Pavers For Your Pool Deck

 

Garrett McGinnis warns against using concrete around your pool. By using concrete as a surround you may be headed for cracks. Find out why pavers are preferable. Read on.....

 

Deciding to use pavers for your pool deck is one of the best choices you can make for your home. Whether you are building a new pool or if you need to remodel your existing, unsightly concrete, pavers are the answer!

Pavers can compliment a new pool like no other surface option. The primary decking alternatives to pavers when building a new pool are concrete, concrete with an acrylic paint and a texture on top often called "cool-deck" and tile. The problem with all three alternatives is that in each case a concrete deck has to be poured. Then, it's the choice of the homeowner to refinish the surface with the acrylic or tile. As we all know, however, concrete cracks. Sometimes it takes a couple of years for those hairline joints to start popping up, but more often than not, they show up after a couple of months. The acrylic and tile toppings do a decent job of hiding the flaws, but inevitably, the cracks work their way to the surfaces of these alternatives as well.

Pavers, on the other hand do not crack. They do not require that a concrete deck is poured and they are very cost competitive with these alternatives. Most come with a twenty year warranty, while some come with twenty five year coverage. There is an unlimited amount of color and shape options, making pavers a much more aesthetic solution. Pavers are installed around a new pool on top of vehicular grade compacted base. They are very easy to maintain with regular cleaning and can even be pressure washed. If one paver does crack, it takes all of two minutes to pop the defective brick out and replace it with a new one. No more chiseling thin set under tile or having to use concrete crack patch material!

If you didn't get the opportunity to choose pavers for your pool when it was built and now have a deck with cracks and depressions, don't worry. Thin, one inch, pavers can be installed over top of the deck. Once that it is done, nobody can tell that the deck was originally installed without pavers!

If you would like to get more information regarding your paving options Central Florida Pavers can help!

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