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About Pavers Materials | Materials Comparison | Colors | Patterns
INFORMATION ABOUT PAVER MATERIALS AND THEIR MANY COLORS
The Common Paver Materials Used Today
There is a broad range of materials that can be used nowadays for paving areas around your home, such as; driveways, pool decking, and patios, or in public areas like car parks, sidewalks and median strips. Adding features, such as those named above, can help increase the value of your home.
Some common Pavers Materials used today are:
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- Brick pavers
- Flagstone pavers
- Concrete pavers
- Granite pavers
- Marble tile pavers
These materials are all available in many exclusive colors for you to choose from.
Brick Pavers Colors
Brick Pavers are made up of clay and are fired at high temperatures. This helps ensure the color of the brick lasts forever without fading.
Some common Brick Pavers Colors are:
- brown
- grey
- red
- orange
- green
- beige
- tan
- cream
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Flagstone Pavers Colors
Flagstone Pavers are normally found in thin block forms. They give a natural, elegant feel when used anywhere around the home.
The colors flagstone pavers are found in are normally earthy and natural tones for example:
- Browns
- Reds
- Rust
- Pale Greens
- Blue
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The beauty of Flagstone is that no two pavers will ever run the same in color, due to the fact that is a natural stone.
Concrete Pavers Colors
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Concrete Pavers are a man made material. Their strength is extremely dense and durable. Two common techniques for coloring concrete pavers are the powdered dye and liquid staining processes. This gives you great opportunity to choose any available color you may decide to use for your working project. Colored concrete pavers do need to be sealed to ensure the color last’s a life time. |
Granite Pavers Colors
| Granite is naturally formed. It is made up of 3 main ingredients quartz, mica and feldspar. It is highly used in the building trade and has great reputation for being a solid and sturdy material. |
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The broad range of colors granite is available in can range from pale white right through to black. When granite is deeply polished it helps preserve its unique finish. Also being a natural rock some of the colors granite can be found in are exceptionally unusual, so the enhancing views of granite colors can be highly valued.
Marble Tile Pavers Colors
Marble is a metamorphic form of limestone, which is naturally composed of calcium carbonate. Marble is quarried all over the world. It is naturally found in pale white to bright white colors.
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Due to contamination which evolves in the earth’s surface, the plain white color can be affected by clouding, streaking, and veining of many colors throughout the pavers. Colors like forest green, pink, brown, red, grey and gold can be found streaked through. Another unique attribute which marble has to offer is that no 2 pavers will ever run the same in color. |
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