Concrete paving is an excellent choice of surfacing for driveways, pathways, and garage floors. It has several benefits over alternatives like brick paving, gravel driveway, or asphalt surfaces. Here are six reasons why:
1) Durability and Reliability
Whether it's a driveway, patio, or sidewalk, concrete paving has a great track record as extremely durable and easy to maintain over time. That means those hours spent maintaining your lawn and garden won't be in vain as your neighbors are busy fixing their cracked driveways and broken sidewalks. Also, since there is no need for special care such as staining or sealing, upkeep on your part would be extremely minimal. Further, compared to bricks or natural stone, concrete paving can last longer. In most cases, you'll probably need to replace them after 15 years at least.
2) Easy Maintenance
If you want to add some visual aspect to your garden, you can use colored concrete pavers since they are available in many colors, like bricks, and sometimes it's easier to install them. In addition, they require less care than the rest of the paving types, which is also a benefit. You need to clean them from time to time when they would look grayish or dirty - if you don't want them to draw attention from onlookers, especially after the rain. To make sure that they will remain good-looking, use water repellent sealant on them yearly. It makes cleaning easier and prevents the problem of color fading.
3) Versatility
Most people think of concrete paving as being limited to driveways, sidewalks, and patios, but the truth is that there are many versatile uses for it. For example, you can use it to create decorative walls or any other type of structure that would be strong to hold your garden's flower pots or even an outdoor water fountain. You don't have to be an expert to make nice patterns and shapes on your concrete pavers. You can use special paints and stencils to achieve the desired effect and enjoy having such flooring for your patio at home.
4) Fire Resistance
Concrete is a fire-resistant material, so it's not only good for the patio, but also good for houses built out of concrete. If you want to build your house with this type of material, you'll probably need to go through some requirements and regulations because both pavers and bricks can be burnt and will leave residues after being burned down (so after the fire won't burn them).
5) Design Flexibility
You can also use almost any color for your concrete paving, as you can install shapes that better suit your preferences. It's easy to make nice patterns on such a surface. In addition, you will see all those amazing designs in stores where people use special machines for those effects or buy those ready-made pavers.
6) Reduced Costs
Gravel driveways are an inexpensive option to consider because of their gravel nature; however, this may increase costs due to repairs required over time. Asphalt driveways are more expensive since they need several layers of asphalt coating, providing less coverage than one layer of concrete (which is poured on-site). That means that you'll end up paying for additional work hours needed to be done on-site during installation.
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