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Driveway replacement or a new paver patio in Bedford usually runs between $4,500 and $18,000 depending on what’s beneath the surface, and most jobs are done within a week of the concrete or pavers arriving. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, owned and operated by Tom Barrett, and we’ve been laying hardscapes long enough to know Bedford’s clay will wreck a driveway that wasn’t engineered for it. If you’re on a 1960s or 1970s ranch street in 76021 or 76022 and your concrete is cracked, heaving, or draining toward the house, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come walk the site with you.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Bedford’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company
We answer our own phone. That matters more than most people realize until they’ve left three voicemails with an out-of-state call center. When you call Barrett & Sons about a driveway in Bedford, you’re talking to someone who knows where Parkwood Drive is, who knows what post oaks do to concrete edges, and who will show up in a truck with our name on it. Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. You’ll see the same faces when we come back for the 90-Day Done Right Promise walkthrough.
We carry premium paver lines like Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers because Bedford homeowners ask us to install materials they can look up and verify. Not mystery brands off a van. Our Driveway & Pavers team pulls permits on every eligible job in Bedford, and we put every scope change in writing before it touches the ground. That’s how Tom has always run it: the allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date.
And yes, we’ve fixed the driveways that other contractors poured across Bedford’s clay without a proper base. We hear about those jobs a lot. Usually around year three, when the pavers have tilted toward the flower bed and the owner can’t find the original contractor’s number.
Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Bedford
Paver Driveways
A paver driveway in Bedford isn’t just about looks. It’s about surviving the shrink-swell cycle that moves Tarrant County clay every wet winter and dry summer. We excavate the expansive native soil, lay a geotextile separator, and compact a limestone aggregate base before a single paver goes down. That’s the difference between a driveway that stays flat for a decade and one that looks like a roller coaster after two springs. We install Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers in patterns suited to single-story ranch homes, including the 76021 neighborhoods around Bedford Boys Ranch.
Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work
Concrete in Bedford fails most often because of what’s under it, not what’s in the mix. The clay beneath a 1960s ranch near L. Don Dodson Drive has already moved once, and it’ll move again. That’s why our concrete driveway installations include control joints cut at the right depth, proper slope away from the foundation, and a base compacted after we’ve removed any organics or old root systems. For full-depth replacement of a settled driveway on 76022’s older streets, we saw-cut the old slab, haul it, and pour with Quikrete or spec-mix concrete rated for North Texas temperature swings.
Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing
Asphalt makes sense on some Bedford lots, especially long flat drives where speed of installation and lower material cost matter. But asphalt on Bedford clay without a stable base will alligator-crack along the edges within a year, particularly where mature post oaks and pecans push roots toward the surface. We handle asphalt paving and resurfacing with the same base-prep discipline we apply to pavers. If your asphalt driveway is cracked through the middle and draining toward the garage, call us before you seal over the problem.
Driveway Repair & Replacement
We replace more failed driveways in Bedford than we pour brand-new ones on empty lots. There just aren’t empty lots here anymore. The typical job is a 40-to-60-year-old concrete slab that settled at the garage apron, cracked along load-bearing edges, or heaved where a post oak found water. We assess the base, check the drainage, then either resurface the stable sections or pull the whole thing and rebuild with the right slope. Every quote is a written line-item scope, and the price doesn’t change unless you approve a change order first.
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 Bedford
We install Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers, and we work with Quikrete products for concrete pours and repairs where they fit the job. These are brands a Bedford homeowner can Google. That matters to Tom. He’s put his name on our truck for 29 years because parents in Hurst and Colleyville will stop him at the grocery store and ask about a driveway we installed five years ago. We order Bedford’s materials through our DFW suppliers, so a special paver color or edge course doesn’t sit in a warehouse for two weeks waiting on a backordered part.
Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Bedford Homes
- Pavers heaving on raw clay. Laid directly on Bedford’s expansive clay without a compacted aggregate base, pavers tilt within two or three years. The clay swells in wet winters and shrinks under 100°F summer stress. We excavate and rebuild the base before the first course goes down.
- Driveway slope draining toward the house. Older Bedford ranches often have driveways that pitch toward the slab edge. That saturates the soil next to the foundation and accelerates the same movement that cracked the walls in the 1980s. We correct the grade so water goes to the curb or a drain line, not under your living room.
- Tree roots lifting concrete edges. Mature post oaks and pecans on Bedford’s older streets send roots toward shallow water. When a driveway edge lifts two inches over a root, patching with concrete just delays the trip. We remove the root section, repair the base, and set the slope to avoid future water pooling.
- Old unpermitted work hiding under new driveways. Bedford’s pre-1975 central neighborhoods sometimes have concrete poured over original slabs that never had a permit. When we cut into a driveway and find a second layer under a 30-year-old patch, we stop, tell you, and put the remediation in a written change order before touching anything else.
Pricing for Driveway & Pavers in Bedford, TX
Here’s what you should expect to pay in Bedford’s current market. These are our standard line-item ranges, not a teaser price that changes when the crew shows up.
| Service | Typical Bedford Range |
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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 |
| Asphalt Driveway Paving | $3,500 - $9,000 |
What moves the price in Bedford specifically: how much clay we have to excavate and haul, whether tree roots have to be removed, the slope correction needed for drainage, and whether we discover old unpermitted concrete under the surface. We give you a written allowance for base work so there’s no surprise invoice. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free, no-trip-charge estimate inside the county. Tom will walk your driveway with you.
We Also Serve Cities Near Bedford
We work across the Mid-Cities area, so if you’re a few minutes from the Bedford line, we’ve got you covered. We regularly install and repair driveways in Bedford and the surrounding communities of Hurst, Euless, Colleyville, and North Richland Hills. The same clay, the same tree roots, the same 1960s ranch stock. If you’re in one of those towns and your driveway is heaving at the apron, call us. We’ll come out and give you a straight answer.
Serving Bedford, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Bedford 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 Bedford
For most full driveway replacements in Bedford, you do need a permit, especially when the slope, drainage, or connection to the street or curb changes. We pull the permit ourselves on every eligible job and we make sure the inspection gets signed before we call the driveway done. The permit requirement can change the scope because the inspector will check drainage away from the foundation and the proper grade at the right-of-way, which sometimes means a catch basin or curb cut adjustment. That’s all in your written quote before we start. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact answer on your specific lot.
Paver driveways in Bedford usually cost more because of the soil work. Bedford sits on some of the most reactive expansive clay in Tarrant County, and the standard build here requires excavating 8 to 10 inches of native clay, hauling it away, laying a geotextile separator, and compacting a limestone base. In some other cities with sandier or more stable soils, crews can sometimes get away with less excavation. We don’t take that shortcut. The base is what protects your $15,000 paver surface from heaving in year three. Get in touch at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll show you the cross-section we propose for your lot.
Yes, and that’s a core part of the job. We keep the finished height of the paver surface in line with your garage floor and the existing grade, but we correct the pitch so water moves away from the house. On many Bedford ranches, the old driveway drains toward the foundation, and that’s been quietly feeding water toward your slab for decades. We adjust the slope to somewhere between 1% and 2% and add a drain line or channel where needed so runoff heads to the curb instead of your front wall. We’ll put the revised grades on your site plan before we dig. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and we’ll mark it out on your driveway.
It’s more common in central Bedford than people expect. Pre-1975 neighborhoods around the older streets often have unpermitted concrete or old garage slab extensions that never went through a proper inspection. If we cut into your driveway and find that, we stop work, show you what we found, and give you a written change order for the re-inspection and any remediation the current code requires before the new permit can close. You won’t be surprised by a bill at the end. You’ll know before we proceed. That’s the whole point of a written change order.
We excavate down far enough to fit the base without lifting the final surface. On a typical Bedford lot, that means removing 8 to 10 inches of clay, laying a geotextile fabric to stop soil migration, and compacting an 8-inch limestone base before a one-inch bedding course and the pavers. On a job near Parkwood Drive, we removed 10 inches of expansive clay, installed the separator and limestone base with a 1% slope to daylight, and reset the downspout into a buried drain line. The old driveway had settled 2.5 inches at the apron; the new one has stayed within 1/8 inch through two wet winters and a 100°F summer. That’s the discipline Bedford’s clay demands.
If your driveway is cracked, heaved, or tilting in Bedford, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. You’ll get a free estimate, a written line-item quote, and a driveway built for the clay under your house, not the clay under some other town.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Bedford and the surrounding Mid-Cities communities. Tom founded the company in 1998, and his sons run the crews today.