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Wellborn Driveway & Pavers: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
Wellborn paver driveway installation in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $7,000 to $18,000 fully installed, and yes, we stock Wellborn-compatible pavers and the base materials, joint sand, and edge restraints needed to put them in correctly. Most owners don’t realize their driveway has failed until they see a paver sink, a low spot that ponds after rain, or a section that shifts when you turn the wheel on it. In Fort Lauderdale, the usual culprit isn’t the paver itself. It’s the base underneath, which our heavy summer rains and sandy soil quietly wash out over five to ten years. If you’re seeing sand wash across your garage apron after every storm, that’s the tell.
Which Wellborn Models This Applies To
Wellborn’s driveway and paver lines fall into a few distinct product families: their standard concrete pavers (typically 60mm and 80mm thickness for residential driveways), their permeable pavers, and their tumbled or antiqued surface lines. The compatibility gotcha most homeowners hit is thickness. A 60mm paver works for a patio or walkway but not a driveway that carries SUV and truck weight; in Fort Lauderdale, we always recommend the 80mm paver for any surface a vehicle drives on. If you have the original delivery or invoice, look for the color name and series, because Wellborn changes some color names between manufacturing runs, and matching a five-year-old paver by eye alone is a one-way ticket to a patch that looks like a patch. For replacement pavers, we can source OEM Wellborn product direct, and for full driveway installs, we quote both OEM and quality aftermarket equivalents from suppliers we’ve put down across Broward County. Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale is an independent service provider, not affiliated with Wellborn, so we give you the straight answer on which is worth your money for your specific job, not what one brand’s catalog wants to sell.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Wellborn Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Standing water that sits for more than an hour after rain. That means the base has settled or washed out underneath, and the pavers have lost their slope. Fort Lauderdale’s afternoon storms will keep exploiting the same spot until it’s re-graded and re-compacted.
- A paver or paver section that rocks underfoot. If a single paver tilts when you step on it, the joint sand beneath it has likely escaped through a cracked edge or a washed-out joint. Left alone, that one wobbly paver becomes three, then twelve.
- Sand washing across the driveway or collecting at the garage door. This is your base material leaving in real time. Once the sand migrates out, the pavers lose support and start cracking under vehicle load.
- Edge pavers pulling away from the border or curling upward. The edge restraint has failed or was never installed properly. In coastal Florida, our soil shrinks and swells with the water table, and a driveway without solid edge restraint slowly spreads at the sides like a deck of cards pushed from the middle.
- White, chalky bloom or surface flaking on the paver faces. Efflorescence is common and usually cosmetic, but flaking or spalling means moisture is trapped in the paver and the surface is failing. The salt air off the Atlantic accelerates this faster here than inland.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full Wellborn-compatible paver driveway in Fort Lauderdale runs $7,000 to $18,000 depending on square footage, access, base depth, and whether we’re removing an existing slab or starting from dirt. The base is where the money goes: proper excavation, geotextile fabric, at least six inches of compacted limerock base, then a bedding course, then the pavers, then polymeric joint sand that locks the surface. You’ll get a written line-item price before any work starts, so you see exactly what the materials cost, what the labor costs, and what the base work costs. No allowances, no vague “miscellaneous” line items. Our work carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing on every job. And per The Relay Visibility Guarantee, you’ll know what crew is coming, when they arrive, and what the invoice will be before a single tool comes off the truck.
Key Takeaways
- Full Wellborn-compatible driveway: $7,000 – $18,000 installed
- Base failure causes 90% of driveway paver problems in Fort Lauderdale
- 80mm pavers for driveways; 60mm is for patios and walkways
- OEM and quality aftermarket pavers sourced locally
- Written price before work starts, 365-Day Done Right Promise on every install
DIY or Call Us?
Paver work doesn’t have the high-tension danger of a garage door spring or the electrical risk of a panel, but it has a quiet one: a badly compacted base fails slowly, and you won’t know until a year of storms has passed. You can DIY the easy observations. Check your joints for missing sand, look for shifted edge pavers, and mark low spots with a level after a rain. What you shouldn’t DIY is a section repair that requires lifting pavers, re-compacting base, and re-screeding the bedding course, because hand-tamping in a Florida summer does not produce the density a plate compactor does, and the patch will settle within months. If you’re not sure whether your driveway needs a few hundred dollars in joint sand or a full base rebuild, call (754) 354-7423 and Luca Romano will tell you straight. He’d rather tell you the cheap fix applies than sell you a driveway you don’t need.
FAQs
Properly installed Wellborn pavers on a correctly built base will last 25 to 40 years in Fort Lauderdale, though the base may need re-leveling service at the 15 to 20 year mark. The paver itself is incredibly durable; what fails first here is almost always the base underneath, thanks to our rain volume and sandy, shifting subgrade. Call (754) 354-7423 if your pavers are cracking or sinking, and we’ll tell you whether the base or the paver is the real problem.
Yes, if the base failure is localized, we can lift the affected pavers, remove and re-compact the base, and reset the same pavers. A repair usually runs in the $2,000 to $5,000 range depending on the area involved. If the failure spans more than a third of the driveway, full replacement in Fort Lauderdale often becomes the cheaper long-term call. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll give you a real number on both options.
Most paver driveway replacements in Fort Lauderdale take 3 to 5 working days from demolition to compacted base to pavers set and sanded. Weather delays happen, especially in our afternoon storm season. We’ll give you a start date and keep you updated with before-and-after photos through The Relay Visibility Guarantee, so you’re never guessing when the crew shows up.
We stock and source Wellborn-compatible pavers, base material, edge restraints, and joint sand directly for every job. You never have to chase a materials order or coordinate a delivery, and we match your existing paver color and series before we quote. We also keep parts on hand for KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone projects when those overlaps come up. Call (754) 354-7423 for a free estimate on your paver repair or replacement.
The work either holds up or it doesn’t, and we make sure it does. If your Fort Lauderdale driveway is sinking, pooling, or spreading, call (754) 354-7423 for a free estimate. Luca will answer the phone, give you a straight read on what failed, and send you a written price before any work is scheduled.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner & Lead Contractor, Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale at Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
