Other choices beside Tremron 3 brick paver
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Comments (23)Congrats Mickey! We're 3 months to go ourselves. While some things don't happen as much as they did leading up to pregnancy, I must say that eating like a pig has been nice the past few months. Of course, I look as pregnant as my wife now, but that's another matter. As far as overseeing is concerned... I don't think the natural place for the homeowner is to be the QC person. It's best to have an objective professional in that position. We should understand what I'm saying here, though. We're not just talking about how well the joints fit on the oak trim or where the lights are offset. There are a myriad of construction issues that must be closely looked at before the finish items are put in place. Now, you, the homeowner, will have oodles of things to look at and make decisions about. It's best you be concerned with what you want and where you want, allowing the GC and/or your inspector to handle the "go / no-go" on the actual work. I'm NOT saying that the homeowner should altogether be out of the picture, just that on resolving issues of construction, the homeowner would do best to have an advocate. If the trust and relationship isn't there with the GC, hire someone to help on matters that we homeowners just do not have the knowledge or respect to handle. Also, do not underestimate the importance of "knowing what you want and where you want it". The building process is either 0 miles per hour or 100. It's never 50. If you're not prepared for the decisions @ 100mph you're gonna cause trouble. If you have a GC you trust to handle construction items, you can focus on the stuff that you absolutely need to handle, like picking out/ordering finish items. This is not a small job and will directly impact the finish feel of the home. Do not expect that you can pick everything out in a day. Do not expect that your exact picture in your head will pan out. You will be making adjustments that directly impact everyone on the job. If you're convinced that you need to be on the job as the GC, then these other duties that only you can perform will suffer....See Morepavers choice! colour and advice!?
Comments (8)Back when I was first picking colors for the inside of a house, where it's mostly shady, I found there was a tendency that what colors I picked ended up being too dark. I seemed to always be needing to lighten them. On the outside,where it's usually sunny, it was the opposite ... I had a tendency to pick colors too light and then needed to darken them in order to make it right. With paving, one aspect that will come into play is glare. If you pick too light a color, there is a good chance that you'll suffer from a reflected blast of light on sunny days. I would consider doing the opposite of your proposed scheme and making the field of pavers the darker color and making the contrast edge the lighter color....See MoreHelp! Mismatched brick on 3 surfaces
Comments (24)stain the brick? you have two diff types w/diff textures. staining it is not going to come out uniform. Besides, the brick is nothing to look at. Just paint it all! and when I say paint, I mean Romabio. They have the classico, the masory, or you could do a slurry, similar to a schmear. Painting the brick white and redoing the flowerbeds and walkway would be a huge improvement. Look at this one Get a diff front door, build up the porch, new lights and redo the door surround accent/pediment. (more on that below) The huge miss on your home is the nothingness above your front door. As an example, look at the porch overhang on this one. You don't have to go this far out, but you need something check out this quick photoshop. (Imagine the other brick painted) So much better looking and inviting w/the front door/walkway redone. do some sort of portico, and change out the windows on the bottom if you can. This one is Romabio Limewash. Siding is BM Seapearl w/White trim. landscaping is huge, so try and copy some of these photos I'm going to post. If you like more of the colonial, try this This is a limewash, but because of your two varieties, you may have to do a more solid coverage. Notice the pediment and the front door in this one. ^ This brick is a heavier coverage (Romabio Masonry. this can be tinted any color) dedicated walkway w/nice flower beds. How about the solid white brick w/a soft blue siding? again, look at the front entrance. White brick bottom, darker siding upper....See MoreIs sedum an appropriate border plant around paver brick patio?
Comments (12)From my reading, it sounds like the liriope leaves grow to about a foot but the flower adds about another foot. That said, I haven't counted it out! It's one thing to have somewhat toxic plants in like a garden bed, but I'd like to avoid it where the dog will step all the time. Actually, to this point, I have all kinds of plants in the yard and almost all are edible for both dogs and humans. Deliberately so. Certainly in the backyard. I think the phlox or thyme is maybe too short. Since I need the plant to stay taller than the bricks in the event of some sinking. Another plant that sounds like it "might" work for my border, on paper, is sea thrift. But I figured if it worked so well in my area, I'd see it planted more often. I've found all kinds of beautiful SunSparkler sedums on Proven Winners website with pink or red flowers. Again, "on paper" sounds like it would work. Just don't want to destroy my pavers with those roots! The pavers have like this plastic edging nailed into the ground. It winds up getting exposed over time as the sand smothers the grass at the edge. Then the ground there starts to sink and you can see the plastic, which is supposed to be covered by soil and grass, but the ground continually erodes around it. So every summer is a cycle of adding another layer of soil and resodding. Obviously there is some kind of grading issue, but truly remedying that seems like a herculean undertaking. At this point it is easier to just cover up the problem with a hardier plant....See More
5birdy
7 years agoOut here our PB used Belgard pavers. We drove quite a way to the building supply which actually showcased the pavers outside (looks very different than looking at in indoor showroom). Attached is a photo from their store. We chose the light color and style on the middle left. I really love travertine, which no one mentioned to us probably because it is expensive out West.
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dan1888
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI like Techo Bloc but South Carolina seems to be the closest listed dealer. Maybe you could get a direct shipment. Techo Bloc offers more dimension.
This picture shows an example of the dimension-
The woodlook has it here-
Made in Quebec so you may get a good price because of the low Canadian dollar on a direct shipment.
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