Pool Deck Cleaning in Summerville, SC

Why the deck around a pool turns slick

A pool deck stays wet longer than most hard surfaces at a house. Splash, dripping swimmers and summer storms keep it damp, and in Lowcountry warmth that is all algae and mildew need. The film usually starts in the shaded corners and along the coping, the cap stones that edge the pool, then spreads outward across the deck. Dry, it looks like a gray-green stain. Wet, it behaves like a thin coat of grease, and that is the moment someone slips.

Grip is the reason for the job

The commercial side of this site treats amenity pool decks as a slip hazard first and an appearance issue second, and a backyard deck deserves the same order of priorities. The aim is concrete that holds a wet foot, not just concrete that looks brighter in a photo. Young children and older relatives are the people most likely to lose their footing on a slick deck, and they are often the ones walking around the pool on a summer afternoon. A deck that has gone slick is worth dealing with before swim season rather than after the first fall, and it is a job for a surface cleaner, not a scrub brush and a garden hose.

How the surface is worked

Pool decks are hard surfaces: broom-finished concrete, stamped or textured concrete, or pavers. They take a surface cleaner, the walk-behind tool with a spinning bar under a round hood, which keeps the pressure and height the same across every pass and leaves an even finish instead of wand stripes. The growth is loosened first so the pass lifts it rather than smearing it around. Stamped and heavily textured finishes hold more growth in their low spots and take longer to clean. Nothing on this page makes any claim about the pool water, its chemistry or its equipment; the work described here is the deck and nothing else.

Where the rinse water should go

Summerville lies mostly in Dorchester County, and the county's public works department takes reports of illicit discharges into the storm system. The rinse from a deck carries loosened growth and cleaning solution, so ask how it will be sent toward grass rather than onto a drive that drains to the street.

Price, and when to book

A backyard pool deck is priced on the patio and pool surround line of the site's sheet, $100 – $250, with the size of the deck and the depth of the growth setting the figure. Just before swim season is a sensible time for it, and it pairs well with the house wash that usually rides along when the wall facing the pool has greened as well. Pool decks at clubhouses and HOA amenity centers are priced per property on the commercial washing page. For a home deck, send a photo from each end of the pool and one close-up of the worst patch, or call (843) 994-2432.