Setting a Flush Electrical Handhole Ring in a Pinellas Paver Drive

A buried electrical handhole or pull box in a new paver drive is easy to lose. Crews pave over the lid, or they pour a concrete collar that sits proud and dams the pitch. The next time an electrician needs the box, the field gets cut apart.

What the ring has to do

The lid has to finish flush with the paver surface, sit on a stable frame, and stay locatable. We set the box height off the finished paver elevation, not off the old concrete. Bedding sand is kept out of the box. The surrounding units are cut to the frame so the joint does not open into a trench.

This is a coordination item with the electrician. We do not relocate service conductors. If the box is too low for a flush lid, the electrician raises the enclosure before we lock the field. A paver crew should not be stacking random shims under a live pull box.

Drainage around the lid

A lid in the middle of a driveway is a low point if the field was graded to it. We keep the crown or the one-way pitch continuous so water crosses the lid instead of sitting on the gasket. After polymeric sand, the lid is opened and wiped so sand does not lock the bolts.

How to start

Call PaverForge Hardscapes at 727-490-9798 or book at https://www.paverforge.com/book-online. A photo of the lid and the driveway slope is enough to tell whether this is a ring-and-cut or a box that has to be raised first.