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Pool Deck Replacement

Hi, I had a leak in one of the return lines that has been fixed. The problem is that the fix left behind six holes in the decking where the repair people dug up thinking the leak was under that part of the decking. So the deck has six areas with a different shade grey of concrete and a different type of smooth finish.

Any ideas on how to replace the deck without using concrete? I was thinking along the lines of the pavers that can be put down on sand. Would that work, and would I still need the Deck O Seal between the coping and the deck.

Thanks. Tom

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Permalink Reply by Rick Chafey buildredrock.com on July 20, 2010 at 1:06pm

Not sure what part of the country you are in, or what your soil conditions are, we regularly use pavers around pools, concrete, travertine, and artistic. Depending on your soil conditions, you might want to pour a sub slab for the first 4' or so around the pool to mitigate any splash out from soaking in around the pool shell. However we often install the pavers on a sand and gravel bed adjacent to the pool coping, and we dont usually us a deco-seal since the paver are permeable to some extent. We do make sure to use a polymer topping sand to minimize the wash out etc.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Kwan on July 20, 2010 at 1:57pm

Hi Rick, I am in Southern California just north of Fullerton. We are on a hill, and the pool is built on compacted decomposed granite that was used to fill in the valley of hill. That's why the leak was to hard to detect, the leak sound the same everywhere.

Our kids are grown so there is not that much splash to soak the deck area, but I would like to hose off the pavers from time to time to keep them clean. I would try to set the pavers to meet the existing drains in the deck, but I am not sure how well that will work and may need some grout around those pavers.

I saw your website and like the great work you do. Do you have an office in S. California?

Thanks for your advice.

Permalink Reply by Rick Chafey buildredrock.com on July 20, 2010 at 2:04pm

I do not have an office in So Cal, wish I did, 114 degrees here currently. We are about to do some design work for a project outside of San Jose.

Do you have area drains (3-4" round or square drain grates) or linear drain systems (deco-drain)

Thomas Kwan said:

Hi Rick, I am in Southern California just north of Fullerton. We are on a hill, and the pool is built on compacted decomposed granite that was used to fill in the valley of hill. That's why the leak was to hard to detect, the leak sound the same everywhere.

Our kids are grown so there is not that much splash to soak the deck area, but I would like to hose off the pavers from time to time to keep them clean. I would try to set the pavers to meet the existing drains in the deck, but I am not sure how well that will work and may need some grout around those pavers.

I saw your website and like the great work you do. Do you have an office in S. California?

Thanks for your advice.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Kwan on July 20, 2010 at 2:23pm

I have a 3" round drain at each of the four corners of the decking around our rectangular pool.

Permalink Reply by Rick Chafey buildredrock.com on July 20, 2010 at 2:28pm

you should be able to save those and grout in the pavers around the drains. We even usually grout set the 3-5 pavers around the drains as well so that nothing moves away from each other over time.

Good luck. If done right, you will love the pavers, and the compacted DG will be a great base for them

Thomas Kwan said:

I have a 3" round drain at each of the four corners of the decking around our rectangular pool.

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