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PGT Driveway & Pavers: The Orlando Owner’s Guide

We stock and install PGT-compatible driveway and paver components across Orlando, with most replacements running $250 to $700 for sealing and restoration, and full paver driveway installations landing between $7,000 and $18,000 depending on square footage and existing substrate. The usual call starts the same way: a homeowner notices a paver that’s sunk half an inch, a drainage channel that’s stopped draining, or an edge row that’s started to wander toward the lawn. What began as cosmetic is now a trip hazard, and in Orlando’s summer storm cycle, a sunken paver becomes a standing puddle within a week.

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Which PGT Models This Applies To

PGT’s driveway and paver line covers a few distinct product families, and the compatibility questions are usually about dimensions, joint width, and the retaining edge system. PGT pavers commonly run 60mm and 80mm thicknesses for driveway traffic, while patio-grade units sit at 40mm. If your original install used a 60mm paver and you patch with an 80mm unit, you’ll create a lip that catches toes and lawnmower blades. The model number is stamped on the underside of most PGT pavers, or you can measure the paver’s face dimensions: a 4×8 paver, a 6×9 paver, and a 12×12 paver each correspond to different PGT series. Aftermarket equivalents exist and we install them regularly, but for driveway applications, OEM PGT units give you a more consistent color match across a repair patch, because aftermarket color lots drift noticeably in Florida sun after 18 months. We’re an independent service provider, not a PGT affiliate, but we’ve installed and repaired enough of their product to know which series is which without a catalog flip.

Signs Your PGT Driveway & Pavers Is Failing

• Sunken or settled pavers near the garage apron: This is almost always a base failure underneath, not a paver failure. Orlando’s sandy soil shifts after heavy rain, and if the original installer skimped on the compacted base (the crushed concrete or limestone layer beneath the pavers), that area sinks first. You’ll see it as a shallow bowl that collects water.
• Sand washing out of the joints after every rain: The polymeric sand between pavers hardens to lock them in place. Once that sand has washed out or broken down, the pavers start to shift independently, and the edges chip against each other. In Orlando’s afternoon downpours, this accelerates fast.
• Edge restraints pulling away or visible at the perimeter: The plastic or aluminum edging that holds the outside row in place sometimes pops loose from soil expansion. Once the edge row drifts, the whole field starts to spread slowly toward the yard.
• Cracked or spalled paver surfaces: Spalling is the flaking or pitting you see on the paver face, often from water absorption and heat cycling. A cracked paver on a driveway is different from a patio paver: it’s taking vehicle weight, and a cracked unit will continue to break apart under tire load.
• Drainage channels that no longer direct water away: If your PGT driveway includes a channel drain or perimeter drain, and water now pools at the garage door after a storm, the drain has either clogged, lost its slope, or its grate has collapsed. This is urgent in Orlando because standing water erodes the base layer faster than anything else.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Orlando, driveway sealing on a PGT paver driveway runs $250 to $700 and includes cleaning, joint sand replacement, and sealant application. Patching a sunken section with base repair and re-setting pavers typically falls between $800 and $2,500 depending on how many pavers are pulled and how deep the base failure goes. A full paver driveway installation runs $7,000 to $18,000, and the swing comes down to square footage, existing concrete removal, and whether we’re correcting drainage pitch as part of the work. Every job includes the written number before work starts, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if the repair fails inside a year, we return and make it right at no charge. We also carry the brands we trust behind other remodel work: KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone, among others. For driveways, we source PGT units or a quality equivalent and tell you which one we’re quoting and why.

DIY or Call Us?

You can check a few things safely. Walk the driveway after a hard rain and mark every spot that holds water for more than an hour. Look at the edge restraints: if you can see them pulling away from the pavers, that’s a real problem but not one you should fix with a rubber mallet. What you shouldn’t do is pull pavers out of a load-bearing driveway without understanding the base underneath. Once the base layer is disturbed, any re-set pavers will settle differently than their neighbors, and you’ll have created the exact lip we described earlier. If the problem is a drainage issue or more than three or four sunken pavers, call us at (850) 427-6454 and we’ll give you a written price before we pick up a shovel. That’s how we work: give you the number first, then pick up the tool.