Paver Contractor in Phoenix, AZ

From Arcadia lots to the Ahwatukee foothills

Arcadia. Between 44th and 68th streets, from Camelback Road up to the Arizona Canal, Arcadia was citrus groves until the mid-1950s. Then it filled in with ranch homes on large lots, and many of those lots still get flood irrigation. That means long driveways, wide front walks, big backyards, and a yard that floods on irrigation day. Pavers work well here, but only if the plan accounts for where that water goes.

Willo, Encanto-Palmcroft and central Phoenix. Willo and Encanto-Palmcroft are city historic districts, with homes from about 1910 to the early 1950s: bungalows, Tudor and Spanish Colonial Revival, and early ranch houses. Exterior changes in a historic district can need review by the city's Historic Preservation Office, so we check that first. Outside the districts, central Phoenix is full of ranch homes whose original concrete driveways and patios have cracked, sunk or pulled away from the house. Those jobs start with tear-out.

The Biltmore area. Around 24th Street and Camelback, the Biltmore mixes gated neighborhoods, golf course lots and custom homes. Work here leans toward design: natural stone and porcelain patios, travertine pool decks, and borders that tie the hardscape to the house.

Ahwatukee. Development in Ahwatukee started in 1970, in the foothills of South Mountain. The older sections have 1970s and 1980s homes with original concrete and pool decks due for a redo. Lots closer to the mountain bring slopes and runoff that the grade has to handle.

Desert Ridge. The first homes here sold in 1996. These are newer master-planned neighborhoods, so the common jobs are replacing builder concrete driveways, finishing backyards and adding pool decks. Where an HOA reviews exterior work, you get paver samples from us along with the exact product and color names to attach to the application.

Caliche, flood irrigation and slopes in Phoenix

Caliche runs under much of Phoenix. It's a hard, cemented layer that water can't soak through, so anything that seeps below the pavers just sits there. That's why grading comes first on our jobs: the surface gets enough fall to shed rain before it ever reaches the base.

Flood irrigation adds a second water problem. In Arcadia and other irrigated neighborhoods, berms hold the water in the yard on irrigation day. A patio or walkway inside the flood area, or a base the water can reach, gets soaked every cycle. We set the paver surface and edges so the water stays in the grass and the berms stay intact.

On Ahwatukee's foothill lots, the issue is runoff. Monsoon storms send water down slopes and across driveways, so we pitch every surface to move water away from the house.

Whether it's a Willo bungalow or a newer Desert Ridge home, a Phoenix driveway sits on 4 inches of ABC that we wet and compact one lift at a time. If someone quotes you a base of DG or quarter-minus instead, ask why, because that's a shortcut.

Paver prices across Phoenix

The ranges below are installed totals from John's price sheet for the jobs we do most in Phoenix. Your own number gets set once we've measured.

• Paver driveway: most run $5,000 to $10,000 for a typical two-car driveway of about 550 to 900 square feet. Tearing out an old concrete driveway adds about $1,400 to $2,700.
• Paver patio: $2,500 to $6,600 for about 300 to 600 square feet in concrete pavers, or $4,500 to $10,800 in natural stone or travertine.
• Pool deck: $7,000 to $13,400 in concrete pavers with coping, $11,000 to $21,000 in natural stone or travertine, and $15,700 to $27,000 in porcelain.
• Walkway: $850 to $2,750 in concrete pavers. The minimum job is $800.

For a rough figure before we visit, try the estimator. The pricing guide covers every material.

Phoenix project pages, by service

• Paver driveways in Phoenix
• Paver patios in Phoenix
• Paver pool decks in Phoenix
• Paver walkways in Phoenix

Next door to Phoenix, we also build in Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe and Glendale.