Deck & Patio Cover Contractor in Valley Glen

Hardwood pool deck and rear-yard platform, Valley Glen

Scope

A continuous hardwood deck across the whole rear yard: out from the main house sliding doors, over an intermediate landing, down a set of open-riser steps to the main deck field, around the full pool perimeter, and on to the detached structure at the back of the lot. Deck lighting was set flush into the surface, and a slatted screen was built beside the detached structure to hide the equipment and the tankless water heater.

Materials

Narrow-profile tropical hardwood decking in a warm mid-brown, run in one direction across the entire yard. Light stone coping at the pool with a blue mosaic waterline tile. Large-format pale pavers form the landing where the deck meets the interior floor. The equipment screen is built from the same hardwood as the deck. Dark charcoal horizontal-board privacy fencing closes the rear line.

Site challenge

The yard had to carry three things at once — the main house, a pool, and a detached structure at the far end — with the interior floor sitting several risers above grade. Left as separate surfaces, it reads as a patio, a pool surround and a path. The pool coping also had to finish flush with the deck, which means the surround and the decking cannot be built independently of one another.

How we solved it

The whole yard was treated as one platform rather than as separate areas. Board direction and board width were held constant from the house to the back fence so the eye reads a single surface. The level change to the interior was taken up in a wide paver landing and open-riser hardwood steps instead of one abrupt drop. Pool coping was set to finish level with the deck, and the screen wall beside the detached structure was built in the same hardwood so the equipment disappears into the deck line instead of interrupting it.

Result

The rear yard functions as one outdoor room. The sliding doors open onto a level landing, the deck runs unbroken to the pool and the detached structure, and the pool sits flush in the surface rather than on an island of concrete. Flush deck lighting keeps the sightlines clear at night.