Building or renovating a driveway with paver stone or brick is often a smart decision. Paver driveways are durable, stainless, easy to replace, a handsome look, and add improved property value.

Concrete is the typical material for driveways. There are a lot of good reasons to consider pavers even over concrete.

Concrete usually won’t add value to your home or property. Concrete stains easily. It is likely to suffer cracks, holes, and damage over time. Then, unlike being able to replace a small portion of a paver-made driveway, repairing or replacing concrete is expensive.

For a new property, a needed repair or an updated look to your property, picking pavers for a driveway could well make the best sense. Paver sidewalks or driveways are made of stone or other durable material, sometimes in styles or patterns. There are a number of valuable benefits to know about. Here are the ways pavers come out ahead of concrete and other choices.

Pavers are durable

Driveway pavers are strong enough to last a long time, which means it’s a better long-term investment. The material is proven to handle to any vehicle’s weight. They last better in harsh weather. Property owners rarely need repairs or replacement work; when it is needed, though, since pavers are stones, tiles or bricks, it’s much easier, quicker and less expensive – maybe even do-it-yourself – versus fixing a concrete driveway.

Pavers are stainless

Deciding on driveway pavers can be an upgrade of your time and the look of your driveway at the same time.

Putting down a paver sealer over the surface of the pavers is the best and easiest way to then be able to clean any stains or spills by washing or rinsing them away.

Even without using sealer, pavers typically look nicer than dirty, stained concrete. The design pattern, varying colors or shades and seams may disguise or limit how odd a stain looks.

Pavers are replaceable

If a concrete driveway is damaged, the answer is probably a temporary, unsightly patch job or, even worse, tearing up and replacing the whole thing – which takes time, usually hiring someone, money, replanting part of your yard, and, oh yeah, money.

Replacing pavers, which is literally just replacing the pieces which need to be replaced, is easier, faster and cheaper. It can be done in a day. Sometimes it’s as simple as a trip to the store of your choice, then done in a few minutes.

Paver driveways look better

Paver driveways give a property owner a lot of options. The different shades, colors, patterns, shapes and combos can match landscaping, the house, a patio or deck and so on. Concrete, even if done well by good pros, is going to look like concrete.

Pavers come in varieties which let you turn your driveway into an addition to the aesthetic look of your overall property. If it’s in your mind for the future, a stylish, easy-to-maintain paver driveway can be a plus for resale value.

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