Lift-and-relay, sunken paving, failed edges and drainage correction for homes, complexes and businesses across Cape Town. We find out why the paving failed, fix the cause, and relay your existing pavers where they are still sound. Serving Plattekloof, the Northern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs, Atlantic Seaboard, Table View and the Winelands.
A Cape Town crew that turns up when scheduled, works cleanly around an occupied property, and leaves the repaired area swept and usable.
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If the pavers themselves are sound and the problem is movement, sinkage or open joints, a lift-and-relay is usually the right call — the units get reused and you pay mainly for labour and base correction. Replacement makes more sense when a large share of the pavers are cracked, spalled or worn through. We tell you which one your paving actually needs after looking at it. Our paving repair cost guide explains how the two compare.
Almost always a base problem rather than a paver problem: insufficient compaction, bedding sand washed out by water, or a services trench backfilled badly. Relaying the surface without correcting the base just recreates the dip. See why driveways crack and sink in Cape Town for the common causes.
Where your pavers are still available we can usually match them closely. Older, discontinued or weathered units are harder — a new paver next to a fifteen-year-old one will not be the same colour. Where matching is not realistic we will say so up front and suggest options, such as taking replacement units from a less visible area and putting the new ones there.
Yes. Spreading and opening joints along a perimeter normally mean the edge restraint has failed or was never installed properly. We reinstate the soldier course and concrete haunch so the paved area is held together again — our maintenance guide covers how to spot it early.
Small relays and re-sanding jobs are often done in a day. Larger areas, or repairs that need drainage work or deeper base correction, take longer. We give you the expected duration with the quote rather than an optimistic guess on the phone.
Yes. Washed-out jointing sand is the most common and cheapest paving problem to fix, and leaving it is what lets weeds establish and pavers start rocking. It is worth doing before it turns into a relay.
It depends on the area affected, whether the base needs correcting, and whether drainage work is involved — so it needs a look on site. Our repair cost guide sets out the ranges and how lift-and-relay compares with full replacement.
Yes — most of our repair work is on paving laid by someone else. We are not interested in running down another contractor's work; we are interested in what the ground is doing and what it will take to fix it properly. Send us photos and we will arrange a look.
