Paving stone blocks

The longevity and durability of paving stone blocks allows it to remain prestigious and independent of time and fashion. Stone block pavement allows to create a road surface with high aesthetic and performance characteristics for a short term. It is used in paving areas around houses, buildings, offices, making the territory sophisticated and elegant. Excellent performance and simple production technology offer paving stone blocks an advantage when choosing a coating for decorating walkways and yards in a country house and a cottage. No wonder that the production of block pavement in the Russian construction market is rapid.

History of paving stone blocks

The production of paving blocks hasn’t always been profitable. In the era of using only natural stone for paving, only rich cities could afford neat sidewalks, and even then not always. It is known that Odessa at the time of its formation (over 200 years ago) has ordered natural paving blocks of bright yellow, golden color in Italy. The stones were very beautiful and strong, enduring horse hooves and the weight of carriages, but turned out to be very expensive in the production, processing and transportation. A small section of the street had been paved on appro (now it is a 10-meter stretch of road in front of the Archaeological Museum). And then they thought that it'd be cheaper to pave the streets with pure gold. Golden paved road remained in the Southern Palmira as a symbol of inaccessibility of Italian paving stones and good intentions of the city authorities. That all changed with the advent of modern concrete mixtures and brick making equipment. Now paving blocks made of artificial stone are quite a usual phenomenon that has become a standard that is affordable for not only municipal authorities but also for private individuals.

Features of paving blocks

Distinctive features of the paving blocks are excellent physical and chemical properties — minimum water absorption, high strength and frost resistance, thereby the block pavement solves the problem of paving for years. The stone-block pavement prevents the formation of puddles due to the presence of microscopic cracks through which water enters the ground. If necessary, the pavement is easy to disassemble and re-use later. Another advantage of the block pavement is the environmental friendliness and resistance to high temperatures, due to which it resists the heat perfectly, does not emit harmful compounds that could adversely affect the health. To date, granite paving blocks of different colors and shapes are produced, allowing changing the appearance of the road surface at one’s own discretion. Due to the fact that the production of paving blocks is made in various ways using multiple forms for the manufacture of paving blocks, the end result takes different configurations: sawn, chipped stone blocks, as well as combination of pavement varieties.

In the manufacture of pavement, the equipment is used, which allows to produce the construction materials of a wide range by vibration compaction method, including slag blocks, wall stones, facing materials and many other elements of improvement. The acquisition of machine for production of paving blocks allows everyone to organize a plant for production of paving blocks and sale from scratch.

Today, many manufacturers of building and finishing materials have appreciated the advantages of using Rifey lines for production of paving blocks, they allow to get high quality material in big volumes within a short time.

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