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Setting a Pool Ozone and UV Sterilizer Skid Pad Isolated From a Pinellas Cage Footer

paverforge
Sep 19
1 min read

Why ozone and UV skids need their own pad

Ozone generators and UV sterilizers sit on a small skid next to the pump and filter. If that skid bears on the screen-cage footer or the paver deck, vibration and a slight lean show up as cracked coping or a pump that walks off level after one season. PaverForge Hardscapes pours or sets a dedicated isolation pad so the equipment stays serviceable and the deck field can move on its own.

How we build the pad

  • Undercut to stable soil and compact a crushed-concrete base in thin lifts

  • Keep a bond-breaker gap at the cage footer and at the first paver course

  • Pitch the pad away from electrical boxes and toward the equipment drain

  • Leave wrench clearance around unions, sensors, and the UV chamber

On salt systems the pad also has to stay clear of the acid-wash and cell-clean runoff. We do not let that water sit against the cage aluminum. A short channel or a trapped drain off the pad is cheaper than restaining the screen frame next year.

If you are adding ozone or UV during a deck rebuild, tell us before we set the first course. Sleeves and isolation are easy on day one and messy after the polymeric sand is locked. Call 727-490-9798.

PaverForge Hardscapes sets pool equipment pads across Pinellas County. Book a visit at paverforge.com/book-online.

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