Paver Patio Over a Demolished Pool Backfill

Filled pools are not a finished grade

When a Pinellas pool is demolished, the shell is often broken and the hole is filled with mixed spoil. That backfill consolidates for years. A patio set on top of it dishes in the first two rainy seasons.

PaverForge Hardscapes probes the fill, undercuts the soft zone to a depth the plate compactor can lock, and rebuilds with crushed concrete in measured lifts. Only after a proof-roll do we screed bedding sand and set the paver field.

What we will not skip

• Probe or test pit at the old deep end — that is where the softest fill sits.

• Geotextile at the undercut so the new base does not punch into leftover spoil.

• Compaction lifts, not one thick dump and a hope.

• A written note in the quote if the fill is too deep for a patio and needs a thicker section or a geogrid.

Walk the old pool pad with us

If you can still see the outline of the shell, mark it before we visit. PaverForge Hardscapes, 727-490-9798.