If you have a pool...

[trizzie]

What kind of decking do you have? Aggregate? Stamped concrete? And do you love it or wish you had gone another way?

[Deleted]

We have concrete with brick in lay trim put in by prior owners. I would love to do stamped concrete when we upgrade our back yard. I'm ok with what we have since it is practical but would like something more attractive. Also, we want to redo the bottom of our pool with dark stone/rock.

[irishbride2]

Pavers

[andrewsgal]

We will do rock. I have heard stamped concrete can become slippery.

[jcm]

Sept 29, 2015 8:34:06 GMT -5 andrewsgal said:

We will do rock. I have heard stamped concrete can become slippery.

We have stamped concrete & it can get slippery.  I just remind DD not to run around the pool & we're fine.  It's not so slippery walking on it is dangerous. We have an aggregate driveway & covered patio & it's not comfortable on bare feet.  I have a friend that did pavers & it looks great but really added to the cost.  

[trizzie]

I prefer the look of stamped concrete. Aggregate is not comfortable on bare feet, I agree!

thanks y'all!

@itsbritt - we are planning on pebble tec!

[quesyrah]

We don't have a backyard pool, it's an HOA pool but it has stamped concrete and as long as you don't run it's fine. My kids have both run and haven't slipped

[jcm]

Sept 29, 2015 21:49:24 GMT -5 trizzie said:

I prefer the look of stamped concrete. Aggregate is not comfortable on bare feet, I agree!

thanks y'all!

@itsbritt - we are planning on pebble tec!

We have pebble tech.  Here is a link to the picture of our pool & deck from the pool builder's website.  Stamped Concrete & Pebble Tech You can see the stamped concrete & pebble tech. If you do go the pebble tech route & go with a dark color like ours I HIGHLY recommend putting accent tiles on the steps.  They are so dark it makes them easy to miss & DD easily bumps her shins or knees on them often. Well... ok so do I and it hurts!  

[andrewsgal]

Sept 30, 2015 11:31:27 GMT -5 jcm said:

Sept 29, 2015 21:49:24 GMT -5 trizzie said:

I prefer the look of stamped concrete. Aggregate is not comfortable on bare feet, I agree!

thanks y'all!

@itsbritt - we are planning on pebble tec!

We have pebble tech.  Here is a link to the picture of our pool & deck from the pool builder's website.  Stamped Concrete & Pebble Tech You can see the stamped concrete & pebble tech. If you do go the pebble tech route & go with a dark color like ours I HIGHLY recommend putting accent tiles on the steps.  They are so dark it makes them easy to miss & DD easily bumps her shins or knees on them often. Well... ok so do I and it hurts!  

Love this!

[trizzie]

Sept 30, 2015 11:31:27 GMT -5 jcm said:

Sept 29, 2015 21:49:24 GMT -5 trizzie said:

I prefer the look of stamped concrete. Aggregate is not comfortable on bare feet, I agree!

thanks y'all!

@itsbritt - we are planning on pebble tec!

We have pebble tech.  Here is a link to the picture of our pool & deck from the pool builder's website.  Stamped Concrete & Pebble Tech You can see the stamped concrete & pebble tech. If you do go the pebble tech route & go with a dark color like ours I HIGHLY recommend putting accent tiles on the steps.  They are so dark it makes them easy to miss & DD easily bumps her shins or knees on them often. Well... ok so do I and it hurts!  

Your pool is beautiful!!!  Thank you for showing me (and for the accent tiles tip, that is something I wouldn't have thought of!)

[jcm]

Oct 1, 2015 0:04:04 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Sept 30, 2015 11:31:27 GMT -5 jcm said:

We have pebble tech.  Here is a link to the picture of our pool & deck from the pool builder's website.  Stamped Concrete & Pebble Tech You can see the stamped concrete & pebble tech. If you do go the pebble tech route & go with a dark color like ours I HIGHLY recommend putting accent tiles on the steps.  They are so dark it makes them easy to miss & DD easily bumps her shins or knees on them often. Well... ok so do I and it hurts!  

Your pool is beautiful!!!  Thank you for showing me (and for the accent tiles tip, that is something I wouldn't have thought of!)

Thank you & you are welcome!  I also gave the same advice to a friend that had a pool put in & she said it was one of the best things she did!

[andrewsgal]

Oct 1, 2015 16:52:04 GMT -5 jcm said:

Oct 1, 2015 0:04:04 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Your pool is beautiful!!!  Thank you for showing me (and for the accent tiles tip, that is something I wouldn't have thought of!)

Thank you & you are welcome!  I also gave the same advice to a friend that had a pool put in & she said it was one of the best things she did!

[trizzie]

Sept 29, 2015 8:34:06 GMT -5 andrewsgal said:

We will do rock. I have heard stamped concrete can become slippery.

Do you know who you are using andrewsgal? (Since we are in the same area, I am curious. We are 99% sure who we are going with).

[jcm]

Oct 2, 2015 21:34:11 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Sept 29, 2015 8:34:06 GMT -5 andrewsgal said:

We will do rock. I have heard stamped concrete can become slippery.

Do you know who you are using andrewsgal? (Since we are in the same area, I am curious. We are 99% sure who we are going with).

I think we may be in the same area as well?

[trizzie]

Oct 2, 2015 22:13:14 GMT -5 jcm said:

Oct 2, 2015 21:34:11 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Do you know who you are using andrewsgal? (Since we are in the same area, I am curious. We are 99% sure who we are going with).

I think we may be in the same area as well?

Oh, that's right! DFW, yes?

**I am clearly brain dead, because I looked at your link, but didn't back it up to see who the builder was. I blame the baby.

[andrewsgal]

Oct 2, 2015 21:34:11 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Sept 29, 2015 8:34:06 GMT -5 andrewsgal said:

We will do rock. I have heard stamped concrete can become slippery.

Do you know who you are using andrewsgal? (Since we are in the same area, I am curious. We are 99% sure who we are going with).

No we are still in the process of picking some to get quotes from.

[andrewsgal]

Oct 2, 2015 21:34:11 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Sept 29, 2015 8:34:06 GMT -5 andrewsgal said:

We will do rock. I have heard stamped concrete can become slippery.

Do you know who you are using andrewsgal? (Since we are in the same area, I am curious. We are 99% sure who we are going with).

Pm who you are going with please!

[trizzie]

@anderesgal - pm sent
jcm - pm sent to you too