Palm Beach County · Delray Beach
Around Lake Ida and the beach the homes are older and the salt air is constant — a sealed paver patio, graded away from the house, takes the coast better than concrete ever will.
Delray's strength is the east side — Lake Ida, the beach district, Del-Ida Park — where established homes sit close to the water and the back yard is where you actually live. Many of these patios are original to homes from the 1950s through 80s: small, cracked and well past their life for the way people entertain outdoors today.
This close to the ocean, salt and heavy summer rain wear a patio down fast. Concrete stains and spalls; a sealed paver patio in travertine or a cool-toned finish shrugs off the salt, stays comfortable underfoot in the heat, and can be rinsed and resealed to look new. We grade the surface so summer downpours run to the yard, away from older homes with low thresholds.
The good news on the east side is simplicity — most of these streets are non-HOA, so approval is usually just the city permit. We pull the City of Delray Beach permit, build the base for the sandy coastal soil, and grade the drainage away from the home.
Coastal east-side lots deal with salt and high summer rain — we seal for the salt, favor cool-underfoot travertine, and build the slope to move heavy rain to the yard, away from older homes with low thresholds.
Far less than it hurts concrete. We seal the pavers so salt and storm runoff bead off, and because the surface is individual units, any piece that ever weathers or settles near the water can be lifted and reset — no visible patch.
That is what travertine and cool-toned pavers are for. They reflect heat and stay comfortable underfoot even in the peak of a Delray summer, which is why we favor them for coastal back patios.
Usually just the city permit. Most of the Lake Ida and beach-district streets have no HOA, so we simply pull the City of Delray Beach permit, handle the drainage requirement if one applies, and get to work.
It depends on size, material and site prep, which is why the on-site visit and written estimate are free and itemized. Financing through Wisetack is available so the budget does not decide the timeline.
Your free on-site visit
We come out within a day or two, measure the space, and send an itemized written estimate — no charge, no pressure.