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Techo-Bloc Home Additions & ADU: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
If you’re planning a home addition or ADU in West Palm Beach and want Techo-Bloc hardscaping integrated into the build, expect to budget $45,000 to $130,000 installed, depending on square footage, foundation work, and how much Techo-Bloc product you’re tying into the project. We handle the full scope, from slab to finish, including paver driveways, walkways, and patios that sit flush against the new structure. Most Techo-Bloc homeowners call us when they’ve already got a paver patio or driveway on the property and want the new addition to match, or when a previous contractor left the transition between pavers and foundation looking like an afterthought.
What we see most often in West Palm Beach: a homeowner adds a bedroom or builds a mother-in-law suite, and the existing Techo-Bloc pavers end up cracked, shifted, or cut wrong where they meet the new slab. The addition goes up, but the hardscape around it suddenly looks ten years older than the rest of the house. That’s the real problem this page solves: making the new build and the existing Techo-Bloc look like they were planned together from day one.
Key Takeaways
- Full home additions in West Palm Beach run $45,000 – $130,000; ADUs run $90,000 – $220,000.
- Techo-Bloc pavers, walls, and steps can be matched to existing product lines so the transition is invisible.
- We write the price before we start, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the finished work for a full year.
- Call (728) 203-9809 for a free estimate, and a live person answers.
Which Techo-Bloc Models This Applies To
Techo-Bloc’s catalog breaks into paver lines, wall systems, and slab products, and the compatibility question depends on what you already have on the ground. The common residential lines we work with in West Palm Beach include Blu 60, Blu 80, and the Borealis and Victorien paver series, plus the Mini-Creta and Raffinato walls. Each line has specific joint widths and thicknesses, and here’s the gotcha: Techo-Bloc changes dye lots between production runs, so a paver bought three years ago will not be a perfect color match to one bought today, even if it’s the same model number. We account for that by pulling from the closest matching lot or blending pavers from multiple pallets so the eye can’t pick up the difference.
If you’re building an ADU and want Techo-Bloc on the walkway or patio, the better move is to spec the pavers during framing, not after the slab is poured. That way the base elevation works out, the drainage slopes are set, and the pavers lock against the foundation edge without a visible cut line. We’re an independent contractor, not a Techo-Bloc dealer, which means we’re not married to one product line when an equivalent from Unilock or Belgard would serve the job better. But when the homeowner already has Techo-Bloc on site, we match it.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Techo-Bloc Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
Here’s what actually goes wrong around a new addition or ADU where Techo-Bloc hardscaping is involved. None of these are cosmetic-only problems in South Florida, where daily rain and sandy soil punish bad base work.
- Pavers sinking or dipping near the new foundation. This happens when the soil around the added slab wasn’t re-compacted properly after the footing was backfilled. The pavers settle, water pools, and the edge looks wavy within six months.
- A visible gap between pavers and the slab edge. If the paver cuts weren’t measured against the actual foundation line, you get a tapered gap that fills with sand, weeds, and eventually ants. It’s a sign the hardscape was cut to the plan, not to the building.
- Water pooling against the addition’s exterior wall. Techo-Bloc patios need a slope away from the structure of roughly one inch per four feet. If the slope is flat or reversed, water sits against the stucco or siding and finds its way in.
- Paver color mismatch you notice every morning. A different dye lot or a mix of old and new pavers in the same field looks patchy in direct sun. Some homeowners can live with it; most can’t, especially right outside a new master suite door.
- Cracks running through the paver field in a straight line. That’s usually a base failure under the pavers, often where the trench for the addition’s plumbing or electrical was dug through the existing patio and backfilled loose.
Replacement Cost & What’s Included
A full home addition in West Palm Beach runs $45,000 to $130,000 installed, which includes permits, foundation, framing, roofing, rough-in, drywall, finishes, and the site work around it. An ADU goes $90,000 to $220,000 depending on whether you’re building a garage conversion, a detached unit with a kitchen, or a simple studio. The Techo-Bloc scope, meaning paver patio, walkway, or driveway work tied to the build, typically adds $3,500 to $18,000 depending on square footage and base prep.
Here’s the breakdown on cost:
- Home addition (permits through finish): $45,000 – $130,000
- ADU construction (detached, full build): $90,000 – $220,000
- Paver patio or walkway tied to the addition: $3,500 – $11,000
- Paver driveway integrated with the new build: $7,000 – $18,000
- Site prep, regrading, and base compaction around the slab: included in the line-item quote
We write the full price before any work starts, and that number doesn’t move at the door. If something changes in the field, Curtis Lane calls you before he touches it. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the completed work for one year: if the pavers shift, the transition fails, or anything we built doesn’t hold, we come back and correct it at no charge.
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You can check a few things yourself: look at the slope away from the new addition, watch where water pools after a hard rain, and run your hand along the paver-to-slab transition to feel for loose edges. That tells you what’s wrong. Fixing it is another matter. Cutting and resetting Techo-Bloc pavers against a foundation means pulling the edge course, re-compacting the base, cutting each paver to the actual slab line, and re-screeding the bedding layer. If the base is the problem, the pavers come out, the base gets excavated and re-compacted, and everything goes back in. Do that wrong and the pavers shift again in eight months. No part of that is a weekend job.
The honest split: you can identify the problem yourself, but the repair is not a safe or smart DIY project, especially around a newly built structure where drainage is doing real work. Call (728) 203-9809 and we’ll send a crew that knows Techo-Bloc and knows West Palm Beach soil. Straight number, full scope, no surprises after the invoice.
FAQs
With a properly compacted base and correct drainage slope, Techo-Bloc pavers around a new addition or ADU should hold their position and finish for 20 to 30 years in West Palm Beach, though the joints will need re-sanding every few years because Florida rain washes polymeric sand out of the gaps faster than it does in dry climates. The pavers themselves rarely fail; the base fails first. Call (728) 203-9809 for an exact quote on your project.
Yes, in most cases the damaged edge course or a settled section can be pulled, re-based, and re-laid without replacing the entire patio, as long as the underlying base is still structurally sound and the pavers themselves aren’t cracked through. If the base is washed out or the slope is wrong, you’re looking at a partial or full reset. We’ll tell you which one you actually need, not the one that pays us more. Estimates are free.
The hardscape portion tied to a home addition or ADU, meaning paver patio, walkway, or driveway work, typically takes 3 to 7 working days once the structure is dried in and the site is accessible, depending on square footage and whether old concrete or pavers need to come out first. The full addition or ADU runs on its own schedule based on permits and inspections. Call (728) 203-9809 and we’ll give you a written timeline with the estimate.
We don’t warehouse Techo-Bloc pavers, so we order from the regional distributor with the lead time built into the project schedule, which keeps you from paying storage and double-handling costs. For matching existing pavers, we pull dye-lot samples and set aside what we need before the job starts. We also work with Belgard and Unilock when the homeowner wants options. Call us for a free estimate.
Start With a Written Estimate
If you’re adding square footage in West Palm Beach and the existing Techo-Bloc work needs to look like it belongs with the new build, we can get you a written line-item price before any work starts. Curtis Lane runs every estimate personally: full scope, real numbers, permits pulled, and a one-year guarantee in writing when the job closes. Call (728) 203-9809 to schedule your free estimate. A live person answers, 24/7.
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.
