Brick driveway pavers provide more creativity, a longer lasting result, and less overall maintenance than their concrete and asphalt counterparts. Take a look at the possible solutions, and then seriously think about changing the appearance of your post.

If you’re looking for a durable driveway, consider brick pavers. They come in a wide variety of muted colors and individual pavers can be cut to create seemingly endless patterns and designs. Using brick pavers, it is possible to create a driveway that resembles a brick wall with alternating rows of bricks or a driveway with a radial array of colored patterns. You can also create interesting, free-flowing designs instead of a usual rectangular concrete and asphalt driveway. Comparing these types of options to standard, more boring, concrete or asphalt driveways is not really a competitive event.

Brick pavers, much like those used on the Roman interstate system (about 2000 years ago), last a long time. The same cannot be said of concrete or asphalt. Pavers “float” on a sandy and/or stony base and allow water to easily run off and seep into the substrate. This is very friendly to the environment because it helps build the water table and decrease runoff.

Asphalt and concrete driveways are expected to experience water runoff. With normal use and the pressure of cars driving through it, asphalt develops cracks and concrete often cracks. And when then, when water gets into these cracks, the freeze-thaw cycle, coupled with the movement of cars through it, often leads to increasing degrees of failure. To prevent this from happening on a paved driveway, you should periodically reseal your driveway. On a concrete driveway, repair is the most desired option, rather than looking at an ugly concrete crack sealer.

If a brick paver breaks, lifts or sags, it’s easy to remove it with your neighbors and fix any sand or gravel issues and/or replace the defective paver. For this reason (and because you can expand your driveway to include a walkway, garden wall, pool deck, or patio), it’s always a good idea to keep a stockpile of extra brick pavers from your original driveway installation. This will ensure a color and type match that you may not be able to get on a replacement order.

If the concrete or asphalt driveway needs repairs, it involves a larger area and a more extensive and expensive operation. And, new concrete always looks different than its older neighbors.

Brick pavers also bring with them a more expensive look and may help bring a higher resale price to your home one day.

But, pavers are not without maintenance. They need periodic power washing to bring back their richer colors and, in warmer climates, to remove the moss that tends to grow in the spaces between brick pavers.

Still, when you weigh the pros and cons, brick pavers for a driveway offer a much better option than concrete or asphalt.

If your budget allows it and you feel daring, take a look at this option. It may just start a trend in the neighborhood.