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Unilock Driveway & Pavers: The Woodland Hills Owner’s Guide

Unilock paver driveway and paver installation in Woodland Hills typically runs $7,000 to $18,000 installed, with replacement of failed sections or individual pavers starting in the $400 to $1,200 range depending on how much of the base has shifted. We stock Unilock-compatible pavers, edge restraints, bedding sand, and jointing compound on our trucks and can usually match your existing pattern and color the same visit. Most Woodland Hills homeowners discover the problem the hard way: a paver sinks after the first heavy rain, the sand washes out and leaves gaps, or a car tire catches an edge that has lifted two inches. The good news is Unilock pavers are modular and replaceable by design. The bad news is the paver itself is rarely the real problem. The base underneath usually is.

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Which Unilock Models This Applies To

Unilock runs several paver lines that show up constantly in Woodland Hills driveways, patios, and walkways. The ones we match most often are the Brussels Block collection, the Courtstone series, the Town Hall line, and the Umbriano and Thornbury pavers newer builds favor. The key compatibility detail most homeowners miss: Unilock pavers are manufactured to tight dimensional tolerances, but the profile and thickness vary by series. A Brussels Block paver is typically 60mm thick with a tumbled, worn-edge profile. An Umbriano paver runs 70mm or 80mm thick with a smooth, granite-like finish. You cannot swap a 60mm paver into a bed cut for 80mm pavers without re-screeding the sand and adjusting the base height, or you’ll have a trip lip exactly where people step out of the car. For identification, flip a pulled paver and check for the Unilock stamp on the underside. If the stamp is worn or missing, measure thickness with a caliper and match the edge profile visually against a sample board. Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills is an independent service provider, not affiliated with Unilock, which means we can be honest about when a quality aftermarket paver from a supplier like Belgard or Calstone does the job, and when you should stick with genuine Unilock to keep the color and finish consistent. For a paver driveway in direct Woodland Hills sun, color fading is real. Matching a five-year-old UV-exposed paver with a brand-new one from the same series will still leave a visible color difference for the first year or two until the new paver catches up to the sun.

Signs Your Unilock Driveway & Pavers Is Failing

• Sunken or depressed pavers near the driveway apron. This almost always means the compacted base has washed out or settled. In Woodland Hills, the clay-heavy soil expands and contracts through wet and dry seasons, and if the base was under-compacted or too shallow, you’ll see a low spot where water pools after every rain.
• Sand washing out between joints after rain. Polymeric sand breaks down over time, especially on a sloped driveway. Once water cuts channels through the joints, the pavers start shifting independently instead of acting as one interlocking surface, and the problem accelerates.
• Lifted or rocking edge pavers along the border. An edge restraint that has pulled loose or was never installed properly lets the outside course of pavers spread. Every car tire that crosses the edge torques the paver a little more until it rocks underfoot and eventually cracks.
• Hairline cracks running through individual pavers. A cracked paver on a driveway usually means point loading: a section of base underneath has failed, leaving the paver unsupported at exactly the spot the tire hits. Replacing the cracked paver without fixing the base means you’ll be replacing it again in a season.
• Weeds or moss growing through joints that were sealed. Once organic material establishes in the joint, the paver system is no longer shedding water properly. The roots hold moisture against the paver edges, freeze-thaw cycles in the hills above Topanga Canyon Boulevard do the rest, and the joints widen.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For Woodland Hills specifically, a full paver driveway installation with Unilock pavers runs $7,000 to $18,000 depending on square footage, paver series, and how much excavation and base work the site requires. A partial repair where we pull a failed section, re-compact the base, re-set the pavers, and re-sand the joints falls in the $400 to $1,200 range for most driveways. What drives the spread: 60mm pavers cost less than 80mm pavers, simple running-bond patterns go in faster than herringbone or circle kits, and access matters, especially on hillside properties off Mulholland where we’re carting material by wheelbarrow instead of pumping it from the street. The written price you get from Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills includes excavation, base aggregate, compaction, bedding sand, the pavers themselves, edge restraint, jointing sand, and cleanup. You’ll know the paver cost, the labor cost, and the haul-away cost as separate line items before we touch the ground. Every paver repair and installation carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing.

Can a Paver Section Be Repaired Instead of Replaced?

Usually yes, and that’s the biggest advantage of a paver system over a poured slab. A concrete driveway with a cracked section means cutting and patching, and the patch never matches. With Unilock pavers, we can pull the failed paver or the failed section, fix what’s underneath, and reset the same pavers if they aren’t cracked. The repair is invisible in a way a concrete patch never will be. The honest exception: if the base failure is widespread, if the pavers have shifted en masse, or if the original install cut corners on edge restraint, you’ll be chasing repairs forever. At that point, pulling the whole section, re-compacting with proper base material, and resurfacing is cheaper than five visits spread over two years. We’ll tell you which situation you’re in before you spend a dollar.

What We Stock on the Truck for Unilock Jobs

When we roll up to a Woodland Hills paver job, the truck carries bedding sand, polymeric jointing sand, paver base aggregate, edge restraints, and a selection of common Unilock profiles in Brussels Block and Courtstone colors. We also carry KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone materials for the interior side of our remodel work, so if your driveway project is part of a larger home update, we can coordinate the whole scope without juggling three contractors. Matching an uncommon series or color is a one-day order from our Unilock supplier, and since every job runs on The Relay Visibility Guarantee, you’ll know exactly when that material lands before we schedule the install. No ghosting, no four-hour windows, no surprises.

DIY or Call Us?

Resetting a single paver that has sunk in a walkway is a realistic Saturday project if you have a rubber mallet, a level, some sand, and patience. A failed section on a driveway is not. Here’s the part most people don’t understand: the paver that sank did not sink alone. The base under it failed, which means the neighbors around it are losing support too. You can reset the one paver and it will look fine for a month. Then the next rain comes, the water goes right back into the compromised base, and you’ve got two pavers sinking. The labor is all in the base work, and compacting base properly means knowing what’s under it. Luca Romano and the crew at Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills have been doing this work in the West Valley long enough to know what the clay does here, where the water goes, and what a base needs to look like before a paver touches sand. If you’re not sure whether your driveway needs a reset or a full rebuild, call (341) 217-2776 and we’ll look at it. The estimate is free, and we’ll tell you the truth either way.

Get a Written Price for Your Unilock Paver Work

If your Unilock driveway has a sunken paver, a washed-out joint, or a section that moves when you drive over it, don’t wait for the next rain to make it worse. Call Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills at (341) 217-2776 and Luca will put a written price in your hands before any work starts. You’ll know who’s coming, when they arrive, and exactly what it costs. That’s how we’ve run jobs since 2005, and we don’t see a reason to change now.

Written by Luca Romano, Owner, Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills at Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills, serving Woodland Hills and nearby areas.