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Introduction | Rubber Pavers | Shapes | Colors
Materials | Advantages | Installation | Maintenance
Rubber Sidewalk Paver Benefits
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Richard Valeriano, a Public Works Inspector in California, invented rubber sidewalk pavers.
Rubber sidewalks were tried and tested for over three years.
The aim was to prove that rubber would work |
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as a sidewalk material due to its flexibility. |
The idea was that the flexibility of rubber sidewalks would enable tree root systems to be unaffected, as they would be with a concrete sidewalk.
The result was that tree roots actual grew at a slower rate under rubber, which meant that they could be easily maintained and trimmed.
Rubber Paver Sidewalk Safety
The use of rubber pavers for sidewalk surfaces has a safety advantage over other types of material. Rubber pavers are slip resistant, so on rainy wet days, people using the rubber sidewalk, will feel a lot safer, by not fearing slipping over.
Also rubber pavers do not create tripping accidents, through cracked or loose sections. Other materials do crack and loosen, which can potentially cause injury to someone. Using Rubber pavers, injuries can be avoided.
Rubber pavers are shock absorbent, so if someone did fall on the rubber sidewalk, there would be no serious injuries, and hence no lawsuits. |
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Environmentally Friendly Sidewalks
Rubber pavers are made using 100 % -recycled rubbers. This rubber is obtained from the 34 million rubber tires that are disposed of in California each year. That is a lot of rubber waste, which would otherwise be used as landfill.
So not only does the production of rubber pavers re-use and recycle resources, but they also free up our landfill depots. |
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Tree-Root Management under Rubber Sidewalk Pavers
Rubber pavers can be lifted very easily and then replaced again just as easily. This enables the trees along the sidewalks to be trimmed and maintained with greater ease than does a concrete sidewalk.
Trees roots need to be trimmed every 2 or 3 years. They don’t affect the tree roots at all; trees still get the right amount of water and oxygen.
Cost Efficient Sidewalk Maintenance and Repair
By using rubber pavers for sidewalks, the costs involved for maintenance and repairs is minimal, compared to that of other materials.
Rubber pavers are easily pulled up and replaced for tree maintenance. Also rubber pavers will not crack or loosen like other materials do. So the overall costs to maintain rubber pavers is very low, compared to other paver materials. |
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