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Tremron Driveway & Pavers: The San Antonio Owner’s Guide
We stock and install Tremron-compatible driveway pavers and paver systems across San Antonio, with paver driveway installation typically running $7,000 to $18,000 depending on square footage, existing base condition, and access. Most homeowners discover a paver problem the same way: a low spot appears after a heavy rain, a paver shifts under a car tire, or sand starts washing out of the joints after a few hard Texas downpours. The issue is rarely the Tremron paver itself. It’s almost always what sits underneath it.
If you have a Tremron paver driveway, patio, or walkway showing movement, we can look at it and tell you whether you need a base repair, a paver replacement, or a full re-level. Written price before any work starts. That’s the Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio way, and Graham Stein holds to it on every job.
Which Tremron Models This Applies To
Tremron manufactures concrete pavers, retaining wall blocks, and fire pits across a wide catalog. In San Antonio, the pavers we see most often are the Holland Stone (available in 60mm and 80mm thicknesses for both pedestrian and vehicular use), Olde Towne Paver (a tumbled, softer-edge paver popular in Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills), Mega Olde Towne, and Channelock. For retaining walls, Tremron’s Highland Stone and Stonewall lines are common, and we’ve pulled them apart on projects near the King William Historic District where slopes and drainage make wall integrity critical.
A compatibility gotcha worth knowing: Tremron’s 60mm pavers are rated for foot traffic and light residential use only. If a contractor used 60mm Holland Stone on a driveway, it will fail far sooner than the 80mm version, especially under pickup trucks or SUVs. We check thickness with a simple measurement on site before recommending any repair, because replacing the wrong paver at the wrong depth just means doing the job twice.
We are an independent service provider, not affiliated with Tremron. When we match pavers, we match by dimension, color blend, and texture, and we source either genuine Tremron units from local San Antonio supply yards or quality equivalent pavers that match the existing run. If an exact color match is no longer manufactured, we’ll tell you before we ever put a paver down, and we’ll bring samples for you to approve in daylight.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Tremron Driveway & Pavers Are Failing
- Low spots that hold water after rain. San Antonio’s clay-heavy soil expands and contracts with moisture, and a low spot usually signals that the base material under the pavers has settled or washed out. Water pooling accelerates the damage every single storm cycle.
- Pavers rocking or shifting underfoot or under tire. This is almost always a bedding sand problem, not a paver problem. The paver itself is still fine. The layer beneath it has shifted, and every wheel pass works it looser.
- Sand washing out of the joints after heavy rain. Joint sand locks the pavers together. When it washes out, the pavers begin to drift, edges open up, and within a season or two you’ll see a visible wave pattern in the surface.
- Crumbling or spalling along the edges of the driveway. Edge restraint is the hidden hero of a paver driveway. If the plastic or concrete edge restraint failed, the outer rows start to separate, and the whole field slowly spreads.
- A sunken ring around a drain or downspout. Water concentrates wherever a downspout discharges, and San Antonio’s flash-flood rains push a lot of water in a short time. That concentrated flow erodes the base faster than anywhere else on the driveway.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
In San Antonio, paver driveway installation runs $7,000 to $18,000. Paver patio installation runs $3,500 to $11,000. A paver repair or partial re-level on a smaller area, like a sunken section or a failed edge, usually falls below those full-project numbers, and we’ll scope it line-by-line so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
What drives the cost: how many pavers need to be lifted and reset, how much base material needs to be excavated and replaced, how many square feet require sand re-distribution and compaction, and whether we need to install new edge restraint. Parts plus labor are itemized. Nothing is bundled into a vague “miscellaneous” line. The written price Graham gives you before a single tool leaves the truck is the price you pay.
Every paver job we do is covered under the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we come back and make it right. On top of that, the crew leaves shoe covers at the door, drop cloths down wherever we’re walking through the house, and a photo of the clean-up before we pull out of the driveway.
DIY or Call Us?
Some things you can check safely on your own. Look at the joint sand: if it’s visibly washed out in bands, note where the water flows across the paver surface. Check the edge restraint: if a plastic edge is exposed or cracked along the driveway border, that’s a clear sign the field is drifting. These observations cost you nothing and help us scope the repair faster.
Lifting and resetting pavers seems approachable, but doing it right means excavating to the correct depth, re-grading for drainage, compacting the base in lifts, re-screeding bedding sand, and resetting every paver to the original pattern with the same joint gaps. Get the slope wrong and the water still pools. Skip the plate compactor and the pavers settle again within a year. For a driveway that carries two cars every day, the DIY failure rate is high, and the redo costs more than the repair would have. Call (432) 233-0976 and we’ll look at it together. The estimate is free.
FAQs
A properly installed Tremron paver driveway in San Antonio will last 25 to 30 years with minimal maintenance, because the pavers themselves are exceptionally durable and rated for Texas climate extremes. What shortens that lifespan is almost always base failure, poor edge restraint, or using 60mm pavers where 80mm pavers belong, not the paver wearing out. Call (432) 233-0976 if you’re seeing movement, and we’ll tell you what’s actually failing.
Yes, most paver problems are repairable, because the concrete paver itself rarely fails and the issue is usually the base, the sand, or the edge restraint underneath it. We lift the affected area, repair what’s beneath, reset the same pavers, and re-sand the joints, which is far less expensive than a full driveway replacement. Call us for an exact quote: (432) 233-0976.
A partial repair on a settled section usually takes one to two days, including re-compaction and joint sanding, while a full paver driveway installation in San Antonio typically runs three to six working days depending on square footage and access. We give you a clear timeline in the written scope before we start, and we work around your family’s schedule, including quiet tools during nap and school hours where possible. Call (432) 233-0976 and we’ll map out the schedule with you.
We don’t keep full pallets of Tremron pavers on the truck, because color blends and sizes vary from job to job, but we source from local San Antonio supply yards and can usually have the exact units matched and on site within a few days. If you’re matching existing pavers, we’ll take photos and measurements first, then bring physical samples for you to approve before the work is scheduled. Call (432) 233-0976 to start the match.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner, Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio at Elmstead Remodeling San Antonio, serving San Antonio and nearby areas.
