Setting a Pool Surge and Collector-Tank Isolation Pad
A surge or collector tank next to a Pinellas pool cage is heavy, wet, and rarely perfectly still. If you set that tank on the same paver field as the deck, vibration and splash open joints, stain polymeric sand, and telegraph a hollow at the cage footer.
Why the pad is isolated
We pour or set a dedicated pad that stops short of the screen-cage footer and the finished deck. A bond-breaker and a small drainage gap keep splash from running under the soldier course. The tank sits level so the lid and unions do not rack when the waterline moves.
Equipment techs still need service clearance. The pad is sized for the tank plus valves, not squeezed against the cage kick plate.
What we coordinate
Pool builders often set the tank before the hardscape. We shoot the finished deck elevation first, then build the pad so the tank lid stays below the screen-room furniture line but above splash. Condensate and overflow get a routed path that does not sheet across the field.
PaverForge Hardscapes builds surge-tank isolation pads countywide. Call 727-490-9798 to have the pad set with the deck, not as an afterthought.
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