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Belgard Home Additions & ADU: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
A Belgard home addition or ADU in West Palm Beach typically runs $45,000 – $130,000 for a full build, and ADU construction lands between $90,000 – $220,000 depending on size, utilities, and finish level. We walk your property, itemize the scope in writing, and break down every material by brand and quantity before you sign anything. Most homeowners call us when their existing addition shows real problems: a failing tie-in where the new slab meets the old foundation, water creeping through a roofline seam, or a permit issue left unresolved by the last crew.
We’re Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach, and while we are an independent contractor not affiliated with Belgard, we install Belgard pavers, retaining wall block, and hardscape systems in home additions and ADU builds throughout Palm Beach County. The biggest advantage Belgard brings to an addition or ADU is an integrated hardscape system that handles South Florida’s wet season and sandy soil better than poured concrete alone when it’s detailed correctly. What we’ve learned over years of walking West Palm Beach job sites is that the hardscape is rarely the thing that fails first. It’s the joints, the drainage, and the transitions.
Key Takeaways:
- Belgard additions and ADUs in West Palm Beach cost $45,000 – $130,000 installed for home additions; $90,000 – $220,000 for a full ADU.
- We write the price before any work starts. Materials are named by brand, quantity, and model.
- The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every completed project. If it’s not right, we make it right.
- Belgard’s Dimensional and Lafitt series are the two we specify most often for West Palm Beach yards because they drain well and hold up under pool deck traffic.
Which Belgard Models This Applies To
For home additions and ADUs in West Palm Beach, the Belgard series that matters most is the Dimensional line and the Lafitt slab. Dimensional comes in 4×8, 8×8, and 12×12 units with a modular pattern that lets us keep cuts minimal around door thresholds and exterior steps. Lafitt is the large-format slab, usually 16×24, that handles modern ADU walkways and covered patio floors without the busy grid of smaller pavers. If you have a Belgard product number on the original invoice, that’s the fastest way to confirm which series is on your property. Otherwise, measure a single unit and check the surface texture: Dimensional has a tumbled, rounded edge and runs about 60mm thick; Lafitt has a flatter face and sits closer to 50mm.
One compatibility gotcha we see often in West Palm Beach: homeowners buy Belgard pavers from one supplier and expect them to match a different Belgard color run from five years ago. Belgard runs color lots, and the same named color can shift noticeably between production years. When we add onto an existing patio or walkway, we sample the current lot before ordering so you’re not left with a patchwork. For aftermarket equivalents, Belgard’s own Copthorne and Cambridge lines can sometimes mix visually with Dimensional in low-traffic areas, but we almost always recommend matching OEM for additions that attach to the house line, because the warranty stays clean and the hardscape reads as one surface. The other brands we work with regularly – KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone – come into play when the addition or ADU includes a kitchenette, bath vanity, or surface that needs matched cabinetry and countertops.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Belgard Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
- Water pooling against the addition’s exterior wall after heavy rain. In West Palm Beach’s summer downpours, a hardscape that slopes back toward the house means the base layer wasn’t compacted or the drainage channel is undersized. That standing water works its way into the stucco and then into the framing.
- A visible crack running across the interior tile or drywall near the addition seam. Additions settle separately from the original structure, and a straight crack along that seam usually means the tie-in wasn’t reinforced to handle the differential. It starts cosmetic and becomes structural if the footing shifts further.
- Doors in the addition that stick in summer and swing free in winter. South Florida humidity absorbs into framing lumber, and a door that binds seasonally tells you the door jamb wasn’t sealed at the header or the slab wasn’t leveled before framing.
- Pavers that have drifted or opened up at the edge of the patio or walkway. Edge restraint is the part most crews skip in West Palm Beach because it’s below grade. Without a concrete or aluminum edge, the pavers creep outward and the joint sand washes out with the first good rain.
- A musty smell inside the addition that you can’t trace to a leak. Vapor barrier was either missing or punctured when the slab was poured. The ground moisture in West Palm Beach is constant, and once it wicks into the flooring, you’ll chase that smell until the floor comes up.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a Belgard home addition in West Palm Beach, plan on $45,000 to $130,000. A detached ADU with full utilities runs $90,000 to $220,000. The spread depends on square footage, whether the site needs fill and compaction, what the foundation condition is, and the finish level of the interior. We itemize every line: excavation, base material by the ton, Belgard product number and quantity, labor, and a written start and end window. Nobody gets a number that drifts after the crew shows up.
What’s included in our price: the written scope of work, brand-named materials, the permit set and inspections, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the pavers settle, the seam opens, or the drainage backs up after the project is complete, we come back and fix it. That promise is stamped on every project we build in West Palm Beach, and it’s why homeowners keep the paperwork.
DIY or Call Us?
There’s a safety line on any addition or ADU project in West Palm Beach, and it sits at the foundation. Pouring a slab, tying new framing into an existing roofline, running electrical, and setting the hardscape base are not weekend projects. A bad tie-in can pull a section of roof away from the house during a hurricane. We say that plainly because we’ve opened walls in Flamingo Park and found framing that was never strapped to code. If a homeowner wants to handle demolition of a small interior section or paint the finished room themselves, that’s fine. We’ll scope around it and keep the written price honest.
What you can do before calling: check your deed and HOA for ADU restrictions, map where the utilities enter the lot, and pull any old permits on the house. That paperwork saves us a week of discovery. Then call Graham at (728) 203-3270 and we’ll walk the property with you. Put it in writing, then do exactly that.
FAQs
A well-built Belgard hardscape underneath a properly tied addition lasts 30 – 50 years in West Palm Beach’s climate, with the paver surface itself often outlasting the framing above it. The failure point in our market is almost always the drainage and the base compaction, not the Belgard block. Call (728) 203-3270 and we’ll tell you honestly what you’re working with.
Sometimes, and we’ll always try the repair path first if the framing and footing are sound. A seam crack can be stabilized, a drainage problem can be regraded around the slab, and edge restraints can be reset without tearing out the whole hardscape. If the foundation itself has shifted, a partial rebuild is cheaper than patching it twice. We’ll show you the options in writing before any work starts.
A small addition usually runs 8 to 14 weeks depending on permitting, and a full ADU with utilities runs 4 to 8 months from permit to final inspection. West Palm Beach’s permitting office can add a few weeks depending on the season, and we build that into the written start and end window so you’re never left guessing. For an exact schedule based on your property, call (728) 203-3270 for a free estimate.
We order Belgard Dimensional, Lafitt, and Copthorne series directly for each project rather than holding stock that sits in the West Palm Beach humidity, which means the color lot is fresh and the material hasn’t been weathered in a supply yard. We also stock the base, drainage, and edge restraint materials on our own trucks so the site prep doesn’t depend on a distributor’s delivery window. Call (728) 203-3270 and we’ll check current Belgard availability for your specific series.
If your Belgard addition or ADU is showing signs of trouble in West Palm Beach, don’t let it sit through another wet season. Water moves fast here, and a small seam leak becomes a framing problem by spring. Call Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach at (728) 203-3270 for a free, written estimate. We’ll walk the property, name the materials, and hand you the price before you decide anything.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner, Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach and nearby areas.
