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Pool areas & outdoor living
The yard you use after six o’clock.
Decking and coping around the pool, an outdoor kitchen that gets used, a fire-pit area that extends the season, and lighting that makes all of it work after dark.
Pool surrounds
Deck, coping, drainage, fence
The pool is somebody else's trade. Everything around it is ours — and it is the part you actually stand on, look at and have to keep safe.
- Decking in interlock, natural stone or large-format slab
- Coping and edge detailing at the waterline
- Deck drainage so water leaves rather than pools at the edge
- Non-slip surface choices for wet feet
- Fencing and gates to meet pool enclosure requirements
- Equipment pads and screening so the pump is not the view
Outdoor living
Kitchens, fire and shade
An outdoor kitchen that is twenty steps from the fridge does not get used. A fire pit with nowhere to sit does not either. These get placed around how the yard is actually used, then built into the hardscape rather than dropped on top of it.
- Outdoor kitchens, counters and bar seating
- Fire-pit areas and gas fire tables
- Pergolas, shade structures and privacy screening
- Seat walls and built-in benches
- Low-voltage lighting on steps, walls and planting
Common questions
Pool area questions
We are putting a pool in next year — when do we talk to you?
Before the pool contractor breaks ground. Deck width, grade, drainage, equipment location and fence line are cheap decisions on paper and expensive once the shell is in.
Can you replace the concrete around an existing pool?
Yes, that is one of the most common jobs we do. Old poured deck out, base rebuilt, new stone in, with coping detailed at the waterline.
What about the fence?
Pool enclosure rules are municipal and they are enforced. We build to them and tell you what the requirement is in your municipality before the quote.
Is stone slippery around a pool?
Some is. Finish and texture are chosen for wet bare feet, and we will show you the options in person rather than from a photo.
Free estimate
Planning a pool area?
Send the address and a photo of the yard as it is now.