Subject: Pavers are really nice, but a bit of manual labor involved. Author: KevHouston : member since June, 2005 : 1840 posts Posted on: 2008-04-23 14:32:45

The trick to pavers is to create a solid level (with slope for drainage) packed base with sand. Place the pavers really close together and then keep applying sand on top of the pavers and work the sand in between the pavers.

Have you checked into stained concrete? A couple of my neighbors have done this and it really stands out.

Stained Concrete

- Kevin
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