Late spring to early autumn
That is our workable season for outdoor resin here. Booking in February for May is normal; ringing us in June for June rarely works.
Pool and patio
Pool Deck and Patio Coatings That Stay Grippy When Wet
Around a pool there is one specification that matters, and it is how the surface behaves under a wet bare foot. We broadcast a texture into the coating for grip and finish it with a UV-stable top coat, so your deck holds its color through a Connecticut summer.
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Pool Deck Coating, Slip Resistance and UV
Your deck is outdoors, it is wet on purpose, and people walk on it without shoes. That combination rules out most of what works indoors.
Grip that does not tear feet
A coarse anti-slip profile that works on a loading ramp is unpleasant under a bare foot. We use a finer aggregate on your deck, chosen for the surface people actually stand on.
Sun is the other half
Clear epoxy ambers under UV, and outdoors that is not a maybe, it is a matter of time. We specify a UV-stable top coat from the start so your deck keeps the color you chose.
Pool chemicals
Chlorinated water splashes out, sits on your surface and dries there. We build the system to take that as routine rather than as an accident.
Pool Deck Surface Temperature and Color
Color drives that more than the coating does, and it is worth deciding with us before you pick a finish.
Lighter reads cooler
A dark surface in full sun gets hot to stand on. If your deck faces south and gets used barefoot in August, that is a real argument for going lighter, and we will say so.
Texture helps
A textured surface holds less standing heat against your foot than a polished one does.
Every floor on this page is one we poured
How Atlas Coats a Pool Deck or Patio
Your outdoor concrete is a different animal from a garage slab, and most of the difference lands in how we prepare it and when we can work.
The weather decides the week
We need a dry run of days and temperatures inside the system's range. Dew point matters as much as air temperature, because moisture settling on a curing coat ruins it.
Grinding, and what is already on there
Old sealers are common on pool decks and we take all of it off. Sealed concrete is the most frequent reason an outdoor coating fails, because the new system bonds to the old sealer instead of to your slab.
Cracks, and the fact that outdoor slabs move
Freeze and thaw works on your concrete every winter. We cut and fill the cracks, and if one is actively moving we talk to you about it rather than covering it over.
Aggregate for bare feet
We choose the grit for who uses your space. A pool deck gets a finer profile than a loading ramp, because traction that grips a work boot tears skin.
A UV-stable top coat, not a clear epoxy
Outdoors this is not a preference. Clear epoxy ambers in direct sun, and on a Connecticut pool deck that takes one summer.
Slip Resistance Around a Pool, and How Much Is Right
More grip is not automatically better, and the trade-off is real. We pick the point on it that suits how you use the space.
Barefoot changes the specification
The aggregate grade that makes a warehouse ramp safe is unpleasant and eventually painful on bare feet. Your deck gets a finer, rounder profile that still works wet.
Wet is the normal condition
Your pool deck is not occasionally wet, it is wet all summer. We specify it for that rather than for how it behaves dry.
Cleaning is the cost of grip
The rougher we make it, the more dirt it holds and the harder you have to work to brush it out. There is a sensible middle and it depends on who uses the space.
Sun, Salt and Chlorine on an Outdoor Coating
Three things your garage floor never has to deal with.
Ultraviolet light
This is why we make your top coat UV stable. Epoxy ambers; polyaspartic and aliphatic top coats hold their color.
Pool chemicals
Chlorinated and salt-system water splashes out and dries on your surface all season. We build the system to take that as routine.
Surface temperature
A dark color in full sun gets genuinely hot to stand on. If your deck faces south and gets used barefoot in August, that is an argument for a lighter color before it is an argument about style.
Freeze and thaw
Water gets into your concrete, freezes and expands. A sound coating sheds water rather than letting it soak in, which helps, but it will not make a failing slab sound.
What customers wrote
4.7 from 15 Google reviews. We publish every one of them on the reviews page, including the one star and what came of it.
great job on my shop Floor thanks again Brad
Floors came out great and the countertops too!
thank you Brad for the wonderful job on my garage floors
Coating a Pool Deck in the Connecticut Season
A short window, and a set of conditions that have to line up for us.
Consecutive dry days
We need a run of them, not one good day. Rain on a curing coat is not a delay, it is a redo.
Dew point, not just temperature
Moisture settling overnight onto a curing coat causes blushing and adhesion problems. That is why we stop earlier in the day outdoors than you would expect.
Draining and emptying
Whether your pool needs lowering, and where splash-out will land while we work, are worth settling at the quote.
Pool Deck Coatings Against the Alternatives
Resin is one option among several and it is not always your right one.
Against pavers
Pavers can be lifted and relaid and they drain between the joints. They also settle, weed and trip you. What we put down is seamless and stays put.
Against acrylic textured coatings
The common pool deck spray finish is cheaper and thinner, and it typically needs redoing far sooner. Resin with the right top coat lasts you considerably longer.
Against sealed concrete
A sealer is not a coating. It darkens your concrete, protects it a little, and does nothing for grip or appearance.
Against replacing the deck
If your concrete is structurally failing, a coating is the wrong answer and Brad will tell you so.
Preparing a Pool Deck for Coating Day
What you do, so our crew is not standing about.
Furniture and planters off
Everything off, including the heavy pots. Anything you leave behind leaves an outline in the finished floor.
Cover or drop the water level
Grinding dust and overspray near your open pool is worth us planning for rather than discovering.
Turn off irrigation and gutters
Your sprinkler on a timer over a curing coat ruins it, and so does a downpipe discharging onto the deck. Turn both off before we start.
Keep pets and children off for the cure window
Longer outdoors than indoors, because your coating cures at whatever the air is doing.
Coatings we install
We install six systems, and most floors we put down combine two of them.
Flake
- Where it fits
- Garages and basements
- How it looks
- Vinyl chip broadcast into the body coat. Busier blends hide more of a working slab.
- Where we use it
- The garage floor we put down most.
Solid color
- Where it fits
- Workshops, warehouses, basements
- How it looks
- One flat color, sealed and cleanable.
- Where we use it
- Floors you need easy to clean, where we can add line marking.
Metallic
- Where it fits
- Attached garages, showrooms, countertops
- How it looks
- Pigment moved through the resin while it's wet, so no two floors come out the same.
- Where we use it
- Floors you look at as part of the house, which is where we get asked for it most.
Quartz
- Where it fits
- Commercial kitchens and wet areas
- How it looks
- Colored quartz aggregate for a hard, textured floor.
- Where we use it
- Floors where we have to meet a slip specification.
Polyaspartic
- Where it fits
- Top coat over any system, patios
- How it looks
- A UV-stable clear coat that cures in hours.
- Where we use it
- We use it for sunlight, cold weather and fast turnarounds.
Anti-slip
- Where it fits
- Pool decks, ramps, plant floors
- How it looks
- A coarse broadcast texture in the surface.
- Where we use it
- We put it where your floor gets wet or sits outdoors.
What's under your finished floor
We put down four layers, and each one has its own job. Scroll and we'll take your floor apart so you can see them.
- Polyaspartic top coatWe finish with a UV-stable, hard-wearing coat that takes your tires, your chemicals and the sunlight so the color underneath doesn't.
- Color and flake coatOur body coat carries your flake blend or metallic pour, so this is the layer you picked.
- Primer and moisture barrierWe work it into the opened concrete, and it locks everything above it to your slab.
- Concrete substrateYour slab. We diamond grind it back to bare concrete so everything we put on top has something to grip.
How your epoxy floor gets done, from first call to parking on it
Three steps, and Brad does every one of them himself. Most residential floors are finished in a day.
- 1
You call, text or send the form
Tell us the room and roughly how big it is. We'll talk you through the range and book a time to come and look, often the same day. Weekends count, and there's nothing to sign.
- 2
Brad reads your slab and you pick your finish
He checks for cracks, old coating and moisture, then measures up. You choose your flake blend or metallic against your own floor, not a brochure. Your written quote comes back the same day.
- 3
We grind it back and build your floor up
Your slab goes back to bare concrete under a diamond grinder with dust extraction. Then the primer, the body coat with your flake or metallic, and the top coat. You get your walk-on and park-on times with the quote.
Grippy wet is the only specification that matters
A broadcast texture and a UV-stable top coat, because a pool surround is wet, barefoot and in full sun for four months of the year.
Get my free quoteQuestions people ask
Can you coat pavers or stone?
We put these systems onto concrete. If you have pavers or stone, ask us rather than assuming either way.
Will it survive a Connecticut winter?
Freeze and thaw is hard on any outdoor surface. Our preparation and the right system matter more here than anywhere else.
Is it safe when wet?
That is the point of the aggregate we choose. Tell Brad it is a pool deck and we build it for wet.
Can you coat a pool deck?
Yes, and we specify it differently from an indoor floor: grip chosen for your bare feet and a UV-stable top coat so it holds its color.
Will it be too hot to walk on?
Color drives that more than the coating does. A lighter color on a south-facing deck is worth choosing for comfort rather than for looks.
Can you coat pavers, stone or a wooden deck?
We build these systems for concrete. If you have pavers, stone or timber, ask us rather than assuming either way.
Will pool chemicals damage it?
Not on a system we build for a pool deck. Tell Brad it is around water and we build it for that.
My patio already has a sealer on it. Is that a problem?
We take it off. Coating over an old sealer is the most common reason an outdoor floor fails, because the new system bonds to the sealer rather than to your concrete.
When should I book a pool deck coating?
Early. Our workable outdoor season here is late spring to early autumn, and we need a run of consecutive dry days inside it.
Is a resin pool deck better than a spray texture coating?
What we put down is thicker and lasts you considerably longer. The spray finishes are cheaper and typically need redoing sooner.
What do I need to do before you coat my pool deck?
Clear your furniture, plan for the water, and turn off irrigation and anything that discharges onto the deck.
Ready to stop looking at that floor?
Tell us roughly what you have and we'll come and look at it. The quote is free, there's nothing to sign, and you'll know what your floor costs before you commit to anything.
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