5 Popular Paving Options for Home Exterior
Nothing beats the happiness of being a home buyer and in addition decorating every single space which reflects your personality in the home. Where everyone take care of interiors, the perfectionist within you might ask some extra highlights for House exterior as well .Here are some guiding tips by our design expert Ar Onal Kothari which might helps you selecting perfect paving material for your home exterior :
1Tar Paving
A traditional kind of material- Tar paving is the all black and simple option to consider for your house.
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- If you are the one looking for inexpensive option Tar Paving could be the first in your list.
- Tar paving is an all weather solution, which is easily considerable as it is a common element for road construction.
- Easy to maintenance.
- You can repaint your driveway every year.
2Brick Paving
This classic building material not only works vertically , but also is able to create wonders horizontally.
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- Fairly affordable alternative to tar paving.
- Versatile material.
- Works in all weather.
- Option of painting the bricks as per your space colour palette.
- Design flexibility by using brick paving idea varies from a stunning geometrical layout, interesting patterns or self made name blocks.
- Reusable element.
3Stone Paving
Contribute the best in your landscape making, this material merge best with the interior as well.
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- Available in diverse range of colour, styles and finishes.
- Easy to work with.
- You can continue the leading material to your home interior.
- Verities of stone like cobblestone paving, can provide you with water permeable solution. Without harming your home's aesthetic appeal.
4Precast concrete
Also referred as modular pavers, these pavers are formed by pouring concrete into a mould and then allowing it to set as per your design requirements.
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- Can be fitted together in different configurations – like in hexagonal shape, variable rectangles or combined shapes.
- Readily available in many colours , sizes or shapes and finishes.
- Allow water infiltration.
- Mould in any square feet dimensions.
- Strong, durable and a low maintenance option.
5Tiles
Visually appealing and trendy material, specially for a modern Indian house – Tile is a bold selection in trend by many architects for home exteriors.
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- Made of imperfections and variations ready to install.
- Reflects the heat which is great for most of the part of country.
- Opportunity to create a custom look.
- Gives variation in design which matches your home interior as well as manages the best of your finance. For example you can easily find Moroccan design tiles, modern white pieces or classic coloured geometric patterns in variety of colours inbudget.
- Commonly available in squares sizes , like 2 by 2 inches, 6 by 6 inches or a rectangular square foot like 4 by 2 inch.
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