Paver Sealing & Sanding
Naples Heritage

Reclaimed irrigation water can carry iron and other minerals. In communities that use it, unsealed pavers commonly develop orange arcs wherever sprinklers reach, and those stains soak deeper with every cycle.

We remove existing staining first with chemistry made for pavers. Sealing over a stain would lock it in, so stain removal always comes before sealer.

Pavers here have also had more than two decades to lose joint sand. Polymeric sand restores the joints, and a sealer closes the surface so future overspray stays on top where a light cleaning removes it.

About 500 acres off Davis Boulevard. Naples Heritage Golf & Country Club sits off Davis Boulevard east of Santa Barbara Boulevard in southeast Naples, on roughly 500 acres with more than 250 acres kept as protected landscape. With so much preserve and open green around the homes, leaf litter, pollen and grass clippings end up on drives and walks constantly. Debris is blown off before washing so it is not packed into the joints.

Built by US Home in the late 1990s. The community holds 799 residences, a mix of condominiums, villas and single-family homes, developed by US Home and completed in 1999, with listings showing homes built in 1997 and 1998. Ryan Golf handled the mass grading and course construction, finished in 1996, moving about 1.5 million cubic yards of sand and rock. Pavers laid that long ago have been through many storm seasons, and some drives have been sealed several times. We check for old sealer that has clouded or peeled, since new coats only bond well over sound surfaces.

Condos, villas and single-family drives. Neighborhoods named in listings include Veranda at Southern Links, Terrace at Prestwick and Terrace at Stoneybrook. A low-rise condo building usually has association walkways and a shared entry, while villa and single-family owners handle their own drive. Smaller villa entries often fit the up-to-400-square-foot tier; full single-family drives use the standard driveway rate. Condo walkways and pool decks are quoted to the association per building.

One listing, a common pattern. A 1997 unit at 8600 Naples Heritage Drive in Veranda at Southern Links was listed with two screened, tiled lanais, a satellite community pool steps away, a shingle roof and reclaimed water for irrigation, with the association fee covering grounds maintenance and irrigation water. If your association runs the irrigation, ask its manager to adjust heads that hit your pavers; it is the simplest way to cut new staining.

Screened, tiled lanais. Many condo and villa units here have screened lanais finished in tile rather than pavers, as the Veranda at Southern Links listing shows. Tile is not re-sanded or sealed the same way. We clean grout lines and tile with a neutral cleaner and leave sealing decisions on tile to the owner and association, while quoting any paver patio or walk beyond the screen separately.

Golf course on one side. The 18-hole Gordon Lewis course runs about 6,600 yards and was renovated in 2015 with TifEagle greens. Homes along the fairways get fertilizer drift, grass clippings and occasional overspray from course irrigation as well as their own. Fertilizer can leave orange or brown spots on pavers that look like rust, and it needs a similar paver-safe treatment before sealing.

Club amenities and quiet days. The clubhouse offers casual and fine dining, a resort-style pool, six Har-Tru tennis courts, four pickleball courts, two bocce courts and a fitness center. Most owners are at the club or away for the season when we work. Leave the gate code or add us to the visitor list, move cars, and turn off sprinklers the night before.

Joint sand done right. Polymeric sand is only applied to a fully dry surface. Alliance Gator’s guide calls for sweeping it to about an eighth of an inch below the paver top, compacting, then sweeping and compacting once more, before wetting each section with a shower-setting nozzle so none of it dries out halfway. Where old sand has failed, it is removed at least an inch and a half deep, because a thin polymeric layer over weak sand does not hold.

Rain and the sanding-to-sealing gap. Some polymeric sands are rain-safe in about 15 minutes on a draining base, while others need up to a day. Sealers set their own wait after sand activation: SEK Surebond calls for at least 24 hours, and one Techniseal film-forming sealer asks for 30 days. Sand cure before sealing follows the label of the product used, so we tell you up front whether your job takes one visit or two.

Sealer for reclaimed-water drives. A penetrating silane or siloxane sealer is breathable and helps keep water and the minerals it carries from soaking in, without leaving a film. Joint-stabilizing acrylic sealers deepen color and help bind the sand. Either way, we apply one even coat on pool decks with a slip-resistant formula, and once the job is finished, normal walking and parking can resume after about 24 hours, per the product label.