In California, many home owners are getting their concrete driveway replaced by a paving stone driveway. Paving stone driveways, unlike concrete can easily be replaced one stone at a time. Paving stones also add value to the home making a paving stone driveway a perfect upgrade from a concrete driveway. Standard concrete driveway Materials A standard driveway can be made by using many materials including

• Asphalt
• Concrete
• Gravel
• Stone
• Brick
• Stamped Concrete

One of the major problems with asphalt and concrete driveways is the maintenance.

Although the driveway itself is strong and will last a long time, it’s susceptible to cracks, oil stains and weather damage. All of these can diminish the aesthetic quality of your front yard. A good driveway design should include the material you use to build the driveway. Paving stones offer a unique solution -- unlike a concrete driveway, paving stones can be replace if they get cracked, damaged, stained or coated to withstand weather damage.

Your average concrete pavers will take about a week or more to prepare the driveway and pour the concrete. After the concrete is poured, it can not be used or walked on until it is fully dry and hardened – while in this state, a poorly executed concrete drive way will start to crack.

Driveway design should be practical and add beauty to the home no take it away. While a stone or gravel driveway is very easy to replace, they get messy and become more trouble working than reasonable. Gravel drives usually stop being maintained because of the effort and work involved in keeping the pretty and in one place. Concrete driveways and asphalt driveways are also a fine way to go, but getting anything repaired is a lengthy and expansive

Terry Morrill founder of California Waterscapes, Pacific Paving Stone and Jacks have been included in the Inc. 500 and Inc 5000 for fastest growing companies in America. If you’d like to find out more you can visit us at www.pacificpavingstone.com or come to our store located at 2727 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta, Ca.

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