POURED CONCRETE VS PAVER STONES | THE PROS AND CONS

[@YardCoach]

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[@LoreLabsGG]

Thank you for the insight, great video sir 👍

[@YardCoach]

Hope it helps in some positive way. Thx for watching and the comment. Coach.

[@alcg3981]

Thx for your thorough breakdown! 8n summer 2020, I DIY'd a Paver Patio with 40x40cm concrete pavers and a hired 'muscle' man😊. And 25-ish years ago (as a younger version) DIY'd a sidewalk around the house with poured concrete into one of those 24"x18" paver forms that I brought back from my annual Summer trip to the U.S..I like the finished look of both concret and pavers, especially concrete with used brick. Reminds me of my Dad, who was a Mason. I mostly use cement nowadays for decorative items around the yard.

[@YardCoach]

I like the DIY attitude. Your projects still look Ok today? Kudos to your Dad, that is hard career. We need more tradesman like him again.

[@vboutique2188]

Could you do a larger pour yourself if you just do it in sections and then move the forms to butt up to the prior section completed? This is as a diyer

[@YardCoach]

Well to break this down a bit. If you do small sections at a time, you are not doing a big pour. But the problem is cement never looks the same twice and sectional pours often look just that. Color is sort of off. But if you can be OK with that go for it.

[@ariannaplayshouse]

I’m considering using a designer mold and making my pavers using concrete. Whats your thoughts? mixing bags versus physically installing pavers.

[@YardCoach]

I am not a fan of the quick crete forms and the end result. Not a finished look is achieved in my opinion. Pavers require steps that require and demand specificity in preparation and placement. But done correctly I think pavers will look better than formed concrete as you describe. Thx for watching and the question. Coach.

[@zoearrow3297]

its sooooo hard to find real professionals so its always hard to know if what you are paying for is done well. so at the end of the day, its either deal with future cracks w concrete, or deal with future weeds between pavers? i am so so sooooo torn into what to choose for my backyard.

[@YardCoach]

Weeds can be pulled or treated. Polymeric sand will mitigate weeds for years. Concrete can have crack reduction with proper install of reinforcements and cold joints placed. Then there always decks.

[@joanizaccaro3839]

How about for the North. We are in New Jersey? I want pavers my husband feels we should do stamped concrete.

[@YardCoach]

Either is fine as long as you prep well for the paver base or understand the maintenance of the stamped concrete. Sealing every other year etc. pavers will not require the maintenance.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Money is the issue, now or later you pay