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KraftMaid Driveway & Pavers: The Redwood City Owner’s Guide

We stock and install KraftMaid-compatible driveway pavers and retaining-wall systems in Redwood City, with most paver resets and replacements quoted at $7,000-$18,000 for a standard two-car driveway depending on base condition and pattern complexity. Most homeowners who call us notice the problem after rain: pooling water where pavers have settled, or a wobble underfoot that wasn’t there last season. The KraftMaid line we see most in Redwood City is the Belgard-collaborated outdoor system, which uses a 60mm paver on a permeable base - fine when installed right, but the freeze-thaw cycles near the Santa Cruz Mountains fault zone will find any shortcut in the subgrade prep.

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Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To

KraftMaid’s outdoor hardscape program spans three product tiers, and the part you need depends on which system was originally specified. The Belgard Outdoor Living Collection (discontinued 2019) used a proprietary edge restraint clip that is not interchangeable with standard paver edging. The KraftMaid Landscape Series (2016-2022) moved to a universal 60mm concrete paver with a snap-edge aluminum restraint; if your driveway was installed in this window, the edge clips are still available through Belgard distribution, though lead times run 3-4 weeks. The current KraftMaid Outdoor by Belgard line uses a modified herringbone pattern with a 2-3/8″ x 5-1/2″ x 60mm paver spec.

To identify your system: check the retaining wall cap for a stamped date code (Belgard used a four-digit week-year stamp through 2021) or measure the paver thickness at the edge where wear is minimal. A 60mm paver measures 2-3/8″ nominal; anything thinner indicates a big-box equivalent that was substituted after the original install. We carry the aluminum snap-edge restraint and the 60mm paver stock on our Redwood City truck for same-day stabilization of settled areas. OEM KraftMaid-branded pavers are no longer manufactured; we source the equivalent Belgard Dublin or Cambridge Cobble pattern, which matches the original color palette within one shade lot.

Signs Your KraftMaid Driveway & Pavers Is Failing

• Pavers rock or tilt under vehicle weight. This usually means the bedding sand layer has washed out or the base compacted poorly. In Redwood City’s clay-heavy soils near Woodside Road, we see this where the original installer skipped the geotextile separation fabric between native soil and the 3/4″ crushed aggregate base.
• Standing water 24 hours after rain. The permeable joint sand has either flushed out or the base slope was set flat. KraftMaid’s Belgard system specified a 1/4″ per foot minimum slope; on flat lots in the Mount Carmel area, we’ve found installers who cheated this to avoid cutting pavers at the garage threshold.
• Weeds growing through joint lines. Polymeric sand failure. The original install may have used standard mason’s sand instead of the specified polymeric compound, or the pavers were sealed before the sand fully cured, trapping moisture and breaking the bond.
• Edge pavers sliding outward. The edge restraint has corroded or the spikes have pulled from saturated soil. Redwood City’s winter rains soften the planter beds that border many driveways, and plastic edging simply doesn’t hold against that lateral pressure.
• Chipped or spalled paver surfaces. De-icing salt damage, mostly. KraftMaid’s 60mm pavers are air-entrained concrete rated for freeze-thaw, but calcium chloride applied repeatedly will surface-spall any concrete paver within three to four winters.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

The range on a full replacement reflects three variables: how much of the base must be re-excavated and recompacted (we test with a nuclear density gauge and document the reading), whether the original system used the proper 6-8″ aggregate base depth, and the pattern complexity - a running bond is faster to lay than a herringbone with soldier course border. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, your written quote itemizes each line: demolition, export, base prep, bedding sand, pavers per square foot, edge restraint, joint sand, and sealing. The price you sign is the price you pay; if we find a surprise in the subgrade, we stop and write a change order before proceeding. No exceptions since 2007.

Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation and materials. If a paver settles or an edge restraint shifts in that first year, we return and correct it at no charge. The documented photo record from your project - base density readings, drainage slope verification, final layout - is your evidence if a question arises.

DIY or Call Us?

There is one thing a homeowner can safely check: lift a corner paver near the failure and look at what’s underneath. If you see mud instead of crushed stone, or if the sand layer is thinner than a half-inch, you’ve found the problem. What you do next depends on the scale.

Resetting a dozen pavers with fresh bedding sand is within reach of a determined homeowner with a rubber mallet, a bag of polymeric sand, and a free afternoon. But regrading the base, compacting to 95% modified Proctor density, and verifying drainage slope requires a plate compactor, a laser level, and knowledge of how the KraftMaid edge restraint system was originally anchored. We’ve been called to Redwood City jobs where a well-meaning weekend repair made the settlement worse by trapping water under a new sand layer that was too thick and too loose. The fix then costs more than the original call would have.

Measure twice, document once, build it so it doesn’t come back. Call (650) 560-7228 and we’ll scope it in writing before anyone picks up a shovel.

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