Paver field being laid out across a Tucson yard

One trade, done properly

About Tucson Paver Pros

We do one thing. Pavers, from the excavation up, and everything that keeps them flat afterwards.

One trade, one crew, one specification

Base and edge detail written into every quote

We maintain surfaces other people installed

Straight answers, including when the answer is no

Why this company exists

Why a paver only company

Nearly every paver surface we get called to repair in Tucson was laid competently on top of a base that was not good enough. Two inches where it needed considerably more. Compacted once at the end instead of in lifts. No restraint on the open edges. Fall running toward the house rather than away from it.

That happens for a structural reason rather than because people are careless. Everything that decides whether a paver surface lasts is invisible the moment the first paver goes down, and a quote that quietly reduces it wins jobs against a quote that does not. From a homeowner's side, two numbers thousands apart look like the same patio.

So we write it down. Excavation depth, compacted base thickness, whether it goes in in lifts, the bedding layer, the edge restraint, the joint sand. It is on the quote, and if you are comparing us against two other companies you can ask them the same six questions and suddenly have a real comparison. Sometimes that goes against us and someone genuinely is doing the same work for less. That is a fair outcome and we would rather lose that way.

The second reason this business exists is that installation and maintenance are the same knowledge, and almost nobody does both. Companies that lay pavers rarely come back to fix them. Companies that clean and seal have often never built a base. So a settled patio gets a cosmetic repair and a surface that will not come clean gets sealed over. When we look at a dip, we are reading it as the people who would have built it.

Four rules we work to

How we work

The ground decides everything

Excavation, base, compaction and edges come before pattern, colour and material. If we are discussing paver colours before we have discussed where the water goes, the conversation is in the wrong order.

Build for this sun and this ground

Caliche changes what excavation costs and how water behaves under a base. Monsoon runoff moves fines out from under an unrestrained edge a few times a year. Ultraviolet exposure decides how long a sealer lasts, and colour decides whether anyone will walk on the surface barefoot in July. Generic national paver practice does not survive here.

Say the unprofitable thing

There are surfaces that should not be sealed, repairs that should be reported to the installer under warranty rather than paid for again, and jobs where a poured slab is the better answer than pavers. We do not pour slabs, so that last one costs us the work.

Write it down

Scope in writing, quote itemised, allowances named rather than buried. Where something genuinely cannot be known before the ground is opened, we say so plainly instead of pricing in a cushion and hoping.

Checking level across a freshly laid paver field
A level across a fresh field, because the string line only gets you most of the way there.

Pima County

Where we work

Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, Vail, Sahuarita, Green Valley, Catalina Foothills, Casas Adobes, Rita Ranch, Dove Mountain, Corona de Tucson and Tanque Verde.

Service areas

Free on site quote

Get a quote for your surface

Tell us what you want built or fixed and roughly how big the area is. We will come out, look at the ground, and give you a real number with the base spec on it.

Or call (520) 555-0194. Mon to Fri, 7am to 5pm. Saturday by appointment.

The fastest way to book the site visit.

The itemised quote comes back here.

Cross streets are enough. We need to know the ground and the access.

Not on the list but close to it? Choose the last option and tell us where.

Rough is fine. Paces across the yard will do.

If a surface has settled, tell us where it dips and when you first noticed it.

A wide shot of the whole area, and one of the route into the back yard. Choose them here and send them across when we reply to your email. On this trade a photograph often answers the question before anyone drives out.

No obligation. We do not pass your details to anyone else.

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