By Danny Holt

Concrete pavers can be a great alternative for your next outdoor project.  The advantages of using pavers for patios, walkways and driveways include: a wide choice of colors and sizes to blend with most architectural styles, lower cost of installation than stone, and its versatility to be removed and replaced if there were ever any need for access underground or simply to replace a few pavers due to an oil stain from a car.

 Another advantage of this material that is seldom noted is it’s flexibility to our clay soils that are always expanding and contracting with our weather patterns.  Pavers that are placed on “Crusher Run” bed (compacted granite sand base) are not subject to the cracking that can occur with concrete, because its flexibility allows for subtle soil movement.  Actually, with all of the joints that make up a paver pattern, a paver patio is already cracked!

 So ask your Scapes Professional if pavers can be a good choice of material for your next driveway, walkway or patio!