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Boat-Wash Pads and Dock Approaches on Pinellas Waterfront Lots

paverforge
Sep 14
1 min read

A dock approach is not a patio that happens to face the water. It takes trailers, salt, wash-down water, and people who are not looking at their feet. PaverForge Hardscapes builds these pads so water leaves the field and the edge does not roll when a trailer tongue drops.

What the pad has to do

  • Pitch to a drain or a legal discharge — not into the neighbor's seawall.

  • A compacted base that does not pump when a trailer sits on it for a weekend.

  • Joints that can take a hose every Saturday without washing out in a month.

  • A clean transition from the pad to the dock or gangway so nobody steps off a lip.

Wash water is not decoration

If you rinse a hull on the pad, that water carries salt and soap. We plan the drain before we pick a paver color. A pretty herringbone that ponds against the seawall is a claim waiting for the next king tide.

When the wall is the real job

If the cap is rotten or the bulkhead is moving, a new pad will not save it. We walk the wall first. Tie-ins to a sound cap are a service we already build. Tie-ins to a failing wall are a no.

PaverForge Hardscapes is based in St. Pete Beach. Call 727-490-9798 or book a site visit at https://www.paverforge.com/book-online.

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