We clean, re-sand and seal pavers on Casey Key, the eight mile barrier island between Sarasota and Venice. Estate driveways, motor courts, pool decks and lanais, with attention to the salt exposure and the access constraints that come with a narrow key. Every sealing carries a 3 year warranty. Call 941-266-5284.
Casey Key is unlike anywhere else we work. It is a long, narrow barrier island with no traffic lights, no shopping centers and no condominium towers. Much of the island sits under a conservation designation, and the housing is almost entirely single family, a lot of it substantial and much of it Gulf to bay.
That combination produces a specific kind of paver job. The surfaces are often large, motor courts and circular drives rather than a standard two car apron. The exposure is severe on both sides. And getting equipment onto the island takes actual planning.
Two bridges, one of them from 1926
There are two ways onto Casey Key. The Albee Road bridge at the south end connects to Nokomis and is the practical route for most work. The Blackburn Point bridge at the north end is a one lane swing bridge dating to 1926 and listed on the National Register, and it is not the way to bring equipment onto the island.
We mention this because it is a real scheduling factor and because contractors who have not worked the key sometimes find out the hard way. We route and stage accordingly. When you call, it helps to know which end of the key you are on so we can plan the approach and the crew's day around it.
Gulf to bay exposure on a very narrow island
On a key this narrow, a Gulf to bay property is taking salt on both frontages. Airborne salt settles on the pavers, absorbs moisture out of the humid air overnight, dries in the sun, and cycles again. On unsealed concrete pavers that works on the face and the edges relentlessly.
A sealed surface takes that instead of the paver. It also holds up far better against the blowing sand that comes off the beach side, which abrades an unsealed finish and packs loose into joints without ever stabilizing them. Product selection here is not a formality. We choose with the exposure in mind and we will explain why we are recommending what we are.
What we run into in Casey Key
- The north end swing bridge at Blackburn Point is a one lane 1926 structure, so equipment access is routed through the Albee Road bridge at the south end.
- Most of the island is single family, a lot of it Gulf to bay, meaning salt exposure on two frontages of the same property.
- Driveways here are frequently motor courts or circular drives rather than standard aprons, so square footage runs high.
- Much of the key falls under a conservation district established in the early 1970s, and mature landscaping is close to most driveways.
- There are no traffic lights or commercial centers on the key, so all staging happens on the property itself.
Large motor courts and circular drives
Casey Key driveways are frequently much larger than a standard residential apron. Circular drives, motor courts, long entries through mature landscaping, plus pool decks and lanais on the water side. That is a lot of square footage in one job.
Our capacity is up to 20,000 square feet of pavers cleaned and sealed in a day, so large jobs here are not multi week projects. We measure the actual square footage on site rather than estimating off an aerial image, which matters when a drive curves through landscaping and the shape is not obvious from above.
Pool decks between the Gulf and the bay
Pool deck sealing is a large share of what we do on the key. Chlorine splash-out lightens unsealed pavers unevenly along the coping and it breaks down exposed joint sand faster than most homeowners realize. Add salt air and the deck ages faster than the driveway.
We treat any algae first, clean, replace joint sand, then seal. On a bay side deck the shade and humidity mean algae is usually the leading issue. On a Gulf side deck it is more often salt, sand and UV. Same process, different emphasis, and we set it based on what is actually happening on your property.
