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CGI Driveway & Pavers: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

If you have a CGI driveway or paver system that’s cracked, sinking, or shifting, we stock CGI-compatible replacement pavers and hardscape materials in Fort Lauderdale, with most driveway and paver repairs running $3,500 to $11,000 installed depending on the square footage and what’s underneath. You’ll typically notice the problem as a low spot pooling water after rain, a paver that’s cracked clean through, or an edge row that’s started to wander into your lawn. We can usually diagnose the failure the same week you call and have parts ordered or on hand within days, not months.

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Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI manufactures interlocking concrete pavers and driveway systems, and the compatibility question matters more than most homeowners expect. CGI pavers come in specific thicknesses, typically 60mm for pedestrian patios and 80mm for vehicle-rated driveways, and the edge restraints are matched to the paver profile. The gotcha: a 60mm paver used in a driveway fails early because it wasn’t rated for vehicle load in the first place, which we see fairly often in older Fort Lauderdale homes where a previous owner extended a patio into a parking area. If your pavers are stamped on the underside, the mold number will tell us the exact series so we can match color and size instead of leaving you with a patchwork repair. OEM CGI pavers are what we order when the driveway is newer and the color has held; on older installations where the sun has faded the surface, a quality aftermarket equivalent matched to the current color is often the smarter spend. Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale is an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI, which means we’ll tell you when the OEM part is worth the wait and when it isn’t.

Signs Your CGI Driveway & Pavers Is Failing

• Standing water after a normal rain. The base layer under the pavers has washed out or settled, and the pavers are no longer shedding water like they should. In Fort Lauderdale’s wet season, this gets worse fast because water is the enemy of a sand-set paver base.
• Cracks running through individual pavers. A single cracked paver is usually a point-load problem, like a car parked on the same spot for years or a tree root pushing up from below. Multiple cracked pavers in a line usually means the base has failed and the pavers are flexing.
• Edge rows separating or sinking. The edge restraint, usually a plastic or aluminum strip pinned into the base, has come loose or was never installed properly. Once the edge lets go, the whole field of pavers starts drifting outward.
• Pavers rocking underfoot or clicking when you drive over them. The bedding sand has washed out, leaving uneven support. You’ll hear it before you see it, especially when backing out of the garage in the morning.
• Weeds or ants pushing up between joints. This is the earliest warning sign. Joint sand is gone, and what’s living under the pavers is now working its way to daylight. Left alone, the base erodes and you’re into a real repair instead of a re-sand.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Fort Lauderdale, a CGI-compatible paver driveway replacement runs $7,000 to $18,000 for a full tear-out and rebuild, while paver patio work typically lands between $3,500 and $11,000. A spot repair, replacing a failed section and re-compacting the base, usually runs $1,500 to $4,500 depending on how far the damage has spread. What drives the range: how much old base material has to be hauled out, whether we’re matching existing pavers or starting fresh, and whether drainage needs to be corrected so the same failure doesn’t come back in two years. Every quote from Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale is a written price before any work starts, with the parts, labor, base material, and haul-away listed as separate line items. Isaac Pruett will walk you through what we found under the old pavers and what it’s going to take to make it right. Our work is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the paving fails within a year of completion, we return and fix it at no cost to you.

DIY or Call Us?

Replacing a single paver, sweeping in fresh joint sand, and checking your edge restraints are all things an owner can do on a Saturday afternoon. What you shouldn’t do is pull up a large section of driveway and try to re-compact the base by hand. The base under a vehicle-rated CGI system needs mechanical compaction in lifts, and if you don’t get it right, the pavers will settle unevenly and you’ll be doing the job twice. You also need to know what’s buried under the area before you dig, which in Fort Lauderdale means utility locates at a minimum. If you’re seeing multiple failed pavers, water pooling, or edges that have wandered, that’s a base problem, not a paver problem. We tell you what we found, what it takes to fix it, and what it will cost, before we touch a thing. Call (754) 354-3720 and we’ll come take a look.