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What are Stone Pavers used for?

Stone Pavers can be used for securely and ornately designing a surface around an area at your commercial or residential property. Around your home or business, you can use paving stones for walkways, patios, garden terraces, driveways, and for your pool area. Quarried stone pavers are not identical to each other as they are natural stone and cut into their shapes rather than cast from a mold like other building materials. Thus, using natural stone pavers your masonry project will look authentic and classic while being durable and useful.

Because natural stones are quarried this gives your surface a true-blue natural stone look that cannot be duplicated by synthetic cast molds. Stone pavers are used because they are a resilient and durable material that also adds an elegant and sophisticated look to your home, business, or area when you are laying the paving stone. For example, if you are landscaping your garden terrace and yard with stone pavers, it will add a nice story to your property, weaving in and out of your terrace and garden area where there was nothing before.

The natural paving stones make and inviting and welcoming guide to the company enjoying the garden, patio, or walkways on the common grounds. Come down to our showroom in Northbrook, IL and browse our complementary products or Contact Us Today to Learn More about purchasing and installing Stone Pavers that are right for your residential or commercial construction project!

What are different types of Stone Pavers?

Stone pavers come in all types of stone and virtually any stone can be cut into a paving stone. If it is quarried, like most stones are, it can be cut into a stone paver. Some popular stone used for paving stones are Bluestone, Sandstone, Limestone, Cobblestone, and Travertine, which are all extremely popular in their own ways. Different parts of the country yield more types of stone than others, therefore, you may find more stone products available in a particular region than others. Bluestone paving stones are a popular choice as it is durable and used often for patios and pathways around homes and businesses.

Natural stone pavers are also a great choice from a durability and safety standpoint as they are a rough and grooved surface and can safeguard from creating a slick surface if it rains or snows. Their skid resilient surfaces are great for homes and businesses with high traffic areas as they are safer than other materials that can not combat the elements well such as rain, ice, and snow. They are also great due to their low maintenance and ease with replacement.

General Masonry Supply Venture in Northbrook, IL has an array of natural stone pavers in many types of stones in many shapes and sizes for you to choose from for your landscaping design project. Come down to our showroom and browse our complementary products or Contact Us Today to Learn More about purchasing and installing Stone Pavers that are right for your residential or commercial construction project!

Are Paving Stones easy to install?

Paving stones are quite easy to install and do not take an exceedingly long depending on the size of the area of your commercial or residential masonry project. For example, if you are installing a patio to your back yard or garden terrace, you would want to make sure there are no sewer or gas lines below the surface first then also make sure the ground is cleared and staked where your paving stone patio will be. A professional can clear the soil from the area and lay a fabric cloth to defend your paving stone seams from weeds later and provide a clean area for installation. Next your installer will add a gravel base then a sand base your cleared soil area. After that, the magic happens, and your installer will carefully lay your natural stone pavers in the design you chose. After your paving stones are all laid in place and secured in your sand and gravel bed, your installer will add sand to the top of your paving stones, brushing into the seams, and adding more until the seams are all filled and compact. Then your installer will clear the top of the paving stone of all sand leaving the tops of the paving stones clean and then will lightly spray water over your paving stones.

General Masonry Supply Venture can refer you to a contractor in your area or if your area in the Northbrook, IL area our sister company can install your natural stone pavers for you! Come down to our showroom and browse our complementary products or Contact Us Today to Learn More about purchasing and installing Stone Pavers that are right for your residential or commercial construction project!