Unilock Kitchen Remodeling Nationwide

Unilock Kitchen Remodeling: The Los Angeles Owner’s Guide

A full Unilock kitchen remodel in Los Angeles runs $16,520 to $53,100 installed, depending on whether we’re replacing cabinets, countertops, backsplash, or moving walls. We stock Unilock-compatible pavers and hardscape materials in our inventory, and our crews install kitchens where Unilock surfaces meet cabinetry, islands, and wet zones. Most owners find us the moment a Unilock paver floor cracks, a countertop seam separates, or the kitchen island base settles unevenly against the paver surface. You’ll want the number written down before anyone touches your kitchen. We give you that.

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Unilock makes its name in pavers and retaining walls, which means in Los Angeles kitchens you usually see their product as flooring, accent walls, or the structural base under an island. The failure you’re dealing with is rarely the Unilock material itself. It’s what’s underneath it, what surrounds it, or what someone did during the original install. That distinction changes the price, the repair method, and whether you’re looking at a one-day fix or a six-week remodel.

Which Unilock Models This Applies To

Unilock runs three paver families that show up in Los Angeles kitchens: the Artline series (smooth, modular, modern edge), the Umbriano series (granite-fleck finish, wider color tolerance), and the Richcliff series (tumbled, flagstone look). If you installed a Unilock floor or accent wall between 2015 and 2025 in a Los Angeles home, it’s almost certainly one of these three.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha most people don’t know: Unilock sizes are metric-first, so a 60mm paver is 2.36 inches, not 2.5. If a previous contractor laid Unilock pavers against standard inch-dimension cabinetry bases, you get a 3/8-inch reveal gap that collects water, grime, and eventually fails the grout or silicone line. That gap is the number one thing we fix. Measuring your existing paver thickness is the first step. Look for the Unilock stamp on the underside of a loose paver, or a faded label on the box in your garage. We match thickness and series, not just color.

For OEM versus aftermarket: Unilock pavers are the OEM for the floor itself, but the setting bed, the edge restraint, the polymeric sand, and the transition strips are all third-party materials. We use Techniseal polymeric sand and Gator Maxx for edge restraint because they hold up better in California’s dry-summer/wet-winter climate than the basic stuff. The pavers themselves you want genuine Unilock if you’re patching a floor. Aftermarket lookalikes fade at a different rate under LA sun and you’ll see the patch in 18 months. Don’t do that.

Signs Your Unilock Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing

• Pavers rocking underfoot near the island. The setting bed underneath has lost compaction, usually because water from a nearby sink or dishwasher got through a failed seam. The paver isn’t the problem. The substrate is.
• Polymeric sand washing out between joints. This happens when the original installer used standard sand on a kitchen floor exposure instead of a polymer-bound product, or when California’s winter rain pools against the edge. You’ll see sandy grit on your floor daily.
• The transition strip between paver and hardwood is lifting. Pavers shift with temperature at a different rate than wood flooring, and a rigid transition breaks that line. It’s a spec mismatch, not wear and tear.
• Cracks running along one straight line across multiple pavers. That’s a subsurface crack line telegraphing through, often from a slab seam below or a former plumbing trench. Patching the paver won’t fix it. The base has to come up.
• Discoloration only on one section of floor near a window or door. Unilock’s UV-stable pigments are good, but a replacement paver from a different manufacturing batch will show color shift. We order by lot code when we can.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For the Unilock-related portion of a kitchen remodel, you’re looking at a range that depends on scope. Paver floor repair or replacement runs $4,130 to $12,980 installed. If the substrate under the pavers also needs re-compaction or a new setting bed, that’s part of the kitchen remodel figure, which lands between $16,520 and $53,100 in Los Angeles depending on cabinets, countertops, and whether walls move.

Every quote from us is a flat written price with a written scope. That means you see the labor, the material, the disposal, and the warranty as separate line items before you sign. Under Clause 1 of The Haven Standard, the price is written before anyone starts. If we discover something hidden, no work proceeds until you sign a change order. We have kept 4,000-plus projects within a few percent of the agreed price with that single discipline.

What’s included on every visit: a documented photo record of what we found, what we did, and what it looked like when we left. That’s standard, not an upgrade. Your warranty on labor is printed in the written scope. Get the number in writing before you agree to anything.

DIY or Call Us?

What you can safely do yourself: photograph the damage from multiple angles, identify whether pavers are loose by rocking them with your hand (not a tool), and check for visible water stains around the dishwasher and sink plumbing. That’s it. Do not cut into a Unilock paver floor with a circular saw. Do not pull up pavers to “look underneath.” You’re cutting into a compressed setting bed, and once it’s broken, the surrounding pavers lose support in a cascade. If electrical lines run under a kitchen floor, the risk stops being about a bad cut and starts being about a serious injury. Call us at (470) 298-9650 before you do anything destructive.

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