Patios, paths and steps
Resin pool surrounds
A resin pool surround is a resin bound surface laid around a swimming pool or hot tub. It drains quickly, has no joints to trap water, and a light-coloured blend stays cooler in the sun than dark paving.
- Guide price
- £45–£120 per m²
- Time on site
- Usually 1–3 days
- Permeable
- Depends on build
How resin pool surrounds work
Around water the priorities are grip, drainage and comfort under bare feet. A finer, lighter aggregate with an anti-slip additive gives a surface that sheds water quickly and does not get as hot as dark stone.
The detail at the pool coping is planned with your pool installer, so the resin finishes cleanly against the coping stones and falls away from the water.
Worked example (UK average): a 25 m² patio laid over a sound base comes to about £1,100–£1,750; with a dig-out and new permeable base about £1,900–£3,000, including VAT.
Is it right for you?
- You have an outdoor pool or hot tub
- You want a surface that drains fast
- You want a light, cool finish
How we do it
- Agree coping and drainage details
- Prepare base and falls
- Mask coping and pool edges
- Lay resin bound with anti-slip additive
- Cure and protect
Specification
- Light 1–3 mm blend
- Anti-slip additive
- UV-stable resin
- Falls away from the pool
Pros
- Free-draining
- Cooler underfoot in light colours
- No joints to trap water
Things to know
- Pool chemicals should be rinsed off
- Needs dry weather to lay
Planning and permissions
General information, not legal advice. Pick your nation:
England
Patios, paths and steps in a rear garden are generally permitted development for houses. Listed buildings, flats and raised platforms are the main exceptions, and any part that is in front of the house follows the front-garden drainage rules.
Wales
Patios, paths and steps in a rear garden are generally permitted development for houses. Listed buildings, flats and raised platforms are the main exceptions, and any part that is in front of the house follows the front-garden drainage rules.
Scotland
Patios, paths and steps in a rear garden are generally permitted development for houses. Listed buildings, flats and raised platforms are the main exceptions, and any part that is in front of the house follows the front-garden drainage rules.
Northern Ireland
Patios, paths and steps in a rear garden are generally permitted development for houses. Listed buildings, flats and raised platforms are the main exceptions, and any part that is in front of the house follows the front-garden drainage rules.
Resin pool surrounds: common questions
Is resin safe around a pool?
With a suitable blend and an anti-slip additive it gives good grip when wet. Splashed pool chemicals should be rinsed off with clean water.
Resin pool surrounds near you
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus and Dundee
- Argyll and Bute
- Ayrshire
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Clwyd
- Cornwall
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Durham
- County Fermanagh
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dunbartonshire
- Dyfed
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Edinburgh
- Essex
- Fife
- Forth Valley
- Glasgow
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Gwent
- Gwynedd
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Highlands and Islands
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lanarkshire
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Lothians
- Merseyside
- Mid Glamorgan
- Moray
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Perth and Kinross
- Powys
- Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
- Rutland
- Scottish Borders
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Glamorgan
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Glamorgan
- West Midlands
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
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- Base, edging and drainage priced line by line
- Real blend samples shown in daylight
- Price fixed in writing once the spec is agreed
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