Driveway cracked, stained or worn out? We lay pavers on a packed base built for your cars and explain each choice before you decide.
Driveway pavers in Rancho Cucamonga, CA are interlocking concrete units laid over a packed base, with edging along the sides that holds them so the surface stays locked together under the weight of your cars.
Most people who call me about pavers have a concrete driveway that's cracked, stained or just tired, and they're trying to decide if pavers are worth spending more than they would on new concrete. My honest answer is that pavers usually make sense if you plan to stay a long while, because they tend to outlast poured concrete, and the questions below have the numbers. If you're selling soon, a good concrete driveway may be the better spend. We're based in Rancho Cucamonga and lay paver driveways across the cities around it.
The price mostly comes down to how big the driveway is, which paver you pick and how complex the pattern is, and brick or stone pavers sit at the high end. The base matters too, since a deeper base means more digging and more material. The schedule turns on how much old surface has to come out and on what the city asks for on your job, and permeable interlocking pavers can take traffic as soon as they're finished, with no wait for anything to cure. Your written estimate puts a figure on your own driveway.
Here's who you'll deal with and what you'll have in hand at each step, from the first visit to the last walk around the finished driveway.
I come out, walk the driveway with you, answer your questions and send a written estimate that lays out the paver, the base and the price. I started this business in 2023 after years running a supply yard that sold brick, block and stone to the masons around here.
We're licensed and insured. In California, the state licensing board defines a paving class that covers placing paving and other surface materials, which is the heart of a paver driveway.
Once you say yes, we sort out what the city needs, I run the work on site with our crew, and we walk the finished driveway with you before we leave. Satisfaction guaranteed, and when you're ready, call (909) 360-4010 or send us a message.
Before we dig, I tell you how deep we'll build the base under your pavers and why. A driveway needs a thicker packed base than a patio because it carries cars, and the right depth depends on how much traffic it gets, the kind of ground under it, drainage, moisture and weather. Then we take out the old surface, build and pack the base, lay the pavers and lock them in with edging. If you're comparing bids, ask each installer how deep they plan the base and why, because that answer tells you a lot about the job you'll get.
A new driveway often brings the rest of the front yard into question. If the driveway runs along a slope, our retaining wall construction work can hold the ground back beside it, and if the brick steps, planters or columns next to it are crumbling, our masonry restoration work can bring them back to match.
Every paver driveway we build follows the same four steps, so you'll know what's happening each day the crew is there.
We mark the shape and size on the ground first so you can see exactly where the pavers will go. Underground pipes and wires should be marked before anyone digs, and in many places one phone number gets that done if you call at least two days ahead.
We take up the old surface and dig to the depth we explained, then pack the base in layers so it stays firm under your cars. This is the part you won't see later, so it's the part we take the most time on.
We lay the pavers in the pattern you chose and set edging along the sides, since that edging is what keeps the units tight when cars drive and park on them.
We sweep the surface, clear the site and haul off the old material. Then we go over the driveway with you so you know how it was built and how to look after it.
Send the form or call (909) 360-4010, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, look at the driveway with you and send a free written estimate, with no pressure and no obligation.
(909) 360-4010Across the US, installing driveway pavers usually costs about $10 to $30 per square foot, with materials and labor included. That's a national range and not our price, so where your driveway lands depends on its size, the paver you pick and the pattern. The written estimate gives you a figure for your own driveway.
One national cost guide puts a paver driveway's life at 25 to 75 years, against 30 to 40 years for a quality poured concrete driveway. Repairs can stay small too, because a cracked or stained paver can be lifted out and replaced on its own.
They can be, as long as not much dust or dirt blows or washes onto the driveway, because federal highway guidance says windblown dust and washed-in sediment can clog a permeable surface quickly. That's why, before we suggest permeable pavers, we check for dirt and grit that could settle into the gaps.
You apply online through the city's Building and Safety Department, at its Online Permit Center under the Services tab. Before we start, we check what the city asks for on your kind of job, and when a permit is needed, we handle the application and line up the inspections.
Rancho Cucamonga lists pavers as decorative hardscape, a permeable material that lets water soak into the ground, while concrete and asphalt count as regular hardscape. In the front yard landscaping area, the city allows up to 25 percent decorative hardscape and up to 50 percent hardscape, with at least 25 percent left as landscape, so those limits are part of what we check before we start.
Around here we mostly see poured concrete driveways that have cracked or stained over the years, on older homes and newer ones alike. We lay paver driveways the same way in Upland, Ontario, Fontana, Chino and other cities around Rancho Cucamonga, and if yours isn't listed, ask us.
Call (909) 360-4010 or use the contact form with the rough square footage and pictures of the surface you have now, so I show up already knowing what to look at.
If you're still weighing pavers against poured concrete, call or send a message and I'll talk it through with you.
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