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Tremron Home Additions & ADU: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
If you have a Tremron paver or hardscape product on your Fort Lauderdale property and you’re planning a home addition or ADU, matching the new work to your existing Tremron surfaces is where most projects get complicated. We install and integrate Tremron-compatible pavers, coping, and hardscape elements into additions and ADU builds across Fort Lauderdale, with total project costs typically running $45,000 – $130,000 for the addition and $90,000 – $220,000 for a full ADU. The part-level issue we see most often: homeowners discover their existing Tremron pavers are discontinued, the color line shifted, or the sub-base under the old patio was never compacted properly, and now the new slab meets a patio that’s sinking half an inch a year.
Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale is an independent contractor, not affiliated with Tremron. But we work with their products constantly, and we know which lines are still manufactured, which colors changed, and what it takes to make an addition look like it was always there.
Which Tremron Models This Applies To
Tremron’s Fort Lauderdale footprint is huge. Their paver lines show up under half the pool decks, driveways, and patios we tear into between Victoria Park and Coral Ridge. The compatibility issue isn’t the paver itself. It’s the series. Tremron runs multiple manufacturing plants in Florida, and colors shift slightly between batches and plants. A “Sandstone” paver poured in Jacksonville doesn’t match the same named color poured in Miami. If your addition or ADU is tying into an existing Tremron patio or walkway, you need to match by plant batch, not just by color name.
The other gotcha: Tremron changed the dimensions on several of their tumbled paver lines about eight years ago. Older 6×9 pavers don’t sit flush against the newer 6x9s because the edge profile changed. If you’re extending a patio by ten feet, that mismatch shows up as a visible seam. We handle this two ways: source from a matching batch when possible, or design the transition as an intentional border line so the change reads as deliberate, not sloppy.
For OEM versus aftermarket: Tremron’s in-house pavers are the only true match for existing Tremron work. Budget aftermarket pavers from other Florida plants look close in a showroom and wrong in sunlight next to the original. For an addition or ADU project in Fort Lauderdale, we recommend staying with Tremron on any surface that touches the existing work. On surfaces entirely new and separate, you’ve got more flexibility.
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Signs Your Tremron Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
- Seam separation at the addition junction. Where the new slab or foundation meets the older Tremron surface, you see a widening gap. Florida’s clay-heavy soil expands and contracts with the wet/dry season, and without a proper expansion joint, the two surfaces move at different rates.
- Paver settlement around the new foundation. The area within two feet of the new footer sinks or dips. The excavator over-dug, the backfill wasn’t compacted in lifts, or stormwater is washing fines out from under the pavers. In Fort Lauderdale’s afternoon downpours, this shows up fast.
- Cracking in the new slab tied to old drainage patterns. The original Tremron patio had a pitch that sent water one direction. The new addition interrupted that flow, and now water ponds and sits against the slab edge. Over a year or two, that’s a crack and a moisture problem.
- Color mismatch that gets worse with age. New Tremron pavers next to five-year-old ones will always look different at first, but if the gap never closes, it’s a batch or plant mismatch. In direct Florida sun, the UV bleaching rate differs between batches, so the contrast actually widens over time.
- Efflorescence blooming at the seam. A white, chalky residue appears where new mortar or concrete meets the old pavers. Water is moving through that joint and pulling salts to the surface. It’s a sign the flashing or water management at the connection wasn’t detailed correctly.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For Fort Lauderdale, a home addition that ties into or extends existing Tremron hardscape runs $45,000 – $130,000 depending on square footage, foundation type, and how much of the existing patio or walkway has to be pulled and re-laid. A full ADU with its own paver entry, patio, or driveway connection runs $90,000 – $220,000.
The Tremron-specific portion, meaning the hardscape and site work, is usually 8 – 15% of the total project. So on a $100,000 addition, you’re looking at $8,000 – $15,000 for matching pavers, base prep, edge restraints, and the labor to set them so they don’t shift in the first wet season. That includes removing any compromised sub-base, re-compacting in lifts, installing a geotextile fabric where the soil is soft, and setting the pavers on a screeded layer that matches the original height.
Every quote is a written line-item price. You’ll know what the materials cost, what the labor costs, and what the paver work costs separately from the framing, drywall, and finishes. The invoice matches the quote. No change orders unless you add scope, and even then it’s in writing before the work proceeds.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely check a few things yourself: walk the seam between old and new surfaces after a hard rain and look for standing water. Run a string line across the Tremron surface and see if there’s a visible dip. Check whether the edge restraints (the plastic or aluminum strips at the border) are still buried or have popped loose. Those observations help you describe the problem accurately.
What you shouldn’t DIY is pulling and re-setting pavers around a new foundation. The base compaction is the invisible part that determines whether the surface stays flat for five years or starts rolling in eighteen months. Most Fort Lauderdale homes sit on sandy or marly soil that moves with water content. If you don’t compact in lifts, you’ll be back out there with a rubber mallet every dry season, chasing a new low spot. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll come look at it properly.
FAQs
How long does Tremron hardscape typically last around a home addition in Fort Lauderdale? A properly installed Tremron paver surface with a correctly compacted base should last 25 – 30 years in Fort Lauderdale before any significant re-leveling is needed. The variable isn’t the paver, it’s the base prep and drainage detail at the junction of old and new.
Can the existing Tremron surface be repaired instead of replaced? Yes, in most cases individual pavers or sections can be pulled, the base re-compacted, and the same pavers re-set. If the pavers themselves are cracked or the batch is too old to match, we’ll tell you that up front and price the replacement honestly. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll assess what’s salvageable.
How long does the Tremron portion of an addition or ADU take? The paver and site work portion of a project typically takes 3 – 7 days depending on square footage and how much demolition is involved. The full addition or ADU build runs 2 – 6 months. We stage the hardscape work so it doesn’t hold up the framing or finish trades.
Do you stock Tremron pavers on the truck? We don’t keep full pallets on hand because storage under Florida sun and rain causes color drift before installation. We order from the nearest Tremron plant based on your batch match needs, which usually lands within a week. If we need a specific discontinued color, we work with salvage yards that carry old Florida paver stock.
End of the day, the work either holds up or it doesn’t. We make sure it does. Call (754) 354-7423 for a free estimate on your Fort Lauderdale addition or ADU, and we’ll put the number in writing before anything starts.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner & Lead Contractor, Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale at Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
