Paver Installation
We lay paver patios, walkways, pool decks and fire pit surrounds in concrete pavers or travertine. Every job starts with a graded, compacted base under a screeded sand bed.
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A paver driveway carries the weight of your cars every day, so the work starts below the surface. We dig out the driveway area and grade the base pad with a skid steer. The base is compacted, and a thin sand bed is screeded level on top. Then the pavers go down, held tight by an edge restraint and joint sand.
We are based in Ormond Beach and build paver driveways for homeowners across Volusia and Flagler counties. The work covers new driveways, driveway extensions, side parking pads and the apron at the street. The same pavers can also run from the driveway into paver patios and walkways. Call or text (386) 238-9215, and we will look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
Tell us about the sod, pavers or drainage work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
A patio carries people, but a driveway carries cars. Their weight presses down on every paver, so a driveway base goes deeper than a patio base. The base is compacted before the sand bed goes on. The paver industry's design guide for vehicle traffic puts that sand bed at about 1 inch.
Federal soil maps show flatwoods sand under much of the Ormond Beach mainland, and dry dune sand beachside. In most years, the flatwoods water table rises within 18 inches of the surface for 1 to 4 months. More than half of the area's 51 inches of yearly rain falls from June to September. A driveway base on that ground has to stay firm when it is wet.
Pattern and edges count too. The same guide recommends herringbone patterns wherever cars drive. Testing it cites showed herringbone resists sideways movement better than other patterns. It also calls stable edge restraints essential, since tires push on pavers when a car turns or brakes.
A cracked or sunken driveway comes out first. We break out the old concrete or asphalt and haul it off. Then the new base goes in, dug and compacted for the weight of cars.
A driveway extension widens the driveway you have, and a parking pad adds room beside it. In Ormond Beach, the city's planning FAQ says driveways must be 3 feet from side property lines. It says to consult city planning staff about driveway extensions. Where a pad runs into a slope, a retaining wall can hold the grade.
The same FAQ says driveways need a permit and a survey. The Building Department's checklist has the survey name the driveway material, and pavers are on its list. New hard surface adds a stormwater form, plus a drainage plan once it tops 1,000 square feet. The Building Department answers what your job needs.
The apron is the part of the driveway between the street and your property line. On a public street, that strip is public right of way. Palm Coast requires a recorded agreement before driveway pavers go there. If city work later removes them, the city is not responsible for repairing or replacing them.
Flagler Beach and Edgewater also ask for signed agreements for pavers in the right of way. Edgewater adds that a driveway there must not block the drainage in that strip. Where a driveway crosses a roadside swale, a pipe under it often carries the water. Volusia County says working swales and driveway pipes move stormwater away from roads and reduce local flooding.
On the driveway itself, the paver industry's design guide normally calls for a slope of at least 1.5 percent. We slope each driveway so rain runs away from the house. If the yard beside it holds water too, grading and drainage work can fix the low spots.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 30 miles around Ormond Beach across Volusia and Flagler counties.
(386) 238-9215From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (386) 238-9215, or use the form. Tell us what the yard needs and the town the house is in.
We look at the yard and where the water goes. Point out any sprinkler lines or lighting cable, since utilities mark only their own lines after an 811 call.
The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out. Once you say yes, we set a date.
The old lawn or the worn-out beds come out first. Then we grade the ground, and pavers get a compacted base.
We lay the new sod and water it in, or set the pavers and sweep in the joint sand. Then water new sod every morning for its first two weeks.
Common questions about paver driveways around Ormond Beach and across Volusia and Flagler counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We lay paver patios, walkways, pool decks and fire pit surrounds in concrete pavers or travertine. Every job starts with a graded, compacted base under a screeded sand bed.
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Block and stone retaining walls level out a sloped yard and hold raised beds in place. We build them around Ormond Beach on a compacted base, with drainage behind the wall.
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We regrade yards and install French drains, swales, catch basins and drainage pipe with grates. Each fix gives rainwater a path off the lawn and away from your house.
Learn MoreStanding water and low spots are grading problems. We fix the grade before new sod or pavers go down.
We sell St. Augustine, Zoysia, Bahia and Bermuda sod, fresh cut. Buy it by the pallet for pickup or delivery, or have us lay it.
The company that lays your sod also builds paver patios and retaining walls. Irrigation, rock and mulch beds, landscape lighting and yard cleanouts are part of the work too.
Call or text and tell us what the yard needs. We look at the job first, then put your free quote in writing.
Real reviews of our sod, paver and drainage work, 37 reviews on Google.
My experience was excellent. Cesar was punctual and did an outstanding job installing a stone retaining wall in the front of my house. He completed the job in a very professional manner. He takes pride in his work and the finished product is beautiful. I would recommend Cesar and GBS Sod and Landscape to anyone who needs a retaining wall installed.
Caesar and Hugo did an awesome job in getting my front and backyard looking beautiful. They stripped my backyard and my front yard, put in new irrigation, border paving, weed block, seashell, along with new sod. My beach house now looks like something that belongs in a magazine. I can’t thank them enough for what they have done for me. GBS sod landscaping was fair priced, worked on time, and completed my job in a very quick time. I highly recommend GBS Sod and Landscaping for all your yard needs.
Wonderful experience working with GBS sod and landscaping !They installed new Sod, pavers and irrigation system in our yard after we had to put in a new septic system. Front yard looks amazing. Highly recommend.
Tell us about the yard and the work you have in mind. Call or text (386) 238-9215 or use the form, and we will set up your free quote.
Tell us about the sod, pavers or drainage work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
