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Cambridge Pavers Home Additions & ADU: The Dallas Owner’s Guide
If you’re planning a home addition or ADU in Dallas with Cambridge Pavers as your hardscape material, you’re looking at an installed cost of roughly $45,000 – $130,000 for the structure itself, with paver work typically adding $3,500 – $18,000 depending on patio, walkway, and driveway scope. We’re Penhallow Remodeling Dallas, and we plan additions and ADUs around Cambridge Pavers from the first site visit, not as an afterthought. Most Dallas homeowners come to us after discovering their pavers from another contractor were laid on a poorly compacted base, or after realizing their existing paver patio won’t tie into the new addition without regrading and re-edging.
Which Cambridge Pavers Models This Applies To
Cambridge Pavers runs three primary product lines that show up in Dallas home additions and ADU projects: the Ledgestone series (tumbled, softer edges), the ArmorTec series (denser, better for driveways and high-traffic paths), and the Maytrx and RoundTable series for patios and pool decks. The compatibility gotcha most owners miss: Ledgestone and ArmorTec have different thickness profiles, and you cannot mix them in a load-bearing application like a driveway without creating uneven settling. We measure the existing paver before ordering a single unit to confirm the exact series and color batch. Cambridge also shifts dye lots between production runs, so if you’re adding onto an existing patio, we pull a sample and match it against current stock before we quote the job.
One thing worth knowing: Penhallow Remodeling Dallas is an independent remodeling contractor. We install and build around Cambridge Pavers, and we also work with Belgard and Unilock, but we’re not a Cambridge retail outlet or warranty agent. If a paver arrives cracked or spalled from the factory, we handle the swap and the paperwork with the supplier so you’re not chasing a distributor on your own.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Cambridge Pavers Home Addition or ADU Hardscape Is Failing
Most paver failures announce themselves quietly, then get loud. Here’s what we see on Dallas job sites before a single paver gets pulled:
- Paver edges sinking or flaring outward at the perimeter. This is almost always a missing or broken edge restraint. Without a solid edge, the whole field shifts under load, and the outer rows start walking away from the structure.
- Low spots that hold water after a North Texas downpour. Dallas clay soil expands and contracts hard. If the base wasn’t compacted in lifts, you get birdbaths that never fully drain, and those pavers start to heave or crack within two seasons.
- Efflorescence that won’t stop coming back. A white, chalky film that returns after cleaning usually means water is wicking up from underneath the pavers, not just surface staining. The fix is a drainage correction, not another round of paver cleaner.
- Cracks running through multiple pavers in a straight line. That’s a stress fracture from a shifting base seam or a poorly prepared transition where the addition meets the existing slab. Individual pavers don’t crack in straight lines on their own.
- Sand washing out of the joints after every rain. Joint sand should stay put. If you can see gaps widening month over month, the pavers are moving and the interlock is failing, which means the whole section needs to be re-bedded.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
In Dallas, a full home addition runs $45,000 – $130,000, and an ADU runs $90,000 – $220,000. When Cambridge Pavers are part of that scope, you’re adding roughly $3,500 – $11,000 for a patio, and $7,000 – $18,000 for a paver driveway. What drives the paver number up or down: total square footage, whether we’re reusing existing pavers or buying new, base depth (we go 6 – 8 inches of compacted crushed stone under driveways, 4 – 6 under patios), and whether the site needs regrading or a retaining course added.
Every quote from Trevor Nash is written, line-itemed, and fixed before work starts. The number on day one is the number on the invoice. We don’t hand you a verbal ballpark and then discover “unforeseen conditions” after demo. If we find something in the soil on day two, we stop, show you, and give you a written change order before we spend another dollar of your money. Every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if the work fails inside a year, we come back and fix it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
Here’s the honest split. You can safely check your edge restraints, look for standing water after a rain, and measure visible gaps between pavers. That’s useful information when you call us. What goes wrong with DIY on Cambridge Pavers additions is base prep: Dallas clay needs proper compaction, and a homeowner with a rented plate compactor and a Saturday won’t match what a crew with a vibratory roller can achieve. If your pavers are failing because the base was never right, re-leveling the surface only buys you a season before it sinks again. There’s also real weight involved: a pallet of Cambridge pavers runs 3,000 pounds plus, and moving that by hand is how backs and fingers get hurt.
If you want the job done once, with the price in writing and the guarantee that comes with it, call us at (940) 204-5368 and ask for Trevor. We’ll walk the site, tell you what’s actually wrong, and give you a number before we pick up a tool.
FAQs
Cambridge Pavers are rated for 50+ years of structural life, but in Dallas the base is the limiting factor. With proper compaction and drainage, the pavers themselves outlast the house; with a poor base, you’ll see visible settling within 3 – 5 years. Call (940) 204-5368 and we’ll tell you which situation you have.
Yes, if the issue is isolated. A cracked paver or a small sunken section can be pulled and re-set in a day. If the base has failed under a large area, repairs won’t hold, and you’ll spend more on patches than on doing the section right once. Call us for a straight answer.
Most paver patio and walkway installs around a Dallas addition take 3 – 7 working days from excavation to final joint sand. Driveways run 5 – 10 days. The addition or ADU structure itself is a separate schedule we provide in writing before work starts.
We carry joint sand, edge restraints, and base material on every paver job, and we order Cambridge Pavers by the pallet from local Dallas suppliers once we’ve confirmed the series and color match on your site. That means a 2 – 3 day lead for the pavers themselves, with the base prep happening in the meantime.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Dallas at Penhallow Remodeling Dallas, serving Dallas and nearby areas.
