Paver Sealing & Sanding
Stonebridge

Stonebridge Country Club is a gated golf community at 2100 Winding Oaks Way in North Naples, with a 24-hour guarded gatehouse and golf membership included with each home. Its roughly 799 residences are spread across ten neighborhoods of garden homes, coach homes, attached and detached villas and single-family estates.

Listings show most homes built between 1987 and 1999 in CBS stucco under tile roofs. Paver drives and pool decks from that era have often been cleaned many times, and the joints show it.

The 18-hole, par-71 course runs along freshwater lakes, with water hazards on 15 holes and more than 41 acres of water in all. Lots on that water are where the dark, slick algae on this page tends to start.

Pavers near lakes and in shade grow algae that turns them dark and slick, particularly on pool decks and entry walks. A thorough surface clean removes it; sealing keeps it from soaking back into the surface.

Stonebridge is an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, re-certified in 2020, with early-morning bird tours and a two-mile walking and biking loop. On lake lots we keep rinse water on the lawn rather than letting it run down the bank.

Each storm and each cleaning carries a bit of joint sand away. On older paver areas, low joints let pavers rock and edges sink. Polymeric sand refills and hardens in place.

Joints that have drained out are rebuilt, not just topped off. Old material is removed to at least 1 1/2 inches; Alliance Gator, a polymeric sand maker, warns against a plain-sand base with polymeric only on top, so we fill the full depth with polymeric.

Sand goes onto pavers that are completely dry. It is brushed in, run over with a plate compactor, brushed and compacted again, and left about 1/8 inch below the top of the chamfer so binder does not set on the paver face.

We wet it with a shower nozzle one section at a time, keeping each section wet until done. Alliance Gator’s G2 sands need only that watering and are rain-safe in about 15 minutes over a draining base, but its general rule is 24 hours without rain.

Driveways need a sand rated for vehicles. Alliance Gator recommends Gator Maxx G2 for drives and says Gator Nitro and Gator Dust should stay on foot-traffic areas such as walks and patios.

Sun fades unsealed pavers year after year. A natural or color-enhancing sealer brings back much of the original tone and makes routine cleaning far easier.

Recent listings show municipal irrigation here, and the Thornbrooke HOA, for example, covers irrigation water. Sprinkler marks still happen; they are treated with a paver-safe rust remover before sealing, and we ask the association to pause nearby zones while the sealer sets.

SEK’s Surebond SB-6000 needs 24 hours after cleaning, sand activation or rain and goes on in 40 to 95°F air on a surface under 120°F. It takes traffic after 24 hours and fully cures in seven days. Techniseal’s water-based WA waits 30 days after polymeric sand, wants no rain for a day and keeps cars off for 48 to 72 hours.

Owners can choose how the surface is protected. SEK’s SB-1300 and SB-7700 are joint-stabilizing acrylics that seal the surface and help bind the sand, which discourages weeds and ants. SB-4000 is a breathable, penetrating silane/siloxane that repels water without a film.

Pool decks and lanai floors get one coat of slip-resistant sealer. Techniseal warns that a second coat over dense, low-porosity pavers can be slippery.

If new joints dry with a white haze, Alliance Gator attributes it to humidity or damp pavers during installation and removes it with an efflorescence cleaner or hot pressure washing. We clear it before sealing so a film-forming sealer cannot lock it in.

Recoating depends on wear. Techniseal sets two years as the minimum and says heavy traffic and harsh climate shorten coating life, so a shaded lake-lot deck and a sunny drive may come due at different times.

Before cleaning, we walk the drive and deck with you and point out any sunken, cracked or loose pavers. Those should be lifted and reset on a level base first, since sealing over a paver that moves will not hold it in place.

Stucco walls, garage doors and lanai screens near the pavers are covered before any cleaner is applied. With CBS homes this close to the work, that keeps rust remover and degreaser off painted surfaces.

Our crew is registered with the guarded gatehouse ahead of time, and you do not have to be home. After the job you get photos and a written record with the date, surfaces, method and our Florida license number.

Coach-home and villa entries can be quoted per building. Re-sanding up to 400 square feet starts at $199, cleaning with re-sand at $349, clean, sand and seal up to 400 square feet at $399, a standard driveway at $599, and slip-resistant pool deck sealing at $499.