If you’ve been around long enough, you can spot new home improvement products that most likely won’t stand the test of time. I had that feeling when I first saw colored concrete paving bricks, Tim Carter writes.
It turns out my gut feeling was correct. The evidence is all around you that concrete paving brick can’t lace the boots of true clay paving brick. Here are just a few of the reasons.You might have a patio paved with concrete bricks, or you might walk on them at a park or outdoor shopping mall. These pavers come in many shapes, sizes and colors.
Clay paving bricks don’t change color over time. Concrete paving bricks fade and change color. The thin-colored cement paste in concrete pavers wears off with normal wear and tear; you can blast it off using your power washer. After one or two cleanings, the color of the stone chips and sand starts to dominate the surface appearance.
Weeds and concrete paving bricks are like peanut butter and jelly. You can count on weeds growing up in between the bricks if you live where you get enough water to support the growth. A weed hacker can be used to trim the visible growth, but days later the weeds sprout new green growth. The gaps between concrete paving bricks are typically filled with fine sand. Some pavers have tiny bumps on the sides so a wider joint between each brick is created once installed. My large-format pavers had this.
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