A work-from-home counselor specified Pine Hall Brick StormPave™ Rumbled Full Range pavers for her new driveway, because water-permeable materials mean the city will allow a larger driveway under the regulations, where her clients can park their cars off a busy street.
We were happy to learn that Dunedin, Florida has taken the position that uplifting and maintaining its century-old clay paver streets is a priority. Recently, Jim McMullen, owner of Sun Pavers of Florida in Tampa, installed a stretch of Locklie Street, with Rumbled Autumn HD (Heavy Duty) clay pavers.
We were even happier to learn that the use of Rumbled pavers in Dunedin’s streets has extended to driveways and parking pads in residential neighborhoods.
A recently completed job is at a home redesigned for a counselor’s office and private residence. McMullen worked with Caroline Hill of Caroline Hill Landscape Design LLC, who specified our permeable product, StormPave™, in Rumbled Full Range.
StormPave allows rainwater to flow between the pavers to an aggregate bed below, where it is naturally filtered. StormPave™ installations also comply with Dunedin’s municipal regulations for the amount of solid surface that can be allowed on a residential lot.
I like the permeable. I think every job should be permeable. Florida has had an influx of new residential buildings going on and it’s astronomical. The water has to go somewhere.
McMullen notes that by using StormPave, the homeowner was able to have a much larger driveway than the city would allow if she had gone with conventional poured concrete. Hill said that it was a consideration because the homeowner is a counselor who works from home and who wanted to provide parking spaces for clients off the busy street out front.
“She was insistent on brick, because it is a traditional look, and when she saw this in a tumbled profile, it sealed the deal because it looked like an authentic aged clay brick,” said Hill.
As it was, the installation was a challenge. The residence is next to a school and had huge oak trees that had heaved and broken the concrete driveway. McMullen said that the trees and concrete were removed as part of a comprehensive renovation of the property, both inside and out. When it was complete, the use of StormPave allowed a 1,100 square foot driveway.
“It was tricky on lots of levels,” said Hill. “We were back and forth on permitting, to meet all the regulations. They really did get a lot more driveway than they would have gotten.”
One surprise in the home’s design was the vertical brick walls of the house, which carried a mid-century modern look. Hill had originally specified a green trellis out front, but decided against it because painting the brick had worked out so well.
“This house is something that you would see in California, but it’s not something you would see here,” said McMullen. “It’s kind of a studio. The placement of it and the location of it are kind of odd.”
Even so, McMullen said the addition of the StormPave pavers was exactly what was needed.
“I can put clay in and 20 years from now, I can meet up with you and it will look the same way it did when I put it in. I like the permeable. I think every job should be permeable. Florida has had an influx of new residential buildings going on and it’s astronomical. The water has to go somewhere.”