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KraftMaid Driveway & Pavers: The Orlando Owner’s Guide
If you’re searching for KraftMaid driveway and pavers in Orlando, here’s the straight answer: KraftMaid is a cabinetry brand, not a driveway or paver manufacturer. That means if a contractor sold you “KraftMaid pavers” or installed pavers they called KraftMaid-compatible, you’re dealing with a mislabeled product, a mix-up, or a contractor who stretched the truth. Penhallow Remodeling Orlando installs paver driveways in Orlando for $7,000 – $18,000 depending on square footage, paver brand (we regularly work with Belgard and Unilock), and what’s underneath the surface. Most Orlando paver driveways that fail are failing because of what’s under the pavers, not the pavers themselves. Here’s what you actually need to know about the paver material, the base, and how to fix a failed driveway for good.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid’s catalog covers kitchen and bath cabinetry, vanity lines, and closet systems, not exterior hardscape. If you have KraftMaid cabinets in your Orlando home and are also dealing with a failing paver driveway, those are two separate projects with two separate warranties. Where homeowners get tangled up is when a remodeler bundles a kitchen job (with KraftMaid cabinets) and a driveway job (with pavers) under one contract and one brand name on the invoice. The paver portion is never actually a KraftMaid product.
What you should be looking at instead is the paver manufacturer’s stamp, usually pressed into the bottom or edge of each paver. Belgard, Unilock, Tremron, and a handful of others dominate the Orlando market. If the pavers have no stamp at all, they’re likely a low-cost import that fades fast in Central Florida sun. Matching a single replacement paver means knowing the exact series (for Belgard, think Cambridge Cobble or Mega Arbel), the color and finish (tumbled versus smooth), and the paver thickness, which in Orlando is typically 60mm for driveways and 50mm for patios. Get the first two wrong and the patch looks like a patch. Get the thickness wrong and the patch sinks.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your KraftMaid Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Pavers rocking underfoot. A paver that tilts or clicks when you step on it means the bedding sand underneath has washed away or never had proper edge restraint. In Orlando’s summer downpours, water gets under the pavers and takes the sand with it. Left alone, the pavers around it start shifting too.
- Low spots that hold water after rain. Orlando gets roughly 53 inches of rain a year. If water ponds in a low spot for more than a few hours, the base underneath that section is settling. Every heavy rain makes it worse. It typically traces back to the original base being too shallow for Florida’s sandy soil.
- Weeds pushing through the joints. Polymeric sand in the joints should harden to lock pavers in place and block weeds. When the joints crack open because the base shifted, Florida weeds don’t need much of an invitation. If you see grass or weeds sprouting through paver joints throughout the driveway, the sand failed wholesale.
- Edges spreading outward. Driveway pavers need a hard edge restraint (usually a concrete or metal edge) buried against the perimeter. When that edge fails, the outermost pavers drift toward the lawn. You’ll see a gap forming between the driveway and the garage apron or the driveway widening at the street.
- Sinking near the garage or street apron. The heaviest load sits where your car enters the garage and where the driveway meets the street. Cheaper installs often skip soil compaction at these transition points. You’ll see a visible dip that grows each year.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Paver driveway installation in Orlando typically runs $7,000 – $18,000, and most two-car residential driveways land between $9,000 and $14,000. The range depends on three things. First, square footage, since a two-car driveway runs roughly 400 to 600 square feet and anything wider pushes the material count up. Second, the paver line itself: Belgard’s Cambridge Cobble is a workhorse at a mid price, while Unilock’s premium lines like Richcliff run higher. Third, what we find under the old surface. In Orlando’s sandy soil, a proper paver base means excavating six to eight inches, compacting a crushed concrete or limestone base, then laying bedding sand and compacting again. If the original installer put pavers on a thin base, that base comes out and the price reflects the correction.
Every quote from Penhallow Remodeling Orlando includes the written price before we move a shovel, the pavers, the base material, edge restraint, polymeric sand, haul-away of the old surface, and our written guarantee. You’ll never see a change order because we hit soft soil. That gets priced in up front, because Trevor Nash’s rule is simple: Give you the number first, then pick up the tool.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely check what’s failing: examine the edges, look for exposed base material, and note where water pools after rain. What you shouldn’t do is lift and reset large sections of pavers on your own, especially on a driveway. A driveway carries vehicle weight, so a poorly compacted patch becomes a trip hazard and a future sinkhole. Paver work also involves a lot of material weight: a 600-square-foot driveway means several tons of base and pavers. If the old pavers are being replaced, our crew in Orlando handles the haul-off and disposal, which is not a light job.
If the driveway just needs spot repairs, that’s often a smaller job. But if the base is failing, patching the surface postpones the real fix. Call (850) 427-6454 and we’ll take a look. The estimate is free, and you’ll get a written price before you decide anything.
FAQs
A properly installed paver driveway in Orlando should last 25 to 40 years on the pavers themselves, with the base lasting even longer if it was built correctly. What shortens that lifespan in Central Florida is a shallow base, skipped compaction, bad edge restraint, and standing water. If your driveway is failing in under ten years, the installation almost certainly skipped steps below the surface.
Yes, if the failure is limited to a settled section, broken edge restraint, or failed joints. We lift the affected pavers, recompact or rebuild the base in that area, reset the pavers, and reapply polymeric sand. If the base failure runs across most of the driveway, replacement is usually cheaper than repeated patchwork. Call (850) 427-6454 and we’ll tell you which one you’re dealing with.
A standard two-car paver driveway replacement in Orlando takes about three to five working days from removal to compaction to final sanding. Rain can add a day or two, which every honest Orlando contractor plans for. We’ll give you a defined arrival window and a clear schedule before we start.
We source pavers per job from Belgard and Unilock, which lets us match color lots and order exactly what your driveway needs. We don’t stock large pallet quantities because paver color varies slightly between production runs, and we’d rather match your existing pavers than sell you something close. For smaller repair jobs, we can often source and match the original series within days. We also work with Cambria, Silestone, and Kohler on the indoor side of our remodeling work, but for driveways it’s Belgard and Unilock.
If your driveway is shifting, pooling, or spreading, call Penhallow Remodeling Orlando at (850) 427-6454. We’ll walk the driveway with you, explain what’s failing and why, and hand you a written price before any work starts. Free estimate, no pressure, no surprises.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Orlando at Penhallow Remodeling Orlando, serving Orlando and nearby areas.
