Pavers thickness for parking ?

How thick should pavers be for parking cars on? I have found a number of people selling used pavers at a reasonable price. This would be much cheaper than building a parking pad in concrete.

Thanks, Paul B

It's not so much the thickness of the pavers that's important. It's the depth of the substrate you're laying them on. Cheap/free pavers still require pretty much the same base prep that concrete does.

Then, you've got to break your back laying them. And maintaining weed control between the cracks. If you're in the frost zone, you might get some heaving, making shoveling a bitch.

In the end, for parking, go with concrete. If you were laying a patio, yes, by all means, bricks are much nicer looking than concrete.

This is the plan for my driveway re-do.

Actually you also need to know the paves PSI rating. Look at the Hanover Paver Web site. They are who I spec for concrete pavers.

2" thick in the case of my driveway. Truth is I regret laying pavers instead of doing concrete.

Especially now that we cant buy herbicides in Canada, the freaking weeds are out of control.

Figure after 15 years you need to consider re-laying the pavers since they do move around.

And don't tell me about vinegar and soap, that is a once a week task cause it only kills the foliage up top; I swear it fertilizes the roots

pinchvalve wrote: This is the plan for my driveway re-do.

When I looked into those they were more expensive than a 6" concrete pad for the same area.

oldopelguy wrote: When I looked into those they were more expensive than a 6" concrete pad for the same area.

Yeah, but then you don't get to tell people that it's time to mow the driveway.

I didn't take into consideration the weed control issue and since I am on well water this would be a issue.

Thanks for the input.

Paul