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Therma-Tru Driveway & Pavers: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
We stock and install Therma-Tru-compatible driveway and paver components throughout West Palm Beach, with most paver driveway installations running $7,000 – $18,000 and concrete driveway work falling between $4,500 and $12,000, materials and labor included. A failed paver section or cracked driveway apron usually gets diagnosed on the first visit, and we carry the common Therma-Tru threshold, sill, and paver edge profiles on our trucks. Most West Palm Beach owners catch the problem after a heavy afternoon rain, when water pools against the garage door and the pavers closest to the slab start showing sand washout or a visible drop.
Which Therma-Tru Models This Applies To
Therma-Tru driveway and paver work in West Palm Beach almost always ties back to the door threshold and the transition zone where the garage slab meets the exterior grade. The compatibility question isn’t about the door slab itself, it’s about the sill profile and the paver elevation. Therma-Tru uses a few standard sill heights across their entry and garage door lines, and getting the driveway or paver field set to the right elevation keeps water moving away from the threshold instead of under it.
When we walk a job, we look at three things: the Therma-Tru sill height stamped on the door frame, the paver-to-slab offset, and whether the existing base is settling. For pavers, the common West Palm Beach install is a 60mm Belgard or Unilock paver over a 4 – 6 inch compacted base, but if the original contractor cut corners and ran a thinner paver, the surface shifts after a season or two and the door sweep starts dragging. OEM Therma-Tru sills are worth the money when the door is under warranty or the floor height is already set. For the paver field itself, a quality aftermarket paver from Belgard or Unilock performs as well as anything specified, and we can match color and texture without paying a premium for a name on the box.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Therma-Tru Driveway & Pavers Are Failing
- Water pooling against the Therma-Tru threshold after rain. This is the West Palm Beach classic. The base under the pavers has settled, the slope toward the street is gone, and water now runs toward the house instead of away from it. Left alone, the sill plate starts wicking moisture and the door frame rots from the bottom up.
- Pavers rocking or shifting when you step on them. Rocking pavers mean the bedding sand has washed out or was never compacted properly. In Florida’s wet season, this gets worse every week, and the loose pavers start cracking at the edges.
- Visible gap opening between the paver field and the garage slab. A gap wider than a pencil means the edge restraint failed. That edge is what holds the whole field together, and once it’s gone, pavers migrate outward and the driveway loses its clean line.
- Sand or fine gravel washing across the concrete apron after heavy rain. That’s your base material leaving. Every storm moves more of it out, and the pavers sitting above that base lose support. Eventually they crack.
- The Therma-Tru door sweep catches or drags on the pavers. If the door used to clear and now it doesn’t, the paver field has heaved or settled unevenly. That friction wears the sweep out fast, and the next thing you’re replacing is the door bottom itself.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a full paver driveway in West Palm Beach, we write the number at $7,000 – $18,000 depending on square footage, paver choice, and what we find under the existing surface. A concrete driveway runs $4,500 – $12,000 installed. If the issue is localized, say a 10-foot by 4-foot paver apron at the garage entrance, we’re usually under $2,500 including base repair and edge restraint. If you’re looking at sealing instead of replacement, $250 – $700 covers a professional application.
Every Bradford Remodeling estimate includes the written price before work starts: demolition and haul-off, base compaction, new bedding sand, paver or concrete installation, edge restraint, and cleanup. No numbers move at the door. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the full installation for a year, so if a paver shifts, the base settles, or the slope stops draining, we return and correct it at no charge. That’s The Garrison Standard in writing, not a verbal promise.
DIY or Call Us?
You can check a few things yourself. Walk the driveway after a hard rain and mark where water sits. Measure the gap between the paver edge and the garage slab. Note which pavers rock when you step on them. That’s useful information for us, and it costs you nothing.
What we don’t recommend is pulling pavers yourself. The work looks simple, but resetting a base properly means compacting in lifts, checking grade, and re-establishing the slope so water runs away from your house. Get that slope wrong by half an inch and you’ve made the problem worse. There’s also the matter of running a plate compactor next to a Therma-Tru threshold; too much vibration and too little care, and you’ve cracked a sill that was never meant to take that hit. This is one of those jobs where the tool rental plus your weekend plus the redo cost more than the original fix. Call (728) 203-9809 and we’ll give you a straight number.
FAQs
A properly installed paver driveway in West Palm Beach lasts 20 to 30 years, with the base outlasting the surface in most cases. What shortens that lifespan here is water: poor drainage, a failed edge restraint, or a base that was never compacted for Florida’s sandy, shifting soil. We see driveways fail in five years when the base was thin, and go 25 when it was done right.
Yes, we repair localized paver damage all the time. If the issue is a sunken section near the garage or a cracked cluster of pavers, we pull the affected area, rebuild the base, and reset the pavers to match the surrounding field. The repair is warranted under the 365-Day Done Right Promise the same as a full install. Call (728) 203-9809 for an exact quote on your specific repair, estimates are free.
Most West Palm Beach paver driveway replacements take two to four days from tear-out to final compaction, weather permitting. A small apron repair at the garage is often done in a day. We schedule the work around your access needs and leave the site clean at close, with the written guarantee in your hand before we leave.
We stock common Therma-Tru sill profiles and paver edge restraints on our trucks, so most jobs don’t wait on a parts order. For non-standard sizes or specific color matches on pavers, we source from our documented brand roster, including Belgard and Unilock, and give you the spec before we order. We also stock parts for KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone projects.
If your Therma-Tru driveway or paver field in West Palm Beach is failing, don’t let it sit through another rainy season. Call Curtis Lane and the Bradford Remodeling Co West Palm Beach team at (728) 203-9809. We’ll walk the site, write you a number that includes the full scope, and stand behind the work for a year. Straight number, full scope, no surprises after the invoice.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner, Bradford Remodeling Co – West Palm Beach at Bradford Remodeling Co West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach and nearby areas.
