91st Avenue North St. Pete Courtyards

91st Avenue North is a short north St. Petersburg block with canal-lot courtyards, mature oaks, and a water table that sits close after a summer rain.

What a courtyard here fails on

The pretty field is rarely the problem. Roots heave a thin sand bed, and a courtyard that pitches at the lanai holds water against the slider.

• Cut a root-friendly gap and a rigid edge so the field does not creep into the planting bed

• Pitch away from the house toward a yard drain or the swale that already works

• Keep a lift-out border at the AC pad and the hose bib

• Do not seal a damp field the week it is set

How to start

Send photos of the low spot, the oak, and the slider threshold. PaverForge Hardscapes walks the lot before locking a number. Call 727-490-9798 or book at https://www.paverforge.com/book-online.