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I’ve never understood why people so frequently choose poured concrete over cheap interlocking pavers. Where I live, it’s extremely common to see someone pour a

• Arainach 9mo ago
  In contrast I've never seen someone have to cut up a driveway. There are many ways concrete is superior to pavers. One of the most important is that it is miserable and almost impossible to properly clear snow and ice from pavers.
• thejazzman 9mo ago
  They sink when a car repeatedly drives over them. I watched a neighbor redo their yellow brick driveway. Well. Only briefly… Ruts were visible pretty quickly again
  • ekr 9mo ago
    Not when installed properly, i.e. on a level, compacted base. Where I live, in the Netherlands, a great portion of streets, driveways, sidewalks, bikepaths are from klinkers, or bricks. Very rarely do you see any indentations in them (mostly when there was some roadwork and a part of them removed and then reinstalled. The whole reinstalled section sinks a bit, probably because there workers were not careful and did not compact the substrate to the same degree). Some of these klinker roads see heavy traffic and they're perfectly fine. It's also nice to see the automated machines they have for laying them.
  • rob74 9mo ago
    If the substrate below isn't compacted properly, bricks will sink, and concrete will crack (maybe not as fast, but eventually). So we're back at where the discussion started...
• quickthrowman 9mo ago
  It’s about half the price. Paver driveways cost twice as much to install due to the increased labor. It’s not that expensive to sawcut concrete.