One project. One number. Fully guaranteed.
FCPE is competitive on every service we offer — except sanding & sealing. We charge more here because we do it at a level that makes the industry proud, not “spray and pray.” Every hardscape is quoted as a single project total after we assess the surface: what it is, what condition it’s in, and what has to come off before anything new goes on.
One fixed price. Everything in it.
No estimator games. No “starting at.” No day-of upcharges. You get one project total in writing, and it already contains every line below.
Deep clean, full joint reset, and joint angular sand worked into every joint. Any repair or re-set the surface needs before sealing is identified on the walk, not sprung on you mid-job.
Two coats, breathable, matched to your surface — concrete and brick pavers get one chemistry, natural stone like travertine, flagstone, bluestone, slate and limestone gets a slower, stone-safe one.
The finish is guaranteed. If it hazes, whitens, streaks or lifts on us, we come back and make it right. That promise is priced into the number from the start — it is not an add-on.
If your hardscape already carries a sealer, that coating has to come off before a new one goes on. Stripping is the one part of this work that cannot be quoted sight-unseen, because the scope swings enormously with what is actually on the stone.
A thin, worn, weathered coat lifts in a single pass. Multi-coat solvent buildup — the milky, peeling, plasticky failure a previous contractor left behind — is a multi-day operation with a two-stage chemical lift and full PPE before a drop of new sealer is opened. Natural stone adds another layer of care again, because the strip has to be aggressive on the coating and gentle on the stone.
So we look at it. We tell you which of those it is, in plain language, on the walk — and then your project total is fixed in writing. If your hardscape has never been sealed, or the old coat is long gone, there is no strip scope at all and your number reflects that.
Three projects, three different scopes
These are the kinds of jobs we walk every week across St. Johns, Duval, and Nassau counties. Same standard on all three. Very different amounts of work.
Small paver driveway — first-time seal
The simplest version of this job — and still the full process. Deep clean, joints reset with joint angular sand, hot-mop dry, two breathable coats, guaranteed.
A small footprint does not mean a small setup. The truck rolls once, the same materials are opened, the same crew standard applies, and the same guarantee attaches. That is why a compact driveway is quoted as its own project total rather than scaled off the square footage — and why we will tell you that number honestly before we start.
Travertine pool deck — reseal with a strip
Two disciplines in one job: strip the failing coat without touching the stone, then rebuild the finish. Travertine is soft, porous, and unforgiving of the wrong chemistry — this is slower work by design.
A pool-deck reseal is the surface callers most often regret bargain-pricing. The wrong product or a skipped strip and you get cloudy white film, peeling edges, and a year-two redo on top of what you already paid. We walk it, scope the strip, and hand you one guaranteed number.
Estate hardscape — heavy strip and reseal
The heaviest scope we take. A multi-day operation: two-stage chemical lift, hot-mop crew, full PPE, and the pavers brought back to factory color before any new sealer touches them.
This is the project that gets underbid, half-stripped, and abandoned after the deposit clears. We will not quote it from a photo, and we will not quote it cheap — we will walk it, scope it honestly, put one number in writing, and guarantee the finish.
The four things our crews do that nobody else does
Joint angular sand
Most contractors reach for hardening joint products. In Florida heat, humidity and standing moisture that choice hazes, crusts, cracks and washes out. We use joint angular sand — angular means diamond-shaped grains that mechanically lock against each other, so the joint holds in this climate instead of dissolving in it.
Two-coat breathable
Single-coat sealers wear through and look streaky inside two seasons. We apply a base penetrating coat plus a finish wet-look coat — both breathable, so vapor escapes and the surface does not whiten.
Hot-mop dry
Sealing a damp surface is the most common failure mode in Florida humidity. We use a propane mop to bring the surface fully dry before any chemistry touches it. Slows us down. Saves the job.
ICPI-aligned methodology
Our process follows the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute’s published guidelines for cleaning, jointing, and sealing — the standard the manufacturers recommend, written by the people who make the pavers.
Tell us your hardscape, get a real quote.
Tell us the surface and its current condition, we come out and assess it, and you get one fixed-price proposal in writing — no estimator games, no day-of upcharges.
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