Irving Pool Builders provides professional pool decking & hardscape in Irving, TX for residential and commercial properties across the Las Colinas and mid-cities area. Pool decking is where new pool budgets quietly go to die, and it's also where you'll feel the difference every single day you use the thing.
Standard broom-finished gray concrete will read around 140 degrees on an Irving afternoon in July, which is why everybody hops from the back door to the water like the patio owes them money.
Travertine runs 20 to 30 degrees cooler because the stone is pale and porous, and it's the single design decision most of our clients say they would make again without thinking about it.
Pavers get you close on temperature and add a practical advantage on clay: when a section settles, you lift it, re-level the base and set it back, instead of hiring a jackhammer and matching a color that no longer exists.
If your existing slab is structurally fine and just ugly and hot, a spray-texture cool deck coating over the top costs a fraction of a tear-out and buys another decade. New concrete gets built properly or it doesn't get built.
Four inches over a compacted base, steel on chairs rather than pulled up by hope, control joints cut at eight to ten feet so the slab cracks where we told it to, and a real expansion joint with backer rod at the bond beam so the deck can move without taking your waterline tile with it.
Cracks are the honest conversation. Hairline movement inside a control joint is the joint doing exactly the job you paid for.
A crack where one side has heaved higher than the other means the base moved, and coating over that just gives you a smoother crack.
We deal with the drainage first, because water sitting against the shell or running back toward the house is usually what caused it in the first place.
Grading, area drains and a downspout that discharges somewhere sensible are unglamorous and they're why the deck is still flat in ten years. Hardscape is the part that turns a pool into a backyard.
Seat walls, a pergola for the west-facing side of a Las Colinas yard where the afternoon sun is relentless, an outdoor kitchen, a gas fire pit for the six weeks a year it's genuinely useful and the six months it looks good anyway.
While the deck is open, the plumbing, gas and conduit for all of that will never be cheaper to run than right now. Check your HOA before you draw a pergola, though, because architectural review in several Irving neighborhoods has opinions about height and materials.
Two things we'll steer you away from. Skip stamped concrete if you're on clay and you care how it looks in ten years, because a stamped pattern telegraphs every crack and repairs never match.
And if you only ever cross the deck in shoes, don't pay the travertine premium. Broom finish with a cool deck coating is the sensible money.
With 15+ years of experience, our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — gunite and shotcrete shells, one-piece fiberglass pool shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, glass mosaic and large-format porcelain tile, travertine coping and decking, variable-speed pumps — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Irving and nearby communities including Coppell, Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville.
What We Handle
Everything our pool decking & hardscape in Irving covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of pool decking & hardscape work in Irving, TX. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- pool deck installation and resurfacing
- cool deck spray texture
- travertine pool decks
- paver pool decking
- stamped and stained concrete
- pool deck coatings
- outdoor kitchens, pergolas and fire pits
- seat walls and retaining walls
- pool deck drainage and grading
- settled and cracked deck repair
- deck expansion joints
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Irving services.
Materials, equipment and how we do pool decking & hardscape
The difference between pool decking & hardscape that lasts and pool decking & hardscape that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with gunite and shotcrete shells, one-piece fiberglass pool shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, glass mosaic and large-format porcelain tile, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Irving job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of pool work in the Las Colinas and mid-cities area means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do pool decking & hardscape outside Irving
Irving Pool Builders covers Irving and the surrounding communities of the Las Colinas and mid-cities area. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Pool Decking & Hardscape in Coppell, TX — Dallas County, population 43,000
- Pool Decking & Hardscape in Grapevine, TX — Tarrant County, population 51,000
- Pool Decking & Hardscape in Southlake, TX — Tarrant County, population 31,000
- Pool Decking & Hardscape in Colleyville, TX — Tarrant County, population 26,000
- Pool Decking & Hardscape in Flower Mound, TX — Denton County, population 76,000
- Pool Decking & Hardscape in Lewisville, TX — Denton County, population 112,000
Start on the Irving Pool Builders homepage for a free estimate, or call (877) 730-2126 and describe the job.
Why Irving Chooses Irving Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building and servicing pools across Irving, Las Colinas and the mid-cities
- ✓Gunite, shotcrete and fiberglass construction, plus full remodels on pools we did not build
- ✓Experienced with tight zero-lot-line access, conveyor spoil removal and long gunite hose runs
- ✓HOA architectural review packets prepared as part of the job, not billed as an extra
The standards behind pool decking & hardscape
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The pool decking & hardscape work we do in Irving follows published industry standards: Pool & Hot Tub Alliance publishes the ANSI/APSP construction and barrier standards, and American Red Cross water safety sets out the layered-protection guidance every pool owner should read. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every pool decking & hardscape project in Irving gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (877) 730-2126 for a free pool decking & hardscape free estimate in Irving, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.