Stone Pavers Vs. Concrete

Stone Pavers and Paving Stones Vs. Stamped Concrete

Stone Pavers Vs. Concrete (benefits of paver stones)

Choosing Between Pavers and Stamped Concrete? If you are thinking about putting in a patio or deck, or redoing your driveway or walkways, you are probably thinking about the debate between stone pavers vs concrete and wondering which will be best for your Sacramento, CA home. Concrete tends to be less expensive than stone pavers, so many people think that they will save money by installing a concrete patio or driveway. However, concrete is likely to end up being far more expensive in the long run, as well as not looking as good as stone pavers.

Concrete is liable to crack, and when it does, the results are unsightly and cause instability.

California is prone to earthquakes, which makes concrete an even riskier proposition, since the ground shifts during an earthquake. When you repair concrete, it is very difficult to match the exact same color as the concrete, especially as concrete tends to darken over time and with weathering. Therefore you will have bright lines of new concrete announcing to everyone that you have cracks in your concrete. Not only that, but your repaired concrete will still be weak in those areas and likely to crack again. If you do not want to deal with cracks, you will have to take out all the concrete and pour a new slab, essentially having to make your original purchase all over again, plus the cost of removing the old concrete.

Stone pavers, on the other hand, are a lot of small units installed close together.

When the ground shifts in a California earthquake, these individual stones can move slightly without unsightly cracks forming in your patio, walkway, or driveway. Don’t worry about your paver stones shifting too much – if they are well installed, they will stay where they are supposed to and your patio will remain completely stable.

Stone pavers can break if something happens to them, such as if something heavy falls on them and causes them to crack. However, unlike concrete, an individual broken paver can be removed and replaced, and because stone pavers are made in many different patterns and designs, you are much more likely to be able to find a stone paver to match your existing pattern, and no one will even be able to tell the difference.