Stamped Concrete Pool Decks in Josephine, Texas

Fountain View, High Meadow and the Magnolia ETJ

Josephine's 2023 comprehensive plan names the Fountain View and High Meadow neighbourhoods and the original townsite inside the city, and the Magnolia neighbourhood just outside its limits, in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction: land beyond a city's limits where it keeps some say over development. The plan's development table also lists several Magnolia phases, Morningside Phase 2, Riverfield, Waverly Estates and Wildflower. Separately, the City says Magnolia Pointe, Waverly Estates and Riverfield are municipal utility district subdivisions where a development agreement between the City and the developer requires a City building permit for any improvement or alteration.

The 2020 Census counted 702 homes in Josephine, against 316 in 2010. Its 2020–2024 American Community Survey sample is small, so treat these shares as rough: 63.1% of homes from 2010 or later, 21.0% from 2000 through 2009, a median build year of 2013, 90.0% single-family detached and 7.0% mobile homes. Owners live in about 94.2% of occupied homes, and the typical owner-occupied home is valued at $320,200. The Community Independent School District, which serves the city, covers 89 square miles.

Adding stamped concrete beside an existing deck

Where a new slab butts up against old concrete, the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code wants a joint between them, so that the two pieces moving differently can't damage the pool. It caps the open gap between a pool deck and an adjoining deck or walkway, joint material included, at 3/4 inch, and the height difference to an adjoining sidewalk at 1/4 inch. Brickform, a maker of stamped-concrete materials, says integral color goes into the whole slab at the truck, color hardener is broadcast onto the fresh surface for bold or pastel shades, and stains can color new or existing concrete, so an addition can be colored as it is poured and an older slab beside it stained.

Texture and slip resistance at the water's edge

The code requires decks, coping and similar step surfaces to be slip resistant and cleanable. Butterfield Color, a maker of color hardeners, warns that sealed surfaces can be slippery while the sealer goes on and when wet after it dries; it says the concrete should carry enough texture to remove slip hazards, the sealer should get a non-slip additive, and slip resistance should be tested before the area reopens.

Other pool work around Josephine

Besides stamped concrete, Rockwall Pool Resurfacing handles deck resurfacing, deck lifting and leveling, travertine decks, mastic replacement and coping work around Josephine. In the neighbouring towns we handle pool deck lifting in Nevada and adding a spa to an existing pool in Royse City.

The City of Josephine runs its own water utility and buys treated surface water from the North Texas Municipal Water District's Wylie plant, according to its 2024 water report, which prints no hardness figure. From April 1 to October 31 it applies Stage 1 conservation: two watering days a week by address and none on Friday, no automatic sprinklers from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and foundations and shrubs watered by hand-held or soaker hose for up to 2 hours any day; it gives no pool rule. Its Public Works page names a pool as a possible cross-connection hazard to the public water supply and requires backflow preventers wherever there is an actual or potential hazard.

Stamped deck questions from Josephine