Stone or Concrete?

Stone or Concrete? - Which surface to use for your project

What surface should you use for your project? At Green Garden Paving we are enthusiastic believers in the superiority of a good natural stone over concrete. Stone has been used as a paving surface for millennia, and it has stood the test of time. There are still ancient stone paving surfaces being used today in Egypt, Rome and even in the UK, several thousand years after they were first laid, and they look as good, or even better, now as when they were first installed. Concrete tends to weather quickly with surface pigments soon being lost and the grey aggregate soon showing through.

Stone is a premium surface, but is often cheaper than concrete. Green Garden Paving's sandstone flags cost less and last longer than an equivalent concrete product. Traditional stone flagstones were often more expensive to lay than concrete because of the differing thickness of each slab. This is no longer the case, as Green Garden Paving's slabs are all calibrated to the same thickness so the cost of laying our stone is much the same as laying concrete.

Benefits of Natural Stone Paving

• Stone will last longer
• Concrete fades with age, Stone does not - the older it is the better it looks!
• Each stone will have a unique beauty, while concrete products have a repeating pattern
• Producing concrete is one of the main producers of CO₂ worldwide, between 7-10% of world CO₂ production comes from cement production. There is negligible production of CO₂ in the fabrication of stone slabs
• Stone will add value and desirability to your project
• Green Garden Paving's stone slabs are all calibrated and the patio packs are modular metric so fixing prices are the same as for concrete