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Forever home gets a forever patio
The owners call this 1933 classic in Concord, Massachusetts their “forever home.” So landscape designer Dan Gladu of Roots & Rocks Landscape Artisans designed the outdoor living space with our Rumbled Full Range brick pavers to stand the test of time and...
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Aesthetic paving – brick gives designs a competitive edge
Aesthetic paving for public, institutional and corporate applications is achievable with clay brick pavers. The segmental nature of pavers and their broad range of colors and styles give landscape designers and paving contractors lots a latitude to create affordable,...
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Pine Hall Brick pavers part of downtown revival
If you look hard enough at Center Street in downtown Goldsboro, NC, you can see the past and the future at the same time. The past was the railroad, which is the reason the town is there. The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was completed in the 1840s. The intersection...
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Restore water permeable paving with an innovative new system
Permeable pavers from Pine Hall Brick Company work well to absorb stormwater into the ground, filter it of pollutants naturally and fulfill regulatory requirements that stormwater be treated on site, making it a favorite of large-scale installations such as...
Historic hardscape in Richmond helps revitalize original market
In Richmond, Virginia, a historic hardscape at the 17th Street Market is an important part of a revival, which has come about as the result of a recently completed renovation.
Historic home paves it forward
Landscaper crafts his vision as a vintner with clay pavers for the next 200 years Landscaper turned winemaker renovates a historic home from the 1700s into a winery and event space in Northern Virginia. When the time came to build outdoor terraces, walkways, plazas...
Outdoor living space, now more than ever
As the world stays home this spring, outdoor living space becomes more cherished. Patios, lawns and gardens give families more space, as well as pleasant settings for grilling out and spending time together. When the world seems crazy, what’s more comforting than your...
Designer uses clay pavers for authenticity in multi-family complex
Harrison, New Jersey is one more industrial city having a rebirth with a fresh new perspective and an eye for authenticity and its history.Visitors to Urby Harrison, a multi-family housing complex, find a playful and organic experience in the transit-oriented...
Forever home gets a forever patio
The owners call this 1933 classic in Concord, Massachusetts their “forever home.” So landscape designer Dan Gladu of Roots & Rocks Landscape Artisans designed the outdoor living space with our Rumbled Full Range brick pavers to stand the test of time and...
Freedom Walkway: colorful paver design tells a story of struggle, triumph
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson If you were to visit downtown Rock Hill, South Carolina, you might find yourself in the Freedom Walkway, walking on bands of red and cocoa pavers from Pine...
Brick patios age beautifully, are a durable investment
Brick patios have been a big part of Gary Springs’ 40+ year career. As a mason and owner of Greensboro Masonry, he’s built homes with brick and made brick additions. He’s also installed many a brick patio and walkway to expand the living space of homes, including his...
Paver streetscape central to new Rea Farms community
A paver streetscape using Pine Hall Brick Full Range is central to a new and growing mixed use community near Charlotte, NC. Rea Farms is New Urbanism with a twist. It’s a community with acres of open space, apartments, single family homes, a K-8 magnet school set to...
Tips and inspiration from Glenn Switzer, Landscape Designer
Winter is the time to think about what your yard could be in the spring. A landscape designer can make it happen. And if you want to get inspired about what your home outdoors can become, spend 20 minutes with Glenn Switzer. He’s a landscape designer from greater...
How a small NC town honors its veterans: flags, monuments and Pathway Red pavers
A former mayor of Liberty, North Carolina led the establishment of a non-profit organization to establish veterans memorial in the town southeast of Greensboro. Terry Caviness, a builder by trade, organized a series of fundraisers in the community to design, landscape...
Paver walkway adds beauty to established neighborhood
A brick paver walkway improves curb appeal, adds value and makes your home outdoors more inviting for you and your guests. Walkways and patios can be do-it-yourself projects over a couple of weekends, especially with the sand-set method: pavers are placed on a bed of...
How to achieve a chevron pattern
What would your driveway look like if you spent your days building brick houses? This. A poured concrete driveway clearly wouldn’t do. It’s more likely that you would start with a Pine Hall Brick classic red full range paver in a rumbled texture. You’d use 4” X 8”...
Aesthetic paving – brick gives designs a competitive edge
Aesthetic paving for public, institutional and corporate applications is achievable with clay brick pavers. The segmental nature of pavers and their broad range of colors and styles give landscape designers and paving contractors lots a latitude to create affordable,...
How to sell residential hardscape projects
Our annual Paver Days was a success again this past April 2018. We do it each spring and it’s always fun to meet our customers who come to Madison, Winston-Salem, and Fairmount to take advantage of once-a-year pricing on some of our most popular pavers. We enjoy...
Brick and stone meet in an inviting landscaping project
A stately brick colonial home would only benefit from some much needed landscaping on a partially wooded lot. The owners wanted to both expand their usable space and enhance the beauty and value of the property. Brick and stone were obvious choices to match the home's...
Paved perfection—driveway, walkway, patio and entertainment house
Paved perfection: a driveway, walkway, patio and entertainment house are sure bets for increased resale value. Brick homes make it easy to expand and enhance your living experience outdoors with matching brick, blending the old with the new. Blending the old with the...
Permeable pavers solve drainage issues and enhance the beauty of the Flagler College campus
Imagine being a college student, about right now, and imagine that you are slogging through another semester of calculus and you look up, through your dorm window, to see a campus covered in snow. It’s a good bet that you are counting the days until spring break. Now,...
Pine Hall Brick pavers part of downtown revival
If you look hard enough at Center Street in downtown Goldsboro, NC, you can see the past and the future at the same time. The past was the railroad, which is the reason the town is there. The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was completed in the 1840s. The intersection...
Clay pavers are great for walkability and business
Whether you are young or much older, the health benefits of walking where you need to go are well-documented. Turns out there are economic benefits as well, reports Builder magazine. Developers of communities where residents can walk, rather than firing up tons of...
Permeable pavers outperform porous concrete in snowy climate
Burlington, Vermont is a place where you can find dessert, manners and education: It’s the home of Ben and Jerry’s, the Emily Post Institute and three colleges – the University of Vermont, Burlington College and Champlain College. But more than that, it’s the Home...
Permeable pavers improve snow and ice removal on city streets
Want to get rid of both ice and lawyers? You can, with permeable paving. Recent television news reports have told the story well. From Atlanta to Raleigh to Philadelphia, ice was coating roadways and drivers were caught in traffic jams, some abandoning their vehicles...
Project spotlight: Haywood Landscapes Inc. brick project in Clyde, NC wins national Hardscape North America award
An effort to combine a vegetable garden with a space for entertaining has won a Hardscape North America project award in the Clay Brick – Residential category at the 2013 Hardscape North America trade show. “Where Edibles Meet Hardscapes,” an installation at a...
University permeable paver installation goes in during record rainy summer
Last year, Wake Forest embarked on the first phases of a project to install StormPave® pavers on its campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, both in keeping with the university’s red-brick architectural heritage and to find a better way to manage stormwater. This...
Practical and pleasing: Using patterns in your patio and walkway design.
Pavers are a durable and long lasting option when it comes to building a patio or walkway. Unlike wooden decks that need constant upkeep and poured concrete that often develops cracks, pavers are also extremely low maintenance. Don't be fooled by their workhorse...
Permeable paving and the federal law
Recent governmental decisions at both the federal and state level will likely have a favorable impact on the future of segmental permeable paving in municipal and commercial installations, industry observers say. The Surface Transportation Extension Act, which was...
ASLA studies bode well for permeable paver solutions
It turns out that being green is both popular and profitable – whether you are talking about backyards in suburbia or streets and sidewalks in cities, as a pair of recently released studies from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) show. Earlier this...
Permeable clay pavers cost less than asphalt
For the planners of a streetscape in the Village of New Albany, Ohio, the first question was cost. Would it be less expensive to apply new asphalt, conventional curb inlets and underground storm sewer piping or to install permeable pavers? When the estimates came in,...
Permeable paving just in time for shopping deadline
Timing is everything. Across the United States, Black Friday hit as millions of shoppers hit the streets in search of bargains for the upcoming holiday season. In downtown DeKalb, Illinois, shoppers were greeted by a brand-new streetscape, which was finished a little...
Permeable pavers cost-effective for streetscape
For the planners of a streetscape in the Village of New Albany, Ohio, the first question was cost. Would it be less expensive to apply new asphalt, conventional curb inlets and underground storm sewer piping or to install permeable pavers? When the estimates came in,...
Brick gives civic art a colorful palette
It’s the first spring for the Imaginary Garden – the first spring in what will be more than a century of springs. Completed last November, the Imaginary Garden is a horizontal sculpture that’s about 15 feet wide and 800 feet long, a promenade made up of two...
Permeable paver— LEED certified paving at home
Pine Hall Brick clay pavers were used for this project in Dayton, Ohio and we were doubly pleased to discover the home owner is also an Official for the Environmental Protection Agency. The installer used the StormPave pavers, which work like a filter to remove...