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Abodu Driveway & Pavers: The Orlando Owner’s Guide
If you have an Abodu home in Orlando and your driveway or pavers are cracked, sinking, or shifting, we can source and install compatible replacement pavers and repair the base underneath. Installed paver driveway work in Orlando typically runs $7,000 – $18,000 depending on square footage, paver style, and how much of the existing base has to be rebuilt. Most homeowners first notice the problem as a low spot that holds water after a rainstorm, or a paver that’s cracked along the edge where the car tires track.
What usually happened is the compacted base underneath the pavers failed. In Orlando, our sandy soil and heavy summer rains wash out the fines (the fine particles that lock the base together), and the pavers start to move. The surface is just the visible half of the problem.
Which Abodu Models This Applies To
Abodu homes are built in a factory and placed on site, which means the driveway and paver details are more standardized than a traditional stick-built house. Abodu typically specs 60mm or 80mm concrete pavers, often the larger-format 24″×24″ or 16″×32″ sizes depending on the model. The key detail: check the stamp on the underside of a loose paver. You’re looking for a thickness marking (usually 60 or 80) and a manufacturer code. That tells us immediately what we’re matching.
The gotcha is that Abodu sources pavers from different regional suppliers depending on where the home was delivered. An Abodu placed in Orlando may not have the same paver as one delivered to California. Matching the color and the thickness is the critical step. We carry common Orlando-area pavers from Belgard and Unilock on the truck, and we can order an exact OEM match for anything we don’t stock. Penhallow Remodeling Orlando is an independent service provider and not an Abodu affiliate, so we give you the straight answer on whether an equivalent-quality local paver will do the job at a better price than the exact OEM match.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Abodu Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Water pooling in one spot. A settled base under the pavers means the runoff no longer slopes the way it did at install. In Orlando, standing water against your foundation or slab encourages mosquito breeding and soil erosion.
- Paver edges chipping where the car tires run. If the base under the driving lane compacts unevenly, the pavers flex slightly with each pass and chip along the edges that take the load.
- Sinking near the sidewalk apron or garage apron. Those transition zones take the most rolling weight and often settle first. The base was probably not compacted in lifts under those spots.
- A paver that rocks underfoot. One loose paver is typically a broken edge restraint or a base that’s started to erode at the perimeter.
- Weeds or soil pushing up through the joints. If joint sand washed out over time, there’s now an open pathway for water and roots, and the whole mat starts creeping.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full paver driveway replacement in Orlando runs $7,000 – $18,000 installed. Where you land depends on three things: total square footage, whether we’re rebuilding the base or just spot-repairing it, and the paver you select. A basic 60mm concrete paver on a recompacted base for a two-car driveway might land around $8,000 – $10,000. A larger driveway with 80mm pavers, a new base with proper geotextile fabric, and a sealed finish could push toward $15,000 – $18,000.
If you only need a section replaced, the math changes: a 200-square-foot repair with matched pavers sometimes comes in around $2,500 – $4,500 depending on access and how much base has to come out. Every quote includes removal and disposal of the failed pavers, recompacting or rebuilding the base, new joint sand, and the paver product itself. You get a written price before we start and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise on the work. If something shifts inside a year, we come back and fix it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely check a few things yourself. Note where water pools, whether the edging is still flush, and whether any pavers rock. That information makes our first visit faster. But pulling pavers and rebuilding a base is not a weekend job. Orlando’s sandy base material has to be compacted in thin lifts or it will settle again within months, which is exactly what happened to your current driveway. Paver work also involves heavy lifting and repetitive motion. Save the back, not the few hundred dollars. Call (850) 427-6454 and we’ll come measure, dig a test pit to see what the base looks like, and give you the number first.
FAQs
A properly installed paver driveway with a recompacted base can last 20 – 30 years in Orlando’s climate, though pavers themselves may need re-jointing and resealing every 3 – 5 years because our heavy summer rains wash out the sand. The paver itself rarely fails; the base does.
Yes. If the crack is contained to a single paver and the base underneath is still solid, we can lift and swap just that one paver. If the cracking is widespread or the base has settled, spot repairs become a temporary bandage. Call (850) 427-6454 and we’ll tell you which situation you have.
Most paver driveway replacements or major repairs take 2 – 4 working days, including base removal, recompaction, paver relay, and joint sanding. Smaller spot repairs are usually done in a single day. We’ll give you a defined arrival window before the work starts.
We carry common Belgard and Unilock pavers on the truck, and we can source a matching Abodu paver from a local Orlando supplier in typically 3 – 7 business days if yours is a color or thickness we don’t carry. Ask us at the estimate; we’ll tell you the lead time for your exact paver.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Orlando at Penhallow Remodeling Orlando, serving Orlando and nearby areas.
