Why concrete pool deck contractors in Edgewater count the pool first
You typed concrete pool deck contractors in Edgewater into your phone from the backyard. Before we talk finish or color, we want your survey. Edgewater's Land Development Code lists swimming pools as impervious surface, right alongside asphalt, brick and wooden surfaces. In the R-1 to R-4 single-family zones, buildings can cover 30 percent of the lot. All impervious surface together can cover 60 percent.
That means your pool water uses up part of your allowance before a single square foot of deck goes down. Add the roof, driveway, walks and the screen-cage slab. Subtract that total from 60 percent of your lot. What's left is the deck you can build. We run the numbers at the free estimate, so the size you price is a size the city will approve.
The same code keeps a pool out of front and side corner yards, out of any easement, and within 10 ft of a property line. Your deck has to sit inside those lines too.
The Patio/Slab Permit, the survey and the drainage easement warning
The city doesn't hide this behind a generic form. The city has its own Patio/Slab Permit application. It wants the slab size, the job cost and a survey showing the slab, the drainage and the setbacks. In capital letters, it also tells you not to push new fill into drainage easements, and it says trees in the fill area may need a removal permit. Inside city limits, that means trees 6 inches DBH or larger.
The Building Division enforces the 8th Edition (2023) Florida Building Code. You email the application. Fees and inspections go through the city's WebPermits portal. One and two family homes pay a $100 application fee, then a $75 base fee plus 0.0065 of the valuation. Break ground before the permit is issued and the fee jumps to 200 percent.
The city also posts a $7,500 exemption request form. State law voids that exemption on any property in a flood hazard area, though, and structural work never qualifies. Our Volusia permit guide has the details. When your job needs a permit, we pull it.
Edgewater pool decks land inside our Volusia range. The free written estimate, after we see the site, puts a number on your yard.
| Job | Per sq ft | Typical project | What moves the price in Edgewater |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broom, knockdown or cool-deck pool deck | $8 to $15 | $3,200 to $12,000 | Deck area, wet base, screen-cage tie-in |
| Worked example: 450 sq ft deck | $8 to $15 | $3,600 to $6,750 | 450 sq ft times the range |
| Worked example: 600 sq ft deck | $8 to $15 | $4,800 to $9,000 | 600 sq ft times the range |
| Stamped pool deck | $12 to $20 | $3,600 to $10,000 | Pattern, color, sealer |
| Tear out an old deck first | adds $1.50 to $3 | Added to the pour | Thickness, steel, haul-off |
These are ranges. Flood-zone paperwork, soft ground and a long truck haul all move the number, and the written estimate spells it out before any work begins.
