Paver repair and storm restoration on Longboat Key
Resetting fields the 2024 surge moved, on bases rebuilt for the next one, documented for the Town and the insurer.
- Jurisdiction
- Town of Longboat Key
- Permit page
- rules and office
- Drive from Sarasota
- 25 to 40 minutes via the Ringling Causeway and St. Armands, or from the north via Cortez Road and the Longboat Pass bridge
What does storm restoration of pavers cost on Longboat Key?
About $8 to $15 per square foot of the affected area plus base material and concrete curbs at $12 to $20 per linear foot, so a 400-square-foot seawall-side section runs roughly $3,200 to $6,000 plus the curb. Whole-deck restoration is scoped after a void survey; the pavers are almost always reused.
Planning band from the September 10, 2026 cost tables; not a quote.
What's different about repair & storm restoration in Longboat Key
Helene measured 6.68 feet on Longboat Key on September 26, 2024, and Milton followed on October 9. Fields along seawalls and the Gulf side lifted their restraint, bases salted and hollowed at the edges, joint sand vanished, and sand and debris buried drains. The restoration is the standard sequence: insurer photos, one to three weeks of drying, lift the low and heaved sections, dig out and rebuild voids in lifts, flush, concrete curb on every exposed edge, reset to the survey line, polymeric sand on a dry day, seal weeks later. The Town wants the site work documented in the file even though it doesn't count toward substantial damage.
Non-storm repairs are canal-side settling where a seawall weep hole washed the base and ant-tunneled joints on unsealed driveways.
Rules that apply here
Town permit file for storm repairs on properties under substantial-damage review (rules); resets without a footprint change are generally not permitted work; document first (insurance guide).
A worked example
A 1972 Sleepy Lagoon canal home whose 800-square-foot travertine deck dropped 3 inches along 40 feet of seawall after Helene and lost its restraint to Milton. After documentation and four weeks of drying: 320 square feet lifted, base voids rebuilt in lifts, fresh-water flush, concrete curb along the seawall and the side edge, travertine rinsed and reset with 18 new pieces, polymeric sand, coping resealed. Town file updated. Planning range: $5,500 to $8,500.
How soon after a surge can the deck be reset?
When the base has drained and can be compacted, usually one to three weeks, and after the insurer has photographs. Resetting on a saturated base means resetting again in the spring.
Where to go next
Request an estimate in Longboat Key
Last reviewed September 10, 2026 by the Sarasota Concrete editorial team (author name pending owner input).