OasisBlue Pool Contractors designs and installs pool decks and hardscape across Sherman Oaks and the San Fernando Valley. The deck is the part of the pool you actually stand on, and in Valley heat it has to stay walkable barefoot, shed water, and hold up to years of sun. We build concrete, paver, and stone decks with proper drainage, slip-resistant finishes, and a clean tie-in to the pool and the rest of the yard.
- Concrete, stone veneer, and paver decks
- Cool, slip-resistant surfaces
- Coping and hardscape brought together
- Grading and drainage done right
- Sized to the whole backyard
The deck and the pool are one project
A pool and its deck are a single connected space, not two jobs that happen to sit next to each other. The deck decides how you move around the water, where you lounge, where you cook and entertain, and how the whole backyard reads. A beautiful pool with a cramped or poorly built deck never lives up to what it could be, especially on a flat Valley lot where the deck is most of the usable space.
Because we design and build both, we plan the deck and the pool together. The coping, the deck material, the grade, and the drainage all get coordinated so the finished space works as a whole. That integration is hard to recover when the deck is bid out separately after the pool is already set in the ground.
We design the deck around how you will actually use the yard, whether that means broad lounging areas, an outdoor kitchen, a shade structure for the worst of the afternoon sun, or a clean modern edge that suits the house. The goal is a backyard that works, not a ribbon of concrete around the water.
Materials that stay cool and grippy
A Sherman Oaks pool deck takes a beating: relentless sun, splashing water, and bare feet all day for half the year. The material has to handle all of that while staying comfortable and safe underfoot. We build in broom-finished and decorative concrete, pavers, and natural stone, and we help you choose based on look, grip, heat, and budget.
Heat is a real factor here, more than people expect. Some surfaces turn into a griddle by midafternoon in July, while lighter, cooler materials stay walkable. Right at the water, slip resistance matters most, so we specify finishes that stay grippy when wet. We weigh both of those against the look you want rather than treating either as an afterthought.
Whatever the material, the install quality is what makes a deck last. Proper base prep, control joints, and clean finishing are what keep a deck from cracking, settling, or heaving as the seasons cycle through Valley heat and the occasional wet winter.
Surface grading and drainage paths
The least visible part of a deck is the most important: the grading and drainage underneath it. A deck that does not shed water properly leaves standing puddles, breeds stains, and lets water work its way under the slab where it causes settling and cracking down the line.
We grade the deck to drain away from the pool and the house, set drains where the lot needs them, and build the base so the deck stays level and sound for years. It is unglamorous work that nobody admires, and it is exactly what separates a deck that lasts from one that fails early and embarrassingly.
If you are planning a new deck or replacing a tired one in Sherman Oaks, call 424-421-3772 for a free consultation and a deck designed and built to last.
The wider pool project around this
A pool is a design-build project, so pool deck installation rarely stands alone, it connects to pool construction, a full pool makeover, remodeling the pool, replastering the pool, new pumps and filters, and our crew handles all of it as one accountable team. We bring the same service to Pool Deck Installation in Encino, Pool Deck Installation in Studio City, Van Nuys pool deck installation, Pool Deck Installation in Valley Village and everywhere else across the Sherman Oaks area.
If you searched for pool builders near me, you have reached a local pool builder, call 424-421-3772 any time. For background, read Modernizing a Mid-Century Pool: What to Keep and What to Change on our blog, or head back to our Sherman Oaks home page to see everything we do.