Carlsbad Concrete Group remains Southern California's trusted team in accessible residential concrete, specializing in pool deck replacement, entry steps and landings, and ADA curb ramps. We offer level walkways and slab lifting for sunken panels.
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Our team provides exposed aggregate decks for grip, delivering trip-free paths for homes and accessible routes for both residential and commercial projects. Backed by 11 years in business and our 1-year written workmanship warranty, we have finished over 1,460 projects, from one reset expansion joint at a pool coping to two association curb ramps.
From the height of each riser to the detectable warning panel on a ramp, our team handles every detail. Serving Lake San Marcos and neighboring Harmony Grove, Elfin Forest and Poway, our crews work around association calendars and residents who are home all day.
Call us for a free estimate, and our inland location manager will walk your lakeside deck, steps or path with you.
Frank, the lakeside clubhouse, Lake San Marcos
An association clubhouse with no accessible route from the parking lot to the entry
Susan, near the artificial lake, Lake San Marcos
A cracked 1970s deck with a trip edge where it met the coping
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
What you can hold us to
Frank chairs the facilities work for an association whose lakeside clubhouse had no accessible route from the parking lot to the entry. We built 2 curb ramps, broom finished with detectable warning panels, and a level landing to the accessible route, phased around the clubhouse calendar, an estimated $16,000 to $24,000 job over an estimated 2 to 4 days, and the board now has an accessible path from parking to the door to show on its survey.
Susan, near the artificial lake, had a cracked 1970s deck with a trip edge where it met the coping. We replaced the 640 sq ft pool deck with an exposed aggregate deck in a warm tan for grip and reset the expansion joint at the coping, an estimated $8,400 to $11,600 project that took an estimated 4 to 6 days, and the deck is now grippy and even with no trip edge.
Footing matters more here than in most of North County. Lake San Marcos has a median age of 63.3, with about 47 percent of residents aged 65 or older, so a lifted walk panel, an uneven step or a slick pool deck is a real fall risk, not a cosmetic one. Most Lake San Marcos jobs start with the same question: where does someone trip, and what slab fixes it?
Age of the concrete is the second factor. The community grew around an artificial lake, held by a concrete dam built between 1946 and 1951, and 1970s homes make up the largest share of its housing, so many decks, steps and walks are original. Planned developments and the association add a third: shared walks, curb ramps and the clubhouse are board decisions, phased around residents.
Lake San Marcos concrete is typically estimated per project, and the size of the deck, the number of steps and any accessibility detail move the price most. A pool deck replacement is estimated at roughly $4,800 to $18,000, and an ADA curb ramp typically runs $7,500 to $15,000 per ramp.
| Lake San Marcos job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Pool deck replacement | Est. $4,800 to $18,000 per project | Est. 4 to 7 days |
| ADA curb ramp | Est. $7,500 to $15,000 per ramp | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Entry steps and landing | Est. $1,000 to $5,000 per project | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Walkway or garden path | Est. $1,400 to $3,400 per project | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Sunken slab lifting | Est. $1,800 to $4,100 per project | Est. 2 to 6 hours |
Exposed aggregate typically runs $7 to $18 per sq ft installed, which is why a 640 sq ft deck like Susan's lands in the middle of the deck range. Association ramps are priced per ramp because each one is formed and inspected on its own.
Prices here are estimates for Lake San Marcos and are subject to change after the site walk. The written quote sets the final price and the work schedule, including any association approval dates.
Exposed aggregate and salt finishes grip best on a pool deck replacement, and a light broom finish suits concrete steps and entry stairs where people climb every day. Smooth troweled finishes stay off walking surfaces.
Our inland location manager covers Lake San Marcos, Poway and Bonsall, and association work is run by our commercial project manager with a phasing plan the board signs off. Every quote names the tear-out, base, reinforcement, finish and joint layout. The 1-year written workmanship warranty runs from the day the concrete is placed.
We pour around the whole lake and its planned developments, and the same crew works Harmony Grove, Elfin Forest and Poway. Every community is on our concrete service area page.
Boards and owners book ADA ramps and accessible paths for shared routes, and homeowners fix a sunken walk with sunken slab lifting or replace it as a concrete walkway.
A pool deck replacement is estimated at roughly $4,800 to $18,000, and Susan's 640 sq ft deck came in at an estimated $8,400 to $11,600; your written quote sets the final price.
Yes, curb ramps with detectable warning panels and a level landing connect parking to the entry, as on Frank's clubhouse.
Most curb ramps take an estimated 1 to 3 days on site each, plus the inspection.
Exposed aggregate or a salt finish grips best when wet; a smooth troweled deck is the slick one.
A failed expansion joint lets the deck settle or heave against the coping, so we reset the joint when we replace the deck.
Yes, we phase pours so entries and paths stay usable.
Lead time is typically 1 to 3 weeks from signed quote to pour day, longer when association approval is needed.
Book a free site walk or call us, and we will find the trip points around your lakeside home and price the fix in writing.
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Location manager covering Lake San Marcos
Runs the Lake San Marcos schedule from the first site visit to install day.
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