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CGI Driveway & Pavers: The Los Angeles Owner’s Guide

If you have CGI driveway pavers or a CGI paver system in Los Angeles that’s cracked, shifted, or started to sink, we carry compatible replacement pavers and install them at a typical price of $8,260 – $21,240 for a full driveway replacement, depending on square footage and the condition of your base. Most CGI paver issues come down to two things: a paver that’s cracked from vehicle weight or tree roots, or a base layer that’s failed underneath and needs to be excavated and rebuilt. Either way, you’ll know something’s wrong the moment you see a paver sitting lower than its neighbors, water pooling where it used to drain, or a paver that rocks underfoot.

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Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI produces interlocking concrete pavers in several product lines, and the compatibility question usually comes down to thickness and face dimensions rather than a model number. The most common CGI pavers we work with in Los Angeles are 60mm and 80mm thick units, with 80mm being the standard for residential driveways that carry regular vehicle traffic. If you have the original paperwork from your paver installation, great. If not, pull a single paver from an edge location and measure it. A 60mm paver used in a driveway application is a common compatibility gotcha; it’s technically rated for patios and walkways, and when a previous contractor installs it in a driveway, it cracks under load far sooner than it should. For OEM versus aftermarket, CGI’s color blends are specific to their manufacturing runs, so if you want a color match, we source from CGI’s current production. If your priority is structural performance and you’re replacing a full section rather than patching, there are quality aftermarket equivalents that meet the same compressive strength standards, but the color will never match weathered original pavers exactly. We’ll lay out that tradeoff honestly before you spend a dollar.

Signs Your CGI Driveway & Pavers Is Failing

• Sinking or depressed pavers in a tire-track pattern. This is almost always a base failure, not a paver failure. The compacted aggregate beneath your pavers has shifted or washed out, and the pavers are simply following the void. New pavers on top of a bad base will sink again within a year.
• Cracks radiating from a single paver. A hairline crack that spreads outward usually means that paver is taking more weight than the surrounding units. It happens when the sand joints have eroded and the load can’t distribute evenly across the paver mat.
• Water ponding after rain. Los Angeles gets intense, short-duration rain events, and a properly sloped paver driveway should shed water within minutes. Ponding means the surface has lost its slope, usually due to base settlement or tree root intrusion.
• Paver edges chipping along the driveway border. Edge restraints fail over time, especially where a driveway meets a lawn or planter. Without a solid restraint, the outer pavers drift and chip as tires ride over them.
• Weeds or ant colonies pushing up between pavers. The polymeric sand in the joints has broken down. It’s a maintenance issue first, but if left unchecked for a season or two, the joints widen and the whole paver mat loses its interlock.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For a full CGI-compatible paver driveway replacement in Los Angeles, you’re looking at $8,260 – $21,240. A partial repair, where we pull and reset a section of pavers and rebuild a localized base failure, runs lower, typically in the $1,500 – $4,000 range depending on how deep the excavation goes. What drives the price up: total square footage, whether the existing base can be salvaged or needs full excavation, access issues like a steep hillside driveway in Echo Park or Silver Lake, and whether you’re matching an existing color or starting fresh. Every quote we write includes the pavers, the aggregate base, the bedding sand, the joint sand, and the labor, all in one written price. The number on day one is the number on the invoice. We back the installation with our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the pavers shift or the base settles inside the first year, we come back and fix it at no charge.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check a few things yourself. Pull a loose paver and look at the base material underneath. If you see dirt instead of compacted aggregate, that’s your problem. Check whether your edge restraints are still buried or have worked loose. You can also hose down the driveway and watch where the water goes. What you shouldn’t do is start excavating a failed base and recompacting it yourself. A paver driveway is a structural system, and in Los Angeles’s expansive clay soils, poorly compacted base material will fail again within the first wet season. If you’re in a hillside neighborhood where drainage and soil movement are a constant fight, that’s doubly true. We’ve rebuilt enough failed DIY base jobs to know the pattern. Call us at (936) 259-2607 and we’ll give you an honest assessment before you pick up a shovel.

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