Failed paver sealer in Fort Myers? HD Paver Sealing & Pressure Washing strips it down to bare paver and reseals the right way. Free estimate. 2-year warranty on completed work.
Paver Stripping & Restoration in Fort Myers, FL: we strip every layer of failed, peeling, or cloudy sealer back to bare paver, then reseal so the new coat bonds to clean stone instead of old product. We work across Fort Myers, from McGregor Corridor to Gateway. Call (941) 237-8107 for a free estimate.
Fort Myers gets a lot of rain, and almost all of it arrives in a concentrated wet season between June and September. That pattern is harder on pavers than the same total spread evenly would be. Storms drop water faster than the ground takes it, water runs across and under the hardscape, and the base underneath loses fine material every season. Settling, low spots, and standing water follow. The other half of the problem is what grows in between storms. Humidity stays high, surfaces dry slowly, and organic growth establishes on anything porous and shaded. The McGregor Corridor makes that worse in the best possible way, because the mature canopy that makes those streets desirable is also what keeps the driveways underneath them permanently damp.
Fort Myers splits cleanly by area. The McGregor Corridor and Iona hold older luxury homes with brick-paver driveways and travertine pool decks, much of it decades old and a good share of it overdue for a strip and reseal rather than a recoat. Those properties often carry old product from more than one contractor, and mismatched layers do not bond to each other. Gateway is the opposite. Concrete interlocking pavers installed through the 2000s and 2010s on driveways and pool decks, most of it in a second sealing cycle and structurally sound. Travertine needs pH-neutral cleaning and a penetrating stone sealer. Concrete pavers take a film-forming sealer that locks the joint sand and brings the color back. Same city, two different jobs, and using the wrong one on travertine is not reversible.
We serve the McGregor Boulevard corridor, Gateway, Iona, the Bell Tower Shops area, and the Colonial Boulevard residential corridors across the 33901, 33907, and 33912 ZIP codes, including downtown Fort Myers and the historic streets around it. Gateway is a master-planned community with HOA appearance standards and a fairly consistent look street to street, so we match what is already there. McGregor and Iona are older and more varied, and the right finish on those properties is usually whatever suits the house rather than the block. Gateway also schedules well because so much of it was built in a short window, and we frequently work several homes in a neighborhood on the same trip. We can normally get a Gateway job on the calendar within about a week.
Looking for paver stripping & restoration near me in Fort Myers? We serve the McGregor Corridor, Gateway, Iona, and all residential areas across the Fort Myers ZIP codes we cover.
The tree canopy along McGregor Boulevard and through Iona is one of the best things about those neighborhoods, and it is rough on hardscape. Shade means a driveway does not dry out. After a wet-season storm a canopied driveway can hold moisture for days while an open one nearby is dry within hours.
Persistent dampness is exactly what algae and mildew need. Add falling leaves and the organic debris that comes with mature trees, and you have material sitting on a damp porous surface decomposing into it. That produces the green film and black spotting that shows up on these properties year after year, plus staining that works down into the paver itself.
Sealing does not stop things from landing on the driveway. What it does is close the pores so growth cannot anchor and staining cannot soak in. On a canopied McGregor property that is the difference between an annual pressure-wash battle and a rinse. It is the single highest-value thing you can do to a shaded driveway in this city.
A paver driveway is a system, and most of it is invisible. Compacted base, bedding layer, pavers, and joint sand locking the whole thing together. Fort Myers rainfall attacks the parts you cannot see.
When storms drop several inches in an afternoon, water runs across the surface, down through open joints, and through the base beneath. Each time it carries a little fine material away. Over enough seasons that leaves voids, and pavers over a void settle. A settled section becomes a low spot, the low spot holds water, and standing water accelerates everything else that is already going wrong there.
This is why we look at levelness before we talk about sealer. If a section is rocking underfoot or holding a puddle a day after rain, the base needs attention first. Lifting the affected area, rebuilding the base, and resetting the pavers means the coat you pay for is protecting a surface that will still be flat in five years.
Gateway is usually straightforward. Concrete interlocking pavers, installed in a known window, generally sealed once before, structurally intact. The work is clean and pre-treat, address any efflorescence, then apply a film-forming sealer that locks the joints and brings the color back. Most Gateway driveways are a one-visit job.
McGregor and Iona are more variable. Those properties can be forty years old with a history of different contractors and different products, and the first real question is what is already on the surface. Cloudy patches, flaking, or a coat that peels in thin sheets all mean the existing product has failed and has to come off before anything new goes down.
The travertine adds another layer. Pool decks in these older luxury properties are frequently natural stone, and stone needs pH-neutral chemistry and an impregnating sealer. A previous contractor who put a film product on travertine leaves us with a careful removal job rather than a simple one, which is why we look before we quote rather than pricing off square footage alone.
Here's exactly what happens when HD Paver Sealing & Pressure Washing comes to your Fort Myers property.
A commercial-grade chemical stripper is applied across the entire surface and allowed to fully dwell until the existing sealer is dissolved and ready to release from the paver.
High-pressure washing removes all dissolved sealer residue and chemical stripper, leaving bare paver material fully exposed and free of contamination.
With the surface stripped clean, we treat any efflorescence or mineral deposits that were hidden under the old sealer. These must be addressed before new sealer goes on.
The stripped surface goes directly into our complete sealing workflow: chemical treatment, secondary prep, drying, and three-coat Inseco Sealthane application. Stripping is always paired with resealing. We never leave bare pavers exposed.
If your sealer is turning white, peeling, flaking, or trapping moisture, all common signs in Fort Myers's heat and humidity, it's time to strip. Resealing over failing sealer just locks the problem in and the new coat fails just as fast.
Only if the existing sealer is fully intact. Once sealer starts peeling or clouding in Fort Myers's climate, applying a new coat over it will produce the same failure within a season. Stripping is the only way to start clean.
Most residential stripping jobs take one to two days. Because stripping is always followed by our full sealing process, plan for 3 to 4 days total for a strip-and-reseal project.
No. Our chemical strippers are formulated to dissolve sealer without attacking the paver material itself. High-GPM cleaning removes the dissolved residue without surface damage.
After stripping we move directly into our full sealing process, chemical treatment, efflorescence treatment where needed, drying, and three coats of Inseco Sealthane. You get a complete restoration, not just a stripped surface.
Yes. The McGregor Corridor and Iona are two of the highest-value residential areas we serve in Fort Myers, and they feature a mix of older brick-paver driveways and travertine pool decks on luxury homes. Many of these properties are overdue for a strip and reseal after multiple years without maintenance.
Yes. Gateway is one of our most active areas in Fort Myers. The community has a high concentration of concrete interlocking paver driveways and pool decks installed in the 2000s to 2010s, many in their second sealing cycle. We work throughout Gateway regularly and can typically schedule within a week.
We'll come to your property, assess the surface, and give you a straight quote before any work begins.
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