Pool Equipment Pads and Screen Walls in Pinellas

A pool deck looks finished until the equipment pad drops an inch and the screen wall starts to lean. On Pinellas lots that happens when the pad was poured or set on the same thin sand the old deck sat on.

PaverForge Hardscapes builds equipment pads and masonry screen walls with the paver field, from St. Pete Beach. Call 727-490-9798 or book a walkthrough at paverforge.com/book-online.

The pad is a structure, not a leftover corner

Pumps, heaters, and salt systems are point loads. They sit next to irrigation, splash, and salt air. We compact a base sized for that load, pitch the pad so water does not sit under the equipment, and leave service clearances the pool tech can actually use.

• Compacted base under the pad, not leftover fill from the deck dig

• Pitch away from the house and the equipment connections

• A screen wall with a real footing, not veneer on a skinny stem

• Access so the equipment can be serviced without tearing the field up

Screen walls that last in salt air

A wall next to a pool is splash, chemical air, and wind. We treat it as masonry, not a decorative skin. Stone veneer belongs on a wall that was built to hold it. If you only need a low screen, we say so and quote that instead of a fake column.

How to start a pad or screen-wall quote

Call PaverForge Hardscapes at 727-490-9798 or use the book-online page. Send photos of the equipment, the existing pad, and the deck around it. We typically reply the same business day and will walk the lot before we lock a number.

Pool decks, coping, and hot-tub surrounds are quoted with the same crew so the joints line up.