Caya Costa Pool Decks in St. Petersburg

Caya Costa is a residential pocket in St. Petersburg, the kind of street where the pool, the screen cage, and the side-yard setback all compete for the same twenty feet. A pool deck here is rarely a wide resort pad. It is a narrow field that has to drain, stay cooler underfoot, and leave a service path to the equipment pad.

Deck details that matter on a tight St. Pete lot

Salt air and irrigation overspray are the two things that age a Caya Costa deck early. Light porcelain or a tumbled concrete paver with a micro-chamfer is easier on bare feet than a sharp full-chamfer. The field should pitch away from the slider and the cage track, about a quarter inch per foot, into a slot drain or a lawn edge that can take the water.

• Keep an isolation joint at the pool beam so the deck does not lock to the shell.

• Leave a service strip to the pump, heater, and salt cell that is wide enough for a technician.

• Set copings and deck bands so water does not sit on the beam.

• Use polymeric sand rated for a wet, shaded cage, and re-sand after the first season.

Screen-cage posts that were cut through an old deck are a common repair. We sleeve or collar those posts, reset the surrounding units, and keep the weep path at the track so the cage does not hold a puddle against the house.

PaverForge Hardscapes installs and resets Caya Costa pool decks, copings, and cage floors. Call 727-490-9798 or start at paverforge.com/book-online.