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Cambridge Pavers Home Additions & ADU: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
If you already have Cambridge Pavers on your driveway, walkway, or patio and you’re planning a home addition or ADU in West Palm Beach, the question isn’t really about finding pavers. It’s about matching the new work to the old so the whole property looks like one job, not two. A home addition or ADU in West Palm Beach typically runs $45,000 to $130,000 when paver work is part of the scope, and the paver portion itself depends heavily on whether your existing Cambridge product line is still manufactured, still stocked locally, or needs a careful match from a compatible series. We walk every one of these sites in person before we write a number, because Cambridge makes dozens of paver lines and the wrong color match shows from across the yard.
What most homeowners notice first isn’t a “failure” in the dramatic sense. It’s the moment they realize the new concrete pad, the expanded driveway, or the path to the new ADU door doesn’t sit right against pavers that have been down for eight or ten years. The color has shifted. The joint sand has settled. The edge restraint isn’t where they remember it. That’s the point where matching Cambridge Pavers stops being a detail and starts being the thing that makes the whole project look finished.
Key takeaways:
- We install and match Cambridge Pavers as part of home additions and ADU work across West Palm Beach.
- Installed addition/ADU projects typically land between $45,000 and $130,000 in this market.
- The paver portion is priced separately by square footage, pattern, and whether we’re matching an existing Cambridge line or starting fresh.
- We give you a written price before any work starts, and the paver match is verified against your existing product before we order a single pallet.
Which Cambridge Pavers Models This Applies To
Cambridge Pavers builds several product families, and they are not interchangeable the way some homeowners assume. The Ledgestone line, the Roundtable line, and the Maytrx line all use different dimensions and edge profiles. If your existing pavers are a 6×9, a 6×6, or a 3-piece modular system, the joint lines tell us which family you have before we ever measure a square foot. Cambridge also runs seasonal color lots, which means two pallets of what is nominally the same color can differ more than you’d think if they were made eight months apart. In West Palm Beach, sun exposure has usually faded the original install by then, which actually works in your favor for matching: a new pallet placed next to a sun-faded original sometimes blends better than a factory-fresh match.
We are an independent contractor, not a Cambridge Pavers dealer or affiliate. What that means for you is we pull from local West Palm Beach suppliers who stock the Cambridge lines homeowners actually have in this area, and we order by product code, not just color name. If the exact line was discontinued, we’ll show you the nearest active Cambridge equivalent, lay out a sample section next to your existing pavers, and let you decide before any full pallets are ordered. The goal is a match you can’t find from the curb.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Cambridge Pavers Home Additions & ADU Work Is Failing
- Joint sand is washing out after every rain. West Palm Beach gets afternoon downpours that move a lot of water fast. If the sand between your pavers disappears after a storm, the edge restraint has likely failed somewhere, and every new paver we lay will shift the same way unless it’s fixed first.
- Pavers at the new-to-old transition are sinking or rocking. This is the most common failure on addition projects: the sub-base under the new section was compacted differently than the original, or a downspout was rerouted without accounting for where the water now goes.
- Color mismatch that looked fine on day one now looks obvious. Some Cambridge colors fade more in Florida sun than others, and the difference shows after one season. A proper match means accounting for how the original has aged, not just what the catalog says.
- Paver edges along the new foundation are chipping or spalling. When pavers butt directly against a new foundation wall or slab, thermal movement and minor settling put pressure on edges. A flexible joint or a deliberate gap is the difference between a clean line and a cracked one.
- Standing water pools where the old surface used to drain. Grade changes during an addition are easy to get subtly wrong. Water that used to run off now sits, and in West Palm Beach, sitting water means algae, mosquitoes, and paver movement.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full home addition or ADU project in West Palm Beach runs $45,000 to $130,000, and the Cambridge Pavers portion is typically a line item within that, not a mystery buried in the total. When paver work stands alone, expect roughly $3,500 to $11,000 for a patio and $7,000 to $18,000 for a driveway, depending on square footage, pattern complexity, and whether we’re doing full excavation or overlaying a sound base. Every price we quote is written, itemized, and fixed before the first tool is unpacked. No numbers change after the crew arrives.
What’s included: removal and disposal of any failed pavers, sub-base inspection and repair, new Cambridge Pavers matched to your existing product, polymeric sand, edge restraint, and a crew that covers the path from the paver pile to the work area with drop cloths so the lawn and the floors don’t take a beating. Every project carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right.
DIY or Call Us?
There are things you can do before calling anyone. Walk the transition line between old and new pavers. Check whether the joints are full or hollow. Run a hose on the surface and watch where the water goes. Those observations help us price the job faster. What we would not recommend is pulling pavers up and relaying them yourself, especially where the new addition meets the old. The sub-base compaction has to be uniform, the edge restraint has to be right, and in a climate like ours, one low spot becomes a pond by July. You can also hurt yourself moving pallets of pavers without the right equipment.
If the paver section is small and the joints are simply low, re-sanding is a reasonable homeowner task. If pavers are rocking, sinking, or separating at the transition, that’s a base problem, not a surface problem. Call us at (728) 203-3270 and we’ll come look. Put it in writing, then do exactly that.
FAQs
Cambridge Pavers typically carry a lifetime warranty for residential use, and in West Palm Beach the realistic lifespan before noticeable wear is 20 to 30 years on a properly built base. What fails first in our climate is usually the joint sand and edge restraint, not the paver itself. Call (728) 203-3270 and we’ll inspect what you have before you spend anything.
Yes, and that is often the right call when the base is still sound. We can lift individual pavers, re-level the bedding sand, re-set them, and re-sand the joints for a fraction of full replacement cost. If the base has failed, re-laying on top of it just moves the problem down the road. For an honest assessment, call (728) 203-3270.
Most paver sections attached to an addition or ADU in West Palm Beach take two to five working days once materials are on site, depending on square footage and whether base repair is needed. Matching existing Cambridge Pavers can add a few days for color lot verification and delivery. We’ll give you a firm window in writing before work starts.
We order Cambridge Pavers per job by product code after we’ve seen the existing install and confirmed the match. We don’t keep pallets sitting in a yard because color lots vary too much to guess. What we do keep on the truck is everything needed to diagnosis: a moisture meter, a plate compactor check, and the product codes for the Cambridge lines most common in West Palm Beach.
If your Cambridge Pavers work ties into a home addition or ADU, or if the transition between new and old is failing, call (728) 203-3270 to schedule a free estimate. We’re also familiar with matching paver work to projects involving KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone materials, so the whole scope gets coordinated from the start. The estimate is free, the written price is fixed, and the crew leaves the site cleaner than they found it.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner, Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach and nearby areas.
