How to Replace a Concrete Driveway With Pavers

Demolish the concrete driveway with a jackhammer and load the materials into a dump truck with a loader. Many large tool rental companies rent jackhammers, small loaders and trucks. This is hard and time-consuming work, so you might want to hire a contractor to demolish the existing driveway.

Tamp the exposed earth below the demolished driveway. Follow the instructions provided with the tamper or ask a professional working at a home improvement or tool rental center. Make multiple passes with the tamper to ensure the earth subgrade is level and well-compacted.

Pour a 4-inch sand setting bed over the tamped earth subgrade. Tamp the setting bed to ensure the sand aggregate is compressed and interlocked. Ensure the setting bed surface is smooth to accept the pavers.

Lay the pavers over the sand setting bed. Place the pavers 3/32-to-1/8 inch apart from one another, providing a narrow joint between each paver. Tamp each paver with a trowel handle or mallet to engage the paver with the sand setting bed. Use a level to check the paver surface angle relative to the ground slope and neighboring pavers.

Sweep sand into the paver joints with a sweeper to interlock the pavers with one another. Ensure each joint is sufficiently packed with sand -- loose pavers will rotate, buckle or crack.