Our paver sealing process

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Adding or having patio pavers make a beautiful addition.   We find many don't know pavers should be sealed, not only to preserve the surface but to maintain the stability of them.   We use a sealer that penetrates the brick and joint sand hardening the sand  and creating a durable surface that will last years.   Choosing not to seal your brick pavers will cause surface degradation, and lead to substrate erosion causing unevenness.   

How do we do it you might be asking? We begin by thoroughly cleaning the surface.  We do this by using professional equipment capable of getting to 250 degrees F.  After we clean the surface and remove any stains we add an additional solution containing our weed and mold inhibitor allowing a small dwell time.  We then sand with a properly graded paver joint silica sand using a process called wet sanding, also known as hydocompacting, allowing the sand to fill all the voids around and under the pavers.  Once complete, we add 3 coats of our professional grade sealer.  The first coat is called the flood coat.  We "flood" the pavers with a specifically formulated sealer to penetrate the joints of the pavers to solidify and stabilize the joint sand into the base causing it to harden similar to polymeric sand.  We then apply 2 more top coats for a hard durable surface.  In addition, for pool areas we add a non slip additive that in most cases makes the surface more slip resistant than before the surface was sealed.  Expect to get about 5 years of life.   Important:  Any shine is highly dependent on the porosity of  surface being treated.  That being said we do offer a gloss, and natural look respectively.   For newly constructed pavers we recommend you wait at least a couple weeks or more so the pavers have a chance to settle and the PH to stabilize.