Saint Augustine & St. Johns County, FL
Faded, sunken, weed-filled pavers don't need replacing; they need restoring. PD Home Pros is a paver restoration specialist: three-step Trident Protects cleaning, base-level repairs, properly graded joint sand, and professional two-coat sealing on pool decks, driveways and patios across St. Augustine, often in a single visit.
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The short answer
Paver restoration brings an existing paver surface back without replacing it. PD Home Pros does it in four stages: professional cleaning, repair of sunken or loose sections at the base, joint sand replacement, and sealing with Trident Protects products. Complete cleaning, sanding and sealing runs $1.75–$2.50 per square foot, so a typical 1,000 sq ft driveway is about $1,750–$2,500. Repairs start at $175, and most residential projects take one to two days. Each stage is also available on its own: Paver Cleaning, Paver Repair, Paver Sealing, and Pool Deck Restoration. Full pricing below.
Why restore
Replacing a St. Augustine pool deck runs many times the cost of restoring it — and in most cases the pavers themselves were never the problem. Here's what a proper restoration actually delivers.
Florida sun bleaches pigment out of concrete pavers. Deep cleaning plus sealer pulls the color back to where it started, and holds it there.
Washed-out joints are an open invitation. Polymeric sand sets firm in the joint and makes it much harder for either to take hold.
Settled sections and lifted edges are trip hazards, especially around a pool. Re-basing fixes the cause, not just the symptom.
Sealed pavers resist rust, leaf tannin, oil and sunscreen. Spills sit on top instead of soaking in.
Restoration typically costs a small share of a tear-out and reinstall, and takes a day instead of a week.
A restored driveway is the first thing buyers and neighbors see — and with resealing every two to three years, it stays that way.
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This is a real pool deck in St. Augustine. No pavers were replaced. Cleaned, repaired, re-sanded and sealed on this job in a single visit.
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Pool deck restoration · Saint Augustine, FL
Stage one
Everything after this depends on getting the surface genuinely clean. A quick pass with a pressure wand isn't cleaning — it's redistributing dirt and, done wrong, it blows out joint sand and etches the paver face.
Cleaning on its own, from $0.30 per square foot: see Paver Cleaning.
Surface cleaner in action — not a bare wand
Sunken, uneven pavers · Before repair
Stage two
Sinking isn't a paver problem — it's a base problem. Our sandy North Florida soil and heavy summer rain wash out the bedding underneath, and the pavers follow it down. Re-laying the surface without fixing the base means you'll be looking at the same dip next year.
Repairs from $175; leveling and re-basing typically $8–$20 per square foot. Full detail on Paver Repair.
We come out, measure it, and hand you a written price. Free, and no pressure to book.
Stage three
This is the stage most homeowners have never heard of, and it's the one that decides whether the restoration lasts. The sand between your pavers is structural — it's what transfers load from one paver to the next and keeps the field locked together. Once it washes out, everything else starts to fail.
Ordinary sand stays loose forever. Every rain moves a little more of it out, and each summer the joints get emptier. Polymeric sand contains binders that harden once wetted, so the joint becomes a solid, flexible plug that resists washout, blocks weed germination and stops ants tunneling underneath.
It's a materials cost most competitors quietly skip to win a bid. Skipping it is why a cheap restoration looks fine for one season and hollow by the next.
Stage four
We invest in professional-grade sealers and match the product to the paver. The finish is your call: we bring samples and apply them to your own pavers before anything is committed, because on-screen photos never match what the product does to your specific stone.
On pool decks and wet areas, we add a slip-resistant additive to the sealer as standard, at no extra charge. Failing or peeling old sealer is stripped before anything new goes on; stripping is priced separately. Cure times, products and the full process are on the Paver Sealing page.
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Porch restoration · St. Johns County, FL
Pricing
Professional paver restoration from PD Home Pros starts at $1.75 per square foot for complete cleaning, joint sanding and sealing. Most complete restoration projects land around $2.00–$3.00 per square foot depending on conditions. We would rather give you realistic numbers than hide them until the estimate.
| Service | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Cleaning only | $0.30 – $0.50 / sq ft |
| Cleaning & re-sanding | $0.75 – $1.00 / sq ft |
| Complete cleaning, sanding & sealing · recommended | $1.75 – $2.50 / sq ft |
| Stripping, cleaning, sanding & sealing | $2.75 – $3.50 / sq ft |
| Paver repairs · leveling & re-basing $8–$20 / sq ft | From $175 |
For complete cleaning, sanding and sealing, that is roughly $875–$1,250 for a 500 sq ft patio, $1,750–$2,500 for a 1,000 sq ft driveway, and $3,500–$5,000 for a 2,000 sq ft pool deck and lanai.
Final prices depend on square footage, paver condition, existing coatings, joint sand replacement, repairs and the products required. Prices are estimates, not guaranteed quotes, and minimum project charges may apply. Every project receives a customized, written estimate after an on-site visit.
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Questions
The questions we get asked most on St. Augustine estimates.
In most cases the pavers themselves are fine. Concrete and clay pavers are extremely durable — what fails is the joint sand, the base underneath, and the surface color. Cleaning, re-basing sunken sections, re-sanding and sealing solves the large majority of jobs we see in St. Augustine. We only recommend replacement when pavers are cracked through or spalling badly.
Complete cleaning, joint sanding and sealing typically runs $1.75 to $2.50 per square foot, so a 1,000 sq ft driveway is usually $1,750–$2,500 and a 2,000 sq ft pool deck and patio $3,500–$5,000. Cleaning only is about $0.30–$0.50 per square foot, cleaning and re-sanding $0.75–$1.00, stripping old sealer plus the full restoration $2.75–$3.50, and repairs start at $175. Final pricing depends on which stages your surface needs, its condition, and the products required. We measure on site and hand you a written price before any work starts; the estimate is free and there is no obligation to book.
Many residential pool decks and driveways are completed in a single visit. Larger areas, or jobs with significant re-leveling, can run into a second day. Cure times depend on the sealer used, the temperature and the humidity — we give you exact walk-on and drive-on times for your job before we start.
Not if the right product is used. We add a slip-resistant additive to sealer on any pool deck or wet area as standard. If you prefer maximum traction, a natural matte penetrating sealer changes the surface texture very little while still protecting the pavers. More on pool deck restoration.
Wet look is a film-forming finish that deepens and saturates the paver color, similar to how they look in the rain, with a visible sheen. Natural matte, which is what our standard Trident Protects Hurricane CAT 5 D2 system gives, protects the pavers and stabilizes the joint sand while leaving the natural finish almost unchanged. Enhanced and wet-look finishes are available where the paver material and condition are compatible, and we apply samples to your pavers before you decide.
It reduces both substantially in most cases. Polymeric sand sets firm once activated with water, closing the joint against the washout, weed growth and ant tunneling that loose sand allows. Sealing adds a further barrier. No treatment eliminates weeds permanently — wind-blown seed can still germinate in surface debris, so occasional spot treatment is normal.
We primarily use professional Trident Protects products: Point Break, White Water and Wipe Out for the three-step cleaning, and Hurricane CAT 5 (usually the D2 formulation) or Cyclone for sealing, depending on whether the surface is concrete paver or natural stone. Joint sand is properly graded to ASTM C144. Different materials get different products; we do not use the same sealer on every surface.
For the standard Hurricane CAT 5 system: light foot traffic after about 24 hours, furniture and heavy items generally after 48 hours, and vehicles after about 48 hours. Temperature, humidity, rain and shade all affect it, so we give you timings specific to your job before we start. Cyclone on natural stone has its own guidelines.
We are based in Saint Augustine and work throughout St. Johns County, including St. Augustine Beach, Ponte Vedra, Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, World Golf Village, SilverLeaf, Fruit Cove and Julington Creek, as well as Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville and Palm Coast.
Why PD Home Pros
Paver restoration has a low barrier to entry. Anyone with a pressure washer and a pump sprayer can call themselves a paver company. Here's what separates the work.
Preston quotes the work and answers the phone afterwards. You are not handed off to a call center after the sale.
Polymeric joint sand is a real materials cost. It's the first thing cut on a cheap bid, and the reason that bid fails in a season.
Sunken sections get lifted and re-compacted. Laying pavers back over a washed-out base just buys you a year.
You get a measured, written number before anything starts. No day-of surprises, no change orders invented mid-job.
Insured for the work we carry out, with certificates of training from Trident Protects. Qualifying paver restoration services carry a 12-month workmanship warranty.
We know what this soil, this sun and these summer storms do to pavers, because we work on them every week.
Each stage, in depth
Cleaning, repairs, re-sanding, stripping and sealing are related services, and we scope each job to what the surface actually needs. These pages cover each one on its own.
Three-step professional cleaning for algae, efflorescence and stains, with or without sealing afterward. From $0.30 per square foot.
Sunken, loose, separated and root-lifted pavers fixed at the base, not just re-laid on sand. Repairs from $175.
Trident Protects Hurricane CAT 5 and Cyclone, two-coat application, joint stabilization and cure times. Complete clean, sand and seal from $1.75 per square foot.
Paver pool decks cleaned, repaired and sealed with a slip-resistant additive, without draining the pool. Concrete and cool-deck surfaces too.
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Tell us roughly how many square feet, whether it has been sealed before, and whether anything is sunken or loose, and we can give you a ballpark before we come out. If it's easier, just call.
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