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Cast Stone Pavers can be defined as pieces of stones pre-shed to be used for exterior use in places like driveways, car parks, around the swimming pools, walkways, airports and many other exterior locations.
They are normally compressed on a base of stone and bed of sand which has been worked on and leveled. Sand particles are usually used as connectors or sealers by compressing down once the pavers are set. This sand acts as a holder in case of the interlocking pavers but also offers flexibility which will be required in case of any eventualities like mild earth tremors or even during the winter season when the temperatures are very low. This means that the pavers would not be shaken by any damage such as buckling or cracking.
There are different types of tools used when laying down the pavers such as the Shear Cutters or even the Vibra Plate. The Vibra plate comes in handy when compression is required for the base substance and it normally achieves a very high degree of the required density. It also aids in setting the pavers on the sand layout whilst interlocking it. The Shear Cutter just like the name suggests is used to cut the pieces needed for fitting at the edges and corners while installing the pavers. A product known as sealant is advisable to be spread over the pavers once the installation is done to prevent the sand from being washed away by torrents of rain or when washing which involves using lots of water.
Cast Stone Pavers have two categories of standards which are normally dictated by the kind of traffic involved in the location where installation is to be done. A thickness of approximately 60mm will be required in an area where only light traffic is involved. With very heavy traffic, a thickness of approximately 80mm is recommended.
Pavers more than often give a good finishing touch in a place and leave it looking exemplary beautiful and the most significant advantage is the time saved in laying and removal of the same.
Pavers have been around for a very long period of time since the ancient times up to date. The Romans were known to have mastery on them while installing their pavements and also for the highways. They used very compressed small cut fitting stones with very thick bases for their roads.
In modern times the pavers are manufactured using special machines in factories. They vary greatly with the coarseness and fineness requirements and also different ingredients used to manufacture the same. All the ingredients involved are placed through courses which pressurize them and also which have vibration elements to bring about very strong and durable pieces that can be further modified to give the desirable sizes, designs and also shapes.
The pavers prices are usually decided by the percentage of the ingredients used in a particular make or design and also the finishing given to the particular paver. The thickness also matters when it comes to directing what the price would be for the different pavers.
