Project: Tall Pedestal Rooftop Pool Deck
Porcelain Paver Rooftop Pool Deck with Buzon Pedestals + E-BRS Joists
This commercial hospitality rooftop project demonstrates what’s possible with a tall pedestal system. The elevated pool deck required an exceptionally rigid platform, extreme pedestal height, precise alignment to complex structure, and long-term stability. It also required accessibility for guests and access to pool and rooftop components for maintenance teams.
Project Type: Commercial Hospitality Rooftop
Location: Undisclosed
Components: Buzon Pedestals, E-BRS Aluminum Joists, Porcelain Pavers
The Challenge: Designing with a Tall Pedestal System
Designing a rooftop pool terrace is never simple. This one added several layers of complexity:
- Extraordinary elevation requiring extremely tall pedestals
- Structural coordination with fabricated pool supports and services
- Need for exceptional platform rigidity to support guest circulation and lounging
- Heavy point-load risk from furniture and equipment on pavers
- Ongoing equipment access requirements below the surface
- Integrated stair transitions and a sloped accessible ramp
This raised terrace is a precision platform built above, and around, an active mechanical environment.
The System Solution: Tall Pedestal System + E-BRS Joists
To meet these demands, the installation team worked with:
- Buzon PB Series Pedestals at extraordinary height
- Cross-bracing to stabilize the elevated support structure
- E-BRS Easy Rail Aluminum Joists to create a rigid, unified framing plane
- Breakthrough-protection on tall pedestal system decks (similar to Paver Defense Solutions)
- Integrated E-BRS sliding spacer tabs for precise joint alignment
- AQUAPANEL® Cement Board Outdoor visible during construction
- Stone-finish, large-format, outdoor-rated porcelain pavers
Together, these elements created a stable, quiet, vibration-resistant deck surface that feels solid underfoot, even at extreme elevation.
Constructability & Installation Insight
The project photography tells the story:
- Tall pedestal system, some reaching chest height, stabilized with engineered cross-bracing
- E-BRS rails creating a rigid frame and shared load plane across the platform
- Clean, even joints achieved using sliding spacer tabs within the aluminum rails
- Stair and terrace transitions constructed using the same pedestal + rail strategy
- An inclined accessible ramp built with pedestals and E-BRS framing
- Porcelain pavers installed with break-through protection to guard against high point loads
Despite the complexity beneath, the finished walking surface is simple, refined, and beautifully executed.
Maintenance & Access Advantage
While guests will experience only a calm, beautiful pool terrace, the design ensures that facility teams retain full access beneath. The pedestal and joist system allows removal and reinstallation of surface elements without demolition, preserving long-term serviceability and protecting the owner’s investment.
The Result
The finished pool deck is elegant and welcoming, with warm stone-finish porcelain, glass perimeter guards, shaded seating, and an elevated border edge that doubles as seating. Beneath that calm aesthetic lies a disciplined structural support strategy, delivering rigidity, resiliency, and confidence at height.
If you’re designing elevated outdoor environments, especially at unusual heights or around complex rooftop infrastructure, Buzon pedestal systems and E-BRS aluminum joists can help translate your design intent into dependable built reality. Contact Buzon USA West to discuss your project.
Work with Buzon Pedestals
Are you involved in designing, specifying, or building a commercial or residential rooftop deck or terrace that requires Buzon pedestals? Then call on us to help at (503) 954-3336, email sales@buzonpedestals.com, or click.
