Paving repairs · Southern Suburbs
Paving Repairs in Plumstead and the Southern Suburbs
We fix sunken, loose and broken paving across Plumstead and Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs, usually by re-laying your own pavers on a rebuilt base, and we patch tar driveways. A 2026 Western Cape pricing guide puts lifting and relaying a sunken section at R250 to R450 per m². WhatsApp us a photo of the problem.
- Free site visit
- Written, itemised quote
- Based in Plumstead
2026 repair prices
R250 – R450 /m²
Lift and relay a sunken section: base rebuilt, your pavers relaid
R60 – R120 /m²
Re-sand joints and treat weeds
Source: Fonster 2026 guide, Western Cape prices. Market range, not our price list.
Stepping Round It, or Parking Round It?
A dip by the gate that everyone steps around. A paver that clacks every time the car rolls over it. Rain that heads for the back door instead of the street. Send us a photo before the next cold front.
Find your problem
What Does Your Paving Look Like Now?
Each card: what you see, the photo that helps us most, and the usual fix.
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A dip in the wheel tracks
Photo tip: crouch at one end and shoot along the driveway so the dip shows.
Usual fix: lift that strip, rebuild what’s under it, put the same pavers back.
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Pavers that rock or clack
Photo tip: a short video while you press each one with your foot.
Usual fix: the loose patch comes up and goes back down tight on new sand.
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Empty joints and weeds
Photo tip: a close-up with a coin for scale.
Usual fix: when nothing has sunk, often just a weed treatment and new jointing sand brushed in.
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An edge creeping into the flowerbed
Photo tip: shoot the edge from the side.
Usual fix: a new, fixed edge along that side, then the gaps pulled tight.
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Lifted by a tree root
Photo tip: get the tree in the shot too.
Usual fix: we cut back small roots ourselves (a big tree goes to a tree specialist), relevel underneath and relay.
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Water against the wall
Photo tip: after rain, or with a hosepipe running.
Usual fix: relay that strip sloping towards the garden or street.
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Cracked or broken pavers
Photo tip: one close-up and one wide shot, so we can match the colour.
Usual fix: swapped for the nearest match.
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Potholes or broken edges in tar
Photo tip: a wide shot of the whole surface, so we can see whether more is about to go.
Usual fix: patched. See tar surfacing.
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Cracked concrete
Photo tip: a wide shot of the whole strip or slab.
Usual fix: we don’t patch cracked concrete. It’s broken out and replaced with paving or tar.
Causes
What Usually Sits Behind It
A soft or thin base
Pavers drop where the weight goes: wheel tracks, the bin corner, the gate.
Water underneath
A downpipe emptying onto the paving, or a leaking pipe below it, washes out what’s underneath.
Nothing holding the edges
Without a firm edge, pavers slowly walk outwards.
An old trench
Paving put back over a loosely filled pipe or cable trench drops along its line.
Roots
A growing root lifts a line of pavers.
Your options
Fix a Patch, Re-lay the Lot, or Start Again
Fix a Patch
When the trouble is in one or two places and the rest is flat and firm.
Re-lay the Lot
When it dips in many places but the pavers are whole. No new pavers to buy unless some break on the way up.
Start Again
When pavers are crumbling, broken across the area, or too thin for the cars parked on them. See driveway paving.
Our homepage has a condition-by-condition re-lay or replace guide.
Tar
Tar Patching
Potholes
The broken tar is cut back to a firm edge, the ground beneath is made good, and the hole is filled with hot-mix asphalt and rolled level.
Crumbling edges
Tar edges with nothing beside them break away into the garden. A kerb or paver border stops it.
When patches won’t hold
If the whole surface is cracked like crazy paving, patching is money spent twice. An overlay or new tar is the fix. See tar surfacing.
Your pavers
Matching What’s Already There
Whole pavers go back in where they came out. For broken ones, send a close-up and we’ll match the range where it’s still made. If the colour has been discontinued, we’ll show you the nearest option before it goes in. Want the whole area to look the same age? Add a clean to the quote.
Pricing
Paving Repair Prices (2026)
Market ranges, not our price list. Source: Fonster, Paving Costs in South Africa: 2026 Pricing Guide, Western Cape prices (July 2026, checked 2 Nov 2026).
Worked example
For a 12 m² dip in a driveway:
R3,000 – R5,400
At the lift-and-relay range.
What moves the price
- How deep the base has to be rebuilt
- Your pavers reused, or new ones bought in
- Edges to reset
- How far everything is carried from the street
- A minimum charge for very small jobs
How it works
How a Repair Runs
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Send a Photo
WhatsApp the problem, your suburb and roughly how big it is.
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Site Visit
We check the falls and the edges, and open up one paver so you can see what’s under it.
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Written Quote
Within 24 hours of the visit: what’s being lifted and relaid, what’s new, and the price for each.
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Repair and Walk-Through
Lifted, rebuilt, relaid, jointed and compacted, then we walk the area with you. A small repair usually takes a day.
Rentals and complexes
Repairs for Landlords and Complexes
We quote in writing for landlords, managing agents and trustees, with photos of the problem and the area in m², so the quote can go straight to approval. Work can fit around tenants’ parking.
Where we work
Suburbs We Repair Paving In
Based in Plumstead: see paving in Plumstead. We also repair paving and tar across the Southern Suburbs.
- Heathfield
- Retreat
- Southfield
- Diep River
- Wynberg
- Bergvliet
- Meadowridge
- Tokai
- Kenilworth
- Constantia
Questions
Paving Repair FAQs
A 2026 Western Cape pricing guide puts lifting and relaying sunken sections at R250 to R450 per m², with your existing pavers relaid.
Whole ones go back down. Broken ones are replaced with the same range where it’s still made, or the closest match.
If your own pavers go back, usually not. If new ones are going in, ask us to price a clean of the whole area too.
Something keeps feeding it: water from a downpipe or a pipe, ground that was never firmed, or a trench underneath. We trace that before quoting.
Yes. The trench is compacted in layers before the pavers go back. A 2026 Western Cape guide puts relaying over trench work at R300 to R500 per m².
Yes, potholes and broken edges, patched with hot-mix asphalt and quoted per job. See tar surfacing.
Yes, very small repairs carry a minimum charge. It’s shown on your quote before you agree to anything.
Free quote
Get a Written Repair Quote
WhatsApp a photo of the problem, your suburb and roughly how big it is. Prefer to talk? Call 082 344 4854.
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WhatsApp082 344 4854
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Call082 344 4854
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Based inPlumstead, Cape Town, 7800
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HoursMon–Fri 7:00–17:00, Sat 8:00–13:00
The site visit and quote are free. No obligation.