Paver Repair & Re-Sanding in Orion Township

A paver surface is a field of separate units held tight by the sand packed into its joints and a restraint around the outside. CMHA, the trade association behind the paver industry's technical guidance, requires one around the full border and at each change to another material, since without it traffic and freeze-thaw push the pavers apart. On a lot that rolls toward Lake Orion or backs onto the woods of Bald Mountain, that restraint is all that holds the outer rows in place.

A failing edge has a recognizable look, clearest in the outer foot or two: joints widen, edge pavers tip or settle, and sand escapes from the gaps. Some edges were held by something never meant for the job. CMHA calls flower-bed edging and soil backfill unacceptable as restraints, advises against timber because it warps and rots, and wants the spikes driven into compacted base, never into soil.

Sandy, gravelly glacial soil underlies much of the township, and clean, free-draining sand and gravel seldom heave with frost, so on that kind of ground it pays to check the restraint and the base before blaming winter. Water still matters wherever it collects. A base that stays saturated lets pavers settle, and wet bedding sand pumps out through the joints under traffic, leaving dips that puddle after rain. A true depression is fixed by lifting the pavers and rebuilding the base; packing extra sand underneath only lets the low spot show through again. If runoff onto the patio is the cause, we will point it out, though drainage work is outside what we do.

Where the pavers are level and only dull or weedy, the restoration service fits; where they have moved, repair comes first.