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CWS Driveway & Pavers: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
If you have a CWS paver driveway in Fort Lauderdale and it’s starting to sink, shift, or crack, we can match the existing pavers and rebuild the affected section. Installed repair work for CWS-compatible driveway pavers in this market typically runs $700 – $4,500 depending on how many square feet have failed and whether the base underneath needs recompacting. Most paver problems we see in Fort Lauderdale don’t actually start with the paver itself. They start with the sand and crushed rock underneath, which means the fix usually involves lifting the pavers, repairing the base, and relaying the same stones if they’re still sound, or matching in new ones if they’re not.
We’re Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale, an independent general contractor. We’re not affiliated with CWS, but we work with their paver lines and compatible brands regularly, including Belgard and Unilock systems that share similar dimensions and installation patterns. Call us at (754) 551-2922 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Which CWS Models This Applies To
CWS paver systems for driveways in South Florida generally fall into a handful of profile families: 60mm interlocking pavers for residential driveways, 80mm units for heavier vehicle loads or occasional commercial use, and permeable paver systems designed to handle Fort Lauderdale’s heavy summer downpours without sheet-flowing across your property line. The first step in any matching job is identifying what’s already in the ground. Flip up a loose paver and check the bottom for a manufacturer stamp. If the stamp has worn off, we measure thickness with a caliper and match the surface texture and chamfer profile against current production lines.
One compatibility gotcha with CWS and most interlocking concrete pavers: color batches change. A paver purchased in 2019 from the same sku will not be a perfect shade match to a 2024 production run. Ultraviolet exposure has also faded what’s in your driveway. So when we do a partial repair, we’ll often pull pavers from a less visible edge of the driveway for the repaired area and blend new material into the edge zone. That trick saves you from a two-tone patch right at the garage entry where you see it every single day.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your CWS Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Pavers rocking underfoot. When you step on a paver and one edge dips noticeably, the bedding sand underneath has washed out. In Fort Lauderdale, this usually traces back to a downspout discharging at the driveway edge or a sprinkler head overshooting its zone.
- Low spots that hold water after rain. A properly installed paver driveway should drain within an hour after a storm. Puddles that linger for a full day mean the base layer has settled or compacted unevenly, and the pavers are simply following the dip.
- Gaps opening between pavers. Interlocking pavers rely on edge-to-edge contact and sand-filled joints for lateral stability. When joint sand washes out and gaps widen past a quarter inch, the whole system starts to drift under tire pressure.
- Cracked or chipped pavers along the tire path. If the base has a soft spot under the surface, the paver above it flexes every time a car rolls over. Concrete pavers don’t flex. They crack. Multiple cracks in a line usually mean a failed base seam underneath, not bad pavers.
- Edge pavers falling away at the driveway border. Without a proper edge restraint (the plastic or aluminum strip that anchors the outside course), pavers migrate outward over time. This shows up first at the driveway’s outer corners, especially on the side that gets hit by lawn equipment or the weekly trash bin drag.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full CWS paver driveway installation in Fort Lauderdale runs $7,000 – $18,000 depending on square footage, paver profile, access for equipment, and what’s under the existing surface. Partial repairs that involve lifting and relaying a settled section typically fall between $700 and $4,500. If you’re comparing us against a concrete driveway replacement, concrete in this market runs $4,500 – $12,000, but it won’t match a paver driveway’s ability to flex without cracking in our expanding clay soil, and you’ll lose the individual-paver repairability that makes a CWS system practical to own here.
Every repair quote we write in Fort Lauderdale includes the paver cost, bedding sand, base stone if needed, edge restraint, labor, and haul-away of any debris. You get a written number before we start, not a range. We install to manufacturer base depth specs for residential traffic (minimum 4 – 6 inches of compacted aggregate under the bedding sand), because skimping on the base is the single most common reason paver driveways fail early in this climate. And our 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every paver job we do: if the section we fixed moves, sinks, or separates inside a year, we come back and fix it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely do the diagnosis yourself. Walk the driveway after a good rain. Mark the low spots that hold water. Rock a few pavers with your heel. Check the edges for migration. That’s all useful information to have before you call anyone.
Where DIY goes sideways on CWS paver driveways is in the base. Most Fort Lauderdale homes sit on sandy or marl soil, and what looks like a simple “lift the paver, add sand, put it back” fix usually fails within months because the actual problem is six inches down in a compacted base that has washed out. Without a plate compactor and the right stone, a homeowner can’t restore that structural layer. You’ll waste a weekend and the paver will start moving again by the next heavy rain. We bring the compactor, the stone, and a written guarantee. Call Trevor Nash and the team at (754) 551-2922 for a free estimate. Tell me what you need, I’ll tell you what it costs – then we’ll get it done.
FAQs
A properly installed CWS-style interlocking paver driveway in Fort Lauderdale lasts 25 – 40 years with joint sand top-ups every few years and occasional spot leveling. The pavers themselves are concrete and practically indestructible. What fails is the base and edge restraint, which is why installation quality matters more than the paver brand.
You can repair just the failed section in most cases. The advantage of interlocking pavers is that we can lift, re-base, and relay only the affected area. The catch is color matching, which we handle by blending pavers from a less visible part of the driveway into the repair zone. A full replacement only makes sense when the base has failed across most of the surface or you want a different paver profile entirely. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll tell you honestly which one you’re looking at.
Most partial paver repairs in Fort Lauderdale take one to two days on site. This includes lifting the affected pavers, excavating and recompacting the base, relaying, and joint sand compaction. Larger full replacements can take three to five days depending on square footage and access. We’ll give you a defined arrival window and a written completion estimate before work starts.
We stock common 60mm interlocking paver profiles and matching joint sand on the truck, but exact CWS color matches usually require a supplier order with a 3 – 7 day lead. We also stock compatible Belgard and Unilock profiles that often match existing CWS installations dimensionally. If you’re unsure what you have, send us a photo or let us stop by – we’ll identify the paver and source the right match before quoting the job.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale at Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
