Completed work

Completed Work

Real properties across South Florida. Where we have a before frame we have put it next to the after, because that is the only honest way to show what the work actually did.

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Before and after

Same property, two visits

Before

Travertine paver driveway curving past a tree to a home's entry arch, Miami, FL

After

Before

Circular paver driveway around twin palms in front of a white house under a clearing sky, Miami, FL

After

Before

Paver driveway and street apron in front of a white ranch house, Miami, FL

After

Before

Red and brown paver walkway running between a wood fence and the side of a house, Miami, FL

After

Crew pouring and screeding a new concrete driveway in front of a small turquoise house, Miami, FL

During

Finished concrete driveway and walkway in front of a white single-story house, Miami, FL

After

Before

Freshly poured concrete pad running along the side of a house beside a wood fence, Miami, FL

After

Before

Fresh black asphalt driveway curving to a wood fence gate, Miami, FL

After

Before

Travertine tile laid over a two-tier back step outside sliding doors, Miami, FL

After

Detail

Closer in

Circular paver driveway curving around twin palms at a white single-story Florida home — A circular paver drive with a contrasting border course

Charcoal paver driveway at dusk in front of a white house, Miami, FL — The drive at dusk

Multicolor tumbled pavers on a circular driveway around a turf island, Miami, FL — Tumbled pavers around the turf island

Paver motor court circling a planted island with twin palms at a white house, Miami, FL — The motor court around the palms

Paver driveway spread in front of a three-bay garage, Miami, FL — In front of the three-bay garage

New paver driveway and street apron under a deep blue sky at a pale yellow house, Miami, FL — The finished drive and apron

Panorama of a paver ribbon driveway with grass strips in front of a white house, Miami, FL — A ribbon drive with grass strips

Charcoal and grey pavers laid up to a white garage door beside a wood fence, Miami, FL — Charcoal pavers to the garage

Grey stone-look pavers on a driveway wrapping a palm and river-rock island, Miami, FL — Stone-look pavers around the island

Travertine paver driveway laid in a running pattern beside a planted bed, Miami, FL — Travertine pavers on the drive

Charcoal pavers laid across a driveway with a black sports car parked at the garage, Miami, FL — Charcoal pavers at the garage

Grey paver driveway wrapping a palm-planted island beside a white house, Miami, FL — Pavers wrapping the palm island

Tumbled multicolor pavers running up to a garage door, Miami, FL — Tumbled pavers to the garage

Pavers going down on a driveway with pallets staged under a stormy sky, Miami, FL — Working ahead of the weather

Curved band of tumbled pavers laid around a grass island, joint sand still on the surface and a cone at the street, Miami, FL — The paver ring laid around the island, joint sand still on the surface

Joint sand swept across a newly laid paver driveway before compaction, Miami, FL — Joint sand going in

Crew on their knees setting pavers in a running pattern on a driveway, Miami, FL — Setting pavers by hand

Grey tumbled pavers laid alongside the house toward the back drive, Miami, FL — Down the side of the house

Paver driveway curving around a planted island toward the front entry, Miami, FL — The curve around the island

Paver driveway running between a garden wall and a hedge to the garage, Miami, FL — Between the wall and the hedge

Paver drive to the garage doors with a clipped hedge along one side, Miami, FL — To the garage doors

Finished paver driveway with the Paverson yard sign out front, Miami, FL — Job done, sign out

Charcoal pavers being set with a rubber mallet on a bedding-sand driveway, Miami, FL — Mallet, sand, pattern

Red-blend paver driveway being compacted at dusk in front of an orange house, Miami, FL — Compacting at dusk

Grey stone-look paver driveway framed by palm trunks at a white house, Miami, FL — Framed by the palms

Grey paver driveway and river-rock bed in front of a white house in bright sun, Miami, FL — In the afternoon sun

Charcoal paver driveway in front of a small white house with a wood fence, Miami, FL — Charcoal pavers at a small house

Grey paver patio under a shade sail between a house and a privacy wall, Miami, FL — A paver patio under the shade sail

Raised paver patio set on a block edge behind a house, Miami, FL — A raised paver patio on a block edge

Paver patio laid tight to the house under a shade sail, Miami, FL — Laid tight to the house

Grey plaza pavers with curved planter benches outside a campus building, Miami, FL — Plaza pavers and planter benches

Crew sweeping joint sand across new plaza pavers at sunset beside a row of palms, Miami, FL — Sweeping the sand at sunset

Aerial view of a new concrete slab driveway with turf strips in front of a modern white house, Miami, FL — Slab-and-turf driveway from above

Finished concrete ribbon driveway with a turf strip under oak trees, Miami, FL — The finished ribbon drive

Freshly poured concrete driveway ribbons formed around a tree cutout, Miami, FL — Ribbons poured around the tree

Two concrete driveway ribbons curing with rebar dowels at the street edge, Miami, FL — Ribbons curing, dowels in

Cured concrete driveway ribbons still in their forms in front of a house, Miami, FL — Cured and ready to strip

Concrete pad along the side of a house being finished after the pour, Miami, FL — Finishing the pad the day it went in

Crew finishing a fresh concrete pad along the side of a house, Miami, FL — Finishing the surface

New concrete patio slab poured outside a set of sliding doors, Miami, FL — A new slab off the back door

Freshly poured concrete sidewalk strip along the street with cones out, Miami, FL — A fresh sidewalk strip

New concrete sidewalk section taped off beside a hedge, Miami, FL — A new sidewalk section

Asphalt paving machine backed onto a residential driveway with the crew, Miami, FL — The paver backing in

Roller compacting fresh asphalt on a residential driveway under trees, Miami, FL — Rolling the mat

Crew raking fresh asphalt behind the paving machine, Miami, FL — Raking behind the machine

Wood forms and rebar set out for a ribbon concrete driveway under oak trees, Miami, FL — Forms and steel set before the pour

Crew setting forms for a concrete driveway under the trees, Miami, FL — Setting the forms

Driveway forms staked out from the street before a concrete pour, Miami, FL — Forms staked from the street

Front porch formed up and ready for concrete, Miami, FL — Porch formed for the pour

Graded limerock base across a full front drive at dusk, Miami, FL — The base, before a single paver

Old asphalt driveway broken out ahead of a paver installation, Miami, FL — The old asphalt coming up

Driveway excavated to depth with pallets of pavers ready at the fence, Miami, FL — Excavated to depth

Pallets of pavers arriving on a flatbed at a residential job, Miami, FL — Material arriving

New poured concrete front porch and step at a single-story house, Miami, FL — The new front porch

Crew grinding the edge of a new concrete porch, Miami, FL — Dressing the porch edge

What you are looking at

Mostly paver driveways, patios and walkways around Miami, with the concrete, asphalt and tile jobs the crew takes on between them. The base work, the drainage thinking, and the finish tolerance are the same on every one of them.

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The detail

What we are actually doing down there

Start at the bottom and work up. The subgrade is the soil your property already has, and nothing we do changes what it is made of. On top of it goes the base: crushed aggregate, compacted until it carries weight on its own. Then a thin course of sharp sand, screeded flat so every paver beds at the same height. Then the pavers. Three of those four layers get buried on the first day, and they are the three that decide how the job ages.

The heaviest thing that ever crosses the surface sets the depth, even if it only comes once a week. A walkway for people can sit on a shallow base. A home driveway that sees a loaded pickup needs a deeper one. A commercial drive where delivery trucks pull in needs deeper still. If somebody hands you the same base depth for a garden path and a driveway, they did not measure anything.

Every lift of base gets compacted before the next goes on. That means a few inches of aggregate, a full pass with the compactor, then the next few inches. It is tedious and it matters more than almost anything else in the job, because a base compacted only on top hides loose material that settles later. On the day the work finishes, you would never know the difference.

If nobody talks to you about drainage, they are quoting a different job.

One practical reason we steer a lot of people toward concrete pavers is the future. Lines change, and a material that is easy to match makes a later extension or repair look like it was always there. They also offer the widest choice of shape and color. Plan on the color shifting slightly over the first year or two while they cure.

Sun fades color that was added to a material. Clay brick has none added: its color is the fired clay, which is why it holds essentially forever. It runs more expensive and offers fewer shapes, and it suits anyone who wants the same look in twenty years.

Travertine is the one people ask for around pools, and for a good reason: it stays noticeably cooler underfoot than concrete in direct sun. It is a natural stone, so there is variation between units, and it wants a sealer if it is somewhere that gets oil or heavy staining.

Fall

The surface drops about an eighth to a quarter inch every foot away from the building. It feels level and drains like it should.

Restraint

A perimeter edge restraint is what stops the field creeping outward and the joints opening from the outside in.

Joint sand

Structural, not cosmetic. It transfers load between units, which is the whole reason a field of loose pavers behaves like a surface.

Questions

Common questions

Do I need to be home while you work

No. We need access and a water source. Most people go to work and come home to a finished section. If we hit something unexpected we call you that day, not at the end.

Will the new pavers match what I already have

Sometimes exactly, sometimes closely. Concrete pavers change color a little with sun and age, and older lines get discontinued. If we cannot match, we will show you the options before we order anything, including pulling units from a less visible area to patch a visible one.

What happens to the old surface

Old surfaces come out completely before anything new is built. We haul the debris away and recycle the concrete and pavers wherever we have a recycler to take them. Nothing about removal gets billed as an add-on.

How do you keep it from settling again

Pulling up the low pavers is the easy part. Keeping them level means fixing what let them drop, which is usually water undermining the base or a base that was weak to begin with. We correct both before anything goes back down, and handle a root if one is involved.

Do you work with HOAs and property managers

HOA, condo and multifamily properties are a regular part of our work. We are used to board timelines and submittals, and we schedule in phases so residents can still get around. Tell us how your approvals work.

Do you cover Miami, FL

We do. Miami, FL is home base for us, and our crews are in the area most weeks. Call with what you have in mind and we will be straight with you about timing.

Next step

Start with a conversation

Send a couple of photos or just call. We will tell you what we think is going on, what it would take to fix, and whether it needs doing now or can wait.

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