Gilbert grew faster than any other U.S. municipality from 1990 to 2003, and many of the pool homes from those years still have the deck that went in with the pool. That concrete is now 20 to 35 years old. Cracks run out from the coping, edges lift, and the finish is worn thin. A paver, travertine or porcelain deck replaces all of it, coping included.
Gilbert paver pool deck pricing
A typical Gilbert pool deck in concrete pavers is priced at $7,000 to $13,400. That covers about 600 to 1,000 square feet of deck and 90 to 95 linear feet of coping. Travertine or natural stone runs about $11,000 to $21,000, and porcelain runs about $15,700 to $27,000.
Two things change the total:
- Tear-out: removing old concrete decking adds about $1,500 to $3,000.
- Pool shape: a freeform pool costs about $270 to $285 more in coping than a straight-edged one.
Here's a worked example. A 2000s Gilbert pool home has a straight-edged pool and a worn concrete deck, and the owner wants porcelain. Porcelain runs $15,700 to $27,000 and the tear-out adds $1,500 to $3,000, so the total comes to about $17,200 to $30,000. The same job in concrete pavers is about $8,500 to $16,400. The estimator gets you close, and our measured quote gets you the real number.
What 25 years does to a concrete pool deck
Gilbert is pool country. In 2015, Realtor.com dug into property records and found a pool behind 37 percent of the town's single-family houses, one of the biggest shares of any mid-size or large U.S. city. Most of those decks were poured as one big slab.
A slab can't flex. When the ground under it shifts, it cracks, and the crack stays. Around a pool, cracks start at the coping and run outward, and raised edges turn into trip points for wet feet. Resurfacing hides the cracks for a while, but they come back through.
Pavers work differently. They're individual units on a compacted base with bedding sand, edge restraint and swept-in joint sand, so they move slightly with the ground instead of cracking across it. If one ever gets stained by sunscreen or chipped by a dropped pot, we pull it and set a new one.
Straight pools, freeform pools and coping
Gilbert's subdivision pools come in both shapes. On a freeform pool, the coping has to follow every curve, and that adds about $270 to $285. The coping is where the deck meets the water, so it's the detail people notice first.
You can match the coping to the deck for a quiet look, or set it off in a contrasting color or in travertine. Pool steps and raised edges need the same care. Clean corners and rounded edges are what make a deck look finished, and our post on step corners, bullnose edges and 45-degree cuts shows the difference.
Planning the deck around how you use the yard
Before we lay anything, we plan the features that are hard to add later. That means an umbrella sleeve where the shade needs to be, access lids that sit inside the paver pattern, and enough fall on a flat Gilbert lot to push water off the deck, clear of both the pool and the walls of the house. A closer look at those built-in features is on the blog.
If your deck can be seen from a lake or greenbelt, as it can in Val Vista Lakes and Power Ranch, the community association may want to approve it first. We sort that out, and check with the Town of Gilbert where needed, ahead of scheduling.
Paver Pool Decks in Gilbert: Frequently Asked Questions
What's the going price for a paver pool deck in Gilbert?
A typical deck of about 600 to 1,000 square feet with 90 to 95 linear feet of coping runs $7,000 to $13,400 in concrete pavers, $11,000 to $21,000 in travertine or natural stone, and $15,700 to $27,000 in porcelain. Removing old concrete decking adds about $1,500 to $3,000.
How much extra is coping on a curvy Gilbert pool?
A little. A freeform pool costs about $270 to $285 more in coping than a straight-edged pool, because the coping has to follow the curves.
Is travertine worth the extra cost over concrete pavers?
That's a look and budget decision. On a typical deck, travertine runs about $11,000 to $21,000 against $7,000 to $13,400 for concrete pavers. Some owners split the difference with travertine coping around a concrete paver deck.
Why not just resurface my cracked concrete deck?
Resurfacing covers the cracks, but the slab underneath still moves, and the cracks tend to come back through. Pavers on a compacted base move with the ground, and a damaged paver can be replaced on its own.
Does a Val Vista Lakes or Power Ranch pool deck need association sign-off?
It can, if a lake, greenbelt or shared path looks onto it. We find out what your association wants before we schedule and give it the samples and product details it asks for.