Driveway pavers
 

Would like to hear from people that have had pavers on their driveway for a few years...any breakage? how often do you seal the pavers? happy with their decision to place pavers vs acrylic paint, etc. thank you

You will have to contend with cracking pavers in the drive/weight areas.
While under warranty the contractor will replace them. Afterwards you are on your own.
Sealing at least every two years.....remember it only gets the top of the paver!

At least a couple of folks in our village have had them removed and had driveways decorator/texture painted.
Which is significantly less $$ to install and maintain.

It is a personal choice.

cost?
 

Can anyone give me an idea as to the cost of having pavers installed for a home with a two car plus golf garage size driveway? How much would it cost to coat the driveway?

I have gotten 2 prices on having pavers installed on my driveway, one was $4.00 sq ft and one was $4.50 sq ft. The one for $4.50 was Pooter's and he warrantees for them for as long as you live there. That price is for the 1" thick paver only. He also sells a thinner paver with no warrantee.

I know folks who have the 1" pavers over concrete that are 6 or 7 years old without any issues with cracking or shifting. You need to seal every few years, and occasionally sweep some sand in the cracks but you have to seal painted/stained drives as well. If they are installed correctly, they will cut your concrete at the edge of the drive and install a few rows of full size pavers (that's where the tires exert the most force entering the drive). After that, the pavers are petty well locked in.

I have the 1" pavers done by Old World Pavers about 6 years ago. The cost was about $5K for a 2 car driveway plus walkway. Many of my pavers have cracked over the years. A few years after the installation, the company gave me a "special" offer to re-do the driveway with thicker pavers for thousands more. We declined.

If I had to do it again, I wouldn't go with pavers. I would go with stamped concrete, which costs about the same as pavers and looks great.

We had Pooters do our Lanai, and after repeated calls could not get them to come out and fix the problem. Very pleasant person, but customer service goes along way. They did not have it.

I made 2 mistakes when I bought into The Villages 7 yrs. ago the first was the brand of golf cart I bought and the second was paving my driveway and walkway, you are kissing your $$$ away purchasing the 1" pavers. Within months the company replaced over 60 of them, now its so bad I don't even bother with them, in fact if anyone wanted them I'd gladly give them all away, good and bad ones alike

Many cracked after 6 years. Would rethink the use of pavers if I were to do it again

How long has he been in business ?

i can tell you from experience that the only way to go is the 2 inch pavers. The thin 1 inch pavers have a tendency to rock and come loose and you will definately have breakage. The secont best option is the liquid concrete application that just might last forever.

That pretty much settles it for me, no pavers. I think I'll have the cracked concrete sections cut out and replaced and just coat the whole driveway again. I just wanted to hide the cracks.

I have not been able to talk to anyone about the liquid concrete application - how they like it, how it holds up and if it needs to be sealed yearly? Anyone with advice or experience?

Please let us know which was the wrong brand of golf cart. This type of info is invaluable to us wanna be's!