Help planning: Floor drain between existing patio and pool deck.

[fun4stuff]

We have a patio and firepit out of pavers that has a gentle slope away from house.

Planning to put a fiberglass pool as shown 10’ from patio with surrounding concrete. The pool may have to be raised a bit (like one step between patio and cement pool deck as the water table is high).

The patio (and yard) have a gentle slope to toward back end of property. So when it rains, water will rain flow from patio toward pool deck. Pool builder mentioned leaving a 0.5-1’ gap and filling with some sort of rock for water runoff from patio to drain to.

Any ideas on how to make this look nice? Is this the best solution? Is there a drain cover that would work and could be curved with the fire pit pavers?

 

[AQUA~HOLICS]

Can the drain be run in a straight line with a channel drain (sloped on both sides towards the drain) terminating at the rocks?

 

[RLP]

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[bjxds]

I am in the process of having a pool installed, and I had a channel drain put in.

 

[fun4stuff]

This is pricey, but it works and you can hardly notice it. I used in in my build 3 years ago

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Thanks!!

Can the drain be run in a straight line with a channel drain (sloped on both sides towards the drain) terminating at the rocks?View attachment 585730View attachment 585732

yes. It would slope that way. The issue is it might have to be placed where the yellow line is. There may be a step up to the pool deck at the yellow. So water would be running on patio/firepit and then hit that step.

What about just adding a square catch basin at the outer edge of lowest point on the firepit circle? And run a pipe from the basin toward the side yard?

Or have a 6” of cement between the patio and pool deck with those square catch basin drains in there?