Paver repair and storm restoration on Siesta Key
Lifting, flushing and resetting fields that Helene and Milton moved, on bases rebuilt to be moved again.
- Jurisdiction
- Sarasota County
- Permit page
- rules and office
- Drive from Sarasota
- 15 to 25 minutes via the Siesta Drive or Stickney Point bridges
What does it cost to reset surge-shifted pavers on Siesta Key?
About $8 to $15 per square foot of the affected area plus base material, less per foot for larger areas, so a 300-square-foot seawall-side section runs roughly $2,400 to $4,500 plus a concrete curb at $12 to $20 per linear foot. Full-deck restoration after a surge is scoped after a void survey.
Planning band from the September 10, 2026 cost tables; not a quote.
What's different about repair & storm restoration in Siesta Key
The 2024 pattern on Siesta Key: edge restraint lifted along seawalls and the Gulf side, joint sand gone, bases salted and undermined at the water edge, pavers scattered but intact. The repair is the base: lift the field where it's low, sound and rebuild the voids in lifts, flush with fresh water, set a concrete curb where the plastic restraint was, reset the original pavers to the survey line, polymeric sand on a dry day, seal weeks later. Photographs first, for the insurer and the Town or county file.
Non-storm calls are sinking around pool equipment where a condensate line saturated the base, and ant-tunneled joints on unsealed decks.
Rules that apply here
Resets that don't change the footprint are generally not permitted work; the county tracks storm repairs against the substantial-damage file even though site work is excluded (flood page); document before touching anything (insurance guide).
A worked example
A 1969 canal home on Sabal Drive whose 900-square-foot paver deck floated its spiked restraint at the seawall in the Milton surge and settled 2 inches across a 200-square-foot section. After the insurer's photos and three weeks of drying: 260 square feet lifted, two voids at the seawall dug out and rebuilt in three lifts, base flushed, concrete curb poured along 38 feet of seawall edge, pavers rinsed and reset, polymeric sand on a two-day dry forecast, sealing scheduled for six weeks out. Planning range: $4,200 to $6,800.
Do the pavers themselves need replacing after salt water?
No. Concrete and stone pavers aren't harmed by immersion; they're rinsed and reused. What's replaced is the joint sand, the plastic edge restraint (with concrete) and any base that washed out.
Where to go next
Request an estimate in Siesta Key
Last reviewed September 10, 2026 by the Sarasota Concrete editorial team (author name pending owner input).