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Why Fort Lauderdale Homeowners Choose Unilock Construction
Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale provides independent Unilock in Fort Lauderdale construction, repair, and installation service across Fort Lauderdale, from Rio Vista to Las Olas Isles. We install and repair Unilock paver driveways, patios, pool decks, and walkways, and we bring something a manufacturer’s national hotline can’t: hands-on experience with how salt air, tropical downpours, and high water tables actually affect these pavers in South Florida. We’re not authorized by or affiliated with Unilock. We’re a local contractor who works with their products daily, sources authentic Unilock pavers when replacement is needed, and stands behind every job with our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call (754) 551-2922 for a free estimate.
Why Trust Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale for Your Unilock Construction?
Trevor Nash, our owner, learned the trade at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and has spent the better part of two decades running crews across South Florida. He’s seen what Unilock in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale specifically do: how Beacon Hill’s tumbled surface holds up to sun, how Richcliff absorbs stains, how Courtstone shifts when a base fails. That’s the knowledge that shows up on your estimate.
Our technicians work with Unilock products regularly, which means we’re not figuring out your paver’s profile on the job site. We know the dimensional tolerances, the joint spacing requirements, and how each series behaves when the underlying substrate gets compromised by shifting sand or standing water. When we replace a damaged paver, we source the exact Unilock texture and color so the patch doesn’t look like a patch. When we reseal, we use premium polymeric jointing compounds rated for coastal heat and humidity, not whatever bag is cheapest at the supply house. And every job comes with a written price before we start, a defined arrival window, and a background-checked, uniformed technician. You know who’s at your door. You know what you’re paying. You know it’s covered.
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Common Unilock Construction Problems We Fix in Fort Lauderdale
- Efflorescence and salt bloom on Beacon Hill and Town Hall pavers. That white, chalky haze isn’t a defect. It’s mineral salts wicking up through the paver’s surface when moisture evaporates. Here, two factors accelerate it: ocean spray deposits salt onto the surface, and Fort Lauderdale’s intense sun bakes the moisture out fast, pulling more minerals upward. The fix is proper cleaning and, critically, sealing with a breathable sealer that blocks new salt from penetrating while letting trapped moisture escape.
- Edge restraint failure on sloped driveways. Courtstone driveways on an incline take a lot of lateral pressure. The original edge restraints on many Fort Lauderdale installs were thin aluminum or plastic. After a few summers of expanding and contracting, they crack, and pavers start migrating downhill. We pull the border row, reset the edge with proper concrete or steel restraints, and re-level the affected area. No more creeping pavers.
- Polymeric sand washout during seasonal downpours. Fort Lauderdale gets daily summer thunderstorms. If the polymeric sand in your paver joints wasn’t installed at the right depth or cured properly, water blasts it out, and you’re left with gaps where weeds grow and sand washes onto your sidewalk. We excavate the joints, blow them clean, and reapply a high-quality polymeric compound rated for our humidity and rainfall. Done right, it hardens and stays put through hurricane season.
- Stain absorption on Richcliff surfaces. Richcliff is beautiful, but it’s more porous than tumbled options like Beacon Hill. Cooking oil, rust from metal patio furniture, leaf tannins from oaks and mangroves – they all soak in fast if the pavers haven’t been sealed. We deep-clean with the right poultice for the specific stain, then apply a penetrating sealer matched to Richcliff’s surface profile. The stain is gone, and the next spill sits on top instead of disappearing into the stone.
- Sunken patio sections from organic base decay. In older Fort Lauderdale homes, some original paver patios were laid over a thin sand base with no geotextile fabric. The sand slowly mixes with the muck below, and patches sink. We call them tidal dimples. The fix isn’t adding more sand on top – it’s pulling the section, excavating, laying fabric, compacting a clean aggregate base, and resetting. Otherwise you’ll be out there every spring tapping pavers back to level.
Unilock Parts & Our Repair-vs-Replace Approach
When a single Unilock paver is cracked or chipped, replacing just that stone is almost always the right call – if you can match it. We source authentic Unilock pavers, not lookalike generics, because a Richcliff paver from a different dye lot or a different quarry can stick out worse than the damage it’s covering. We work with local Unilock distributors to pull the right color, texture, and profile, then blend it into the surrounding area.
For jointing and sealing, we lean on premium polymeric compounds and breathable sealers engineered for coastal heat and heavy rainfall. These are not the budget bags from a big-box store. The cost difference is maybe a few dollars per square foot, and the difference in longevity in Fort Lauderdale’s climate is measured in years. Repair-versus-replace comes down to paver age, substrate condition, and how much of the surface has failed. If the base is stable and the problem is cosmetic, spot repair is honest work at an honest price. If the base has shifted, re-leveling the whole section costs more now but prevents the same failure every other year. We’ll show you the numbers and tell you what we’d do if it were our driveway. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll put that in writing.
Our Unilock Service Process – Step by Step
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Diagnosis. We walk the site with you. We check paver movement, joint condition, drainage fall, and edge restraints. For a shifting surface, we’ll probe the base depth and check whether the existing sub-base was installed to handle Fort Lauderdale’s water table. You get a written explanation of what’s failing and why.
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Written price. Before any work starts, you get a written number. Not a range, not a verbal ballpark. The price on day one is the price on the invoice. No change orders because we found “unexpected conditions” – we account for what we can see and tell you what we find if we open something up.
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Repair or install. For repairs, we remove affected pavers, correct the base or edge restraint, reset each unit, and reapply jointing compound. For new installs, we excavate, lay geotextile fabric, compact a proper aggregate base, screed bedding sand, and lay the Unilock pavers to the manufacturer’s recommended pattern.
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Test. We check drainage by running water across the surface, confirm there’s no ponding, and verify every joint is filled and compacted. On a driveway, we walk the surface and check for movement under load.
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Warranty in writing. Every job gets our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it fails inside a year, we come back and fix it at no charge. No re-inspection fee. No argument.
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We work with the full range of Unilock paver lines commonly installed across Fort Lauderdale. That includes Beacon Hill, the tumbled, weathered-look paver popular on coastal driveways; Courtstone, a clean-lined option often used for modern patios; Town Hall, a wider-format unit that reads upscale on pool decks; and Richcliff, the architectural series with a natural stone appearance that shows off on patios and walkways. We keep polymeric jointing sand, edge restraints, and sealer in our local stock for faster turnaround, and we special-order specific paver colors, textures, and finishes through Unilock Construction in Oakland Park, FL and other local distributors when your project needs an exact match.
We Also Service These Brands
Unilock is a major part of what we do, but it’s not the only part. Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale also provides General Contractor services, installing and servicing KraftMaid cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone countertops, and Kohler fixtures, alongside full kitchen and bathroom remodeling. When your project touches a patio and a kitchen, one crew handles both, with one written price and one written guarantee.
FAQs – Unilock Construction Service in Fort Lauderdale
Yes, in most cases. We source authentic Unilock pavers through local distributors and match color, texture, and series. The challenge is age: pavers fade and weather over time, especially in our sun and salt air, so a brand-new unit can look brighter than an original from ten years ago. We account for that by pulling from the closest dye lot and sometimes blending new and existing pavers across the repair area so the transition doesn’t stand out. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll take a look at your existing surface and tell you what’s achievable.
That’s efflorescence – mineral salts wicking to the surface – combined with salt bloom from ocean spray. Water moves through the paver, picks up minerals, evaporates in the sun, and leaves the salts behind. Near Fort Lauderdale’s barrier island, airborne salt from the ocean adds a second layer. The fix is cleaning with the right solution followed by a breathable penetrating sealer that stops new salt from entering without trapping moisture that causes its own problems. We do this work regularly on properties from Rio Vista east to the beach side. Call (754) 551-2922 for an evaluation and written quote.
Every three to four years is typical. Our humidity, daily summer rainfall, and intense UV break down sealers faster than in drier climates. If your patio is in full sun with no tree cover, you might be closer to every two or three years. If it’s shaded and drains well, four to five. The signal that you’ve waited too long is when water stops beading on the surface and the color looks washed out. Want an exact assessment? Call (754) 551-2922 – we’ll tell you whether you need sealing now or can wait.
Yes. Shifting on a slope is almost always an edge restraint problem or a failed base, not the pavers themselves. We reset the affected section, install proper edge restraints, and re-level the surface. On one Fort Lauderdale job, a client’s Beacon Hill driveway was shifting after repeated tidal flooding had eroded the sand base. We excavated nine inches, laid geotextile fabric and a crushed concrete base, then reset each paver with new edge restraints. That driveway stays level through king tides now. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll assess your slope and give you a written number.
Depending on what’s under the surface. If the base is solid and the damage is limited to a few cracked or stained units, we replace just those pavers and re-joint around them. If the base has shifted or the pattern is damaged across a wide area, spot repair will fail again in a year or two, and the honest answer is a full section re-level. We’ll show you the condition under the surface and quote both options. Call (754) 551-2922 for a free estimate – the written price is yours before any work starts.
Here are the ranges we quote most often:
| Service | Typical Range |
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| Paver Driveway Installation | $7,000 – $18,000 |
| Paver Patio Installation | $3,500 – $11,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 – $10,000 |
Driveway costs move with square footage, base depth, and access. Patio costs depend on total area, the paver series you choose, and whether we’re correcting drainage or starting from a clean slate. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll give you a written price based on your actual site, not a guess.
No. We are an independent Unilock service provider, not an authorized dealer or factory-certified installer. What that means for you: we’re not obligated to sell you anything, and we’re free to tell you when a repair makes more sense than a replacement. We work with authentic Unilock products because they’re good pavers and they hold up in Fort Lauderdale’s climate when installed correctly, which is the part we control.
Unilock’s warranty covers manufacturing defects in the pavers themselves. Repair work done by a contractor generally doesn’t void that, but using incompatible products or bad installation practices can void coverage on the affected area. We install to Unilock’s published specifications and use compatible jointing and sealing products, so your warranty stays intact. If a manufacturer’s defect is involved, we’ll help you understand what the warranty covers and what it doesn’t.
Book Your Unilock Service in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tell me what you need, I’ll tell you what it costs – then we’ll get it done. That’s how Trevor Nash runs every Unilock job. Call (754) 551-2922 to schedule your free estimate. A real person answers. You get a written price. Then we show up when we said we would.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale since before the Kingswell standard became the promise behind every job.
