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Fast, Reliable Driveway & Pavers Across Houston

If you’re looking for driveway and paver work in Houston, the short answer is this: a paver driveway installation typically runs $7,000-$18,000, a concrete driveway $4,500-$12,000, and a paver patio $3,500-$11,000, depending on square footage, access, and the condition of what’s underneath. Barrett & Sons Construction has been building and repairing driveways, patios, walkways, and pool decks across Houston for a long time, and we know what the soil, the rain, and the heat do to hardscapes here. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll give you a written line-item quote before anything gets scheduled.

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Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Houston’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company

Tom Barrett’s name is on the truck, and his sons run the crews. That matters in Houston, where a lot of homeowners have already been through the phone-quote-then-different-bill routine with a national outfit. Every job we do includes a written change order before any scope changes, and every completed job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right with one call.

Houston homeowners call us because they want a contractor who answers his own phone and shows up when he says he will. Our live-person line operates 24/7, not a voicemail box or an out-of-state call center. We also publish Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number, so you can look it up before you sign. When we pour a driveway in Montrose or set pavers in the Heights, we’re working a few miles from where our crews live, and our reputation travels block by block.

Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Houston

Paver Driveways

A paver driveway in Houston has to handle two things at once: heavy rain and shifting soil. We install Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers on a compacted base with proper edge restraint, because the Beaumont Clay under most Houston lots swells and shrinks with the seasons. If you skip the base work, pavers sink within a couple of years. In neighborhoods like Montrose and the Heights, where 1920s bungalows sit on pier-and-beam foundations, we regularly see driveways that have cracked and settled because the original base was never deep enough. A typical paver driveway installation runs $7,000-$18,000, depending on paver type, pattern, and access. We also offer the free second opinion on any written estimate you already have.

Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work

Concrete in Houston faces a specific enemy: water. The city averages over 50 inches of rainfall a year, and much of it sits at or below 50 feet elevation on the Gulf Coastal Plain. Poor drainage under a slab leads to washout, cracking, and heaving. We pour concrete driveways at $4,500-$12,000, with rebar or wire mesh reinforcement and control joints cut at the right spacing for Houston’s temperature swings. We also handle stamped concrete driveways for homeowners who want the look of stone without the paver price, and we pull permits on every eligible job so the inspector, not the contractor, signs off on the pour.

Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing

Asphalt makes sense for longer driveways and wider approaches, especially in Houston’s older suburban pockets where lots run deep. A new asphalt driveway paving job typically runs $3,500-$9,000, and resurfacing over a stable existing base costs less. Asphalt and Houston’s heat are a known combination: the surface gets soft in July, so we time the final roll and cure accordingly. We also recommend sealing within the first year, and driveway sealing runs $250-$700 depending on square footage. If you’re in Bellaire or West University Place, where lot widths run narrow and driveways run long, asphalt is often the most cost-effective option.

Driveway Repair & Replacement

Houston’s clay soil moves, and that movement shows up in driveways first. We see cracks, sunken slabs, and edge spalling all over ZIP codes 77021, 77022, 77023, and 77024. Some driveways can be repaired with mudjacking or sectional replacement; others need a full tear-out and repour. Driveway replacement runs $5,000-$14,000 in Houston. What separates us from a guy with a truck and a skid steer is that we document the scope in writing, issue change orders before any new work, and stand behind the job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. We also own the fact that we coordinate all of our Houston-area Driveway & Pavers work out of our Houston office, so scheduling doesn’t get handed off to a regional dispatcher.

Trusted Brands We Service in Houston

We don’t install mystery materials off a van. On paver and hardscape jobs, we work with Belgard and Techo-Bloc, brands you can look up and verify. For related work, we stock and install premium names across our trades: GAF and CertainTeed on roofs, Andersen and Marvin on windows, KraftMaid and Cambria in kitchens. Our crews also keep common replacement parts on hand for Houston’s most-installed paver and concrete systems, which means fewer return trips and faster completion when a job calls for matching an existing patio or walkway. If you want to know exactly what’s going under your driveway before we start, ask for the name, model, and finish in writing. We’ll give it to you.

Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Houston Homes

• Clay soil movement: Houston sits on expansive Beaumont Clay that can shift foundations inches seasonally. Driveways poured without a properly compacted base or adequate rebar crack along those seasonal movement lines, and paver edges sink where the subgrade wasn’t stabilized.
• Standing water after heavy rain: With 50-plus inches of annual rainfall and much of the city at or below 50 feet elevation, site drainage dictates driveway longevity. We regularly regrade and install channel drains in Houston driveways where water pools against the garage slab after a hard Gulf storm.
• Heat-related asphalt softening: Houston’s July and August sun softens fresh asphalt more than a Dallas or Austin pour would. We adjust the mix timing and cure schedule for Houston’s climate instead of following a one-size-fits-all national playbook.
• Adjacent demolition and infill disturbance: In neighborhoods like Montrose and the Heights, where old bungalows are torn down and replaced with townhomes on slabs, the soil on the block has been repeatedly disturbed. That means even a “simple” driveway replacement on a 1930s lot can sit on soil that hasn’t settled, so we over-excavate and recompact more aggressively than a suburban teardown would require.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Houston

Our Driveway & Pavers team covers Houston and the surrounding communities, including Bellaire, West University Place, Galena Park, and Jacinto City. If you’re just outside the loop, call us and we’ll confirm coverage. You can also see what we do across the broader service area on our Houston page.

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