Pool Deck Resurfacing in Oak Point, Texas

When an older deck is ready for a new surface

Signs of a worn deck

One deck-coating contractor lists what sends a pool deck to resurfacing: a surround that is cracked, faded, peeling, rough or sun-baked; loose or hollow Kool Deck; cracks around the pool's edges and steps; and wear from chlorine, salt and hard water, since splashback, pool chemicals, irrigation and calcium scale all wear a coating down. Its own restoration starts by pressure-washing off dirt, pool residue, loose coating and chalky old finish, then scraping, grinding and patching hollow or damaged spots so the new system bonds to sound material, before a fresh acrylic knockdown texture and a pigmented glaze.

Coating over an old coating

What is already on the deck decides much of the job. Sider-Crete says an existing cement-based deck coating that is unpainted and unsealed can be recoated, while paint and loose material come off first by water blasting, sandblasting or wire brushing. The deck-coating contractor quoted above also warns that painting over a failed coating can trap the weak layer under the new finish. Makers also disagree on preparing a smooth surface: Sider-Crete recommends an acid wash followed by a neutralizer such as TSP before its coating, while Mortex says not to neutralize with TSP before Kool Deck, because the film it leaves can break the bond. Each instruction holds for that maker's own product.

Cracks and sunken slabs first

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association counts settlement cracks among the common forms of cracking, and says most early random cracks are unsightly but rarely harm a slab's strength or service life. A new surface doesn't cure a moving base, though: QUIKRETE says reflective cracking can't be fully prevented in a resurfacer, especially where a slab has settled or lacks enough control joints. Sunken or rocking slabs can be raised first, by traditional mudjacking with a pumped cement-based grout or by injecting a two-part polyurethane foam that expands into the voids. Prime Resins, which makes lifting foam, describes one pool deck where tree roots and poor drainage had left slabs uneven, and the slabs were raised and the voids filled while the pool stayed open. For the joints themselves, Mortex sells a PVC control joint made for pool decks, and a replacement cap that slips over joints already in place to mend them or change their color.

Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing will look at the cracks, hollow spots and low places before a surface is chosen.

Birome, Callisburg and Navo soils

The USDA soil survey maps 21 soil units on land inside Oak Point's boundary, with mapped water covering about 3.5% of the area. By map unit, Navo clay loam on 1 to 3 percent slopes is the largest, at about 16.0% of the mapped land, followed by Birome fine sandy loam at about 14.8% and the Birome-Rayex-Aubrey complex at about 13.4%. Grouped by main soil, Birome leads at about 29.3%, then Callisburg at about 20.6% and Navo at about 18.9%.

Birome's highest linear extensibility is 4.5 percent, which the 1980 county survey would class as moderate, but NRCS rates its risk of corrosion to uncoated concrete as High, and rates its largest map unit "Very limited" for homes on concrete slabs under its Texas rating, because the soil is too acid and has high shrink-swell. About 34.5% of the city's mapped land falls in units where shrink-swell is among the reasons for a "Very limited" rating for homes without basements. Those ratings speak for a soil type across the map, not for a given lot.

Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing will check how the slab has held up on its ground before a coating is planned.

A lakeside town since 1976

Residents petitioned to vote in February 1976, and Oak Point incorporated on April 7 of that year as a quiet lakeside town; the City is planning a 50th anniversary celebration for 2026. It began as a general-law city, adopted a council-manager government in 2001, and became a home-rule city when voters approved a charter in November 2022. The City puts its limits at about 5.43 square miles, with about 3.35 more in its extraterritorial jurisdiction, while the Census Bureau's 2025 boundaries hold 5.855 square miles of land and 0.317 of water. The Handbook of Texas, which describes a residential development at the end of Farm Road 424, counts 387 residents in 1980, 645 in 1990 and 1,747 in 2000.

Jake's Place, an 8.5-acre park with youth baseball and soccer fields, is named for Jake Mazur, a teenager killed by lightning while fishing on Lake Fork with his father in 1994. A day pass at the boat ramp costs $5. The City's directory of homeowners' and property owners' associations lists Crescent Oaks, Eagles Landing, Emerald Sound, Prestonwood Polo & Country Club and Wildridge, and the committee for its 2019 plan names Fox Hollow, Woodridge Estates, Shore Acres and Yacht Club Estates; several private clubs and associations run recreation facilities of their own.

Resurfacing a pool deck, in order

1. 01

   Ask Building Inspections

   The City’s pages don’t name a deck permit, so Building Inspections is asked before work begins.

2. 02

   Repair what moves

   Cracks are filled or opened into joints, sunken slabs are raised, and worn joints are replaced.

3. 03

   Strip and clean

   Paint and failed coating come off, and the concrete is pressure-washed down to a sound surface.

4. 04

   Protect the water

   A thin plastic tarp is taped over the pool so no material falls in.

5. 05

   Texture and seal

   A knockdown texture goes on, then the sealer or finish coats that give the color.

6. 06

   Let it cure

   The deck stays dry and free of foot traffic for at least a day, with furniture and heavy use held back for about a week.