- Currently booking interlock restorations — the season runs into the fall
- Taking fall seeding and lawn soil work — late August through September is the prime window in Ottawa
- On the rounds: summer feeding on client lawns
Ottawa's Lawn & Interlock Restoration Specialist
Straight work, clear prices, and a result you're actually happy to look at.
See your price range in about 60 seconds. No email required.
Organic lawn restoration and interlock revival, held to David's own standard. You see the price range on screen before you ever have to call. Based in Orléans and working across the east end (Cumberland, Gloucester, Rothwell Heights, Manor Park, Rockcliffe) plus central neighbourhoods like Alta Vista, the Glebe, Centretown and Westboro. Interlock work is Ottawa-wide.
What would it cost at your place?
Answer a few questions. See your price range instantly — no email required.
No obligation, no follow-up pressure. We respond within one business day.
The right program starts with what your lawn is actually telling you.
Thin turf, bare patches, and weeds are symptoms — the causes are soil, chinch bugs, and grubs. We assess before we treat, then build the program your lawn genuinely needs. Nothing more.
Revive
Soil HealthDehydrated compost topdressing, core aeration, pH correction and biological inputs. We fix the foundation your grass grows in — no seeding unless the lawn actually needs it, and if the visit changes the plan, we check with you first.
Repair
Precision SeedingCertified Pickseed cultivars placed mechanically into prepared soil at 6 lbs/1,000 sq ft — never broadcast over problems. Disease-resistant, chinch-resistant, built for Ottawa.
Restart
New LawnWhen a lawn is too far gone, we say so. Saturated-steam preparation clears weeds and roots — chemical-free — then Manderley sod goes down on an improved soil base.
Don't replace your driveway. Revive it.
Most tired interlock doesn't need replacing — the stones and base are usually fine. Here's how we bring it back.
- Saturated steam injected into every open joint — weeds and their roots are dead before the new sand goes in.
- Premium polymeric sand, vibration-compacted and levelled precisely — flexible joints built for Ottawa's freeze-thaw, locked for years.
- The CAT5 finish upgrade — once your joints have cured and proven sound, the Trident Hurricane CAT5 satin seal can go over top.
Step 1 · Natural Finish from $1,05030+ days cureStep 2 · CAT5 Seal & Renew from $950
Drag the handle. Same stones, both sides.
Not a replacement quote in either of these. The pavers you see on the right are the pavers that were already there — cleaned, joints rebuilt, and put back to work.
Before
Before
More of these on Interlock Past Work, with the process behind them on Interlock Restoration — Natural Finish.
You shouldn't have to book a sales visit just to learn what things cost.
Our estimators show you a price range up front — built from our real labour, equipment and material costs. Here's how it works.
Answer a few questions
Square footage, surface type, condition, access. About 60 seconds. A rough guess is fine — we verify it with aerial measurement.
See your range instantly
A real number, like $1,800–$2,250 +HST — on screen, before you give us an email address.
We confirm it in writing
For interlock, David walks the surface with you in person, measures it with a precision measuring instrument, and leaves a written proposal. For lawns, David confirms your price by email from your aerial measurement — and if the lawn calls for a change on the day, it's agreed with you before it happens. (Steam & Sod lawn replacement is the exception: that one David sees in person first.) No obligation, no pressure.
There's no sales team here — that's intentional.
Nobody makes a commission on your job. No closer, no pressure follow-up, and no "free consultation" that turns into a pitch. The estimator does the work a salesperson would normally do, and it doesn't ask for your email first.
This level of openness isn't a marketing angle — it's just how the business is set up. David runs the business himself. Time spent selling is time not spent on the work, so the estimator does the heavy lifting. You get a real number before you talk to anyone, and he gets to stay on the job.
Methods and materials you won't find at retail.
One name on every job
David quotes it, sets the standard it is done to, and stands behind it. No rotating crews and no dispatch list.
Commercial saturated steam
Our custom 400,000 BTU steam unit kills weeds and roots at over 100°C — zero chemicals, safe for kids, pets and pollinators immediately.
Certified CAT5 installer
Ottawa's first certified installer of Trident Hurricane CAT5 — a breathing two-part urethane that won't peel or turn milky white the way hardware-store acrylics can. Applied only over sound, cured joints.
Certified Pickseed cultivars
Named, certified seed varieties chosen for Ottawa's diseases and pests — placed mechanically into prepared soil, never broadcast over an untreated problem.
Soil-first, assess-before-treat
We diagnose the actual cause — soil chemistry, chinch bugs, grubs — before recommending anything. Sometimes the answer is a smaller job than you expected.
Professional advice
We tell you what you actually need — including when restoration isn't the right call, or when a competitor's approach fits better.
Four Ottawa realities we work against.
Most of what we're called for traces back to the same four local facts. Knowing which one you're looking at is half the diagnosis — and it's the first thing David checks.
Clay soil that compacts
A lot of Ottawa sits on heavy clay. It packs down hard under feet and mowers until roots can't push through it. That's why so many thin lawns here are a soil problem first, not a grass problem. It's what Revive — Soil Health and core aeration exist for.
Freeze-thaw working the joints
Water expands about 9% when it freezes, and an Ottawa winter freezes and thaws the same joint dozens of times. Once sand starts washing out, every cycle works the stones a little looser. Restoration rebuilds the joint, so far less water gets down into the bed to begin with; sealing protects the face of the stone itself.
Grubs and chinch bugs
The two most common reasons an Ottawa lawn thins in patches — and they get treated for the wrong thing constantly, because the damage looks like drought. We diagnose first, then repair the soil and reseed where it's confirmed.
Road salt, lawn and stone
It salts early here, and it doesn't stay on the road. On lawns, spray and runoff burn a band of turf along every driveway and walkway — the reason so many Ottawa lawns fail at the edges first. On interlock, salt soaks into the stone, which is exactly what a sealed surface keeps out. Edges come back with soil repair and seeding; stone stays protected with CAT5.
Work we stand behind in writing.
Qualifying interlock restorations carry a 3-year joint warranty on the work itself. Keep the Annual Maintenance & Warranty program — a yearly professional clean and inspection, and that coverage extends to 5 years. What's covered and what isn't is documented before the job starts.
The sand carries its own, separately: restorations are jointed with Techniseal HP NextGel, which Techniseal backs with a 20-year limited warranty on residential installations. That one covers the product; ours covers the work.
"Overall, Lori and I were very happy with both the process and the result. The photos are a nice touch, too. I found your company while doing an online search for interlock repair, and your online cost estimation was a differentiator."
Ready to see your number?
See your price range in about a minute. For interlock, book a free on-site assessment — David walks the surface, takes precise measurements, and quotes it in person. For lawns, we plan the work in advance from the aerial measurement, David confirms your price by email, and any change on the day is agreed with you first. The one exception is replacing a lawn outright with Steam & Sod — David sees that job in person before confirming the price.