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Boral Driveway & Pavers: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
We stock and install Boral-compatible driveway pavers and paver systems throughout West Palm Beach, with most driveway paver work priced between $7,000 and $18,000 installed. If you’ve got a failed section, cracked unit, or a spot that’s settled and pooling water, we can usually get eyes on it the same week and give you a written price before any pavers get lifted. The typical sign is a paver that’s cracked through the middle or a low spot you notice every time you pull in after a hard rain.
Which Boral Models This Applies To
Boral pavers run in two main lines you’ll see across West Palm Beach driveways: the clay brick pavers and the concrete paver series. The concrete units are sized in metric dimensions, so a 60mm paver from one batch won’t sit flush against a 50mm unit from another without a noticeable lip. If you’re matching existing pavers, measure the thickness with a tape measure before ordering anything. The other gotcha is color: Boral’s concrete pavers shift tone over a few Florida summers, so a brand-new replacement paver next to a sun-bleached older one will stand out unless we pull units from a shaded edge and shuffle them in, which is what we do when a patch job has to look like it never happened. We carry OEM Boral units where the original is still in production and quality aftermarket equivalents for discontinued colors, always matched by dimension and surface texture, never just by name.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Boral Driveway & Pavers Are Failing
- Cracked paver along the tire track. This is usually from a point load over a void under the unit. In West Palm Beach, it’s often a tree root that grew in or sand that washed out during the rainy season. The paver isn’t the problem; the base under it is.
- Low spot that holds water after rain. The paver is fine but the bedding sand has compacted unevenly. Left alone, the standing water works into the joints and softens the base further, and the dip gets deeper every season.
- Paver rocking underfoot or under a tire. A unit that moves vertically is sitting on a void. It will crack eventually, but more importantly it tells you the base prep wasn’t done in lifts, which is common with older West Palm Beach installs.
- Joint sand washing out after every storm. If the sand between pavers disappears after a heavy rain and you can see gaps, the edge restraint has likely failed. Water now has a direct path under the pavers, and the whole section will start shifting within a year or two.
- White mineral haze on the surface. That’s efflorescence, and while it’s cosmetic, Florida humidity makes it recur year after year unless the pavers are properly sealed after the salts are cleaned out. It’s a sign the original sealer failed or was never applied correctly.
Replacement Cost & What’s Included
A full Boral paver driveway replacement in West Palm Beach runs $7,000 to $18,000 depending on square footage, base condition, and whether we’re reusing any of the existing pavers. A section repair, like a failed 10×10 area near the garage apron, usually lands between $1,800 and $3,200 with new base material, bedding sand, matching pavers, and joint sand. The written price covers removal of the failed section, base prep and compaction, paver placement, joint sand, and clean-up, with no change orders unless we hit something unexpected under the slab. Graham Stein puts the itemized scope in your hands before we touch anything: labor, paver count, base material, and haul-away if the old pavers aren’t reusable.
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You can safely check the obvious things: measure the paver thickness, look for standing water after a rain, and note whether the joint sand is still present or has washed out. What you shouldn’t do is lift large sections of a Boral driveway and re-lay them yourself unless you have a plate compactor and time to redo the base in lifts. Pavers aren’t dangerous like a high-tension garage spring, but a poorly re-laid section will shift within months and you’ll be paying twice. If you’ve found the failed spot and want a number that won’t move, call (728) 203-3270 and we’ll walk the site and put it in writing.
FAQs
A correctly installed Boral paver driveway in West Palm Beach lasts 25 to 40 years on the paver units themselves, though the base under them typically needs some re-leveling attention around year 15 in our sandy, wet climate. The pavers rarely fail on their own; the base and edge restraint go first. Call (728) 203-3270 if you’re seeing dips or shifting and want a straight read on what’s actually failing.
Individual cracked or settled Boral pavers can usually be repaired in place by lifting the affected area, re-compacting the base, and re-setting matching units. Full replacement only makes sense when the damage is widespread or the original base was never compacted properly. We’ll tell you which one you’re looking at after a site visit, along with the written cost for each option.
Most section repairs take one to two days on site, with the driveway usable the same evening after the repaired area is compacted and joint sand is swept in. A full Boral driveway replacement in West Palm Beach typically runs four to seven working days depending on weather and square footage. The written schedule comes with your price, before work starts.
We keep common Boral concrete paver sizes and colors on hand and can order specific units through our supplier network, so you’re never stuck waiting on a homeowner-sourced pallet that shows up with the wrong dimensions. We also stock parts and materials for KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone jobs, which keeps more of the work moving without supply hiccups. Call (728) 203-3270 with your paver’s thickness and we’ll confirm what’s available.
Schedule Your Free Estimate
If you’ve got a cracked Boral paver, a low spot that holds water, or a driveway that’s starting to move, call (728) 203-3270. We’ll come out, look at the base and the edges, and hand you a written price before any work starts. Put it in writing, then do exactly that.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner, Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach and nearby areas.
