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A paver driveway installation in Sherman Oaks typically runs $7,000-$18,000, and a concrete driveway replacement usually lands between $5,000 and $14,000 depending on slope, access, and whether LADBS requires a soils review. That’s the honest range before you talk to anyone. If you’re on a hillside street south of Ventura Boulevard, expect the grading and drainage side of the job to matter as much as the pavers themselves.
We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve been working driveways and hardscapes across the San Fernando Valley for over 29 years, since Tom Barrett founded the company in 1998. Sherman Oaks isn’t a satellite market for us. Our crews know the difference between a flat 91423 tract lot and a 91403 hillside slope off Mulholland, because those two jobs have almost nothing in common structurally. Call us at (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and you’ll get a live person, not a call center.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Sherman Oaks’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company
Most driveway contractors working Sherman Oaks quote a number over the phone, then show up and discover the lot slopes, the soil moves, and the city wants a grading review. We don’t work that way. Tom Barrett’s name, his address, and his license number are published and verifiable; our estimator walks the site before any number goes on paper. When we quote a paver driveway in Sherman Oaks, that quote already accounts for the hillside ordinance trigger if one applies.
Our Sherman Oaks customers call us back because we do what we say. Every price change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds, and every completed job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call. No chasing, no arbitration clause, no excuses.
Crews serving Sherman Oaks schedule and coordinate from our Los Angeles office, but the people on your driveway are Tom’s sons and their teams, background-checked and uniformed. You’ll see the same faces on day one and day ten. That matters when you’ve been burned by a national outfit before.
Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Sherman Oaks
We’re the Driveway & Pavers team that handles the whole scope, from demo and subgrade work to final seal. Here’s what Sherman Oaks homeowners call us for most often.
Paver Driveways
A properly built paver driveway in Sherman Oaks starts with the base, not the pavers. On valley-floor lots in 91423, we typically excavate 8 to 10 inches, lay a compacted aggregate base, and use polymeric sand in the joints so weeds and ants can’t colonize the seams. On hillside lots south of Ventura Boulevard, we go deeper and add geogrid where the LADBS Hillside Ordinance requires it. Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers are our standard; we’ll show you samples before you commit.
Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work
Concrete in Sherman Oaks fails early when contractors skip a vapor barrier or pour a non-air-entrained mix in 104°F heat. We spec air-entrained concrete with control joints cut the same day, and we time pours for early morning to avoid the valley’s afternoon heat spike. For a stamped concrete driveway, we can match the aggregate and texture of a 1960s Sherman Oaks ranch’s original look, which matters when half the homes on your block were built between 1948 and 1965.
Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing
Standard coastal-grade asphalt binder softens and ruts when surface temperatures in Sherman Oaks hit 108°F in August. We use a heat-resistant mix designed for inland valley conditions, and we never lay it over failing base rock. Resurfacing works when the underlying structure is sound; if it isn’t, we’ll tell you before we take your money.
Driveway Repair & Replacement
Spalling concrete, sunken pavers, and edge cracking are the three calls we get most from Sherman Oaks driveways. The common denominator is usually water, expansive soil, or a slab poured without joints. We fix the cause, not just the surface. On a 1960s tract home off Woodman Avenue near the 101, our crew replaced a crumbling concrete driveway that had heaved from expansive soil movement. The original slab had no control joints and sat directly on uncompacted fill. We removed it, graded to LADBS standards, and installed a paver driveway with a compacted aggregate base and polymeric sand joints. Permits and inspection sign-off were included in our scope of work.
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 Sherman Oaks
We stock and install brands you can look up, not mystery product off a van. For Sherman Oaks hardscape work, we regularly install Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers, and when a driveway or walkway scope connects to waterproofing or drainage, we carry GAF and Schluter systems. If your fireplace, patio, or pool deck work ties into the driveway scope, we’ll spec the same brands we’d put on our own homes.
Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Sherman Oaks Homes
- Polymeric sand failure on hillside paver jobs. Flat-valley contractors from Van Nuys and Valley Glen often run washed sand in the joints because it’s cheap. One rainy season later, the joints are colonized with weeds and ants. We use polymeric sand on every paver driveway in Sherman Oaks, including the 91403 hills.
- Scaling and spalling concrete within five years. The San Fernando Valley heat pocket regularly pushes 100°F and above in summer. Concrete poured without air entrainment or a vapor barrier shows surface failure fast. We spec for the heat, not for the coast.
- Rutting asphalt in August. Driveways on the valley floor in 91423 and 91413 can hit surface temperatures above 140°F. Coastal-grade binder wasn’t made for that. Neither was a two-inch overlay over a cracked base.
- Cracking from expansive soil movement. The flatlands of Sherman Oaks sit on valley-floor soils that swell with winter moisture and shrink in summer. A slab without control joints will crack. We cut joints the day we pour, and on hillside lots we add the subgrade work LADBS wants to see.
Pricing for Driveway & Pavers in Sherman Oaks, CA
Here’s what Sherman Oaks driveway work actually costs, based on the scopes we bid most often:
| Service | Typical Sherman Oaks 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 |
Hillside work south of Ventura Boulevard tends toward the upper end because of the LADBS soils and grading review, which flat-valley jobs don’t trigger. Access matters too. A 60-foot paver driveway with good street access off Sepulveda is a different price than a hillside driveway with a steep grade and no staging room. Call (877) 610-1318 for a written estimate. It’s free, and the number on the page is the number you’ll pay unless you ask for a change.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sherman Oaks
While this page focuses on Sherman Oaks, our crews work regularly in Valley Glen, Van Nuys, Studio City, and Encino. If you’re in one of those neighborhoods and need driveway or paver work, the same crews and the same pricing philosophy apply. One call covers the whole valley.
Serving Sherman Oaks, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sherman Oaks 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 Sherman Oaks
Sometimes. If your property is in a landslide-prone hillside area under LADBS’s Hillside Ordinance, a paver driveway can trigger a soils and grading review even when you’re not adding square footage. It depends on slope, soil type, and how much excavation the job requires. We handle that review as part of our scope; we don’t wait for the city to flag it mid-job. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you whether your specific lot is likely to trigger it.
Yes. We’ve matched original exposed aggregate on Sherman Oaks tract homes from the 1940s through the 1960s many times. The key is getting the aggregate size and color right, then using a stamp that matches the era of the house. If you’re in a 91423 ranch built in 1955, that’s a different finish than a 1970s hillside build south of Mulholland. We’ll show you samples before the pour.
Ventura Boulevard apartment buildings tend to have heavier vehicle traffic, more delivery vehicles, and longer driveway runs than single-family homes in the 91423 flats. Polymeric sand still works, but we often spec a stronger joint stabilizer, or in some cases permeable joint material paired with a deeper base, to handle the constant loading. Your subgrade also matters more when a driveway serves multiple units.
Fall and spring are ideal. Sherman Oaks summer heat regularly hits 100°F or more, which accelerates concrete cure and risks surface cracks if the pour isn’t timed and cured properly. We pour in Sherman Oaks all summer, but we start early, use curing compounds, and adjust the mix. If your schedule is flexible, October through April produces the most predictable cure. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk timing.
It can. The City of Los Angeles’s mandatory soft-story retrofit ordinance, Ordinance 183893, covers many of the 1960s and 1970s tuck-under apartment buildings along Ventura Boulevard and the side streets. If your building is on the ordinance list, a driveway replacement that touches the tuck-under carport area may bring retrofit requirements into scope. We’ll check the ordinance list and tell you before you spend money on plans. We’d rather flag it early than hand you a surprise change order later.
Get a Written Driveway Estimate in Sherman Oaks
If you live in Sherman Oaks and you’re tired of driveway quotes that change on day two, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. We’ll walk your driveway, check the slope, check the LADBS triggers, and put a written line-item estimate in your hand. Scope in writing, allowances in writing, change orders in writing. That’s how Tom Barrett has run the company since 1998, and it’s how the crews working Sherman Oaks run it today.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction.