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Tamko Driveway & Pavers: The West Covina Owner’s Guide
We stock and install Tamko-compatible driveway and paver materials across West Covina, with most full driveway replacements running $5,000 – $14,000 installed and paver patio work landing between $3,500 and $11,000 depending on square footage and site prep. Most homeowners discover they need us the same way: a paver sinks after a rain, a corner crumbles under the car, or the driveway surface starts flaking in strips. The good news is this is rarely a full teardown, and we can usually match your existing Tamko product line within a day or two of the first look.
Which Tamko Models This Applies To
Tamko’s paving line breaks into three buckets: interlocking concrete pavers, permeable pavers, and the asphalt sealcoat/driveway products. The pavers come in standard 60mm and 80mm thicknesses, with the 80mm rated for vehicle traffic and the 60mm meant for patios and walkways. Before you order anything, flip a paver over. Tamko stamps the back with a mold code, and that code is what tells us the exact series and color batch, not the retail name on the front. A color called “Sierra Blend” from a 2019 pour won’t match a 2024 pour of the same name, and that’s the single most common mismatch we fix after a homeowner buys the wrong replacement online.
We’re an independent contractor, not a Tamko distributor, so we don’t carry the full retail catalog. What we do carry on the truck is the working stock: 80mm pavers in the three most common West Covina colorways, matching joint sand, edge restraints, and the polymeric sand that actually holds up to our summer heat. If your driveway is asphalt-based Tamko sealcoat, that’s a different conversation, and we’ll tell you straight if a patch beats a repour.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Tamko Driveway & Pavers Is Failing
- Sinking or lippage at paver edges. This almost always means the base layer has shifted or was never compacted deep enough. In West Covina, the clay-heavy soil expands and contracts hard through our wet-dry seasons, and a 4-inch base that works in Arizona doesn’t survive here.
- Flaking or spalling on the paver surface. Tamko pavers are concrete, and concrete spalls when water gets in and heats up. Our summer sun in West Covina bakes surface moisture fast, and pavers without a proper sealant start losing their top layer within a few years.
- Weeds or ants pushing up between joints. This tells you the joint sand has washed out or degraded. Once the sand goes, the pavers start drifting, and then you get that wavy look nobody wants.
- Oil stains that won’t lift even after cleaning. Unsealed pavers absorb oil deep. A stain that’s been there more than a season usually means the paver needs replacing, not scrubbing.
- Loud crunching when you drive over it. Pavers grinding against each other means the joints are dry and the sand is gone. Ignore it long enough and you’ll crack an edge.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a Tamko paver driveway replacement in West Covina, a complete job with excavation, new base, paver install, and edge restraint runs $7,000 – $18,000. A partial repair, like pulling up a 100-square-foot section of heaved pavers and re-setting the base, typically lands between $1,500 and $4,000. Paver patio work falls in the $3,500 – $11,000 range depending on whether we’re building from scratch or salvaging your existing pavers. Sealcoat-only work on a Tamko asphalt driveway runs $250 – $700 for a full West Covina residential driveway.
Every quote includes the written price before any work starts, and the number on that quote is the number on the invoice. No change orders, no surprise line items. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the workmanship, and the manufacturer covers the material defects on Tamko product. If the job isn’t done right, we make it right. In writing.
DIY or Call Us?
A homeowner in West Covina can absolutely do two things safely: pull a single cracked paver and check the depth of the base underneath, and run a hose over the driveway to watch where water pools. That tells us a lot before we even show up. What we don’t recommend is re-setting a whole section yourself. Paver work looks simple because it’s just blocks on the ground, but the base prep is where the job lives or dies. Get the compaction wrong and you’ll have the same failure again in two seasons, except now you’ve spent your weekends doing it twice. Call us at (341) 217-4204 and we’ll bring a tamper, a laser level, and about 15 years of doing this in West Covina soil.
FAQs
A properly installed Tamko paver driveway with a good base and re-sanded joints every 3 to 5 years will run 25 to 30 years in our climate. The pavers themselves rarely fail; it’s the base and the joints that go first.
A single cracked paver is a 20-minute swap, and a stained paver can sometimes be flipped if the bottom side is clean and the top isn’t sealed. We’ll tell you which applies when we see it. Call (341) 217-4204 and we’ll take a look.
A partial repair is usually a one-day job. A full driveway replacement takes 2 to 4 days depending on access, drainage, and whether we’re pulling up an old concrete slab underneath. We’ll give you a written schedule before we start.
We keep the most common 80mm Tamko-compatible pavers on hand for West Covina driveways, plus edge restraints and joint sand. For color-matched specialty orders, we handle the sourcing and bring them to you, so you’re not dealing with a freight truck in your driveway.
If your Tamko driveway or pavers are showing any of these signs, call (341) 217-4204 for a free estimate. We’ll look at what you have, tell you what it needs, and put the price in writing before anything gets pulled up.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner, Sawyer Remodel West Covina at Sawyer Remodel West Covina, serving West Covina and nearby areas.
