Block Paving - A Detailed Guide
Introduction • Block paving is a growth area in the paving industry for the last three decades, and enough potential remains in it. World of Stones USA is introducing you to natural stone block paving and encourages you to think of it compared to other block paving options. Let’s explore it in the current post. • Exterior paving is a prime focused area in construction and city architect fields. Streets to highways mostly found with asphalt or RCC (Reinforced Cement-Concrete) materials. However, personal driveways still adorned with brick paving.
What Is Block Paving? • Block paving is a common practice to construct exterior pavement in the construction industry using individual blocks made of different materials like clay, concrete, and natural stones.
Why Block Paving? • Scientifically, individual blocks offer a flexible architect to absorb live & dead loads from standstill/moving people and vehicles. • Block pavers are easy to install and maintain, as replacement restricts up to some damaged blocks only. • Brick and natural stone block pavers have been for centuries, so it has classic charm and aesthetic value. • The availability of clay, stones, and cement-concrete like block building materials is almost universal and affordable.
Types of Block Paving • Clay Brick Block Paving • Concrete Block Paving • Natural Stone Block Paving
Why is stone block paving a superior choice? • By physical and chemical properties, natural stones are the sturdiest material in the construction industry. • It means stones are the best material for load-bearing applications like exterior paving for paths, driveways, and parking spaces for vehicles. • With proper surface treatment, natural stone block pavers can provide anti-skid surfaces for safe and secure walking. • You can bring stone blocks with accurate dimensions and anticipated edge treatment. • Stones are durable, weather-resistant, and water-resistant material. So, stone block pavers are the best fit for exterior application in any climatic condition.
Common Block Paving Patterns • You can make your backyard a masterpiece for aesthetics and design by implementing different laying patterns, such as: • Random “I” • Runner Bond • Herringbone • Random • Basket Weave • Modular Paver Patterns from a single piece to four pieces
• Out of these, basket weave and herringbone patterns are considering the best patterns for driveways and paths due to intense interlocking.
How to Lay Stone Block Pavers?
Create sub-base nearly 150mm thick with available and suitable paver base material. You can use the Screeded coarse Class-M sands as base/on the top of the sub-base in standard thickness or according to a depth of your stone block pavers.
As per industry norms, an edge course must have contrasting colors to define it apart from the rests of block paving areas.
How to Maintain Stone Block Pavers?
• The plain water cleaning in a week can prove enough to keep stone block paving areas neat and clean. • You can use standard washing detergents to remove staining by leaf-falls and other ways. • Various sealants and chemical coating solutions can enhance the life and appearance of block pavers. • In some areas of the world, weed growth between the gaps of block pavers is a headache, and you can deal it effectively by taking some required measures mentioned in our blog “ 5 Ways to Prevent Weed Growth Between Paving Stones” and other treatments prescribed by your contractors. • There are some dos & don’ts for cleaning, so keep things in mind while cleaning the stone block pavers.
Get the best stone block pavers in your vicinity • World of Stones USA has an extensive network of distributors across the nation. It can ease your reach to our extensive stone block paver inventory and enable us to serve you without additional hurdles & expenses. • We intend to serve the custom orders by meeting their bespoke requirements accurately. So, we hope to have some details prior to the acceptance of your final order. Your online or in-person meeting can help us in this regard. Moreover, our stone consultants can guide you perfectly to make your block paving project successful.
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