Patio Pavers
We offer design and build outdoor patios, outdoor cooking/entertainment spaces to accommodate your desired lifestyle. We carry of a wide selection of paving stones products with a multitude of colors and textures and shapes. We help our clients getting ideas and desires implementing the hardscape along with other landscape elements and material creating an outdoor living space that is affordable, long lasting and compliments the natural setting. All of our paving products can be tailored to the customer’s budget, needs and desires. Each of our projects will be done with professionalism, creativity, honesty and high quality craftsmanship.
Getting Started: When it comes to considering a patio outdoor living space, one of the most important decisions is the size. Here are some questions which will help determine your patio size: Are you going to use your patio for family dining / entertaining? Would you like some areas for relaxing in your backyard with some lounge chairs? Will there be any such outdoor kitchen, barbecue, fire pit / fireplace, hot tub, and so forth. Now you have an idea what size of a patio you want. Next, what is the elevation of the patio? Will it be a ground level patio or a raised patio? Then, what kind of materials will be used, concrete paver, brick paver or natural stone paver? What other features are included? Seat wall (free-standing wall), a pergola, or planters?
Ground-Level Patios: A patio which is built directly resting on the ground and the exit to the outdoor space are often at the same level. Optional seat walls can be added to the patio. Seat walls are both functional and aesthetic. Whether the patio is curved, straight, or a combination, installing patio seat walls are a wonderful architectural element. Ground-level patios are less expensive than raised patios, if average cost materials are used and no side walls and steps are needed.
Raised-Patios: As with the traditional ground level patios, raised-patios are built with stone walls or block wall materials. They can be raised be several feet off the ground, just like a traditional wooden deck. Raised patios can range from a virtual open outdoor room with a walk-out on the same level as the main floor of the house, or raised patios can take the form of a smaller stand-alone elevated patio in a more private and secluded area of the back yard. Raised patios can be ideal for a house with a sloping back yard because the elevated design will convert hard-to-utilize gradient space in the yard into a level and functional extension of the home, whether it is an attached or detached design.
Choosing Your Type of Paver
The type of pavers you choose determines cost of materials and installation because they differ in application, design, technical standards and more.
Concrete pavers: Are made of cement, aggregate, pigments and dyes. The color selection of concrete pavers is very broad and, depending on the manufacturing process, can hold up for a very long time. Color sealants may also be used to prevent concrete pavers from losing their color. Concrete pavers do cost less than brick and natural stone pavers because the raw materials cost less to produce. They are also very strong and will work for driveways and even roads.
Brick Pavers: Are made from clay and shale materials and cost slightly more than concrete pavers due to their higher material cost and manufacturing process. They are also called Clay pavers because they contain the raw material of clay. These raw materials are then set and baked at up to two thousand degrees at the manufacturer’s plant. These raw materials have their own natural properties that make them ideal for producing hard wearing and extra strong brick paver products. Brick paver colors have a deepness and warmth because they contain the natural color of the clay and shale materials and will maintain their true color for a very long time. There are a limited number of colors. The colors of the clay paver are earthy, from light, moderate and darker red tones. They do not have the extensive color variety offered by concrete pavers.
Stone Pavers: Are made by Mother Nature over millions of years of natural formation and are extracted from the earth at stone quarries. They’re not made at the manufacturing plant. Stone Pavers are undeniable for adding natural beauty. They enhance your home surroundings and landscaped gardens. There is a wide selection of charming colors, shapes and patterns for you to choose from. Stone Pavers are more expensive because they have to be mined from the earth at stone quarries and thus will be higher priced than brick and concrete pavers. Granite Limestone, Sandstone, and Slate are the most common Stone Pavers. Stone Pavers have limited applications due to their hardness, strength and density issues. Example, granite stone pavers are strong enough for driveway paving, whereas blue stone pavers would not be strong enough for driveway paving. Patio, pool deck and sidewalk applications are more suited to Stone Pavers.
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