Paver Driveway Installation in Portland, Oregon

Your driveway takes more abuse than any other surface on your property. Two tons rolling over it daily, oil drips, Oregon's nine months of rain, and clay soil that swells and shifts with the seasons. Concrete cracks under that pressure. Asphalt softens in summer heat and crumbles at the edges. Pavers handle all of it because they're designed as a flexible system: individual units that move with the ground instead of fighting it.

The difference between a driveway that holds up and one that doesn't is almost entirely below the surface. We excavate to stable subgrade, build a compacted aggregate base sized to your soil conditions, and install edge restraints that keep everything locked in place. In the Portland metro's heavy clay, that base prep is the whole ballgame. Skip it, and you'll have ruts within three years. Do it right, and you're looking at 25-50 years of service.