What are the pros and cons of the different patio materials?
There are a lot of material options these days for patios and walkways and, from a design standpoint, they all have a right or wrong place to be used in a lndscape. Interlocking concrete pavers, pattern flagstone, irregular cut flagstone, stamped or dyed concrete, and your everyday gray poured concrete all have a unique look. The costs of each in the order of lowest expense to highest expense is as follows: Poured Concrete, Stamped/Dyed Concrete, Interlocking Concrete Pavers, Irregular & Pattern Flagstone. Durabilty can be debatable but from our experience pavers last the longest. In order from longest lasting to the shortest the materials are: pavers, poured concrete and flagstone set on a concrete slab. The reason that flagstone does not last as long is because flagstone is typically set on a concrete slab below the stones and concrete may crack as it settles. If it settles at two different heights then the stones will seperate from the slab below and create a disaster to repair. Cli
