Paver Repair & Re-Sanding — Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Paver Repair & Re-Sanding in Bloomfield Hills
When a brick drive loses its edge, the signs gather in the outer two feet: joints open, border rows tip, and sand runs out where brick meets lawn, bluestone or aggregate. We reset the edge and its restraint, relevel sections that have sunk, replace broken pieces and re-sand the joints with polymeric sand.
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Paver repair & re-sanding in Bloomfield Hills carries no travel fee, and every job gets a written, line-by-line quote within 24 hours.
| Service | Paver Repair & Re-Sanding |
|---|---|
| Area | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Price | Quoted per job, from photos or in person |
| Travel fee | None |
| Written quote | Within 24 hours |
| Call or text | (586) 284-3810 |
In Bloomfield Hills
Hardscape on a Bloomfield Hills lot is often more than one material. A long gated drive in brick can pass a bluestone terrace and end at an exposed aggregate apron, with lawn along both sides, and each of those seams is an edge. Pavers stay put because the sand in their joints passes part of every load to the units around them, and that works only while something holds the outer rows tight. The Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association (CMHA) calls for an edge restraint along the full perimeter and at every change of material. On the long drives off Lone Pine Rd, Long Lake Rd and Cranbrook Rd, that is a lot of edge.
A failing edge leaves a pattern. Joints widen, border pavers rotate or settle, and the damage is plainest within a foot or two of the edge. Often the edge was never held properly. Landscape bed edging, timber and packed soil do not qualify, and neither does a restraint resting on the bedding sand: its spikes belong in the compacted base, and the base should run past the restraint by at least its own thickness. Precast concrete or cut stone, plastic or aluminum edging made for pavers, and poured concrete curbs all suit a home drive.
Clay brick has needs of its own. The Brick Industry Association notes that joint sand locks clay pavers by friction and keeps their edges from chipping, that wind and rain wear the tops of those joints down over time, and that joints wider than 3/16 inch call for stabilized sand. Where a drive dips toward one of the private ponds, watch that low ground after rain: CMHA lists a saturated base among the causes of a sunken section. Cleaning and sealing are covered on our brick paver restoration page.
How we work
Edge First, Then Base, Then Joints
We start at the border, since pavers cannot be tightened against an edge that moves. The outer rows are lifted with an extractor and stacked in order; old clay brick can chip coming out, so a few spares are needed. The restraint is reset or replaced with its spikes driven into the base. Where a section has sunk, we dig until we find which layer failed: bedding, base or the soil beneath. The low spot takes compacted base material, a fresh bed of concrete sand about an inch deep is screeded over it, and the same brick goes back in its original pattern along string lines, set a sixteenth to an eighth of an inch high. A plate compactor crosses the repair at least twice, overlapping the undisturbed brick. Joints are then cleared to at least 1.5 inches, dried, filled with polymeric sand in two compacted rounds, finished an eighth of an inch below the surface and watered on a shower setting from the low end.
Repairs That Bring the Problem Back
Building up a low spot with extra bedding sand is the shortcut that does not hold, because a low base shows through the surface again. Spiking a new restraint into soil instead of base lets it drift outward just as the old one did. Polymeric sand swept over joints that are only partly empty forms a thin layer that peels and flakes. Sealing before the edges and low spots are fixed only covers them, since no sealer holds a failed base together. A narrow pressure tip aimed into old joints blows out sand that was still doing its job.
When to Book Paver Repair & Re-Sanding in Bloomfield Hills
Nothing is set on frozen ground, and the sand needs dry brick and about two days above freezing once it is in, so the season closes when fall turns cold and wet. A section that rose over winter is judged after the ground thaws, since frost-lifted paving can settle back. Brick standing more than an eighth of an inch proud should be reset before snow season, when shovels and plow blades catch raised edges.
Questions, answered
Paver Repair & Re-Sanding in Bloomfield Hills: FAQs
Will replacement bricks look like the ones on our drive?
Expect a difference, and we do not promise a match. Brick in service weathers and shifts color, so even spares saved from the original job can look newer than the brick beside them, and some colors are no longer made. Replacements are scattered through the repair, as CMHA advises, so the difference is spread out rather than grouped in one patch.
Is paver repair the same as paver restoration?
No. Restoration cleans the surface, re-sands the joints and seals it. Repair deals with what has moved: sunken or heaved sections, tipped edges, failed restraints and broken pieces. When a drive needs both, repair comes first, because sealer over a loose edge or low spot leaves the problem under a fresh coat.
Why does sand keep washing out of one stretch of our drive?
Look for concentrated water first. A downspout or a roof edge emptying onto brick carries sand out of the joints in its path, and CMHA recommends stabilized sand in exactly those spots. Moving a downspout or adding drainage is work we do not do.
How do you quote a repair on a long drive?
From photos or in person. Send pictures of the edges, low spots and broken brick, or we see them on site, and a written estimate follows within 24 hours with each area on its own line. There is no travel fee from our Clinton Township shop, here or in Bloomfield Township and Birmingham, and we carry general liability plus workers' compensation coverage.
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Send photos of the low spot, the loose edge or the empty joints, or have us look in person. Every repair gets a written estimate within 24 hours.
- Written quoteWithin 24 hours
- Shop21366 Hall Rd,
Clinton Township - Insurance$2M + workers' comp
