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Old 10-10-2017, 07:54 AM
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We had Paradise Pavers install thin pavers on our driveway 4 years ago when house was new - also landscape walls in front. Always have been extremely satisfied all around - never had a crack or truly any issue at all.
The builder had a 1" "lip" - the finished garage floor was 1" or so higher than the level of the cement driveway. So after install the pavers are exactly the same height as the garage floor. The rubber seal of the garage door contacts the pavers when closed with about 2" of them inside the garage.

Bottom line barely a drop of wind-driven rain water after the storms passed. Same for our front door. However our front bedroom had some leakage of groundwater/rain into the room. The carpeting was damp about 8' across the room and about 2 - 3" from the wall. Dried out fine in a couple days.
The front of our home, and garage, faces directly east (the brunt of the hurricane winds) and one house away from a golf course ---so no shield from those terrific winds.

So, A+ for the garage/pavers/front door. C- for the bedroom floor.
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