Outdoor Kitchen Ice-Bin Drain Collars

Under-counter ice makers and ice bins on a Pinellas outdoor kitchen dump melt water all day. If that line dies in the paver bedding, the sand washes out, the joints open, and the cabinet base stays wet. PaverForge Hardscapes sets a flush drain-chase collar and a trapped outlet so the ice-bin line has somewhere legal to go.

This is not the grease-bin pad and it is not the sink air-gap pad. The ice line is a small, steady flow. We sleeve it through the paver field in a flush collar, pitch the collar to a trapped drain or an approved disposal the plumber has stubbed, and keep the bedding sand out of the sleeve.

The kitchen contractor owns the ice maker, the water line, and the trap. We own the hardscape around them. Best sequence is to have the stub and the trap location marked before we screed, so the collar is cut once instead of sawn out of a finished field.

• Flush collar that sits level with the kitchen pavers, not a raised curb

• Sleeve large enough to pull the drain line later

• Pitch away from the cabinet toe-kick

• Isolation from the grill quick-connect pad so heat and melt water stay apart

We build these with outdoor kitchens in St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island, Clearwater, and the inland Pinellas neighborhoods. If the bin is already installed and the pavers are pumping, we can lift a bay, add the collar, and re-sand. Call PaverForge at 727-490-9798.

Do not run the ice drain into a planter or onto the pool deck. Melt water is constant, and a pool deck that stays damp grows algae at the cage door.