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Pavers, Thin Brick, and our own expert play roles in reviving an 1887 Victorian
This season’s This Old House project on PBS had a comeback story to tell – and as it turned out, Pine Hall Brick Company had both an acting and a speaking role in the telling. Above photo: This Old House/Zach DilgardThe story centers on an 1887 Victorian in Glen...
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In Savanah’s Riverside District, Southern hospitality takes place in renovated buildings, outdoor spaces
Clay pavers from Pine Hall Brick Company are used in a combination of our Rumbled Cocoa and Rumbled Red as a renovated power plant anchors an effort across a historic Georgia city.In Savannah, if you look up, you are likely to see any number of historic buildings that...
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How to build a patio or walkway with no-cut paver patterns
A small no-cut paver patio or walkway is a straightforward do-it-yourself job. We have a guide called The Seven Simple Steps that covers all you need to know to complete the project. Although the first step in the Seven Steps is calculating the materials you need, we...
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Rumbled Cocoa clay pavers help repurpose and revive a historic estate as a beautiful public park
An 1870-era mansion in Lancaster, Pennsylvania has a storied history, but its latest iteration wasn’t working well, so some changes needed to be made. Clay pavers made a big difference and enhanced the park's first impression. (All photos: Donovan Lefever)Stauffer...
Former manse gets a stylish paver walkway befitting its place in the community
Pine Hall Brick Rumbled Full Range clay pavers and Pennsylvania bluestone are used to complement a century old manse in New Jersey, in keeping with its church, the surrounding neighbors, as well as the entire town. Photo: Joe Palimeno.There’s a lot to be said for...
Pavers and Thin Brick for a generational home project on This Old House
A generational home project in Glen Ridge, NJ, uses pavers and Thin Brick supplied by Pine Hall Brick Company for the PBS series This Old House. This time, it's an impressive makeover of a family home that includes replacing a concrete walkway with pavers and refaces...
The Brick Kid helps Portsmouth set a standard for streetscapes with Pathway Full Range
Pathway Full Range clay pavers bring continuity to a scenic seaport, and it looks like it’s becoming the look to have, up and down the New England coast. Above image: Brick Market, Portsmouth, NH. All photos: Ben Cyr.The Brick Kid figures he’s installed about a...
Clay pavers create attractive, functional speed tables in Lawrenceville, Georgia
As suburban towns evolve, residential development emerges in central business districts, bringing more vehicles and pedestrians. Lawrenceville, Georgia, is one such suburb, 30 miles northeast of Atlanta, where you can see this happening. And forward-thinking urban...
Demand grows for water permeable paving and clay pavers do a great job
The use of clay permeable pavers – like Pine Hall Brick Company’s StormPave – is gaining momentum in both commercial and residential uses, which was the subject of a recent story in Stormwater Solutions magazine by Pine Hall Brick Company president and CEO Walt...
Hilary Farr, host of “Love It Or List It,” earned Hardscape North America award for her paver walkway – one of five Pine Hall Brick winners at HNA
Hilary Farr, host of “Love It Or List It,” designed an award winning entry that won first place recognition for Farr and Pine Hall Brick Company in the Clay Brick – Residential category of the Hardscape North America (HNA) Awards at the organization’s annual...
Anakeesta nature immersive theme park enhanced with Pine Hall Brick clay pavers
A one-of-a-kind theme park designed by a landscape architect needed a weather-durable, aesthetically pleasing hardscape. This called for acres of Pine Hall Brick clay pavers. All photos: Austin Martin.When a 100-plus-acre nature immersive theme park atop a mountain in...
Historic West Bottoms has an historic stormwater management plan with 3.4 acres of StormPave™
West Bottoms – In a lush newly created greenspace, runoff from rooftops and buildings flows to a bioswale and bioretention area surrounded by park-like landscape features that include a trail and native trees, shrubs, and grasses. StormPave™ water permeable pavers...
Two dogs, a baby, and a patchy lawn? Try synthetic turf and clay pavers
In a storied and architectually significant neighborhood, Pine Hall Brick Rumbled Pavers merge with some modern aesthetics vastly improve a backyard in need of some TLC. (All photos courtesy Hans Kalkofen.)Hans Kalkofen and Eric Hanson are owners of Garden’s Edge...
“Jake” of all trades rehabs a narrow sloping courtyard with terraced paver patio
A terraced paver patio is key to making the most of a sloping, narrow yard of a home in Kalamazoo, Michigan. And it demnstrates the importance of thoughtful design to enhance beauty and function. (All photos courtesy Jake Grevenstuk.)Jake Grevenstuk’s Instagram handle...
We make a lot of different kinds of brick – filmmaker builder Roger Scheck uses all of them
Pathway Full Range Modular pavers to be set in mortar are installed in a basketweave pattern over a concrete pad with a wall of Hatteras Sand Oversized brick create an outdoor recreation space to complement a gameroom addition. All photos: Roger Scheck.From facebrick...
Hardscapes enhance property value, but even better, they make you happy
Lyon Landscape Nursery project in New Jersey pairs bluestone with clay pavers.The good news for homeowners is that new hardscape projects have a good return on investment when it comes time to sell, while providing an increased level of happiness for as long as they...
Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved wins Brick Industry Association Best in Class award
Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, a memorial structure designed to recognize those men, women, and children, all enslaved, who built, operated, and maintained the historic campus of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, recently won Best in Class in the Brick...
Clay pavers are a better value than concrete for “Lyon’s share” of landscaping
Alex Lyon has decades of hardscape installations that demonstrate how clay pavers outperform concrete. His company, Lyon Landscape Nursery in Franklin, Massachusetts, specializes in granite, bluestone, and paver designs, primarily for residential clients in greater...
Pine Hall Brick Company pavers used with “Ask This Old House” as neighbors help neighbors
Roz Pendleton is an anchor and a leader in her neighborhood. When Rebuilding Together Boston teamed up with our friends at "Ask This Old House" we were honored to provide pavers to the worthy project for homeowner Pendleton. Pictured above, L-R, landscaper Jenn...
Tunstall & Company relies on variety and versatility of our products to provide innovative solutions
A legacy patio porch had a problem. It sagged in the middle causing rainwater to form a big puddle. A skilled masonry contractor used Pine Hall Brick pavers in two thicknesses for a level-headed solution to smooth out the problem.The variety, versatility and...
Ask This Old House crew goes all out for Rebuilding Together Boston and we were happy to provide pavers
The good folks at the PBS program Ask This Old House took on a project with the community project Rebuilding Together Boston to build a new deck and install an spacious paver patio. Pine Hall Brick provided English Edge Autumn Heavy Duty clay pavers for the job. All...
“Love It or List It” host Hilary Farr’s new-old home uses tumbled clay pavers to help set the scene
Pine Hall Brick played a role in this season’s premiere episode of the “Love It or List It” television series by providing Barker House facebrick and Rumbled Bluffs pavers to a new home project.If Hilary Farr’s new home in a historic neighborhood in Raleigh tells a...
Hilary Farr, host of “Love It or List It,” builds a new energy efficient home using brick and radiant barrier house wrap
Pine Hall Brick played a role in this season’s premiere episode of the “Love It or List It” television series by providing Barker House facebrick and Rumbled Bluffs pavers to a new home project.Old houses are charming. Until they aren’t. Then they can become very...
In stately Haverford, good ol’ clay pavers fit right in
Rumbled Full Range clay pavers from Pine Hall Brick Company are used in a dramatic installation around a swimming pool at a private residence in one of the most affluent suburbs in the United States. They were chosen both for their aesthetic beauty by themselves – and...
Pavers add pop to a home at the shore
A forever home – two years in the making – at the New Jersey shore needed to be special inside and out for a young family of four. So, a plain concrete walkway wouldn’t do. Megan Williamson, married mother of two, was heavily involved with the family’s architect,...
A little paver makeover can make a big difference in a new-to-you home
An affordable paver makeover “The owners had bought the house knowing it needed work,” said Jordan Provost. “They called me to see what we could do to make the front look a little nicer.” Provost is owner of Firebrick Custom Masonry near Burlington, Vermont.All...
“Great Street” designation – Rumbled clay pavers key to pedestrian mall’s charm in seaside resort, Cape May
Cape May, NJ is a seashore town, so the area is exposed to sun, sand and salt in the air. The city wanted something sturdy with a high-end finish that would hold up to both the elements and high-volume pedestrian traffic. The rumbled clay pavers, said the engineering...
A study in hardscapes – Academic Landscaping uses Pathway Autumn pavers to complement a classic home
Academic Landscaping helped the owner of a classic Myers Park brick home being refurbished find the perfect outdoor living extension: patios and walkways with Pathway Autumn pavers. All photos: Kinson DesmanglesWhy “Academic”? It started as a labor of love by Academic...
Rumbled Beale Street pavers play big role as PBS’s This Old House reveals “A Modern Victorian”
In late April, viewers of PBS’s This Old House were treated to a series of transformations on a reveal episode of the show’s latest project house, an 1894 Victorian that the crew brought up to modern standards. The differences were apparent both inside and outside the...
Enhancing outdoor home space continues to be popular – Impressive paver patio enhances home value
If you’ve read any business news lately, you know the pandemic created a new work-from-home model that’s here to stay. And a lot of households that experienced the lockdowns are rethinking ways to make their spaces more comfortable for spending more time at home, as...
Award-winning hardscape project uses Pine Hall Brick permeable pavers
A town park in Ambler, Pennsylvania uses an eye-catching pattern in permeable pavers to protect groundwater and tell the story of a stream used to provide water power for a leathermaking company beginning in the late 1700s.A project that used Pine Hall Brick Company...
An urban oasis – a clay paver patio built with Pine Hall Brick Beale Street pavers by This Old House
In late February, Pine Hall Brick clay pavers were ready once again for their closeup, as they were featured in a segment of the PBS program This Old House.Photo by: Anthony Tieuli.Rumbled Beale Street pavers were chosen for a “new old looking” patio as the ideal...
Installing pavers on their narrow edge yields a colorful linear driveway design
Vehicular hardscapes need to be durable, but can still be beautiful. Lancaster, PA distributor Penn Stone helped a home builder achieve such a paver driveway with a unique approach, pattern, and color scheme. (All photos: John McGrann.)It’s a lot more than a paver...
StormPave® project makes water permeable sense at Florida college, wins national award for longevity
Made of Pine Hall Brick Company’s StormPave® permeable pavers in Autumn and Accent Gray, the 5,000-square-foot project has anchored the campus of Flagler College, a private college in the heart of St. Augustine, Florida, since 2010. The pavers have continued to...
Inside-out: How a nationally known interior stylist and her dedicated DIY-er husband took it outside to add a circular patio in their backyard
The couple used Pine Hall Brick Company’s new but old-looking Rumbled Madrid pavers and their own skill to build a circular patio for their home in New Orleans.Liz Kamarul is known for her design sense. She’s a professional home stager and a muralist with a serious...
Beale Street goes to Boston on PBS’s This Old House for a timeless paver patio
Rumbled Beale Street pavers were chosen for a “new old looking” patio as the ideal complement for an 1894 Victorian home. The project is on the PBS program, “This Old House,” West Roxbury episode, airing soon. From a paver plant in Madison, North Carolina to a...
Clay pavers play a big role in a popular new park at 130-year-old mill site
As towns and cities revitalize their downtowns and historic districts, English Edge Full Range clay pavers prove their value with aesthetics, durability and color permanence. Now, Forest City, North Carolina has a beautiful new public space with English Edge clay...
Metrolina Landscape finds a wealth of hardscape opportunity in booming city
A focus on commerical hardscape projects has helped Metrolina Landscape keep pace with Charlotte's growth. Light rail has played a role in the city's expansion and Metrolina has been there with clay paver solutions. (Photo above: LYNX Station on the UNC Charlotte...
Engraved Brick – Clay pavers help preserve memories in Veteran’s Honor Park
A memorial park for veterans brings out the best in a community – and uses engraved brick – Pathway Red Pine Hall Brick clay pavers and a specialized paving system to make sure that veterans are remembered, by name, branch of service and years that they served.Bob...
Photo essay of Lemon Avenue streetscape in Sarasota
The Lemon Avenue streetscape in Sarasota, Florida is an award-winning project that demonstrates that range of color and durability of our vehicular pavers, while demonstrating the creativity of landscape architects, installers and city planners. The design is by...
Pathway Full Range pavers meet the demand for aesthetic hardscapes in Chapel Hill
“We’re booming” Hardscapes, commercial and residential, are keeping Bryan Lowrance and the crew of Storybook Stone busy in Chapel Hill, NC. “There’s nothing better than creating level space to entertain and hang out and hardscape allows so much more to be done,” said...
Water permeable paving goes residential for driveways and patios
StormPave™: Beautiful, durable and sustainable, all while following the rules for runoff Water permeable Full Range Rumbled StormPave pavers are often used to fulfill regulatory requirements of storm drainage in commercial applications. Increasingly, as regulations...
It was a labor of love, made complete with English Edge Full Range clay pavers
Above photo: Mike Casey for This Old House Every so often, Pine Hall Brick works on a project that's special. This one certainly was. In early June, PBS's This Old House closed out the Dorchester project, which was the repair and renovation of a fire-damaged...