How To Build Steps With Stone Pavers

We recommend travertine pavers to be sealed with natural stone pavers.with a good quality stone sealer, you dont need to worry about your deck 2-5 years.Slicone based sealer is not ideal for exterior travertine paver applications.please contact us for our recommendations.

Be it a pool deck, driveway, patio or walkway, your pavers should be maintained on a regular basis to keep them looking as beautiful as the day they were installed.

Compacting the pavers – Once the restraints are in place, the next step is to compact the pavers in doing so, the pavers are pushed into the bedding sand and the sand is forced up between the pavers.

Paver sealers are used to protect the pavers from damage and stains. Sometimes sealers lend a wonderful finishing effect and often add a glossy look thus; they further enhance the beauty of the pavers, making them look nice, colorful and vibrant. The finishing coat aids easy cleaning and maintenance. This also affords a far solid and stronger effect on the patio, walkway, or driveway and makes them long lasting. You could resort to cleaning pavers and then sealing pavers every year or so to make them look fresh and attractive.

Continue this process until you have arranged your steps from top to bottom. If you have left any gaps between the pavers, you can fill these in using a mix of 50% compost and 50% soil. Pack it in

tightly using your hands, as this will help to prevent the pavers Las Vegas from shifting.

Interlocking pavers are available in different colors and you can choose a color that goes well with the other shades of your outdoor decoration. Common colors which are available with interlocking pavers are, red, tumbled terracotta, moss, gray charcoal, stone, tumbled cream brown, etc.

After the pavers have been adjusted, cleaned and re-sanded (and every time after re-sanding) you want to seal your pavers with a good quality sealer. Sealing your pavers will protect the pavers from most kind staining and it will harden the joint sand, locking your pavers into place and preventing anthills and weeds from growing between pavers. A good quality sealer will prevent a haze from forming on the paver surface caused from moisture in the paver when sealing. If you currently see a haze on the surface of your pavers from previous sealing, you’ll have to strip the existing sealer before applying new sealer.

A variety of shades of flagstone are available to mesh with different landscaping and architectural styles. Greenish and bluish flagstone are very common, but it is also possible to find taupe, cream, reddish, gray, and veined flagstone pavers. Because stone is a natural product, each paver will look slightly different, with subtle textural and shading variations. For people who like a more regular look, it is a good idea to purchase flagstone in single batches, to ensure that the stone has been processed all at once, so it will look relatively uniform.