Don't demolish it. Resurface it.

Usually yes. If the base layer is sound, we clean, re-bind and top it with a fresh wear layer. If the binder has failed throughout, we'll tell you honestly and quote a full resurface.

Yes, after adhesion testing and surface prep, poured rubber bonds over old Kool deck and acrylic coatings.

Significantly, you skip demolition, debris haul-away and new slab work. Most resurfacing projects finish in 1 to 3 days.

Stable hairline cracks are bridged by the flexible rubber layer; active or structural cracks are ground, filled and primed first, we flag anything structural during the free assessment.

Five problems account for nearly every South Florida pool deck we get called out to. Cracks that keep coming back, because the crack lives in the slab and the topping only shows it to you. Chalking, where the surface powders off on your hand. Delamination, where the topping sounds hollow when tapped. Spalling and popped edges at the coping where splash sits. And heat, with bare concrete reading 155 F in our field readings. The first three are bond failures and cannot be painted over. B-Cool measures on site free within 24 hours and tells you which of them you actually have.

Resurfacing runs 8 to 14 dollars per sq ft installed with B-Cool, with prep, primer, material, labor and a 2 year workmanship warranty included. The word average hides the only variable that matters, which is prep. A sound slab needs cleaning and priming and sits at the low end. A slab with a failed acrylic topping needs grinding first, and grinding is hours of labor, dust control and disposal. Cracks, a low spot that ponds water and a chalking Kool deck all push the same deck up the band. We measure on site free within 24 hours and hand you 1 fixed written number.

Poured rubber surfacing is what we use on Florida pool decks, and heat is the reason. It measured 99 F in our field readings on an afternoon when rubber tile read 134 F and bare concrete read 155 F. It is porous, so splash and rain drain through instead of standing, and it grips soaking wet. Because it is elastic and seamless it bridges hairline slab movement instead of telegraphing it, which is why the crack that comes back through paint every year stops showing. Stone carpet is the alternative where a client wants a natural stone look with the same drainage.

The best way starts with 1 honest question, whether the existing surface is still bonded. Tap the deck with a broom handle. A dull hollow note means the topping has let go of the slab, and every shortcut laid over it will fail with it. Sound topping gets cleaned, its cracks treated and the slab primed. Failed topping gets ground back to sound concrete first, and that grinding is the line between a resurface that lasts and one that peels. Only then does the new layer go down, poured seamless over 1 to 3 days and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.