Patio and Outdoor Coatings in Vancouver, WA

Most back patios in Vancouver were poured as an afterthought. A 12 by 20 rectangle of gray broom finish off the slider, no color, no pattern, and after 20 or 30 summers it has gone chalky and blotched with rust from a grill and green along the north edge. The slab is usually fine underneath. It just looks like a parking spot someone put a table on, and that is what an overlay fixes.

Because we live and work here, Vancouver is where we can move fastest on a weather window. If the forecast opens up three dry days in late April, we can shift a crew across town that morning. A job in Cascade Park or Fisher's Landing is a 15-minute drive, and the Felida jobs are barely longer. That flexibility matters more outside than it ever does in a garage.

What the Overlay Actually Does to a Tired Slab

We bond a polymer-modified cement overlay right onto your existing concrete, roughly 60 to 80 mils of it, then tint it with the color you pick and texture it to look like flagstone, slate, brick, or wood plank. An acrylic sealer goes over the top. The result is a new surface with a real pattern in it, without tearing out the old patio or hauling a single load of broken concrete away.

Vancouver gets very little frost, so the thing that ruins patios here is water, not freezing. Rain sits on bare concrete from November to May, soaks in, grows moss in the shady corners, and leaves the surface pitted. A sealed overlay sheds that water. It still gets a hose-down once a year to keep the green off, but it stops the slow soak that ages a bare slab.

Our Patio & Outdoor Coatings System

Materials: Polymer overlay with color mixed in, acrylic sealer
Thickness: 60-80 mils
Install time: 1-2 days
Walk on it: 1-2 days after
Furniture back: about a week after
Warranty: 10 years

Freeze-thaw rated. Anti-slip.

Old West-Side Slabs, East-Side Subdivisions, and Waterfront Balconies

Vancouver has every kind of outdoor slab. West of I-5, the 1940s and 50s bungalows in Hough and Uptown Village have small back pads and crumbly front steps, often poured thin and without much base. The 1990s subdivisions on the east side have wider patios that are solid but faded and stained. New townhomes near the Waterfront have small concrete terraces that look raw. We check each for hollow spots and moving cracks before quoting, since an overlay follows whatever the slab underneath is doing. Near Burnt Bridge Creek and Vancouver Lake, shade and damp ground mean more moss prep.

Vancouver Neighborhoods We Cover

Felida, Cascade Park, Fisher's Landing, Hough, Uptown Village, Minnehaha

Vancouver Patio Overlay Cost, Worked Out

Our range is $5 to $10 a square foot. A common east-side patio runs 300 to 400 square feet, which lands between $1,500 and $4,000 depending on the pattern and how much crack repair it needs. A small bungalow pad of 180 square feet in Hough would be about $900 to $1,800. We measure before we give you a firm number.

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast can you get to a patio in Vancouver once the weather turns dry?

Faster than anywhere else we work. Our shop is in Vancouver, so most addresses are 10 to 20 minutes away. When a dry stretch shows up in spring, Vancouver jobs are usually the first ones we slot in, because we can adjust the start time the same morning if a shower drifts through.

The front steps on my 1950s house are chipped at the edges. Can those be coated?

Yes, if the concrete underneath is solid. Chipped nosings get rebuilt with patch material first, then the overlay goes over the treads and risers so the steps match the walkway. If a step has separated from the house or is rocking, that has to be fixed or replaced first. You will hear which one applies before we write a quote.

Is it worth coating a patio when Vancouver barely freezes?

The coating is not mainly about frost here. It is about the six months of rain that soak into bare concrete, grow moss, and wear the surface down. A sealed overlay keeps water on top where it can run off, adds grip, and gives you a pattern instead of plain gray.

Can the overlay look like wood plank to match my deck steps?

It can. The wood-plank texture is stamped into the overlay while it is workable, and we tint it to sit near the color of your deck boards. It will not fool anyone who kneels down and knocks on it, but from a lawn chair it reads as a plank floor.

What upkeep does a coated patio need in a wet Vancouver yard?

Rinse it with a garden hose or a light pressure washer once a year, usually in spring, to clear moss spores and pollen. Every three to five years a fresh coat of acrylic sealer keeps the color deep. That is the whole maintenance list.

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