Brick Paver Patio in Canton restored to its original beauty and function
As the 2017 summer continues in Michigan, we are hard at work bringing back some of the original beauty and function of raised brick paver patios. It has been 20+ years now since the new home building boom in Canton, Plymouth, and Northville, Michigan.
There are many factors over these years that have contributed to the settling, deterioration, and excessive movement of raised brick paver patios. One obvious reason for settling is winter frost which has ill effects on all pavements in frost states like Michigan. Also evident for the settling of raised paver patios is the grade settling along the basement foundation of homes over the years. Another contributing factor of raised paver patios excessively settling was from the original installing contractor not compacting the base in 4" layers or lifts as they built up to 
the finish height. But really the biggest reason for excessive deterioration of brick paver raised patios is the neglect by the homeowner to perform or hire an authorized brick pavers contractor to maintain these structures.Simple touch up repairs and Spring sweeping of joint sand in the paver joints and periodic compacting will do wonders for maintaining these awesome outdoor living spaces. Keeping paver joints filled is required for long term performance and compacting the brick pavers to help relock is also essential to the structure.
