Pavers Everywhere! For thousands of years pavers have been used to create cobblestone roadways and paths. Today pavers come in dozens of colors and shapes that can add not only beauty but durability and ease of maintenance to your landscaping project.
Today’s pavers are descendants of a Canadian process started about 65 years ago, this process creates strong and durable pavers out of concrete that interlock with each other to form a truly beautiful presentation for your home.
At PRO Landscape Supply we have created a Garden of Pavers for you to walk through and see many the many styles, colors and shapes that we have available. There is plenty of parking next to our Garden of Pavers. Please drop by and see examples of paver design that might help you decide on where you want to go with your next project using pavers.
Garden of Pavers Pictures
The sky is the limit when it comes to uses for pavers in your landscaping. Some have used pavers in their projects for driveway, poolside, patio, front walk, meditation garden, flower garden walkway, forest walkway,
One of our distributors (Belgard) has created an overview of how a landscaping project using pavers might take place
1. Planning 2. Preparing 3. Excavating 4. Installing the Base 5. Installing the Restraints 6. Screening the Bedding Sand 7. Layering Pavers 8. Cutting Pavers 9. Compacting & Setting 10. Finishing (click for more)
For those readers wondering about the tools a Do-It-Yourself paver project might include I have listed the main things you will need to have before you start your paver project.
- Stakes
- Chisel
- String
- Carpenter square
- Safety glasses
- Ear plugs
- Sledge hammer
- Measuring tape
- 1/2 to 1 inch pipe
- Glue
- 8 foot 2×4 or aluminum screeder
- Level
- Wheelbarrow
- Trowel
- Shovel
- Marker or Crayon
- Jumping jack
- 3hp to 5hp vibrating compactor
- Mason Diamond saw
- Paver splitter
- Stiff Broom
- Heavy Rake
Don’t let the equipment list overwhelm you, the power equipment can be rented by the day or week at many local area rental outlets. Whether you are in the Manchester, NH area like we are or in Albuquerque, NM there are plenty of rental resources to help you create a magnificent landscaping project using pavers.
Matt and Pete can give you more information when you stop by Pro Landscape Supply, they have many decades of experience and are happy to share their insight about the type and techniques for installing pavers and don’t forget we are a complete supplier of pavers.
Another of our distributors (Techo-Bloc) has prepared a ten minute overview for planning and installing pavers. Take a look and jump into your own project using pavers.
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