5 Reasons to Consider Concrete Pavers Over Asphalt in Berkeley

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5 Reasons to Consider Concrete Pavers Over
Asphalt in Berkeley

• When most homeowners think of installing pavement
  in Berkeley CA, they consider asphalt. You must
  have noticed that most driveways in residential
  areas are made of concrete. If you are wondering
  why homeowners prefer concrete driveways over
  asphalt, you should read on this post and find
  out why.

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Visual Aesthetics

• Asphalt is simply not preferred a very appealing
  building material. The finer grain and lighter
  feel of concrete pavers bring in more welcoming
  feel that you will find preferable. In addition,
  the material can be colored with dye and textured
  with exposed aggregate for much wider range of
  appearance than asphalt.

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Weather Resilience

• Asphalt is considered to a flexible paving
  material. Flexibility sound goo when you realize
  that the inherency of softness to flexible
  materials which makes it easier to damage. When
  asphalt gets warmer, the binder becomes much
  softer.

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Environmental Impact
Installing both paving products is difficult to
judge as per the environmental impact. The
picture will be much clear when you will need to
perform much more maintenance on asphalt over the
years. To repair potholes or cracks, you will
need to use sealer and additional asphalt more
frequently which will add to the greater
environmental impact over the lifetime of the
product.
Cleanliness
The softness of asphalt is another disadvantage
over concrete. It is especially true when the
material is installed first. Longer after the
installation, the hot summer months will make the
binder soft and will result in being tracked on
surfaces from the shoes of pedestrians. But
concrete doesnt have these issues. Once it is
cured, concrete paving can be walked on safely
without any hassle of contaminating other
surfaces.
Resale Value
Resale value is the significant reason behind
considering concrete over asphalt. If you own a
property and need to move to a new location,
getting concrete pavement instead of asphalt will
pass on so many benefits to the new property
owners. That means, you will be able to save more
money during your home sale when the time comes
to move on.
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