Pool Decks in Fountain Hills, AZ

So many Fountain Hills homes are designed around a pool and the mountain view beyond it, which is exactly why the deck matters so much here. The pool is the centerpiece, but the surface you walk on, sit on and entertain from is the hardscape, and that is the part Solterra builds. To be clear, we do not build, install or remodel pools. We build and resurface the deck, the coping that caps the pool edge, and the coatings that keep it cool, the hardscape around your existing pool, not the pool itself. In full Fountain Hills sun that surface decides whether the space is usable by mid-morning.

The single biggest complaint about a desert pool deck is a surface too hot to cross barefoot by July. We attack that two ways. First, material and color: light-toned travertine, buff and gray pavers, and troweled cool-deck coatings reflect more sun and hold less heat than dark broom-finish concrete. Second, texture: a matte, lightly textured finish reads cooler underfoot and grips better when it is splashed. Those lighter tones do double duty in Fountain Hills, because they also tend to sit well with the desert palette the town and its gated communities expect through design review.

A hillside lot changes how the deck has to be built. Estate parcels in Eagles Nest, FireRock and SunRidge Canyon carry real grade, caliche and exposed granite, so coping and drainage are not afterthoughts. We set travertine, precast or paver coping to a clean line and a slight pitch so splash-out sheds away from the shell, and we grade the deck and add channel or deck drains so a monsoon downpour clears off the surface and down the slope instead of ponding against the house or the pool. Where the deck steps down a terraced lot, we tie it into retaining walls so the whole surround holds its line for decades.

Most of our Fountain Hills pool-deck work is a resurface rather than a rebuild. If the existing slab is structurally sound, we can lay pavers or travertine over it, or trowel on a cool-deck overlay, without demolishing the whole deck. Where the concrete is cracked, heaved or sitting on poor base, which is common on moving hillside ground, we tear out and rebuild on compacted aggregate so the new surface stays flat. We walk the deck first and tell you honestly which path it calls for. Again, Solterra handles the deck, coping and coatings around your existing pool, and we coordinate cleanly with your pool contractor when one is involved. We have worked across the Valley since 2012 under Arizona ROC 359628.