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A paver driveway in Dallas typically runs $7,000-$18,000, while a poured concrete driveway lands between $4,500 and $12,000. Most jobs take five to nine working days once materials arrive. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a written line-item estimate before any work starts.
We work across Dallas every week, from the 1920s bungalow streets of Kessler Park to the teardown-and-infill lots reshaping 75204 and 75206. Tom Barrett built this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews you’ll see on your property. We know the black gumbo clay under your slab and the post-tensioned cables running through it. That local knowledge changes how we prep a base, where we cut a control joint, and what we write on the permit application.
If you’re pricing a new driveway or repairing one that’s heaved and cracked, call (877) 610-1318. A live person answers, day or night.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Dallas’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company
Dallas homeowners keep our number because we handle the two things that actually go wrong on driveway and paver jobs here: expansive clay movement and post-tensioned slab cables. A contractor who doesn’t know Dallas soils will lay pavers the way they’d lay them in Fort Worth or Austin. That’s how you get buckling within two wet-dry cycles and a driveway that pools water against your foundation.
Every job gets permits pulled and inspections signed. That’s not optional. The inspector’s sign-off is your record that the work met Dallas’s storm and wind-load requirements, and that record matters later when an insurance adjuster asks questions. We also write every scope change as a paper change order before a single saw blade moves, so the price you sign is the price you pay. The same can’t be said for the national outfits that quote over the phone and show up with a different number.
Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number. You can look it up before you sign anything. Then check the Driveway & Pavers team’s work against what we promised. If something’s not right, one call brings Tom back. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on every contract.
Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Dallas
Paver Driveways
A paver driveway in Dallas has to sit on a base that flexes with the clay. We excavate deep enough to remove the organic topsoil and unstable gumbo, then lay a compacted aggregate base with geotextile fabric. That base, not the pavers themselves, is what keeps your driveway flat through Dallas’s drought-to-downpour cycles. We install Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers because they’re real, look-up-able products, not mystery material off a van.
In the 752xx ZIPs, paver driveways typically run $7,000-$18,000 depending on square footage, base depth, and paver choice.
Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work
Concrete in Dallas lives and dies by the control joint. Without a properly cut joint at the slab interface, your driveway will crack along the boundary where the house’s post-tensioned slab moves one way and the flatwork moves another. We locate and mark the cables at the slab perimeter before any saw-cutting. Cutting into one of those high-tension cables isn’t a cosmetic mistake. It’s a life-safety hazard.
Poured concrete driveways here range from $4,500-$12,000. We schedule pours around the summer heat when we can. Sustained 100°F stretches compress concrete cure windows, so we use set-retarding admixtures and early-morning pours to keep the slab from curing too fast.
Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing
Asphalt is less common in Dallas than concrete or pavers, but it has a place, especially on longer rural-style approaches. The challenge here is the same gumbo. Asphalt over poorly compacted expansive clay will crack within two seasons. We compact the subgrade properly and slope it at 2% away from the house. That slope is the difference between a driveway that sheds Dallas’s torrential storms and one that feeds water into your foundation.
Driveway Repair & Replacement
Most Dallas repair calls are either heaved concrete from clay movement, cracked control joints, or pavers that have shifted off their base. On a replacement job we always check the slab interface first. If saw-cutting is involved, post-tensioned cable locating happens before any blade touches concrete. We also document everything for the city’s inspection sign-off. Replacement runs $5,000-$14,000 depending on what’s under the surface.
What happens when you call
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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 Dallas
We install Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers because their engineering data is published, which means we can show you exactly what storm and wind-load rating your driveway meets. We also have strong local supplier relationships in the Dallas area, so paver and concrete material lead times stay short, even during the spring building rush. If you’re matching an existing hardscape, bring us the original paver brand and we’ll source a compatible line rather than pretending a near-match is a match.
Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Dallas Homes
- Post-tensioned cable strikes. A crew saw-cuts a driveway edge at the slab interface, hits a high-tension cable, and releases stored energy violently. In Dallas, where post-tensioned slabs are the default, this hazard is real on nearly every replacement job that touches the house line. We locate and mark cables before cutting. Always.
- Expansive clay heave. Dallas’s black gumbo swells and contracts inches seasonally. Pavers laid on a thin sand bed shift and buckle within two wet-dry cycles, throwing off drainage slope and funneling water toward the foundation. A proper compacted aggregate base with geotextile fabric is the only thing that survives this soil.
- Water pooling at the slab edge. A driveway that wasn’t sloped at 2% away from the house channels Dallas stormwater straight to your foundation. On older pier-and-beam homes in Oak Cliff and Kessler Park, that water finds its way under the house and starts a whole different problem.
- Missing inspection sign-off. Skipping the required city inspection on a concrete pour leaves no record that your driveway met Dallas’s wind and storm-load requirements. When you file an insurance claim for storm-driven water damage later, that missing paperwork can quietly void it.
Pricing for Driveway & Pavers in Dallas, TX
Dallas pricing is market-calibrated. Expect to pay the following for the most common driveway and paver scopes in the 752xx ZIPs:
| Service | Dallas Price 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 |
What moves the number: paver choice (Belgard and Techo-Bloc lines differ in cost per square foot), base depth, square footage, and whether post-tensioned cable locating is required at the slab interface. You’ll get a written line-item quote before anything starts. No allowances that live only in someone’s head. Call (877) 610-1318 for your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Dallas
Our Dallas crews regularly take on driveway and paver jobs in Highland Park, University Park, Richardson, and Irving. Same crews, same written change orders, same 90-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re in one of those cities and the contractor you called won’t put the scope in writing, call us instead.
Serving Dallas, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Dallas 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 Dallas
Most paver driveway installations in Dallas require a permit for the base excavation and drainage work, and a concrete driveway pour requires an inspection before and after the pour. If you skip the inspection, there’s no public record that your driveway met Dallas’s storm and wind-load requirements. When an insurance adjuster reviews a claim for water damage or storm impact, a missing sign-off can become the reason the claim gets reduced or denied. We pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible job. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you what your specific project needs.
Your post-tensioned slab contains high-tension steel cables running through the concrete. Any saw-cutting at the slab perimeter, where a driveway or paver border meets the house, has to happen only after those cables are located and marked. Cutting into a live cable releases stored tension violently and can injure or kill someone. That’s why we locate and mark before any blade touches concrete on every Dallas job where the work meets the slab.
Pavers on Dallas’s expansive clay need a compacted aggregate base, typically 6 to 10 inches depending on use, with geotextile fabric separating the base from the native gumbo. That fabric stops the clay from pumping up into the aggregate during wet seasons. Without it, pavers shift and buckle within two wet-dry cycles. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact base spec on your property, because depth depends on your soil report and drainage conditions.
A control joint at the slab interface lets the house foundation and the driveway flatwork move independently. Dallas’s post-tensioned slab and your driveway expand and contract at different rates as the clay beneath them swells and shrinks. Without a properly cut joint, the driveway cracks along that boundary. We cut the joint after locating the slab cables, not before.
Documented compliance means the permit file and inspection sign-off show your driveway met Dallas’s storm and wind-load requirements. If you later file a claim for storm-driven water damage or wind debris impact, that documentation supports your claim. A driveway installed without a permit leaves no paper trail, and the adjuster can use that gap to question whether the work was done correctly at all. We give you the paperwork because the inspection record is yours to keep.
Get Your Free Driveway & Pavers Estimate in Dallas
You’ll get a written, line-item estimate. You’ll get a scope that says exactly what we’re doing, what materials we’re using, and what it costs. If anything changes once we start, you’ll get a written change order before the work happens. Call (877) 610-1318 today and talk to a live person who can answer your questions about pavers, concrete, drainage, and Dallas’s post-tensioned cable hazard. The estimate is free.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Dallas since 1998.