Concrete pool decks in West Covina CA - a solid deck that meets your pool edge right
Deck cracked or lifting by the pool? We prep the ground, set a flexible joint at the pool edge and pour a new deck.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
What goes into a concrete pool deck in West Covina?
A concrete pool deck is the slab our crew forms, pours and finishes around your pool, right up to the coping that caps the pool's edge, and in West Covina it gives you a solid, even place to walk, sit and dry off.
Most folks call us when the old deck has cracked along the pool edge, lifted in spots or worn rough, and they're not sure whether it needs a patch, a coating or a full tear-out. A&D West Covina Concrete Construction is based in West Covina and works in many of the cities around it, and we'll look at your deck before anybody decides anything. The price mostly moves with the size of the deck, whether the old slab comes out, how much ground prep it needs and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the tear-out, any permit the city asks for and curing, which is the wait while the concrete hardens before you put weight on it. The estimate I write after the visit puts your own numbers on paper.
How do you know your pool deck needs work?
Cracks along the pool edge
Cracks running along the line where the deck meets the coping, or chips knocked out of the coping itself, usually mean the deck is pushing against the pool's edge with no room to move. If you leave it, water gets under the slab and the coping keeps taking hits, and a deck job turns into a coping repair too.
Sections lifting or sinking
If one slab sits higher than the next, or you've stubbed a toe on a lip that wasn't there last summer, the ground under the deck has moved. That lip usually grows, and on a wet pool deck it's exactly where somebody trips.
Worn, stained or rough top
A deck that's faded, pitted or scratchy on bare feet but still flat and solid often just has a tired surface. It's worth catching while the slab is sound, because a coating may still be on the table before cracks make a full replacement the only answer.
How we build a concrete pool deck
Before anything gets torn out, I look at your old deck and tell you straight whether a coating would do the job, because a sound slab with a tired top doesn't need a jackhammer. If it's a new pour, we start with the subgrade, the dirt and base the slab sits on, digging it out and packing it firm instead of raking it level, since a deck on loose ground settles right along with it. The spot where the deck meets the pool's edge gets most of our thought, and we leave a flexible joint there so the deck can move without working on the coping. Then we set and check the forms, pour in the cooler part of the day so the top doesn't dry out weak and dusty, give it a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives wet feet some grip, and cut the control joints, planned grooves that give the slab a place to crack where it shows less, before it has time to crack on its own. If the budget gets tight, cut back on a fancy finish before you cut back on the base, because my old foreman was right that a slab is only as good as what's under it, and you can redo a surface later but not the ground beneath it.
A pool deck rarely stands alone. If you walk down from the back door or the patio to reach the water, we can pour new concrete steps at the same time so the heights line up, and if a pool house is in your plans, our slab foundation building gives it a level, well-prepped floor to start from.
Get a written estimate for your pool deck
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, look at your deck and write up a free estimate, with no obligation to go ahead.
- Based in
- West Covina, CA 91790
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
What happens after you call about a pool deck?
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
Call (626) 412-8532 or use the form, and tell us where the house is and what's going on with the deck. We'll set up a time for me to come by.
I come out and look
I walk the deck, check how it meets the coping, ask how you use the pool and write up the estimate. It spells out whether I'd coat or replace, what the work includes and what it'll cost, so you can think it over at your own pace.
We handle permits and prep
Once you say go, we take care of any permit the job needs, then dig out, pack the base and set the forms. I check those forms before anything gets poured, because a crooked form means a crooked deck.
We pour and walk you through
We pour, finish and cut the joints. Before we leave, I walk you through caring for the new deck, including how long to keep off it while it cures.
Why West Covina pool owners call A&D
The owner writes your estimate
I come out myself to look at the deck and write the estimate, and I work the job alongside our crew when we pour. The person who told you how the pool-edge joint would go is the one standing there when it goes in.
A licensed crew, fully insured
We're fully licensed and insured, and that matters here because California lets someone without a license take on only jobs up to $1,000, and only when no permit is needed and they have nobody working for them. Forming, pouring and finishing concrete has its own class with the state licensing board, so it's fair to ask anyone you're considering about theirs.
Trained by a strict foreman
I learned under a foreman who made me tear out and reset forms until they were dead straight, and I started this business in 2023 after years on his crew. That's why we spend the time on layout and prep, the part nobody sees once the deck is done.
If your deck is giving you trouble at the edge, tell us about it or call (626) 412-8532, and I'll come take a look.
Pool decks, steps and slabs around West Covina
In West Covina, the city's Building Section does the plan review, issues the permits and handles inspections for private projects, and which permits a job needs depends on the kind of project and what you're adding. That means whether your deck needs one isn't something to guess at, and the city asks owners who aren't sure to check with its Community Development staff. If your job does need a permit, we handle the paperwork through the city's One Stop Building Permit Center, which no longer takes applications by email, line up the inspections and keep you posted along the way.
A lot of the backyard pools we look at have decks butted tight against the coping, and that's usually where the trouble starts. We see the same thing on jobs in Covina and Baldwin Park, and we fix it the same way, with prepped ground and a joint that lets the deck move.
Questions about concrete pool decks in West Covina
What does a concrete pool deck cost near West Covina?
A concrete pool deck in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $6.50 to $13 per square foot, and that's the going rate around here, not a quote from us. Where yours lands depends on tearing out the old deck, how much ground prep it needs and how plain or decorative the finish is. I'll put your own number on the estimate after I've seen the deck.
Why do pool decks crack near the pool edge?
Usually it's because the deck has no room to move where it meets the coping. One coping maker says that without a gap and flexible sealant at the pool edge, deck movement can crack or chip the coping and the bond beam, the concrete ring the coping sits on, and that holds whether the deck is poured concrete, stone or pavers. Before anyone pours, ask how the new deck will meet the coping.
What causes a concrete pool deck to heave?
Ground that wasn't prepared properly is the usual cause. A geotechnical guide says a deck resting on the ground surface without proper prep is likely to heave, or rise, more than the deeper pool shell, and it calls pre-wetting the soil particularly important where decks meet pools. Ask any crew you're talking to how they plan to prepare the ground, because you'll never see it again once the deck is poured.
Can I coat my old pool deck instead of replacing it?
Often you can, if the slab underneath is still solid and level. One coating maker says its product goes over many existing surfaces and earlier treatments without costly demolition or removal first, so it's worth comparing a coating with tearing out and pouring new. A coating won't fix a deck that's lifting or cracked through, though, because those problems sit under the top.
How do I keep a new concrete pool deck from cracking?
Plan for movement, because no slab is crack-proof. The geotechnical guide generally recommends steel bars in the slab and steel dowels across joints to help prevent cracks and separations if the ground heaves or settles, and control joints like the ones we cut let the slab separate along planned lines so cracks show less. If a crack or gap does open, the guide advises sealing it promptly so less water seeps in.
How often should a pool deck expansion joint be replaced?
Check it every year and replace the caulk when it cracks, pulls away or breaks down, which is what one coping maker advises for the flexible joint between the deck and the coping. Most elastomeric caulks, the stretchy kind used there, last five to ten years, so plan on redoing it now and then even when the deck looks fine.
Related concrete work around your pool
Concrete steps construction
Uneven steps by the pool are easy to slip on with wet feet, and rebuilding them gives you even steps with a textured top.
Slab foundation building
Adding a cabana or a shed for the pump and filter? It starts with a level, well-prepped slab, and we form and pour that too.
Where we build pool decks and other concrete
A&D West Covina Concrete Construction is based in West Covina, California, and the 12 cities listed here, including El Monte and Pomona, each have their own page. We work in many of the cities around West Covina too, so reach out even if yours isn't on the list.
Have the owner look at your pool deck
Call (626) 412-8532 or send the form with the deck's rough size and a photo or two of the pool edge, and I'll show up already knowing what to look for.
West Covina, CA