Installing a paver patio in your backyard can be an excellent way to enjoy the outdoor space available. You can use this unique, customized solution to create a fun and relaxing outdoor environment for entertaining family and friends or just for spending quality time outdoors alone or with loved ones. However, before you get too excited about this upgrade, it’s important that you understand exactly what is included in the installation of pavers – especially when it comes to the cost.

Here are steps of installing paver patio or paver walkway and driveway and what you have pay for

Materials Cost Including

1. Paver Costs  (sqft + 10% waste ) – base on its square footage + 10% waste if it does require cutting
2. Base Materials – It can be Gravel for permeable installation or Class II Road  Base 100sqft Paver require  ~1ton base materials
3. Geotextile – Lay between sub base soil and Gravel Base to prevent contamination and protect gravel base washing away overtime.
4.  1″ Stone-chips or Sand – Apply after the base compaction need to be leveled perfectly before start laying pavers
5. Polymeric Sands – Joint sand apply between pavers to protect weeds and get the pavers locking together. 1 bag covers about 20-50 sqft depends on how big the gap of pavers

So for average of 1000sqft paver :

avg Materials cost : $8234.00 – $14000.00 

Operating including 

1. Delivery fee

• so for 1000 sqft Paver it does require x2 delivery fees for pavers ( $200-$250 / trip )
• 2 trips of gravel base delivery with 5 tons dump truck ( $100 – $150 / trip )
• 1 trip of stone-chip or sand

   2. Fuel fee

• Fuel cost for daily truck moving from shop to jobsite $30/day

   3. Pallet fee

• $39/Pallet ( around 200 sqft pavers ) 1000 sqft its about $200 Pallet fees ( borgert )
• $25-$30 ( Unilock / Belgard )

   4. Daily Clean up fee

• 30 mins clean up at the end of daily task to make sure home owners are safe after construction
• 2 members $60 – $100/day 

   5. Mobile toilet fee

• $30/day

So average Operating spent to install 1000sqft about $4250.00 – $6540.00

Installation Labor

1. Labor for Compacting Subbase
2. Labor to carry and level paver base
3. labor to operate equipment
4. labor to installing pavers
5. labor excavating and removing sub soil ( Removing  4″-6″ Sub Soil ready for gravel base )

for 1000sqft paver require about 200 – 280 hours

Labor are costly in Colorado especially in house training with experienced foreman $60-$80/hour, Field labor $25-$35/hour

so for 1000sqft paver labor cost about ~ $6540.00 – $10562.00

Company Overhead

1. Employees Worker Compensation
2. Business Insurance
3. Accountant Services
4. Estimating Process
5. Equipment Repair / Rent

so Per 1000sqft of paver installation Company will have to spend about $3420.00 – $6540.00 to operate  and protect our customers during operation.

Profit Margin