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Two engineers. 25 years of Florida hardscape.

Carissa Hess and Darsh Desai opened Pavers Depot in Orlando in 2001 with one conviction: a paver job is only as good as the base under it. That engineering mindset built Central Florida's largest pavers showroom — and a business where 75% of work comes from referrals.

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The Pavers Depot showroom display yard on 36th Street, Orlando — open to the public Our showroom · 3150 36th St, Orlando
01 — THE STORY

Engineer-founded in 2001 — and it shows in the base.

Pavers Depot was founded in 2001 by Carissa Hess and Darsh Desai — two engineers who looked at how most paver jobs were being built and saw the same problem over and over: beautiful surfaces laid on bases that wouldn't last a Florida decade. So they built a company around the part nobody photographs.

Twenty-five years later, that yard on 36th Street has grown into the largest pavers showroom in Central Florida — full-size displays of Tremron blends, stone veneer, wall block and turf, open to the public. The same team that helps you choose on the showroom floor is the crew that excavates, compacts, screeds and lays your project. No hand-off to a sub.

It's a discipline that pays off quietly: about 75% of our work comes from past clients and their referrals. People remember the driveway that still looks new ten years on — and they tell their neighbours.

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What drives us

Four things we don't compromise on.

01

The base comes first

Excavate to depth, compact the sub-base in lifts, set true slope for drainage. Everything you can see is only as good as what's underneath — so that's where the engineering goes.

02

Showroom & installer in one

We don't farm your job out. The same Pavers Depot team that walks you through blends on the showroom floor is the crew that lays them. The look you pick is the look you get.

03

Manufacturer-backed material

As an authorized Tremron representative we install genuine, warranty-intact product — the full range of colours and textures, sourced and specced correctly for your project.

04

Built to a spec, on time

Engineers run this company, so every job is measured, drawn and scheduled — not winged. We show up when we say we will and we finish what we start.

02 — THE FOUNDERS

Engineers first. Hardscape builders second.

Pavers Depot is owner-run. When you call, you're reaching the people whose name is on the company — not a franchise call centre.

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Carissa Hess
Co-Founder · Engineer

Co-founded Pavers Depot in 2001. Brings an engineer's eye to base prep, drainage and layout — the parts of a paver project that decide whether it lasts.

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Darsh Desai
Co-Founder · Engineer

Co-founded the company alongside Carissa. Built the showroom into the largest pavers selection in Central Florida and keeps the install standard tight.

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The Pavers Depot Crew
In-house installers

Our own excavation, base and laying crews — not subcontractors. The team that quotes your job is the team that builds it.

Our work

Driveways, pool decks, outdoor living — the full hardscape.

Driveways, patios, pool decks, walkways, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, retaining walls, stone veneer and artificial turf. Design it in our visualizer, confirm it in the showroom, and we build it.

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Free on-site estimate anywhere within 120 miles of Orlando — or visit the showroom and walk the displays. You'll reach the Pavers Depot team directly.

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(407) 839-5900