Est. 2009 · Austin, Texas
Pavers & Hardscape — The Hill Country Edition
Vol. XVII · Summer 2026
Hardscape · Masonry · Outdoor Rooms
StoneCraft designs and installs paver driveways, courtyards, and stonework across Austin and the Hill Country — engineered against expansive clay soils, set on properly compacted base, and laid to outlast the house behind them.
1,200+ installations · 25-year craftsmanship warranty · Est. 2009
Index of Services · 01–06
Every figure below includes excavation, compacted base, materials, and labor. Measurements — and opinions — are free.
Selected Work · Plates II–IV
8,240 sq ft laid, shown here
Plate II · Tarrytown
The Ellsworth Courtyard
1,140 sq ft · Belgian cobble · 2025
Plate III · Westlake
Cliffside Pool Terrace
2,300 sq ft · Silver travertine · 2024
Plate IV · Dripping Springs
Ranch Gate Drive
4,800 sq ft · Permeable paver · 2025
Field Notes · The Method
Pavers rarely fail; bases do. Hill Country clay swells with October rain and shrinks through August, and any surface not built for that motion will telegraph it within two winters. So we spend our patience below grade — where nobody sees it, and everybody feels it.
I.
We walk the property, probe for expansive clay, shoot grades with a laser level, and photograph what the water does when it rains. Nothing is drawn until the ground is understood.
II.
A scaled plan on your table, actual stone samples in your hands, and one fixed number — not an estimate that grows. Most designs are ready within ten days.
III.
Excavate eight to ten inches. Compact road base in two-inch lifts to 95% density. Screed, lay, cut, compact again, sweep polymeric sand into every joint. Then compact once more.
IV.
We hose-test the drainage in front of you, walk every edge together, and register your 25-year craftsmanship warranty before the trailer leaves the curb.
The Materials Room
Three of the fourteen materials in our sample library. All samples travel to you.
Swatch No. 1
Tumbled clay pavers in an autumn blend — russet, umber, charcoal — that read like a street in Bruges and wear like one, too. Color runs through the full body of the stone; a chipped corner fifty years from now will match.
From $19 / sq ft installed · Best for driveways & courtyards
Swatch No. 2
Quarried limestone with the veining of parchment, honed and unfilled. It stays roughly 20° cooler than concrete in July sun, which in Texas is not poetry — it is the difference between using a pool deck and looking at one.
From $22 / sq ft installed · Best for pool decks & terraces
Swatch No. 3
Architectural concrete with widened joints of open-graded stone. A hard surface that drinks a two-inch rain instead of shedding it at your foundation — and qualifies for City of Austin drainage credit.
From $15 / sq ft installed · Best for drives & motor courts
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They rebuilt our courtyard the way an editor rebuilds a sentence — nothing extra, everything in its place. Two summers of parties later, not one paver has moved.
— Marianne K., Barton Hills
“The crew compacted the base for two full days before a single stone went down. That’s when I knew.”
— David & Priya R., Westlake
“Our travertine deck is somehow cooler than the lawn. My kids stopped wearing sandals to the pool.”
— Tom H., Dripping Springs
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Tell us about your ground — the slope, the shade, the way you want to use it. We’ll respond within one business day and schedule a site study at no charge.
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