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Replacing a driveway or building a paver patio in Alamo Heights is not a job for a contractor learning the streets on the way to the quote. You need a crew that knows the difference between pulling a permit through Alamo Heights City Hall on Austin Highway and mistakenly filing with San Antonio, understands how the montmorillonite clay under your 78209 lot behaves in a drought, and will show you every allowance in writing before a single brick gets laid.
Barrett & Sons Construction has been doing exactly that since 1998. A paver driveway in Alamo Heights typically runs $7,000-$18,000, and a concrete driveway usually runs $4,500-$12,000. Want an exact number for your home? Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. Tom Barrett or one of his sons answers the phone.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Alamo Heights’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company
This is the kind of town where people ask their neighbors who did their driveway before they call anyone. We get that. Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews, not a dispatcher sending out strangers. When we quote a paver driveway near Broadway or a concrete replacement off Nacogdoches Road, the name on the contract is the same name on the truck, and the face you shake hands with on Monday is the same face you see at the hardware store on Saturday.
Alamo Heights is a small, established city inside San Antonio’s northeast side, and homeowners here tend to do their homework. That is why Tom publishes his name, address, and license number for you to verify before you sign anything. Our Driveway & Pavers crew works in Alamo Heights every month, knows the local inspectors by name, and schedules around the city’s own inspection timelines. We do not assume Bexar County procedures apply. We know better, because we have pulled permits through City Hall so many times that the paperwork no longer surprises us.
One more thing: every job comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on the contract. If it is not done right, one call brings Tom back. That is not a marketing line. It is in writing.
Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Alamo Heights
We handle the full range of outdoor hardscape work for homes in Alamo Heights. Most of what we do falls into four categories. Here is what that means for your property.
Paver Driveways
Paver driveways are the most common request we get in Alamo Heights, and it is not hard to see why. The housing stock from the 1920s through the 1950s includes Tudor Revivals, Spanish Colonial Revivals, and craftsman bungalows. A paver driveway in brick or stone tones fits those homes in a way a flat gray slab does not. We install pavers from Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers, which lets us match the exact color and texture of the limestone or brick already on the house. Permits run through Alamo Heights City Hall, not San Antonio, so we handle that paperwork before the first day of excavation.
Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work
Concrete is the practical choice for many Alamo Heights homeowners, especially on lots where a long, straight driveway leads to a rear garage. A properly prepared concrete driveway on this soil needs a compacted aggregate base and control joints cut at the right spacing, or the montmorillonite clay will heav it within a few seasons. We also handle stamped concrete driveways for homeowners who want the look of stone without the per-piece cost of pavers. In Alamo Heights, stamped concrete typically falls within the same $4,500-$12,000 range as standard concrete, depending on the pattern and color work.
Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing
Asphalt is less common in Alamo Heights proper than in other parts of Bexar County, but we still do a fair number of asphalt driveways, especially on properties with longer approaches or rear garage access. Asphalt paving for a residential driveway in this area runs $3,500-$9,000. We also handle resurfacing, which can extend the life of an existing asphalt drive when the base is still sound.
Driveway Repair & Replacement
Many Alamo Heights driveways are original to homes built before 1960. Decades of clay-shift heave, root growth, and summer heat have cracked, sunken, and spalled the original concrete. When the base has failed, replacement is the only honest fix. We remove the old slab, recompact the subgrade, and install a properly graded base. When the damage is isolated, we repair the affected sections. Replacement runs $5,000-$14,000 depending on the driveway size, material, and access.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Alamo Heights
We do not install mystery materials off the back of a van. For hardscapes, we work with premium manufacturers whose names you can look up: Techo-Bloc, Cambridge Pavers, and Oldcastle. These companies publish their specifications, warranties, and installation guidelines, so you know exactly what is going under your feet. Alamo Heights homeowners appreciate that. If you have a specific paver or stone in mind, tell us during the estimate and we will price it from the manufacturer’s current catalog, not a guess.
Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Alamo Heights Homes
Alamo Heights has a set of problems you do not see in the newer suburbs around Loop 1604. Here are the four we run into most often, based on years of working on driveways along Broadway, Nacogdoches Road, and the residential streets off both.
- Permit confusion. Alamo Heights runs its own building department, separate from San Antonio. Contractors who file through the wrong portal get stop-work orders on already-excavated driveways, which costs time and money. We file through Alamo Heights City Hall from day one.
- Clay soil heave. The expansive montmorillonite clay that runs through Alamo Heights shrinks in summer drought and swells during fall rains. A paver or concrete driveway without a properly compacted aggregate base and drainage grading will heave within two seasons. We see it on original driveways all the time.
- Old foundation ties. Many Alamo Heights homes sit on pier-and-beam or older slab foundations that have moved over decades. A new driveway has to tie into that existing drainage path without changing how water flows toward or away from the foundation. Get that detail wrong and you have water against the sill plate after the first heavy rain in October.
- Historic material matching. When an old driveway borders original limestone masonry, brickwork, or a stone entry, you cannot just pour a bright gray slab up against it and call it done. We match pavers and concrete tones to the existing stone and brick so the driveway looks like it belongs with the house, not against it.
Pricing for Driveway & Pavers in Alamo Heights, TX
Alamo Heights pricing is straightforward when you know what the job needs. Here are the current market ranges we quote for work in the 78209 area:
| Service | Typical Price Range in Alamo Heights |
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| Paver Driveway Installation | $7,000 - $18,000 |
| Concrete Driveway Installation | $4,500 - $12,000 |
| Driveway Replacement | $5,000 - $14,000 |
| Driveway Sealing | $250 - $700 |
What drives the cost? Paver choices (Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers run higher than basic concrete, but they also last longer and handle soil movement better), the size of the driveway, how much old concrete has to be removed and hauled, and whether the city inspector requires additional drainage grading based on the lot’s non-conforming layout. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives in writing before work happens. No surprises at the end.
Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote. The estimate is free, and a live person answers.
We Also Serve Cities Near Alamo Heights
Our crews work throughout the northeast San Antonio area, so if you live just outside Alamo Heights, we are close by. We serve Driveway & Pavers in Alamo Heights and the surrounding communities: Terrell Hills, San Antonio, Windcrest, and Kirby. If you are not sure whether your property falls within our service area, call us and ask. We will tell you straight.
Serving Alamo Heights, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Alamo Heights area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Driveway & Pavers in Alamo Heights
You need a permit from Alamo Heights City Hall on Austin Highway. Alamo Heights operates its own building department and inspections office completely separate from San Antonio, even though the city is surrounded by San Antonio on all sides. Replacing an existing driveway, not just adding a new one, falls under that local permitting process. If you file through the City of San Antonio portal, you will get a stop-work order. We pull the right permit through Alamo Heights City Hall on every job before excavation starts. Call (877) 610-1318 and we will walk you through the paperwork.
The montmorillonite clay under Alamo Heights shrinks during the hot, dry summer and swells during the fall rains, so a paver driveway has to be built on a properly compacted aggregate base with drainage grading that sends water away from the driveway and the foundation. Without that base, the pavers shift, sink, and separate within two seasons. We remove the old slab, recompact the subgrade, add the aggregate base, and set the pavers with a permeable joint system so the driveway can move with the clay instead of fighting it. On a Tudor Revival off Broadway near the 78209 corridor, we replaced a failing 1950s concrete driveway this way, tying the new paver apron into the existing pier-and-beam drainage path so the fall rain cycle drained clean.
Yes, as long as the drainage path, grading, and base preparation meet the local interpretation of the IRC that Alamo Heights inspectors apply to its older, non-conforming lots. The inspectors here know the housing stock from the 1920s to the 1950s and they look closely at how a new driveway changes water flow around a pier-and-beam foundation. We schedule the inspection through Alamo Heights’s own system, not Bexar County’s, and we make sure the grading details are documented before the pour. We have passed this inspection enough times to know exactly what they check. Call (877) 610-1318 if you have a specific lot condition you are worried about.
A paver driveway in Alamo Heights typically runs $7,000-$18,000. What drives the cost: the size of the driveway, the paver brand and style (Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers run higher than basic concrete pavers), how much old concrete has to be removed and hauled, and whether the city requires additional drainage grading based on the lot’s layout. Every price is fixed in writing before we order materials. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote. The estimate is free, and we will put every number in writing so you can compare it against any other bid.
Concrete in Alamo Heights during July and August has to be poured in the early morning, before the heat exceeds 100°F, and we keep the mix hydrated long enough to cure properly. A pour that loses moisture too fast in this heat will crack and spall within a few seasons. We schedule concrete pours for the coolest part of the work window and adjust the mix and finishing schedule to match the forecast. That is standard practice for any crew that works in Alamo Heights through the summer. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate, and we will talk through timing for your specific project.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction. Proudly serving Alamo Heights with written change orders, permits pulled through Alamo Heights City Hall, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job.