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Unilock Construction in Mountain View, CA | Brookside Contractors
We’re Brookside Contractors, and we provide independent Unilock construction service across Mountain View as your Mountain View General Contractor – paver driveways, patios, walls, and fire features, installed and repaired by a crew that has worked on these exact housing tracts for years. The thing that makes our Unilock work here different is simple: we know what’s under the ground in Mountain View before we ever cut into it. That matters more than most homeowners realize, and it’s why we test for radiant slab heating pipes before touching any original Eichler driveway. Call (833) 725-3508 for a free estimate.
Why Mountain View Residents Choose Us for Unilock Service
Unilock pavers show up everywhere in Mountain View – Brussels Block driveways in Waverly Park, Cambridge Pavingstones patios in Old Mountain View, U-Cara walls in newer townhome developments near North Bayshore. We’ve installed and repaired all of it. Nate Burrell, our owner and general contractor, grew up in Morgan Hill and trained in construction technology at Gavilan College, and he’s spent the better part of two decades on job sites throughout South Santa Clara County. What that means for you is a crew that doesn’t flinch when an Eichler’s flat roof drains directly onto a paver patio, or when a 1960s ranch tract’s clay soil starts pushing against a retaining wall after a wet winter. We’re not manufacturer-affiliated or authorized by Unilock – we’re an independent service provider, which means we recommend what actually works for your property, not what a corporate program tells us to push. We stock genuine Unilock pavers and wall blocks for color-matched repairs, and we pair them with aftermarket polymeric joint sand and base aggregates that hold up better in Mountain View’s specific wet-dry cycles than the OEM defaults.
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What to Look For in a Mountain View Unilock Contractor
If you’re comparing contractors for a Unilock project in Mountain View, here’s what separates a crew that knows this city’s housing stock from one that just lays pavers:
- Do they know what’s under your driveway? Original Eichler tracts from the 1950s often have radiant slab heating pipes embedded in the concrete. A contractor who starts demolition without pressure-testing those pipes is gambling with your money.
- Do they understand Mountain View’s drainage reality? Flat roofs, clay-heavy soils, and atmospheric-river storms mean water has to go somewhere. Base preparation and drainage planning aren’t optional here – they’re the difference between a patio that lasts twenty years and one that heaves after two winters.
- Do they stock the right profiles? Matching a 10-year-old Brussels Block paver for a repair isn’t something you improvise. It requires knowing the product line, the color blends, and how the surface has aged.
- Do they treat walls differently than patios? U-Cara wall blocks need proper geogrid reinforcement and drainage behind them. Guessing at that in Mountain View’s expansive soils is how walls start leaning.
Common Unilock Construction Problems We Solve in Mountain View
- Efflorescence and salt hazing after atmospheric-river storms. Water migrates through joint sand, picks up calcium from the concrete pavers, and deposits it on the surface as a white haze. In Mountain View’s wet winters, this shows up fast. We correct it with proper joint stabilization and drainage, not just surface washing that returns in six months.
- Base failure and rutting in paver driveways. We see this constantly in 1960s ranch tracts where Brussels Block was laid over an inadequate aggregate base. Mountain View’s clay-heavy soils expand and contract with moisture, and a thin base simply can’t take it. The fix is full excavation, proper geotextile, and compacted aggregate – not adding more sand on top.
- Frost heave and joint sand loss in walls and patios. Yes, Mountain View is mild, but wet winters and expansive soils still push on improperly drained structures. Walls without drainage stone behind them and patios without adequate base depth lose their joint sand, shift, and eventually fail.
- Color fading and surface spalling on older Cambridge pavers. Years of UV exposure and drought-cycle wetting and drying wear down the surface layer. We match replacement pavers to the existing age-weathered color, because a brand-new paver next to a decade-old one looks wrong even if they’re the same product number.
- Driveway settlement where original concrete was replaced without testing. If a contractor pulled out an Eichler’s original driveway and didn’t test the radiant slab, pipe damage from compaction equipment is common. We’ve had to repair the paver work and the heating system because someone skipped a $300 test.
Unilock Service in Mountain View: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Project
Here’s something you won’t find on a generic paver page: Mountain View’s original Eichler subdivisions – the ones Joe Eichler built in the 1950s, concentrated in areas like Waverly Park and along the streets off Grant Road – often have concrete driveways poured directly over radiant slab heating pipes. Those pipes are embedded in the slab, they’re sixty-plus years old, and they crack and leak. Before we remove any original driveway for a Unilock paver replacement, we pressure-test the slab heating system. It’s a couple hundred dollars and an hour of work. Skipping it means running the risk of a backhoe or compactor fracturing a pipe that’s already brittle, and then you’re looking at tearing up finished paver work to fix a leak you could have caught up front. We learned this the hard way on someone else’s project, not ours. It now happens on every Eichler driveway we touch. It’s one of those steps that doesn’t show up in a photo gallery but is the difference between a driveway that stays level and one that becomes a water feature every winter.
Unilock Models & Products We Service in Mountain View
We work with the Unilock lines most common in Mountain View: Brussels Block for driveways and high-traffic areas, Cambridge Pavingstones for patios and pool surrounds, Beacon Hill for a more subdued, flagstone-like look, and the U-Cara Wall System for retaining walls and outdoor kitchens. For repairs, we use genuine Unilock pavers and wall blocks to match color and texture exactly. For everything under and between the pavers – base aggregate, geotextile fabric, and polymeric joint sand – we source high-quality aftermarket products chosen for how they perform in Mountain View’s wet winters and dry summers. We stock the most frequently needed profiles locally so typical repair jobs don’t wait on a truck from a distribution yard across the state.
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Here’s what Unilock construction service costs for the projects we handle most in Mountain View:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Paver Driveway Installation | $7,000 – $18,000 |
| Paver Patio Installation | $3,500 – $11,000 |
| Driveway Replacement | $5,000 – $14,000 |
What drives the final number is base depth (clay soil often means going deeper with aggregate), drainage requirements, and whether we’re working around an existing radiant slab. Our free estimates walk the property, identify drainage patterns, and give you a written line-item quote before any work starts. For larger projects, ask about our Home Remodeling in Mountain View. Call (833) 725-3508 to schedule yours.
Serving Mountain View, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Mountain View area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – Unilock Construction in Mountain View
Sometimes, but it depends on the condition of the slab and where the water goes. If the concrete is structurally sound and has proper slope, we can lay a thin overlay of Unilock pavers on a bedding layer. If the slab is cracked, settled, or sitting over radiant heating pipes we can’t verify, we recommend full removal and a proper base. Most Mountain View Eichler driveways fall into the second category. Call (833) 725-3508 and we’ll tell you which one you’ve got.
The short answer is drainage and joint stabilization. Efflorescence happens when water moves through the joint sand and brings calcium to the surface. We install a proper compacted base with adequate drainage fall, use polymeric joint sand that locks up when it cures, and where needed add a subsurface drain to move water away from the paver body. Surface sealers help too, but they’re the last step, not the first.
For driveways on Mountain View’s clay-heavy soils, we install a minimum of six to eight inches of compacted aggregate over a geotextile separator, plus the bedding course and paver thickness. That’s deeper than the four-to-six-inch minimum you’ll see quoted in mild, sandy-soil markets. Clay holds water, water expands and contracts, and a thin base shifts. We overbuild the base because it’s cheaper than redoing the whole driveway in five years.
Yes, in most cases. Mountain View requires permits for retaining walls over a certain height (typically three feet, but check with the city’s building department for your specific lot), and walls near property lines or drainage easements have additional setbacks and engineering requirements. We pull permits and arrange inspections as part of the project, and we always check with the city before finalizing a design.
Not by accident. Eichler flat roofs drain to scuppers or downspouts that dump water directly at the foundation line. If a paver patio is built right up to that edge without a defined drainage swale or channel, that water runs under the pavers, erodes the base, and causes settlement. We’re design the patio edge to direct roof runoff into a proper drain line or gravel infiltration zone before it touches the paver base. For an exact scope and quote, call (833) 725-3508 – estimates are free.
More Unilock Knowledge & Nearby Service Areas
When we started doing Unilock work in Mountain View, we found that most paver pages online talked about pavers and nothing about the ground beneath them. We build paver driveways, patios, and walls, but we also handle full-scope remodeling and construction – kitchens, bathrooms, roofing, windows, fencing – which means we see how outdoor work ties into the rest of the property. If you’re researching what’s possible with Unilock products, see our Unilock sales & service overview. If you’re deciding whether your project is a good fit for our crew, check the Mountain View service area page to see the neighborhoods we cover from Waverly Park to North Bayshore.
We also handle Unilock projects in the surrounding communities. If your property is up in the hills, visit our Unilock service in Los Altos Hills page for details on working with hillside drainage and retaining walls. For Los Altos itself, our Unilock service in Los Altos page covers the ranch tracts and newer construction there.
Do it once, do it right – everything else is just a future repair bill.
Book Your Unilock Service in Mountain View Today
If you’re planning a paver driveway, patio, or wall in Mountain View, start with a conversation. Call (833) 725-3508 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll walk the property, check what’s under the surface, and give you a written scope and price before anything gets scheduled.
Written by Nate Burrell, Owner at Brookside Contractors, serving Mountain View and the surrounding South Bay communities.