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Ponderosa Shores Paver Patios in St. Petersburg

paverforge
Oct 1
1 min read

Ponderosa Shores is a smaller St. Petersburg pocket where the outdoor work is usually a patio and a walk, not a long suburban drive. Houses sit close, screen cages are common, and the finished floor of the lanai has to meet the slider without a trip edge.

PaverForge sets those patios on a compacted base with about a two-percent pitch away from the house, a bond break at the slab or pool beam, and a soldier course that hides the cut edge. Where a cage post already punches the old concrete, the new field isolates the post so the pavers can move without cracking a mortar joint that was never going to last.

Furniture, a grill, and a hose reel all want a flat spot. The field stays drained. The grill gets a heat setback. The hose reel gets a small pad with a trapped drain so wash-down water does not sheet across the joints.

  • Micro-chamfer pavers at the stoop, full-chamfer only where tires will never sit

  • Channel or slot drain at the slider if the cage gutter dumps inside the cage

  • Extra pallet planned for cuts around posts and the house number band

  • Ask PaverForge for a Ponderosa Shores layout at 727-490-9798

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