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patio - what you love or hate

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Dani
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patio - what you love or hate

Does anyone have a certain material patio and regret getting it?

Deciding between wood, pavers and concrete and would love feedback.

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Posted 5/26/16 12:53 PM
 
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MrsD121011
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patio - what you love or hate

We have a HUGE concrete ptio in our yard and I hate it. I love wooden decks. I think they look so much nicer.

Posted 5/26/16 12:56 PM
 

Dani
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

I love wood too but I'm scared of splinters. Looking into Azek.

Posted 5/26/16 1:00 PM
 

nraboni
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patio - what you love or hate

We just ripped out our wood deck and went with pavers. The wood is very hard to maintain and we constantly got splinters.

Just be careful with Trex type decks because they can get very hot depending on the color.

Posted 5/26/16 1:55 PM
 

mommy2be716
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patio - what you love or hate

I love pavers personally. I like the look of the concrete driveway with a paver border, and having it lead into a full paver patio in the backyard from the driveway

Posted 5/26/16 2:04 PM
 

mrsboss
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patio - what you love or hate

Pavers . Redid our backyard in pavers at our last house. We sold it and moved and are redoing this yard now and using pavers again. I would avoid travertine anywhere since its slippery

Posted 5/26/16 6:15 PM
 

Dani
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

Thank you all!

Posted 5/27/16 9:53 AM
 

NYCGirl80
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

We have pavers and I love it.

Posted 5/27/16 9:57 AM
 

caps612
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

we put a wood deck up when we first moved into our house cause the old concrete patio was a mess and we thought we would love a deck. It looked so nice for a year, then looked like crap. I really hated it and if we wanted it to look remotely nice it would have taken alot of work.

2 years ago we put in an inground pool and replaced everything with pavers. SOOOOO much better!

Posted 5/27/16 11:34 AM
 

MrsH2009
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

We have Trex, we didn't put it in, previous owners did. I love the look, but it does get very hot.

Posted 5/27/16 6:32 PM
 

Dolphinsbaby
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

I have wood and it is so much maintenance. I hate it. Wish we had pavers!

Posted 5/27/16 9:08 PM
 

Lillies
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

Pavers are fantastic and you can add a nice outdoor carpet to soften it up. We had a wooden deck and my foot got sliced open and was gushing blood everywhere from a chunk that came up. It's a tough maintenance living by the ocean for us.

Posted 5/28/16 3:20 PM
 

ANR1211
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patio - what you love or hate

Put in pavers at our old house- loved them. Our current house has concrete and I hate it. It's broken and not level- we want to rip it up and put a deck because we want something elevated. My parents have trek and whilst it does get hot, it holds up really well.

Posted 5/28/16 8:38 PM
 

CallaLily
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patio - what you love or hate

We have pavers and I love it!

Posted 5/29/16 8:56 AM
 

StarsStripes
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patio - what you love or hate

How much approximately would a pacer patio cost? I realize it depends on size...

Posted 5/30/16 10:24 PM
 

BabySurprise
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

Posted by StarsStripes

How much approximately would a pacer patio cost? I realize it depends on size...



I am wondering this too!

Posted 5/30/16 11:43 PM
 

ave1024
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

Posted by BabySurprise

Posted by StarsStripes

How much approximately would a pacer patio cost? I realize it depends on size...



I am wondering this too!




Between $10-13 a square foot for a basic design (rectangle).

Posted 5/31/16 7:39 AM
 

Diane
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

Posted by NYCGirl80

We have pavers and I love it.




same here

Posted 5/31/16 8:15 AM
 

Laura1976

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Re: patio - what you love or hate

pavers, love them

Posted 5/31/16 9:33 AM
 

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Re: patio - what you love or hate

We have tumbled travertine and we absolutely love it! It doesn't get hot or super cold, it's soft underfoot, not slippery and won't scrape the kiddies up when they take a tumble.

We had bluestone, brick and concrete in the past. I started out looking into/researching sandstone, but I was afraid of how it scratches easily and tends to show dirt quickly. Then I stumbled upon the travertine. We had it shipped up from a dealer in FL. (We also used it in our master bathroom.)

Message edited 5/31/2016 11:50:43 AM.

Posted 5/31/16 11:48 AM
 

newtothis
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

We have techo bloc travertina tile on our patio....absolutely love it!

Message edited 6/5/2016 2:34:08 PM.

Posted 6/5/16 2:25 PM
 

PhyllisNJoe
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

We have a wood deck. The upkeep is annoying. But it's worth it. I like that we are high up (as opposed to pavers) and between trex and wood - we went wood for the heat factor.

Message edited 6/5/2016 4:34:33 PM.

Posted 6/5/16 4:34 PM
 

summertime
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

We have travertine and love it. It is cool to the touch even while baking for hours in the sun. One downside is that it does get a bit slippery around the pool but after a few spills kids finally stopped running!

Posted 6/8/16 9:30 AM
 

BabySurprise
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Re: patio - what you love or hate

Posted by ave1024

Posted by BabySurprise

Posted by StarsStripes

How much approximately would a pacer patio cost? I realize it depends on size...



I am wondering this too!




Between $10-13 a square foot for a basic design (rectangle).



Thank you!

Posted 6/8/16 9:01 PM
 
 

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