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IKO Driveway & Pavers: The San Antonio Owner’s Guide
We stock and install IKO-compatible driveway and paver materials across San Antonio, with typical paver driveway installations running $7,000 to $18,000 depending on square footage, base condition, and paver style. Most homeowners call us after a section sinks, a paver cracks, or a drainage issue turns their driveway into a shallow pond after a hard Hill Country rain. The fix usually requires pulling the affected section, rebuilding the base, and resetting pavers, and we can typically have a crew out within the week with a written price before any work begins.
IKO doesn’t make pavers themselves in the way Belgard or Unilock do, so when San Antonio homeowners ask about “IKO pavers,” they’re usually dealing with a driveway or walkway installed over an IKO roofing underlayment detail, or they’ve inherited a paver job from a previous owner and the invoice references IKO’s watershed or drainage products beneath it. We sort that out on the first visit. Isaac Pruett has pulled apart enough failed paver bases in San Antonio to know that the paver on top is rarely the real problem. What’s underneath usually is.
Which IKO Models This Applies To
IKO’s product line that touches driveways and paver installations is narrower than people expect. The relevant pieces are IKO’s Armourbase and Shieldbase underlayments plus their AquaBarrier drainage membranes, which get specified under paver systems where water management matters. If your original install documents list any IKO underlayment material beneath a paver driveway, patio, or walkway, this page applies to you. We also see IKO edge restraint details on older San Antonio installs where the contractor used IKO flashing products as a moisture barrier at the garage slab transition.
Identifying your exact setup matters because the failure mode changes. A paver system over an IKO drainage membrane behaves differently than one over raw crusher base. When we match a part, we check the original invoice for the IKO product code, then verify the installation depth with a probe. For OEM IKO materials, we order direct through our supplier network. For the pavers themselves, IKO doesn’t manufacture them, so we match by measuring the existing paver’s dimensions, color batch, and chamfer profile, then source a compatible equivalent or, where the original manufacturer is still traceable, get the exact replacement. Aftermarket pavers from a different manufacturer will never match an existing field, which is why we always pull a sample before quoting.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your IKO Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Low spots that hold water after rain. San Antonio’s clay soils expand and contract hard, and once a base settles unevenly, water pools in the dips. That standing water works its way under the pavers and accelerates the decline.
- Pavers that rock underfoot or make a hollow knock. A properly set paver sounds dead when tapped. A hollow knock means the bedding layer has washed out below it, usually from a drainage membrane failure around an IKO underlayment seam.
- Cracks starting at the edges and running inward. Edge restraint failure lets the whole field shift laterally, and the outside course takes the stress first. Once restraint goes, the pattern starts walking toward the street or the lawn.
- Weeds pushing up through the joints in one specific area. Occasional joint weeds are normal in San Antonio. A concentrated weed burst in one zone signals organic soil has replaced the polymeric sand, which means water is moving through that section.
- Efflorescence, the white chalky film that won’t wash off. It’s water-soluble salts migrating through the paver body. It’s cosmetic, but persistent efflorescence means the base isn’t shedding water the way the IKO drainage layer was designed to.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Full paver driveway replacement in San Antonio runs $7,000 to $18,000, with most two-car driveways landing around $11,000 to $14,000. Partial repairs, where we cut out a failed section and rebuild it, fall in the $1,500 to $4,000 range depending on how deep the base problem goes. The spread comes from three things: total square footage, whether we’re hauling off the old base and starting fresh, and the paver style you’re matching or upgrading to.
Every quote includes the full breakdown: IKO membrane or drainage material if it’s part of the repair, compacted base, bedding sand, pavers, polymeric sand, edge restraint, and labor. That written price is what you pay. No change orders because we found what we should have found during the walkthrough. We pull the inspection probe, we measure, we write it down, and we tell you before a shovel hits dirt. The work is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise, which means if the repaired section settles, shifts, or fails within a year of completion, we come back and make it right at no cost to you.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely inspect a few things before calling anyone. Run a hose across the paver field and watch where the water goes. Mark every spot where it pools. Check whether any pavers rock when you step on the outside edges. Take photos after rain. That information saves time when we walk the job.
What we’d advise against is pulling pavers and trying to re-level them yourself. It looks simple. It’s not. The base is compacted in layers, and once you break that compaction, you can’t hand-tamp it back to spec. You’ll get a temporary fix that looks fine for three months and then a bigger failure in year one. And if there’s a drainage membrane involved, puncturing it during a DIY attempt creates a water problem behind or beneath the paver field that costs real money to undo. Call (254) 269-5071 and we’ll send someone out who knows what IKO materials should be doing under your driveway and can tell you in plain English what’s failing and what it costs to fix.
FAQs
A properly installed paver driveway over a sound base in San Antonio should give you 20 to 25 years of service, though the IKO drainage membrane or underlayment beneath it typically needs attention at the 10 to 15 year mark if it’s been through multiple heat-drought and flood cycles. The pavers themselves rarely fail first. It’s almost always the base or the water management beneath. Call (254) 269-5071 for a free inspection if your driveway is over a decade old and starting to misbehave.
Yes, in most cases we can cut out the failed section, rebuild the base, reset the pavers, and re-sand the joints for roughly $1,500 to $4,000 depending on the size of the repair and what we find underneath. The catch is that you can’t match weathered pavers with brand-new ones perfectly, so we’ll walk you through whether a repair will blend acceptably or whether you’re better off replacing the whole field. A quick call to (254) 269-5071 gets you a straight answer either way.
Most partial paver repairs take one to two days. A full driveway replacement in San Antonio typically runs three to five days depending on access, weather, and how much old base material needs to come out. We’ll give you a written schedule with your written price, and we’ll tell you exactly who’s showing up, with their name and photo sent to you before the crew arrives.
We source and deliver everything for the job. For IKO drainage and underlayment materials we order direct through our supplier network to get the correct product for your spec. For pavers, we bring samples from our paver partners, including Belgard and Unilock, so you can match or upgrade your existing field. We also stock parts for KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone products, so whatever system your home uses, we can usually source the right piece without sending you on a scavenger hunt.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio at Mason Remodeling Co San Antonio, serving San Antonio and nearby areas.
