Concrete Pool Decks in Grimes, Iowa A Pool Deck Built From the Ground Up to Stay Put

We excavate and compact the base, set forms and reinforcement, pour an air-entrained mix, finish it for traction, then cure it before anyone walks on it. Starting underground is what keeps the deck level on Grimes's settling glacial till.

Not if it's built base-up. Much of Grimes sits on dense till prone to settlement, so we compact the subgrade and reinforce the slab so the deck bears its load evenly and stays level as new-construction ground adjusts beneath it.

Central Iowa winters bring 100 to 120 freeze-thaw cycles. The 5 to 7 percent entrained air JLB pours gives freezing water room to expand inside the slab instead of scaling the surface off cycle after cycle, which is what keeps the deck intact.

Proper exterior grading sends splash-out and snowmelt away from the house rather than pooling against the deck and the deep basements common in Grimes. We shape that grade before the pour so drainage is built into the deck from the start.

Yes. Our in-house crew digs dead-level, sets the fiberglass shell, plumbs and backfills to proctor standards in lifts, then pours the deck, every step with one team. Dig to swim runs four to eight weeks under one contract.