The entrance to your house and the area around your garden offer visitors, neighbors, and drivers impressions. Pavers or concrete may improve the look and classify it. If you want to improve your garden or redesign your entryway look entirely, concrete and pavers are great choices. The decision on which to choose, while pavers and concrete do look easy enough, is not always cut and dry. Below we will show you both the good and the bad ones to help you decide what’s best for your house.
Depending on your needs, each option will provide different benefits. Poured concrete plates are mostly used for outdoor residential areas as they are not costly and easy to use. The builders also have choices in designs and textures when designing stamped concrete.
Difference Between Concrete and Pavers
Concrete pavers can be arranged in various shapes, sizes, and colors, in different designs. Pavers do not come dry and ready to put up, as do slabs. There are two types of cement pavers – thinner, but also suitable for landscaping and interior floors, and interconnecting pavers, which are extremely dense and robust enough for entrances, parking pads, and architectural pavers.
Poured concrete slabs are large concrete surfaces that are poured onto a single platform as a combination of wet concrete. It is one of the most popular methods of building concrete roads. Occasionally, a concrete slab is stamped when it is still moist with a tile-like pattern, and named “stamped concrete.”
Concrete Pavers vs. Poured Concrete Installation Cost
- Concrete Pavers
Multiple factors are required to install the interlocking pavers to decide the final cost. Prices can differ, and so will the quality of the work, depending on the material and installation company used. Stones need to be paved a lot of time, which makes construction work complex. Included in the paver assembly: excavation, grading, sub-based compaction, installation of geotextile fibers, foundation ready, compaction foundation, sand prepared, pavement set, border cutting, preparation of bonded beams, compaction of stones, and finally scale-up of the pavers when they are finished. Paving stones have little time to cure, the paver installation is ready to be used after completion immediately. In addition, the pavers can easily be modified to rectify the problems by removing them, regarding the area of the issue, and replacing stones if they happen to be slightly off or settlement further down the road. You should expect to pay a minimum of 15 $per square foot for a quality paving stone system when you get an estimate for the installation of the paver. The cost will be approximately $15,000 for a 1,000-foot installation area.
- Poured Concrete
Concrete slabs are a little easy to install, but they take time to dry out and cure, meaning you can not use your driveway, patio, and footpath until the process of curing has finished. Excavating, screening, laying the foundations, and forming and pouring the concrete are part of the installation process. You can end up paying for more concrete than you need because a minimum order can be needed. One of the main downsides of concrete is that it can break if the floor underneath it bends if the roots of the tree develop under the plate, or for other purposes. It’s also extremely important that the grading is accurate with concrete construction because after the concrete has been poured, it can be a very expensive mistake to repair. Incorrect calculation of concrete can lead to low points, which hold water and leave discoloration and staining. The average minimum cost per pitch is around 14 $for a simple quality plate installation without texturing/stamping. For a 1,000 sqm terrace, a walkway, or a path this equates to $14,000.
Top 10 Question About Interlocking Concrete Pavers (and Our Answers)
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Are You Considering Interlocking Concrete Pavers for Your Pool, Patio, or Driveway?
At DPG Design and Build, we’ve been providing our customers with Interlocking Concrete Pavers for Pools, Patios, and Driveways for over 30 years. DPG Design and Build, with locations in San Rafael, Walnut Creek, Oakley, and San Ramon, California is the best curb appeal and outdoor living space designer and installer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Appearing on HGTV’s Curb Appeal and featured on Discovery Channel’s program Renovation Nation, our team of skilled designers and landscape engineers provide top-quality service and professionalism our customers love. DPG Design and Build offers 2-D and 3-D conceptual home and landscape design plans that allow you to visualize your dream space and make that dream concept a reality. Want to transform your front yard, backyard, or driveway with pavers? Contact DPG Design and Build to schedule your free consultation today!
