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Currently going back and forth on doing pavers vs stamped concrete. Cost is going to be about the same but it will be diy on the pavers and pay a guy on the concrete. I removed a deck that had lots of rotting due to ground contact so I would need to dig about another 6ish inches down. Concerns are how long concrete will last without needing replacement vs pavers being a bit more 'flexible'. I live in the northeast in an area that gets all the weather. 80-90 degree summer and 30-below zero winters with all the moisture and rain one could want in the spring and fall or summer or maybe it's a drought who the gently caress knows. Pros for concrete: I don't have to lay a finger. About the same cost as pavers.. Can probably remove other deck(slightly less lovely but still decked with 2x4s because PO) and get that space utilized / make yard bigger with less of a hassle Concern / con: cracking and looking like poo poo in the next 10 years. Shiny surface. Hotter? Pros for pavers: possibly look better, more 'flexible' but stuck with more of a square feeling. Still going to have to redo the base and poo poo every 10 years kuz of climate in 10 years I'm fuckin laying someone to do it I ain't doing it when I'm 50) Cons for pavers: doing it myself or spending an rear end load of money in Labor. Will end up keeping the second deck and properly re decking next year.
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devicenull posted:I'd do stamped concrete, maybe with some pigment if you're worried about color (although I don't understand how a brushed concrete finish is shiny). If the control joints are done right, you shouldn't really see cracking in 10 years. I think most of the "it's too shiiiiny" comes form people using glossy rear end sealer or something i dunno it's one of the things that I saw on the ole interwebs. Mostly what I was reading on one side or the other was coming from people who were installing one of the other. I have no issue with 10 years of longevity, if I can't come up with another 2 grand to redo the backyard at that point I failed at life. tater_salad fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Apr 8, 2021 |
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