Paver Sealing & Sanding
Valencia Golf & Country Club

Valencia Golf & Country Club is a gated, all single-family community in Naples 34120, about nine miles east on Immokalee Road. D.R. Horton started building here in 2006 and Lennar is building now, so a single street can hold a drive laid in 2007 next to one laid this year.

That age spread is why the lead above splits the work two ways. A paver that has spent close to two decades in the sun needs a different plan from one that was installed last spring, and we decide which plan fits before quoting.

New pavers lose the most color in their first years in the sun. Sealing early keeps the color you picked and keeps settling joints filled.

For a new Lennar drive, the joint sand the builder swept in is often still settling. If we re-sand it with polymeric, the sealer has to wait: Techniseal’s water-based WA, for example, asks for 30 days between polymeric sand and sealing.

Fresh concrete pavers can also show a chalky white film. Alliance Gator links that haze to damp pavers or high humidity at the time of installation, and it comes off with an efflorescence cleaner or hot water under pressure. We remove it first, since Techniseal warns a film-forming sealer can hold it under the coat.

On 2007-era homes, pavers have usually faded and lost joint sand. Cleaning, polymeric sand and a color-enhancing sealer bring much of that back.

On those older drives, the low spots are where the sand went first. We dig failed joints out to a depth of at least 1 1/2 inches, because the sand maker says a joint should not be half-filled with plain sand and capped with polymeric.

Homes here are one- and two-story CBS stucco under tile roofs, and many Lennar plans include a three-car garage. A wider drive with an extra bay is the most common reason a Valencia quote moves from the standard driveway price to the large driveway row.

Where lake or reclaimed irrigation reaches pavers, brown or orange overspray arcs are common. We remove those before sealing so they aren’t locked in.

Listings in the community show municipal, lake and reclaimed irrigation. Lake and reclaimed water can leave the iron-colored arcs described above, so we ask which supply your sprinklers use and test a paver-safe rust remover on a small patch before the whole drive.

The course is an 18-hole, par-72 Gordon Lewis design with lakes, cypress preserves, palms and pines. Lots along the water or the preserve collect leaf tannin and organic stains, which get their own cleaner rather than the rust treatment.

When rinsing on a lake lot, we steer the water onto the lawn. Cleaner and loose sand should not wash straight down the bank into the pond.

Polymeric sand is laid on pavers that are dry through. We sweep it in, run a plate compactor across, sweep the leftovers into any joints that opened up, compact once more, and stop about 1/8 inch below the top edge of each paver.

Watering is the step that sets the bond. We use a gentle shower setting and soak one area fully before moving on; Alliance Gator’s G2 sands are made to set with that single pass and resist rain within about 15 minutes on a draining base.

For the drive itself, we choose a sand rated for cars. Alliance Gator names Gator Maxx G2 for driveways and limits Gator Nitro and Gator Dust to foot traffic, so a front walk and the drive beside it may not get the same bag.

If a solvent-based wet look is chosen, SEK’s Surebond SB-6000 label sets the clock: 24 hours after washing, sand activation or rain, air between 40 and 95°F, and pavers cooler than 120°F. A Naples drive in afternoon sun can pass that limit, so we often seal early in the day.

With Techniseal WA, irrigation has to stay off and rain has to hold for 24 hours, with cars kept off for 48 to 72 hours. We remind owners to pause the sprinkler zones that hit the drive before we arrive.

Not everyone wants a shine. A penetrating silane/siloxane such as SEK’s SB-4000 repels water and stays breathable without a film, while acrylic joint-stabilizing sealers like SB-1300 and SB-7700 coat the surface and help bind joint sand against weeds and ants.

Some estate homes in Valencia have private pools with screened lanais. Pool decks get one slip-resistant coat only, because Techniseal notes a second coat on low-porosity pavers may become slick underfoot.

Pricing starts at $199 to re-sand up to 400 square feet and $349 to clean and re-sand. A standard Valencia drive cleaned, sanded and sealed starts at $599, a wider or extended drive at $799, and a slip-resistant pool deck at $499.

Every visit ends with photos and a written record of what was cleaned, which sand and sealer were used, and the date. Call 239-544-1165 to set a time, and we can add the pool cage on the same trip.