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Repair Examples:
By reading through these The Brick Paver Dr. project examples it will become apparent that there are an unlimited number of scenarios which can be encountered with brick pavers. There are three key factors that influence the final job robustness 1. how well is the original installation performed? are ICPI standards and guidelines followed? 2. what is the brick design and pattern? and 3. what is the paver environment? weather conditions, poor irrigation or run-off, underground objects, ants, roots etc.
Example A:
This is an example of a very basic repair. It is difficult to see in the before photo but the bricks adjacent to the post are actually raised and at an angle. The post (deck support) is actually at a low elevation compared to the home with a walk out basement. It was obvious by the amount of water that the water table was high at this location. What happened here is the brick paver contractor installed the bricks very tight to the post. In the winter the posts actually moved vertically due to the frost / ice pushing them up. The bricks followed the posts in the vertical direction. When the posts actually came back down, because the bricks were so tight, they stayed at an angle and were not able to get to their original installed position. It was also observed that slag was used as a base instead of aggregate.
 Deck Support Post:
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