Dryer-Vent and Bath-Fan Splash Pads in Paver Patios

A dryer vent or bath fan that exits at the edge of a finished paver patio will stain joints and rot the weep screed if the termination sits in the bedding sand. Pinellas patios get rebuilt around these penetrations more often than people expect, usually after a cage or an outdoor kitchen enclosed the old vent path.

PaverForge cuts a small splash pad or a flush sleeve collar at the wall, pitched away from the stucco, with the vent hood kept clear of the paver face. Lint and condensate land on a serviceable pad, not in a polymeric joint. The collar is a paver ring or a narrow concrete haunch, depending on how close the hood sits to grade.

The same detail works for a bath-fan discharge that was extended under a new lanai. The duct stays accessible, the pad does not pond, and the field can be lifted later without cutting the vent. This is a hardscape detail, not an HVAC replacement.

• Keep the hood above the paver surface and clear of the weep screed

• Pitch the pad away from the wall, about two percent

• Do not bury the termination in bedding sand or polymeric sand

• Call PaverForge Hardscapes at 727-490-9798 to add the pad to a patio rebuild