When determining which way to finish off or reconstruct your driveway, one method not to overlook is using brick pavers. From their long lasting, durable nature, to the variety of colours and design possibilities, they are an excellent alternative to more conventional concrete and tarmac designs.

Let's have a look at other advantages:

1. Long lasting. The reason brick paved driveways last a long time is that each individual brick used is constructed to be very tough, it is then laid upon a screeded bed of either sand or fine gravel, when all bricks are laid and bedded into place, each brick is then interlocked using very fine kiln sand, this ensures a rock solid surface with little, if no, movement. As the driveway effectively "floats" on the screeded bed it is laid on, when driven upon, weight from vehicles is easily distributed between the surface of the brick and the surface underneath, and as a large number of bricks are used then the more effectively the weight is supported.

2. No Water Damage As the bricks are laid upon either a sand or gravel base, this allows water from the surface to perculate between each brick and then be easily absorbed into the sub-strate below.

This prevents any related problems to having water sitting on either concrete or tarmac, such as damage from water freezing and cracking/splitting the surface.

3. Low Maintenance To ensure long lasting results, it only requires you to keep the bricks clean and free from moss, this is achieved easily by periodic power washing, or brooming with a stiff broom. Then, simply brush kiln sand between the edges of the bricks with a soft broom, this will replace the sand washed out during cleaning and ensure the driveway to be interlocked once more!

If a brick or an area of bricks did sink, lift or break..rare! Then it is an easy fix, it only involves lifting the suffering brick(s) and its neighbour, adjust the sand or gravel base underneath, replace the brick(s) and tap back into place, then brush kiln sand once again between the bricks. It is wise to keep bricks left over from the original build to ensure colour and type of brick match.

Hopefully this has helped to bring forward the advantages of brick paved driveways and helped you to be further informed in your decisions.

If you have further landscaping ideas and projects and you wish to learn the required skills to enable you to carry them out, come and learn more now and see the huge possibilities available for you and your home. You can enjoy the benefits of your work for years to come and who knows how much VALUE you will also add to your property by carrying out some of the ideas outlined.