Family-run crew out of nearby Westbury, building patios and walkways across Hempstead — licensed and insured, with a straight price before we start.
Hempstead yards run the full range — tight village lots where every square foot counts, out to larger properties toward the edges of town. On the smaller lots, the first conversation is usually about size: where the patio ends, what stays lawn, and whether the mower still fits past it. That's worth pinning down at the estimate, not after the pavers show up.
Front walkways carry a lot of the job here too. Plenty of Hempstead blocks went up decades ago, and the original poured paths have had time to crack, heave, and settle. Swapping one for pavers fixes the trip edges — and if a section ever moves again, pavers can be pulled and re-leveled instead of jackhammered out.
What decides how long any of it lasts is the ground prep nobody sees once the pavers are down. Long Island winters move soil, and a shallow or loosely compacted base shows up at the surface within a few seasons. We dig to full depth and compact in lifts before setting anything — slower up front, and the reason the surface stays where we left it.
It starts with Kenny walking the property with you. He looks at how the yard drains, how material and equipment can get in, and how you actually plan to use the space — then you get a straight price before anything is ordered or dug. On Hempstead's tighter lots that walk-through matters, because we plan where pallets get staged and how the crew works without tearing up the rest of the yard.
The job runs in a fixed order — excavation, base, compaction, then pavers and edging — and we don't trade steps for speed. If weather shifts the schedule, you hear it from Kenny directly, not from an empty driveway.
Steps, stoops, and tie-ins to existing concrete don't leave our hands either. Concrete and masonry are in-house work for us, so nothing waits on a second contractor's schedule — you deal with Kenny from the first walk-through to the last paver.
There's no honest flat number — the price depends on the size of the patio, the pavers you choose, how much excavation the soil needs, whether old concrete has to come out first, and how easy the lot is to access with equipment and material. Tight village lots can take more hand work than an open yard. J Rubio Landscaping & Son gives free estimates and a firm price before any work starts — call or text Kenny at (516) 333-4019.
It depends on what's being built. An at-grade patio or walkway is usually treated differently than raised work, retaining walls, or anything structural, and requirements can vary depending on where in Hempstead the property sits. The safe move is to confirm with your local building department before work starts — we go over it at the estimate so nothing surprises you mid-job.
Usually the pavers themselves are fine — it's the ground prep under them that failed. If the base wasn't dug deep enough or compacted hard enough, winter frost moves it, and every shift telegraphs up into the surface as dips and raised edges. Built properly — full-depth excavation, a base compacted in lifts, then the pavers — the surface stays put. And one advantage of pavers over a slab: if a spot ever does settle, it can be lifted and re-leveled instead of demolished.
Also available throughout Hempstead and nearby Nassau County towns.
Also available throughout Hempstead and nearby Nassau County towns.
Also available throughout Hempstead and nearby Nassau County towns.
See everything we handle in town on the main Hempstead landscaping page.
Call or text Kenny for a straight price and a real timeline. No pressure, no sales pitch.
Call (516) 333-4019