Local Conditions
What actually shortens joint life in Santa Clarita.
Valley pools get used hard from spring through autumn, and the deck around them takes the full sun for most of the day. Heavy use, heavy sun and a wide daily swing are the three things that shorten a joint's life, and out here a deck gets all three in the same season. Santa Clarita is not unusual in that respect, it is simply typical of Los Angeles County. The pools near Valencia, Saugus, Newhall and Stevenson Ranch were mostly built within the same decade, so their joints are hitting the end of their service life at roughly the same time.


