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Has anybody used these? They are tiles made from old tires.They are held together by connector clips on the underside of the tiles. This spring I am going to build a patio area in my back yard. I was looking at the regular paving stones and stumbled across these at Home Depot. My concerns are how well they will stay snapped together. http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999/202515...ews/reviews.htm
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Saw a similar product at The Home and Garden last month,...brick pavers made of same thing. Looks good to go. Definitely green.
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Did you get a chance to walk on them? If so, did they seem pretty well locked together?
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The cost isn't worth it. $7 for an 18x18 piece, and not even including the clips and stuff?
Just do bricks. If you're wanting to be "green", what could be more green than building with dirt?
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It's not that I am trying to be "green" It's the ease of just laying these things on a level surface that intrigues me.
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Good point, but "green" as in, they're recycling old tires instead of them clogging up landfills,...  Brick patios -- unshaded -- get hotter than hell. The wife hates 'em. You're right though, bricks are a 'class' of green. I guess I shouldn't be tree hugging anyway, since I'm a neocon. 
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It seems like they should block out weeds, and hold up pretty much forever. Of course, like anything else, wherever there are joints, there will be weeds .... so lay down a good landscape cloth first. (after you remove the grass, and level it all with sand)
I am seriously considering putting in drainage and a huge concrete slab in my back yard ... just leaving the area from the bacl of the garage to the back of my property as yard. My back yard turns into a mudpit every spring .... so I have to do something.
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Brick patios -- unshaded -- get hotter than hell. The wife hates 'em.
It makes me wonder just how hot a patio made of vulcanized rubber would be.
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Bricks do get hot. Made our patio out of pavers rather than building brick, and wanted something nicer than concrete. Very pleased with the patio. Like the idea of these tiles you have described, but I haven't seen them. May go look today. Just a thought: I like the ease of getting them down if you are OK with the cost, but I would want to know how they do with frost heave and how you correct it if a few in the middle go sour. But I try to use some of these "landfill alternative" products when I landscape. Good luck! Any chance on a progress report? Sounds interesting.
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I can't see these being used like regular pavers without a hard surface underneath. Seems they'd be thin and any irregularities in the subsurface would be felt when walking on them. I think they are more meant to cover a ugly concrete slab.
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Nah, they're used just like pavers or bricks. You just have to prepare the surface first.
I still think I'm going to pour a slab, add drainage, and use concrete paint for a design. Maybe I'll create a center open area that can be planted, and line it with brick or something. I'll definitely go around the 2 trees, and leave an open area that can be mulched.
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It's not that I am trying to be "green" It's the ease of just laying these things on a level surface that intrigues me.
You always get a better result when you take the time to do the groundwork. Whether it is with these or real brick, you won't be just picking a spot in the yard and plunking them down... so the amount of work saved is somewhat negligible. Do a little more labor and spend a little less money and go with brick.
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The ones I have seen are about 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick. I'm sure that they make all different sizes and thicknesses though.
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The ones I have seen are about 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick. I'm sure that they make all different sizes and thicknesses though.
Then that makes more sense. The use of the word tile to me insinuated a 1/4" or so thick tile, and I didn't see thickness listed in the home depot link.
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It's not that I am trying to be "green" It's the ease of just laying these things on a level surface that intrigues me.
You always get a better result when you take the time to do the groundwork. Whether it is with these or real brick, you won't be just picking a spot in the yard and plunking them down... so the amount of work saved is somewhat negligible. Do a little more labor and spend a little less money and go with brick.
Thanks for everyone's responses.
Yea, I know using the actual concrete pavers would get a better result, and that has been my original intention. I stumbled across these when I was checking out the pavers. We have our first baby due in a month. So between getting the nursery together, building dressers and a crib, fixing cracks in my plaster walls, painting, and various other things, this project is a little down on my list. So you can see why taking the easy route crossed my mind.
In the end though, I think I am just going enlist my retired dad to help me put the concrete pavers down. He just doesn't know it yet.  It will just have to wait a month or so.
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Made our patio out of pavers rather than building brick, and wanted something nicer than concrete.
Did you use the gravel underneath? I have read some tutorials that use the gravel, and some that don't.
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I used sand in the small areas I did in my back yard.
I clear the area, leveled it as best I could, put down sand, then used the sand as a leveling agent as I put the pieces into place. It's still level 4 years later, so I must have done it somewhat correctly.
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