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PGT Driveway & Pavers: The West Covina Owner’s Guide
PGT driveway and paver replacement in West Covina typically runs $7,000 to $18,000 installed, depending on square footage, paver grade, and whether the base needs rebuilding. We stock PGT-compatible pavers and can usually have your driveway measured, priced, and scheduled within a few days of your call. Most West Covina homeowners discover the problem the hard way: a paver cracks under a delivery truck, a section sinks after winter rains, or the surface has worn down to the point where weeds are winning the battle.
The reality with driveways is that the part you see is only half the story. The base underneath, the sand joints, the edge restraints, and the drainage slope all work together. When one fails, the rest follow. We have torn out enough West Covina driveways near Eastland Center and the hills above Cameron Park to know exactly what Southern California soil and sun do to paving over time.
Which PGT Models This Applies To
PGT is best known in this market for impact windows and doors, but their Unilock and Techo-Bloc paver lines are what we see most often on West Covina driveways. The compatibility question that trips people up is size and finish matching. A paver from a 2005 batch will not match a 2025 batch, even if the style name is identical. Fading from California sun changes the color, and manufacturing tolerances have shifted over two decades.
To identify what you have, look for the manufacturer stamp on the underside of a loose paver. PGT-sourced products typically carry the paver brand marking: Belgard, Unilock, or Techo-Bloc, depending on the year installed. Measure the paver thickness too. Older West Covina installations often used 60mm pavers over a sand base. Current code and best practice for driveways calls for 80mm pavers over compacted aggregate. If you are patching, matching thickness matters as much as matching color. For a full replacement, this is the moment to upgrade the whole system rather than chase a color match that will never be perfect.
One honest note: Mason Remodeling Co West Covina is an independent service provider, not affiliated with PGT. We install and service PGT-spec pavers because we see them throughout the San Gabriel Valley, but we do not represent the manufacturer.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your PGT Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Sunken or rutted sections. This is a base failure, not a paver failure. Water has washed out the compacted material underneath, usually because the original base was too shallow or the drainage slope was wrong. In West Covina, our clay-heavy soil expands and contracts with moisture, which accelerates the problem.
- Paver edges crumbling or spalling. The concrete surface is delaminating. This happens when pavers are exposed to standing water or de-icing salts. It is cosmetic at first but spreads fast once water gets into the aggregate.
- Weeds or ants pushing up between joints. The polymeric sand has broken down. Once the sand goes, joint stability goes with it, and pavers start shifting under load. Ant colonies in particular will undermine a driveway faster than most people expect.
- Gaps opening up between pavers. Edge restraints have failed or were never installed. Without a solid border holding the field together, weight from vehicles pushes pavers outward and the entire surface loosens.
- Standing water after rain. The original slope was never right, or settlement has altered it. Standing water on pavers shortens their life dramatically and creates the freeze-thaw cycle that cracks them, even in West Covina’s mild winters.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a full paver driveway replacement in West Covina, plan on $7,000 to $18,000 installed. A smaller single-car driveway with entry-level pavers and a sound existing base lands at the low end. A two-car or wide driveway with premium Techo-Bloc or Unilock product, a rebuilt aggregate base, and edge restraints will push toward $18,000. Most of our West Covina driveway jobs land between $10,000 and $14,000.
Every quote we write includes demolition and haul-off of the old surface, base excavation and compaction, new aggregate base material, the pavers themselves, polymeric sand, edge restraints, and final grading for drainage. You get a written price before any work starts, and that price does not change unless you change the scope. The work is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if anything is not right within a year of completion, we fix it at no cost. No fine print, no dispute process.
DIY or Call Us?
Pavers themselves are not dangerous to handle the way a garage door spring or electrical panel is. If you have a single cracked paver and a spare matching one sitting in the garage, pulling it and replacing it is a Saturday job. The safety caveat here is weight and back strain, not catastrophic failure. A standard 80mm paver weighs 15 to 20 pounds. A full pallet is over a ton. If the fix involves more than a few pavers, you are moving serious material.
The place where DIY goes wrong is not the pavers, it is the base. If a section has sunk, replacing the top layer without rebuilding the base means you will do the same job again in two years. That is the most common mistake we see from well-meaning West Covina homeowners, and it costs more in the long run than doing it right once. If you are seeing sunken sections, failing joints, or water pooling, call us at (707) 760-7579 and we will come look. The estimate is free, and you will know exactly what you are dealing with before you decide anything.
FAQs
A properly installed paver driveway with an 80mm paver over a compacted aggregate base will last 25 to 40 years in West Covina’s climate, with the sand joints needing replenishment every 3 to 5 years. The pavers themselves rarely fail; it is usually the base or the joints that go first. Call (707) 760-7579 if you want us to assess whether your base is still sound.
Yes, if the failure is localized: a few cracked pavers, a small sunken area, or joints that need new sand. If the base has failed across most of the driveway or multiple sections are sinking, patching becomes a losing game and full replacement is the honest recommendation. We will tell you which one you need, and we will not sell you a replacement if a repair will hold.
Most single-car driveway replacements take 3 to 5 working days from tear-out to final sanding. Two-car or complex projects with drainage corrections can run 5 to 8 days. You get a written schedule before we start, and Isaac Pruett keeps schedules honest, if something is going to take longer, you will know before the work starts, not after.
We stock common Belgard, Unilock, and Techo-Bloc paver styles and sizes on our trucks for repairs, and we order full pallets for driveway replacements directly from our supplier partners. We also work with specification-grade product lines across the board, from KraftMaid cabinetry to Cambria and Silestone surfaces, so the same crew that does your driveway can handle related hardscape and home projects without bringing in strangers.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co West Covina at Mason Remodeling Co West Covina, serving West Covina and nearby areas.
