew near you, you have reached a local pool builder, call 213-589-2715 any time. For background, read Designing a Pool for a Small Coastal Yard in Long Beach on our blog, or head back to our Long Beach home page to see everything we do.