Grosse Pointe Neighborhood Club

Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck Before Resurfacing With Spray-Texture Decorative Cement Overlay

Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck After Resurfacing With Spray-Texture Decorative Cement Overlay

This is the indoor pool deck of “The Neighborhood Club”, a non-profit community service organization, established in 1911, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Above are before and after photos, from near the main entrance, of the project we completed in September 2017 - an integrally colored, spray texture cement overlay of the original, 6"-thick, colored concrete.

Closeup View Of Discolored, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck Before Resurfacing With Spray-Texture Decorative Cement Overlay

Integrally-Colored, Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck With Dirt Build-Up

The Neighborhood Club's new facility opened in 2013, but after only 4 years, the executive director and staff were concerned that the pool deck was unsightly, easy to gather dirt, and not slip-resistant. Above left, you can see cement discoloration and poor joint-filling. Photo above right shows the poor & inconsistent texture and heavy dirt build-up.

Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck After Resurfacing With Integrally-Colored, Spray-Texture, Decorative Cement Overlay

Closeup View Of Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck After Resurfacing With Integrally-Colored, Spray-Texture, Decorative Cement Overlay

We ground clean the existing concrete, replaced the existing joint filler and sprayed 4 texture coats of a caramel brown, polymer-modified cement overlay with a total depth of 3/16". The photos above show the transformation from the previous 2 photos: there is now consistent color and texture, and finely detailed edges, seams, and joints to the overlay.

Although you can't tell by looking at it, this spray texture cement overlay is protected by 2 coats of clear, water-based epoxy sealer. The epoxy sealer increases the durability of the overlay, enhances the caramel brown color, makes for easy cleaning and maintenance and most important of all, provides a gritty, slip-resistant surface that is comfortable for bare feet.

Discolored Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck Before Resurfacing With Spray-Texture Decorative Cement Overlay

Here is another set of before and after photos showing the dramatic transformation of the existing concrete. Polymer-modified cement overlays actually have greater compressive and tensile strengths than standard concrete, meaning that not only does the Neighborhood Club's new pool deck look much better, it is also much more durable than before.

Commercial Indoor Concrete Pool Deck Masked Off With Plastic To Protect Adjacent Surfaces During Spray-Texture Decorative Cement Overlay

Commercial, Indoor Concrete Pool Deck After Resurfacing With Integrally-Colored, Spray-Texture, Decorative Cement Overlay And Removing Masking Plastic

While spray texture is a great option for renovating a pool deck, it is a lot of work. The largest amount of our time on this project (see above) was spent masking off adjacent surfaces with tape and plastic, including the pool interior, border, depth markers, middle drain, walls, and all newly filled saw-cuts, joints and seams*.

*Proper masking is not done by most contractors but is absolutely necessary for a quality and professional look.