Brick Paver Restoration in Washington Township
Paver walks and patios on Washington Township's larger lots take the same abuse as the stamped concrete beside them, plus one problem concrete does not have: the sand between them washes out on rolling ground. Restoration cleans the pavers, treats the iron and white haze, re-sands the joints and seals it all.
Brick pavers on the newer homes here sit beside the stamped concrete as walks, patio borders and the aprons at the top of a long drive, and on the acreage lots toward Stony Creek Metropark they run down a slope to a fire pit or a lower patio under the trees. The slope is the problem. Rain running across pavers on rolling ground carries the joint sand with it, the pavers loosen and tilt, weeds and moss take the open joints, and the shaded end grows the same green film as the deck beside it.
Water adds two stains. Well-fed sprinklers leave orange iron arcs and a hardness haze on the paver faces wherever the heads reach, and efflorescence, the white bloom of salts drawn out of the brick and the base by moisture, shows up on the low, damp sections first. Neither comes off with pressure, and both are common on the pavers along Van Dyke and 28 Mile Rd where lawns are watered from a well. Moss in the joints holds water against the paver edges through winter, and freeze-thaw lifts the loose ones a little more every spring.
Restoration is a sequence rather than a wash. Clean the pavers with hot water at a pressure the faces can take, treat the iron and the efflorescence with their own chemistries, let the field dry, sweep in fresh polymeric sand and set it, then seal with a product that binds the sand and stops water from getting under the brick. The order matters because each step protects the one after it; sand without sealer washes out again, and sealer without sand locks in open joints. Paver restoration starts at $399 and is priced by the square foot, and Washington Township is about 22 minutes from the shop with no travel charge.
Clean, Treat, Re-sand, Seal
We lift the moss and weeds from the joints, then run a hot-water surface cleaner over the field at a setting that clears the faces without blowing out what sand remains. Iron arcs get an iron-specific treatment; efflorescence gets an acid-based one, rinsed thoroughly. Tilted pavers on the slope are reset flush where the base allows. After a full dry day, fresh polymeric sand goes into every joint, gets compacted, and is misted to set, and the sealer goes on the next dry day in two light coats. A patio and walk on a larger lot take two visits a day or two apart, and we photograph the finished field.
Why Pavers Fail Twice
Pressure-washing pavers without re-sanding is the common mistake, and it fails twice. The first time, the wand blows the remaining sand out of the joints, so the field looks clean for a month and then loosens, tilts and weeds faster than before. The second time, a sealer goes down over the empty joints and the iron staining, which locks in the orange and does nothing to hold the brick. On the sloped patios toward Stony Creek, skipping the polymeric sand means the next heavy rain undoes the job on its own.
Timing It Right
Late spring through early fall, on a stretch of dry days, because polymeric sand and sealer both need a dry field and a rain-free day after. Spring restoration catches the moss and joint washout left by snowmelt before the weeds get established; fall restoration sets the sand before freeze-thaw can heave loose pavers. Shaded patios near Stony Creek Metropark need the longest dry window and go best in midsummer; open walks along Van Dyke can go earlier or later.
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Brick Paver Restoration in Washington Township: FAQs
What does brick paver restoration cost in Washington Township?
From $399, priced by the square foot, and the quote separates cleaning, re-sanding and sealing so you can see what each step costs. A long paver walk plus a sloped patio on an acreage lot lands above the starting number. Sealing the stamped drive in the same visit shares the setup and the dry day.
Why do my pavers have a white film on them, and will it return?
Efflorescence, which is salt drawn out of the brick and the base by moisture and left on the face as the water dries. It comes off with an acid-based treatment and a thorough rinse, not with pressure. It returns where water keeps moving through the base, so sealing after the field is dry and correcting a low, pooling corner keep it away.
The sand between my pavers keeps washing out. Can that be fixed?
Yes. Loose joint sand on a slope washes out with every rain, which is why the pavers loosen and the weeds move in. Polymeric sand, swept in dry, compacted and misted, hardens in the joint and stays put, and a sealer over it binds the surface. On the rolling lots toward Stony Creek it is the step that makes the rest of the job last.
Do the orange sprinkler arcs come off pavers, or only off concrete?
Off both. The iron in well water stains paver faces the same way it stains a driveway, and it lifts with the same iron-specific treatment before the sealer goes down. Sealing over it would lock it in. Adjusting the sprinkler heads so they stop reaching the patio is what keeps the arcs from returning next season.
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