Paver Patio Installation in Gaston, OR

A paver patio is one of the highest-impact upgrades you can make to a yard — it turns a muddy, unusable corner into real outdoor living space, and in Oregon's wet climate that's worth more than people expect. But a patio is only as good as what's under it. We design and install paver patios, walkways, and fire-pit areas with the right excavation, a compacted aggregate base, slope for drainage, and edge restraints so the pavers stay flat and locked, season after season — instead of dipping, gapping, and pooling water after the first wet winter.

We've installed paver patios across the Portland Metro Area since 1998 — more than 25 years — and Gaston's wet clay is exactly the ground that punishes a patio built on a thin base. The clay holds water all winter, heaves with freeze-thaw, and turns a shortcut base into a patio that dips and holds puddles by the second year. We excavate to the right depth, add and compact the right base material, and slope the surface so rain runs off instead of sitting on or under the pavers.

From a clean rectangular patio off the back door to a bigger entertaining space with a fire-pit area and a walkway routing foot traffic off the lawn, we lay out the design, talk material and pattern, and give you a written price. Concrete pavers in a range of colors and patterns, or natural flagstone where the look calls for it — we'll show you options that fit your home and budget. Edge restraints keep the pavers from spreading, and polymeric joint sand swept and compacted into the joints keeps the surface tight so weeds don't take hold.

What sets our patios apart is the base-first build: the excavation, the compacted aggregate, the slope for drainage. That's the part that decides whether your patio stays flat for years or dips and holds water after one wet winter — and it's the part most crews shortcut because you can't see it once the pavers are down. We don't shortcut it, and that's why our patios hold up through Oregon's wet and dry year after year.