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Large Format Umbriano Patio Pavers.
This Toronto home turns unused space into a nice family patio area.
Beautiful Urban Patio.
The circle lives.
Ultrabase saves the day.
Ultrabase comes to the rescue for this driveway, a very good choice for solving settlement issues in Toronto.

Large Format Umbriano Paver Patio

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If you havUnilock Umbriano - Summer Wheat Patioe read one of my previous articles about the decline in popularity of the circle you might be asking yourself the question, the circle, it seems so timeless how can that not be popular. It’s not so much that the circle isn’t being used in hardscape design, as a matter of fact, the circle shows up a lot in projects with round fire pits and curved seat walls. What has fallen out of favor is the size of interlocking concrete paving stones, more specifically, the smaller sized paving stones that are used in making a circle are not currently desirable. The small wedges in a circle bundle and especially the ‘twinkie’ sized stone are not a fan favorite anymore. I’m sorry, but the twinkie, you’re fired.

 

Trends in Hardscaping - The Circle

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It seems, that it wasn’t that long ago that every project we installed had at least one circle or several fans in it. Circles and fans were all the rage and many a driveway, walkway and patio were installed with at least one circle or a combination of several circles and fans. Throughout the greater toronto area there are some very detailed driveways with circle and fan designs. As with all things, what was once popular will eventually fall out of favor and become unpopular. So it is with landscape and more specifically, hardscape design.

The once mighty circle bundle has almost been completely wiped out, like a rare species in the hardscape world.  Almost every manufacturer of interlocking concrete paving stones has stopped producing the circle bundle. Large format pavers have replaced the smaller stones and the trend is to go bigger and bigger. It also depends on your market but there may only be one manufacturer left with a circle bundle in your area or none at all. In the Greater Toronto Area I only know of one manufacturer that still makes a circle bundle.

Interlocking Paving Stone Driveway Saved With Ultrabase

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Umbriano Paving Stones RockingI always enjoy going out and meeting with homeowners and discussing their projects with them. It’s always fun talking about their hopes and dreams for a certain area,  whether it be a new front entrance, driveway or backyard patio. The goals for these projects are usually very personal and it’s a process to come up with ideas or a design to solve specific problems, than to work through the material selections. This project was a little less visionary but just as important to this homeowner, getting their driveway fixed and not having to go through the same process two or three years from now.

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