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Paving
Gardens of the Carolinas is proud to offer a variety of paving services. We have been providing asphalt paving, brick pavers, interlocking concrete pavers, and poured concrete surfaces since 1981. There are several reasons to consider asphalt paving- it is a very cost efficient approach that has a dark rich color when finished. Adding or altering an asphalt drive is a much simpler process than with a concrete drive. In most cases installing an asphalt drive involves establishing a properly compacted sub grade, installing and compacting 4-6 inches of ABC (stone and granite screenings mixed), and then installing 2” of I-2 asphalt, normally rolled to 1 ½” thickness. With good back fill and periodic sealing an asphalt surface will last many years.
Brick and interlocking concrete pavers are done in a very similar fashion with the sub grade compaction and ABC installed as the 1st steps. We install a thin bed of granite screenings and 30 pound builders felt next. This insures there will not be weeds in the paving surface. We will install a masonry course (paver and mortar) border or use a steel edging product to assure that there will not be any lateral movement. A variety of patterns using more than one product may be laid with striping, inlays, circle patterns and border courses. A fine white sand or polymeric sand is swept into the joints to complete the installation.
A common paving material is concrete. Concrete paving is offered for driveway paving, walkways and other landscaped areas. We consistently install on compacted sub grade with a 4” thick pour of 3000 psi (pounds per square inch) concrete. We like to picture frame all control joints, which are spaced about 12 feet on center throughout the pour. A broom finish is applied within the picture framed jointing to complete the finished surface and detailed look. As additional enhancing options we offer a variety of dye applications with color hardeners and release agents, as well as stamped patterns within the concrete. Finally, there are sealing techniques that will protect your new paving, allowing a properly installed concrete surface to potentially last for several decades.