Hello everyone,
we are currently planning our outdoor area and are deciding on the paving stones. Our house is white/gray with anthracite-colored windows, and we quite like concrete paving stones in different shades of gray (from anthracite to light gray). However, we are concerned that the color might fade over time and the stones will end up looking all the same. RINN, Rinn Concrete and Natural Stone, offers a paving stone with a Rinnit natural stone surface, which prevents this from happening. However, it is priced in a completely different league.
The alternative to concrete paving would be brick paving, which is not available in these various shades. At new builds in our area, you rarely see brick paving, so we find it hard to imagine if it would suit our house or modern new constructions. Are there any homeowners here who have used brick paving with a similar house color?
we are currently planning our outdoor area and are deciding on the paving stones. Our house is white/gray with anthracite-colored windows, and we quite like concrete paving stones in different shades of gray (from anthracite to light gray). However, we are concerned that the color might fade over time and the stones will end up looking all the same. RINN, Rinn Concrete and Natural Stone, offers a paving stone with a Rinnit natural stone surface, which prevents this from happening. However, it is priced in a completely different league.
The alternative to concrete paving would be brick paving, which is not available in these various shades. At new builds in our area, you rarely see brick paving, so we find it hard to imagine if it would suit our house or modern new constructions. Are there any homeowners here who have used brick paving with a similar house color?
Müllerin schrieb:
check the product catalog from Wienerberger...We designed the driveway in a two-tone herringbone pattern: Wienerberger Langeoog / Juist, laid vertically. The colors are anthracite and red-blue. It matches well with the anthracite roof and our red ring oven clinker bricks, without the reds clashing. It also has a nice texture and is easy to maintain.
You can also mix it in other color shades.
Otus11 schrieb:
We mixed the driveway in a herringbone pattern using two colors:
Wienerberger Langeoog / Juist, laid vertically.
In anthracite / red-blue tones. It matches well with the anthracite roof and our red ring oven clinker bricks, without the reds clashing. It’s also nice to walk on and easy to maintain.
You can also mix it in other color shades. A driveway always looks great next to a clinker brick facade, no doubt about it. But (at least here) it’s almost never seen next to normally plastered new buildings. Everywhere there’s concrete. It looks good initially, but less so after 10 or 20 years.
Thanks for the responses so far! They’ve already helped us quite a bit and given us new ideas, but maybe there are some other builders here who would like to share pictures of their driveways.
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hampshire1 May 2019 19:21I really like what the Belgians and Dutch call "backstein" (brick).
In general, I prefer solutions that minimize soil sealing as much as possible.
For us, it will come down to concrete driving strips. The country road look suits the terrain and location. It’s not very “fancy.”
In general, I prefer solutions that minimize soil sealing as much as possible.
For us, it will come down to concrete driving strips. The country road look suits the terrain and location. It’s not very “fancy.”
Deeekay schrieb:
A clinker brick facade always looks great with paving, no question. But you hardly ever see it (at least around here) with normally rendered new buildings. Here, concrete is used everywhere. It looks good at first, but not after 10 or 20 years.
Thanks for the answers so far! They have already helped us a bit and given us new ideas, but maybe there is some other homeowner here who would like to show me their driveway. Our clinker brick for the white house with an anthracite-colored roof, AKA clinker 'Jena'.
It was only laid today, so it will still be compacted and adjusted.
We had many samples sent to us and had to realize that the gray clinker looked very much like gray concrete pavers... and it was also the most expensive.
So we went with the brown/gray option instead.
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