Sidewalks....brick, pavers, or poured concrete??
#21
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeast Michigan
Posts: 339
If you have moles, like many of us in the mid-west -- you do not want pavers or bricks.
If you like them, put them in over concrete -- to prevent moles from ruining them and,
to avoid having to resand them every year after winter storms and summer rains. After the sand is washed away, the water will wash out the bed below the bricks/pavers and you have a nice mess to replace.
Not fun if anyone wears high heels.
Lastly -- I work at a place that has them -- been in about 8 years. I ripped the left MCL and had to use crutches, then used a cane -- but was told not to try to walk on uneven surfaces. Couldn't work -- Can't see how the organization can call it handicapped accessible.
If you like them, put them in over concrete -- to prevent moles from ruining them and,
to avoid having to resand them every year after winter storms and summer rains. After the sand is washed away, the water will wash out the bed below the bricks/pavers and you have a nice mess to replace.
Not fun if anyone wears high heels.
Lastly -- I work at a place that has them -- been in about 8 years. I ripped the left MCL and had to use crutches, then used a cane -- but was told not to try to walk on uneven surfaces. Couldn't work -- Can't see how the organization can call it handicapped accessible.
#22
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,474
we put pavers in about 10 years ago and now they are sinking in some spots and yes the grass and weeds that grow between them in the spring is bad i spray round up , i wish now i had done something else and after reading this post you guys have given me some new ideas i need to try before i get any older and cant do it !!
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