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Wellborn Driveway & Pavers: The San Antonio Owner’s Guide
If your Wellborn paver driveway is shifting, cracking, or losing its edge restraint, we stock and install compatible replacement pavers and restoration components across San Antonio, with most repairs running $250 to $1,800 depending on the damage. A full paver driveway replacement in San Antonio typically falls between $7,000 and $18,000, and a partial repair job can usually be scheduled within a few days of your call. The most common call we get starts with a homeowner noticing one sunken paver near the garage apron, then realizing water has been washing out the base underneath for months without anyone seeing it.
Wellborn built its name on cabinetry, and while the company doesn’t manufacture pavers itself, many San Antonio homes carry the Wellborn brand through kitchen remodels that included hardscape packages coordinated by the same contractor. That means the pavers, edge restraints, and joint sand come from major manufacturers like Belgard, Unilock, and Techo-Bloc, all of which we source directly. What matters for you is matching the existing paver profile and color blend, and that’s where most San Antonio homeowners get stuck: the paver they picked in 2015 has been discontinued or the color lot has shifted.
Which Wellborn Models This Applies To
Wellborn’s cabinetry lines, including the Estate, Premier, and Select series, don’t have a direct driveway equivalent, but many San Antonio homes with Wellborn kitchens also carry hardscape packages that were installed as part of the same remodel. The paver brand on those jobs is almost always Belgard, Unilock, or Techo-Bloc. If you’re unsure what you have, flip over a loose paver: manufacturers stamp their name and sometimes the product line on the underside. A tape measure helps too. Belgard pavers run 60mm or 80mm thick, Unilock’s standard is 60mm, and Techo-Bloc’s popular Blu 60 is a 60mm paver with a distinct chamfered edge. Matching thickness matters because mixing a 60mm paver into an 80mm course creates a trip hazard and a drainage path that fails fast.
For replacement parts, the decision comes down to OEM versus quality aftermarket. For pavers themselves, OEM simply means buying from the same manufacturer’s current production run. That’s ideal when the color is still active. When it’s not, a quality aftermarket match from a company like Belgard’s current catalog can get you within a shade if you’re willing to re-sand the joints and let the whole surface weather together for a season. The edge restraint, the plastic or aluminum strip that holds the outside border of the driveway in place, is a different story. We use only commercial-grade restraints, not the flimsy ones from big-box stores, because San Antonio’s clay soil expands and contracts enough to pop cheap restraints out of the ground within two years.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Wellborn Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Sunken pavers near the garage or along the driveway edges. This almost always means the base layer has eroded or was never compacted properly. Water gets under the pavers, carries away the fines, and leaves a void that the paver drops into.
- Joint sand washing out after every rain. San Antonio’s flash floods are hard on paver joints. If you see sand fanning out across the concrete sidewalk after a storm, the joints are losing their locking material and the pavers will start shifting against each other.
- Edge restraints poking up or bowing outward. The plastic or aluminum border strip is the fence that holds your driveway together. Once it fails, the outside pavers drift and the whole pattern starts to spread apart.
- Cracked or chipped pavers in the tire path. Pavers are rated for vehicle loads, but a cracked paver usually means a void underneath it, not a weak paver. The fix is lifting the paver, repairing the base, and reinstalling, not just swapping the broken piece.
- Weeds or grass growing through the joints in clusters. Organic matter in the joints means the sand has been displaced by dirt, and dirt holds moisture. That moisture softens the base and accelerates everything else on this list.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Here’s what San Antonio homeowners can expect to pay for Wellborn-compatible driveway and paver work, including parts and labor:
| Job Type | San Antonio Price Range |
|---|---|
| Paver Driveway Installation (full) | $7,000 – $18,000 |
| Driveway Replacement | $5,000 – $14,000 |
| Concrete Driveway Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Asphalt Driveway Paving | $3,500 – $9,000 |
| Driveway Sealing | $250 – $700 |
| Paver Patio Installation | $3,500 – $11,000 |
| Partial Paver Repair (typical) | $250 – $1,800 |
The range on a full paver driveway comes down to three things: square footage, base condition, and access. A driveway that slopes toward the house needs additional drainage work. A base that has failed completely means excavating down 8 to 12 inches and starting over, not just laying new pavers on top of old problems. We deliver a written price before any work starts, and that price includes the pavers, base material, edge restraints, joint sand, labor, and haul-away of the old surface. No verbal estimates that grow on the final invoice. Every job is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise, which means if anything we installed fails within a year of the completion date, we come back and fix it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely identify your paver brand by flipping a loose paver and checking for a manufacturer stamp. You can also measure the thickness, note the color blend, and take photos in daylight. That information saves us a trip and gets your quote moving faster. What you shouldn’t do is lift a large section of pavers yourself. Once the edge restraint is pulled up, an unsupported paver field can shift and pinch your fingers, and compacting a new base layer requires a plate compactor that most San Antonio homeowners don’t keep in the garage. If the failing area is small, near a single paver, and you’re just replacing one piece, that’s a Saturday morning job. If you’re seeing sunken pavers across a wide area, the base has failed and the problem is underneath everything you can see. Call us at (254) 269-5071, and we’ll send someone to look at it with a level and a straight edge, not a guess.
FAQs
A properly installed paver driveway in San Antonio lasts 25 to 40 years, but the base and edge restraints are the parts that determine that lifespan, not the pavers themselves. Our San Antonio jobs hold up to the clay soil and heavy rain cycles because we over-excavate the base and compact it in lifts rather than shortcuts.
Yes, if the base under the failing area is still sound, we can lift the affected pavers, re-level the base, replace cracked pieces, and re-sand the joints, which typically costs between $250 and $1,800 in San Antonio depending on the square footage. Call (254) 269-5071 for an exact quote after we see the damage in person.
Most residential paver driveway replacements in the San Antonio area take 3 to 5 working days from excavation to final compaction, with weather being the main variable. We’ll give you a schedule in writing before any work starts, so you know exactly when the crew arrives and when the driveway is drivable again.
We stock the most common Belgard, Unilock, and Techo-Bloc profiles and colors on our trucks for smaller repairs, and we can source any active catalog item within a few days if your specific color blend needs to be ordered. If your paver has been discontinued, we’ll show you the closest current match and explain how re-sanding the full surface helps the new pieces blend in over one season.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio at Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio, serving San Antonio and nearby areas.
