52nd Avenue North St. Pete Courtyards

52nd Avenue North sits one block north of the Fossil Park grid in St. Petersburg, where side yards and rear courtyards are often the only flat outdoor room on a narrow lot.

PaverForge Hardscapes builds and re-levels paver courtyards here when a sand-set patio has settled toward the house, shade from live oaks has opened the joints, or a screen cage needs a floor that still drains.

Courtyard drainage on a 52nd Avenue North lot

These courtyards usually sit between a slab-on-grade house and a rear fence, with a downspout or two dumping into the same low corner. A pretty field that is set flat to the slider will hold water against the threshold after a summer storm.

We set the finished elevation below the door track, pitch to a working low point or a flush drain, and keep a soldier border that can be lifted when a root heaves one corner. Joint sand is locked after compaction so the first afternoon rain does not wash it into the bed.

What we check before color

• Door-track and slider elevation, so the field does not bridge the weep.

• Downspout discharge, so roof water does not sheet across the new pavers.

• Screen-cage posts, so the border can be cut around footings instead of buried against them.

• Irrigation lines, which are common under these side yards and easy to nick.

Send photos of the low corner, the slider, and the street frontage. We typically reply the same business day. Call 727-490-9798 or book at paverforge.com/book-online.

PaverForge Hardscapes works 52nd Avenue North courtyards from the St. Pete Beach shop, along with Fossil Park and the north Kenwood edge.