Why Are Pavers A Better Alternative to Concrete?
The entrance to your home and the area around your garden can leave a lasting impression on your visitors, neighbors, and everyone else who drives by your home. When you are considering replacing or adding a walkway, patio, or driveway to your outdoor living area, you may be confused over the plenty of choices you have. Be it updating your garden or re-designing entirely, concrete and pavers are two wonderful options. But, did you know pavers are a better alternative to concrete?
Though concrete and pavers both seem basic enough, the decision as to choose the best option is not always black and white.
What is Better- Pavers or Concrete?
While pavers are more visually appealing because it enables you to create multiple designs, and they come in a variety of colors; concrete slabs are not plentiful when it comes to designs or colors.
Pavers are generally easier to clean, whereas concrete cracks and stains easily with time. One of the common concerns with pavers and concrete is weeds since it often grows in between pavers and cracks.
On the one hand, concrete slabs are more prone to splitting and cracking, precisely when the ground beneath them shifts. Even the changes in temperatures can affect the concrete slab and cause cracks. On the other hand, pavers do not crack, and they are four times as strong as a typical concrete slab. Pavers are more flexible and durable than concrete.
Why Pavers are a better alternative to concrete?
Pavers are not only more attractive but are also less likely to fade or wear-down in high-traffic areas as compared to concrete. This happens due to the embedded color throughout the stone.
Pavers are individual pieces, and thus, it makes the overall paver pattern more flexible and accommodating to fluctuations in the ground when it’s dry set.
Pavers are more resistant to damage caused by thaw/freeze cycles.
With pavers, water seldom settles on the surface due to the several joints in between each piece. When you have a properly graded installation, drainage issues may never occur.
Pavers are four times as strong as a typical concrete slab; thus, it implies that it can handle four times as much weight on its surface before it would even begin to crack.
Most of the manufacturers back up their paving stones with a guarantee against breaking and cracking. Even if the paver fails, you will have it covered.
With the installation process and interlocking system, pavers are extremely flexible and are able to disperse the pressure or weight evenly, which inhibits cracking.
Final words
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