I appreciate the question, Brian. As a designer, you know that there are many things that influence the decisions on material selections. On this project, it was fairly simple. The client did not want to incorporate brick into the design. They did not particularly care for the brick on the back of the house, and they had no desire to add more of it into the space. Additionally, the house was 10 years old at the time. Finding an exact match was unlikely, and ‘coming close’ was absolutely not an option. They had a completely different direction that they wanted to take things. Their desire was to transition to a more casual and natural feel for the backyard, which backs up to a wooded creek. They were far more concerned with the pool balancing with nature when viewed from inside the home, than they were with the pool balancing with the formality of the home, when viewed from the yard. Additionally, part of the initial design concept was to paint the brick on the home, to tone down the formality of the red brick. The client decided against that recommendation.

The decision to use a colored, textured, and scored concrete was mainly one of budget. The existing pool had seeded aggregate decking, which had to go. We poured over 2,000 square feet of new decks. We knew the look we wanted, and this was the most cost effective route to achieve that look.

Thanks for such a quick response. Beautiful work btw!!

Thank you!

Would you mind terribly if I asked how much it cost to jack up and replace 2,000 sq ft?
We have the same ugly aggregate in PA and I LOVE this and love what you did. I don't know if TX and PA are comparable but I want this. How did you make the pads look like stone texturally?