Driveway pavers in San Angelo TX - pavers that stay put under every tire

Most people call me when the old concrete has cracked and dropped, or when a gravel drive keeps rutting, and they want to know what a paver job really takes. The price moves with the size of the driveway, how much old concrete or gravel we haul off, how deep the base has to be, the paver and pattern you pick, and how much the ground slopes. The schedule turns on that same digging and base work, plus the weather and whether the city wants a permit first. I measure all of it when I come out, so the estimate gives you your own figure instead of a guess.

We start by digging out the old surface and the soft soil under it, because pavers are only as steady as what they sit on. Then we build the base in layers of packed gravel, and we make it heavier under a driveway than under a walk, since your truck weighs a bit more than you do. I'll tell you how deep that base will be so you can hold it up against other bids, because a base you can't see is the easiest place for a bid to save money. We set edge restraints, the hidden border that keeps the pavers from spreading, level a thin bed of sand, and lay the pavers in a pattern that locks together under tires, like herringbone. Last, we cut the edges, sweep sand into the joints and run a plate compactor over the whole surface so everything settles tight.

A driveway rarely stands alone. If your lot falls away and the ground along the drive needs holding back, we handle retaining wall construction as part of the plan so the wall and the base are built to work together. If the brick steps, planters or house wall beside the drive are crumbling, our masonry restoration work fixes them so new pavers don't sit next to old damage.

Whether your paver driveway needs a permit is the city's call, not mine, and it isn't settled for every job ahead of time. San Angelo's Building Permits & Inspections office handles permits and inspections, so that's where to ask. When a job needs one, we do the paperwork with that office and plan our work around the inspections.

One soil type around here, the Angelo series, formed from limestone in loamy and clayey layers, and it's deep and well drained but lets water soak in at a moderately slow pace. That matters for a driveway, because water that can't get away sits in the base and softens it. I don't know your lot's soil until we've dug into it, so on every job I look at where the water will go and size the base with that in mind. If you're weighing permeable pavers, know that clay under them is often packed down for stability, which cuts how much water soaks in, so ask any bidder how the base depth and drain pipes will handle the extra water. We see that kind of ground on driveway jobs across San Angelo, and it's why I'd rather dig a little more than patch a soft spot later.