Sealed travertine pool deck inside a screen enclosure, the stone darkened and even around a clear blue pool

DeLand, Florida

Travertine pool deck: settled slabs reset, cleaned and sealed

Slabs had sunk along the pool and the joints had gone to weeds. The deck's own stone, plus eight replacement slabs, set level, washed with a stone-safe cleaner, re-sanded and sealed.

Travertine
About 400 sq ft, the client's measure
Replacement slabs
Eight, 24 x 16
Days on site
Four
Location
DeLand, FL

The brief

A pool deck that had settled at the edge

Travertine around a screened pool, with slabs that had dropped along the pool edge and joints that had opened up and turned into a garden. The stone itself was sound; what it sat on had moved.

The owners supplied eight replacement 24 by 16 slabs. The work was to lift the low run, re-level the base under it, set the slabs flush with the rest, then clean the whole deck, re-sand the joints and seal it. Travertine is a soft calcium stone, so no acid cleaner went anywhere near it.

The work

Before and after

Both sets of frames are cut from the owner's phone video: the first visit in late October, and the walk-through on the last day. There are no photographs of the work in progress on this one.

Before

Weeds rooted in the joints, algae in the shaded corners, and the low run along the pool edge.

Weeds growing from the joints of a travertine pool deck beside the screen enclosure frame
BeforeWeeds in the joints at the enclosure door.
Grey-green grime and moss on travertine slabs beside a cracked terracotta planter
BeforeGrime and moss where the shade sits.
The travertine run along the pool edge, uneven and weedy, with the house wall behind
BeforeThe run along the pool, where the slabs had dropped.

After

Low slabs lifted and set level on a re-leveled base, the deck pressure-washed with a stone-safe cleaner, joints re-sanded, then sealed.

The finished travertine deck running along the pool inside the screen enclosure, the drain channel and skimmer lid flush with the stone
AfterThe same run, flat, with the drain and skimmer sitting flush.
Close view of sealed travertine slabs with tight, freshly sanded joints
AfterJoints re-sanded and the stone sealed.
Sealed travertine coping at the pool corner, potted plants and the fence beyond the screen
AfterThe pool corner, sealed and even.

Materials

What went in

  • TravertineThe deck's own stone, plus eight client-supplied slabs
  • Base and leveling sandUnder the lifted run
  • CleanerStone-safe, no acid
  • Joint sandRe-sanded throughout
  • SealerSeal 'n Lock SuperWet
  • Days on siteFour

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