KraftMaid Driveway & Pavers: The Fort Myers Owner’s Guide
KraftMaid driveway and paver parts in Fort Myers are typically in-stock or available within 48 hours, with most installations running from $7,000 to $18,000 for a full paver driveway replacement. Homeowners usually discover a failing part during the rainy season - standing water where it never pooled before, a paver that’s sunk an inch, or an edge course that has pulled away from the driveway apron. We keep common KraftMaid-compatible edge restraints, bedding sand, and replacement pavers on our trucks because Fort Myers humidity and summer downpours accelerate wear in ways a manufacturer’s Arizona test track never simulated.
Groundwork Construction Co. of Fort Myers is an independent contractor, not a KraftMaid affiliate. We stock and install parts that match or exceed KraftMaid driveway and paver system specifications because we have spent 42 years in this community and know what survives a Lee County wet season.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid driveway and paver systems are built around their modular interlocking paver lines - primarily the Estate, Promenade, and ArcStone series. Each uses a different joint width and base depth spec. The Estate series runs a 60mm-thick paver on a 6-inch compacted aggregate base. Promenade pavers are thinner at 50mm and use a tighter 2mm joint. ArcStone is the heavy-duty option, spec’d at 80mm with a 4mm joint for drainage.
The gotcha we see regularly in Fort Myers: homeowners buy replacement pavers online by color name alone, without checking the series stamp on the underside of an existing paver. KraftMaid uses the same color names across all three series, but the dimensions do not interchange. Flip a loose paver over. You will see a two-letter series code stamped into the concrete - “ES” for Estate, “PR” for Promenade, “AR” for ArcStone. If that code is worn off, measure the thickness with a tape measure. That number tells us exactly what to order. Do not guess by color. We have replaced too many mismatched driveway sections in Cape Coral and Fort Myers Shores where an owner ordered the right name and the wrong paver.
OEM KraftMaid edge restraints and polymeric sand are solid products. For base aggregate, we source locally from Florida Rock & Sand in Fort Myers - the same gradation spec KraftMaid calls for, without the freight surcharge that comes with a branded bag. The performance is identical, the cost drops by about 15%, and the material is already acclimated to our climate.
Signs Your KraftMaid Driveway & Pavers Are Failing
- Standing water that lingers more than 20 minutes after rain. Fort Myers afternoon storms will expose a low spot fast. The underlying cause is usually a washed-out sand bed - rainwater has carved channels beneath the pavers, and the base is no longer supporting them evenly.
- A single paver that wobbles underfoot or rocks when stepped on. That is almost always a cracked bedding layer directly below that unit. Fort Myers’ sandy native soil shifts with seasonal moisture, and a thin spot in the base gives way first.
- Edge pavers pulling away from the driveway border or curb. Edge restraints have rusted through or pulled free of their spikes. We see this constantly in neighborhoods off McGregor Boulevard where irrigation overspray keeps the edges damp year-round.
- Efflorescence - a white chalky haze - spreading across multiple pavers and not washing off. It signals trapped moisture migrating up through the paver, often because the polymeric sand in the joints has degraded and is no longer shedding water properly.
- Weeds or grass sprouting between pavers that were tight a year ago. The joint sand is gone. Once water gets under the pavers through open joints, the base erodes and you get a cycle of sinking, cracking, and more weed growth.
Replacement Cost & What’s Included
A full KraftMaid-compatible paver driveway replacement in Fort Myers runs $7,000 to $18,000 installed. Most single-car driveways land in the $8,500-$12,000 range. Partial repairs - replacing a failed section or re-laying a sunken edge - start around $1,200 and go up based on square footage.
What drives the range:
- Driveway size in square feet (Fort Myers lots range from compact downtown parcels to two-car suburban driveways in Gateway).
- Access - a backyard paver driveway with no machine access costs more in labor than a front drive we can reach with our skid steer.
- Base condition - if the original aggregate base was poured thin or has washed out, we excavate and rebuild it to the 6-inch minimum spec before laying a single paver.
- Drainage correction - many Fort Myers homes need a French drain or channel drain added at the garage apron. We include that in the quote, not as a change order.
Every quote includes tear-out and disposal of the failed section, new compacted aggregate base, bedding sand, KraftMaid-compatible pavers, polymeric joint sand, and new edge restraints. The work is covered by our 730-Day Done Right Promise. If something shifts or settles in that window, we come back and make it right - no fine print, no exclusions for “soil conditions.” We know Fort Myers soil. That is exactly why the warranty matters.
Upfront pricing, no surprises. Call (844) 638-7249 to schedule a free estimate. Derek will walk the driveway with you, take measurements, and hand you a written line-item quote - not a ballpark number scribbled on a business card.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely pull up a loose paver and check the series code stamped underneath. You can also check whether edge restraints are still firmly spiked in place by pressing on the border pavers with your foot. Those two checks take five minutes and cost nothing.
What goes wrong when a homeowner tries the full repair: lifting pavers without breaking the interlocking tabs is harder than it looks, and one cracked paver turns into six. Re-compacting a washed-out base with a hand tamper never matches the density of a plate compactor, so the repair sinks again within a wet season. And polymeric sand has a narrow working window - too dry and it will not set, too humid and it cures into a crust on top of the pavers. Fort Myers humidity makes that second scenario the norm for DIY sand jobs. We have fixed enough of them to know.
If the damage is bigger than two or three pavers, or if water is pooling, the base is involved. That requires excavation and mechanical compaction. Call (844) 638-7249. Estimates are free, and you will know exactly what you are dealing with before you spend a dime.
FAQs
With proper base preparation and joint sand maintenance, a KraftMaid paver driveway in Fort Myers lasts 25 to 30 years. The pavers themselves are concrete - they do not rot or degrade. What fails first in our climate is the base, usually because stormwater found a way under the pavers through neglected joints.
Most failures we see are sectional - a low corner, a sunken tire track, an edge that pulled away. We can replace and re-compact just the affected area. The repair pavers will match in color because we order from the same KraftMaid color lot whenever possible, but even a perfect match will look newer than 10-year-old pavers. After six months of Fort Myers sun, the difference fades.
A partial repair - pulling and re-laying 50 to 100 square feet - takes one day from tear-out to final compaction. A full driveway replacement runs two to three days, depending on the access and whether we are adding drainage. Fort Myers’ afternoon thunderstorms can steal a few hours, so we stage work accordingly and tarp the exposed base if rain threatens overnight.
We stock the Estate and Promenade series in the three most common Fort Myers colorways - Charcoal, Sandalwood, and Slate Blend. ArcStone is special-order with a 48-hour lead time from KraftMaid’s Florida distribution center. We also keep edge restraints, polymeric sand, and bedding sand on our trucks, so we never show up to a repair with half the materials on backorder.
Written by Derek Hollenbeck, Owner & General Contractor, Groundwork Construction Co. of Fort Myers, serving Fort Myers and nearby areas.