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Mighty Buildings Driveway & Pavers: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
We stock and install Mighty Buildings-compatible driveway and paver systems throughout Fort Lauderdale, with typical installed pricing running $7,000 to $18,000 depending on square footage, base prep, and drainage work. Most owners call us after a paver section sinks, a corner pops loose, or standing water starts pooling against the home after a hard South Florida downpour. If you’ve noticed a section of your Mighty Buildings driveway settling unevenly or pavers shifting out of alignment, that’s the part failing at the base layer, not the pavers themselves.
- Installed price range in Fort Lauderdale: $7,000 – $18,000
- What typically fails first: the compacted base beneath the pavers, not the paver surface
- Most common call trigger: pooling water or a sunken section after summer rain
- We stock: replacement pavers, edge restraints, base material, and joint sand
Which Mighty Buildings Models This Applies To
Mighty Buildings uses modular paver and driveway systems across their residential builds, and the compatibility question comes down to paver dimensions and the base spec underneath. Most Mighty Buildings driveways in Fort Lauderdale use interlocking concrete pavers in either a 4×8 or 6×9 format, with a sand-set base over crushed coquina or limestone. The gotcha we see regularly: the pavers themselves are standard and easy to match, but the edge restraint and base depth on some Mighty Buildings installs were spec’d for drier climates, which doesn’t hold up to our water table and afternoon storms.
Before you order anything, flip a loose paver and check the underside stamp. Most Mighty Buildings paver lots have a manufacturer code and a size marking etched into the concrete. If yours is stamped but unreadable, take a photo of the paver face and edge profile. We match by dimension first, color lot second. OEM pavers from the original supplier are available but often have an 8 to 12 week lead time through Mighty Buildings’ supply channels. A quality aftermarket paver, matched for size, thickness, and compression strength, typically installs the same week and carries the same or better freeze-thaw and salt resistance ratings for South Florida conditions. We’ll tell you plainly when OEM makes sense and when it doesn’t.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Mighty Buildings Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- A single paver rocks underfoot. This usually means the bedding sand has washed out beneath that one unit, often from a downspout or irrigation overspray eating at the base. It starts as one paver and spreads if water keeps finding the same path.
- A section dips or cups after rain. That’s a base failure, not a paver failure. The compacted layer underneath has shifted or eroded. In Fort Lauderdale, we see this most often near swales and property lines where drainage runs heavy.
- Edge pavers are working loose at the driveway apron. The plastic or aluminum edge restraint has snapped or pulled away from the soil. Once the edge goes, the whole field can drift outward within a season.
- Standing water sits on the surface for more than an hour after the rain stops. Pavers should shed water. If they don’t, the slope has flattened or the base has settled unevenly. Water against your home’s foundation in Fort Lauderdale is never a wait-and-see situation.
- You can see gaps widening between pavers. Joint sand is washing out with every heavy rain. Left unaddressed, the pavers start shifting against each other and chipping at the edges.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a full Mighty Buildings driveway or paver replacement in Fort Lauderdale, plan on $7,000 to $18,000 installed. A paver patio sits lower, typically $3,500 to $11,000. The range comes down to square footage, how much of the old base has to be excavated and hauled, and whether we’re correcting drainage with new slope or adding a French drain along the home’s edge. Every quote from Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale is a written price before any work starts: base prep, paver material, edge restraints, joint sand, compaction, and cleanup all line-itemed. The number you approve is the number on the invoice. No change orders because we “discovered” something we should have caught in the estimate. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise applies here too. If the repair fails within a year, we come back and make it right, in writing, at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely check a few things yourself: identify which paver is loose, confirm whether water is pooling against the house, and snap photos of the paver stamps so we can match dimensions and color before we arrive. What we don’t recommend is pulling pavers up and rebuilding the base on your own. The compaction and drainage work underneath a Fort Lauderdale driveway is the part that determines whether the repair holds for a decade or fails again in six months. Getting the slope wrong means water against your slab. Getting the base wrong means the same sunken section returns. This isn’t a high-tension or electrical hazard like a garage spring or a panel, but it is heavy, repetitive work with a real failure cost if done wrong. If you want to know exactly what the fix involves, call (754) 354-7423 and Luca Romano will walk you through what’s happening on your specific property.
FAQs
Expect 15 to 25 years from properly installed concrete pavers, but the base layer underneath typically needs attention at the 8 to 12 year mark in our climate. The heat, humidity, and daily afternoon storms stress the compacted base, not the paver itself. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll tell you if your base is still sound or if that’s where the real repair is needed.
Yes, in most cases a section repair works, especially if the failure is isolated to one drainage area or one edge. We’ll excavate the damaged section, rebuild the base properly, and re-set the pavers. If the existing pavers are still intact, we re-use them. Call (754) 354-7423 for a written quote on the affected area only.
A partial repair usually takes one to two days. A full Mighty Buildings driveway replacement in Fort Lauderdale typically runs three to five working days, including excavation, base rebuild, paver installation, and compaction. You’ll get a live arrival time and before-and-after photo updates through The Relay Visibility Guarantee, so you’re never guessing when we show up.
We stock standard interlocking pavers in the 4×8 and 6×9 formats used on most Mighty Buildings residential driveways, along with edge restraints, base material, and joint sand. For unusual color lots or discontinued paver lines, we’ll source a match and confirm the color sample with you before any order. Call (754) 354-7423 with a photo of your existing paver and we’ll confirm stock the same day.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner & Lead Contractor, Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale at Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
