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Originally Posted by Laker14
There are two types of pavers in TV. Thin pavers that are not really made for driving on, have been used often. They don't hold up very well. The advantage of thin pavers is that one can lay them on a thin layer of sand without removing the existing driveway. The disadvantage is that they crack a lot.
The proper way to use pavers for a driveway is to remove the concrete, and then use thicker pavers. Obviously much more of a job to do, and more expensive.
Our pre-owned home, which we bought in February of '21, had the thin pavers, over concrete. About 20% of them were broken. I got an estimate for having it rehabilitated, but it was costly enough that we decided to have the pavers taken out and had a "textured paint" treatment instead.
If you have the thin pavers, and you decide to keep them but replace the broken ones, you can find people to do that. You, most likely, will have a continuing maintenance issue with them, but everything requires some maintenance. BTW, when we looked into having ours done that way, the original pavers could not be replace with identical colors, so there was going to have to be some artistic work done to harvest some unbroken ones, and use new ones strategically, to make some design in the middle. I'm sure it could have been done, but it did add another layer of complexity to the job.
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Thank you SO MUCH for your detailed answer. Right on target, the "pavers" here are nothing like the "pavers" we had at a former home, which were more what most of us would call "bricks". Ours here are much different, they are very porous, thin like "slices" of "brick", exactly as you described. I you could share, would very much like to know exactly what you had done for your remedy ? I take it you had someone remove all the of thin pavers ? Clean up all the sand, level it, etc. etc. and pour a traditional concrete drive ? Again, thank you so much if you can give more details. Sounds as if your answer was the only one that actually proposed an alternative to the pavers (which we would like to do away with, but not sure of the alternatives, so hope to get help on here. I do know the house had a concrete drive when built, and then later had the pavers added to it. But, would like to eliminate the pavers. Are there people who will remove them for the material, or who will pay for the truck load(s) of used ones ?