Rooster Brick

Interlocking Brick Maintenance: What You Need to Know

Interlocking brick driveways are built to last, and can power through years of foot or vehicle traffic, and all sorts of weather conditions.

Our pavers are especially durable—they’re manufactured with PermaFinish technology, which helps them maintain their texture and great looks, and also their superior abrasion resistant wearing surface. And when installed by ICPI certified technicians, such as ourselves, they practically need no maintenance.

But as with all pavements, you may have to show your pavers some love every now and then. Here are some of the minor maintenance issues you may have to take care of:

Oil Stains

Nothing disrupts a beautiful brick driveway quite like an unsightly oil stain, but it’s bound to happen.

The best thing you can do is to treat the stain as soon as possible. The longer you leave it, the deeper it’ll penetrate and the harder it’ll be to remove.

For the best results, use a cleaner specially made for removing oil stains from concrete pavers. Wipe excess oil from the surface, apply the detergent, and let it soak for several minutes. Then, wash it off with hot water. You may need to do this several times before the stain is totally gone.

Now here’s the beauty of an interlocking brick driveway: If the stain is especially stubborn and refuses to budge, you can simply replace the stained pavers with new ones. It’s a seamless fix!

Efflorescence

Efflorescence is that white stuff that sometimes appears on your pavers. It’s a natural by-product of the cement hydration process and isn’t anything to worry about. It’ll wash or wear off with time.

If you don’t want to wait for Mother Nature to take care of it, you can always remove it yourself. Be sure to use a cleaner that is specially made for concrete pavers, so you don’t damage or discolour the surfaces.  Contact us and we can recommend a good product and explain the best way to go about removing the efflorescence.

Weeds

Interlocking brick isn’t an ideal environment for weeds—plants require sunlight, after all. But weeds, being weeds, like to take root in places they don’t belong.

If your driveway or patio is sealed, then there’s minimal opportunity for greenery to grow in the joints. However, if your pavers aren’t sealed, then you may need to remove weeds by hand, or use good stiff brush, a power washer, or a biodegradable herbicide.

Joint Sand

It’s normal for the sand-filled joints to receive a little dirt from traffic on the pavement. It actually helps hold the sand in place.

But if your pavers are exposed to driving winds or runoff, you may lose too much sand. And when excess dirt and debris fills the joints, it promotes weed growth and restricts water flow through the pavers.

Joint sand can easily be replaced, but if you find yourself in this situation more often than you’d like, sealing your pavers will help hold the sand in.

Have questions about maintaining your pavers? We have the answers.  Contact us and we’ll help you out!

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    • Brian and Mandy Conrad – “Impressed With The Professionalism”

      This letter is to let you know how delighted we are with our new patio and front walkway.  These home improvements have enhanced our property and were done in such a timely fashion.

      From your initial visit and then the crew, Matt, Brad and Slade, we were impressed with the professionalism, creativity, friendliness, fast and efficient work ethic.

      We are happy to recommend Rooster Interlocking Brick to anyone who is thinking about upgrading any outside area of their home.

    • Lorna Wood – “Just How I Envisioned”

      Thank you to you and your crew - The patio looks great, just how I envisioned. Looking forward to sitting out there in the warmth, surrounded by our garden.

    • Mollie Kaye – “Brick wonderland”

      Wanted to also thank you for our new brick wonderland... the kids are enjoying it, it's creating a safe play space out of the street, we can finally park cars in the driveway, it looks fantastic, the neighbours all say it's lovely, and it made a great centre of operations for our wedding. It's the gift that keeps on giving. And we had some outrageously hard rain a few w eeks back, must have been a centimetre a minute! I poked my head out the window to see how the driveway was draining and there was my neighbour who had needed all of the reassurance, standing on her porch watching too. Well, it was a sight to behold. The water ran down to the street EXACTLY as you had described it would, and boy, was she impressed! I think I wouldn't have watched so closely had it not been for her concerns, as I didn't worry about it myself, but that was great to see. Thanks again. Every day we have more fun on our property that is made possible by the work you guys did. Hooray!!!

    • S. Pope – “Like being on the TV show Extreme Makeover”

      Coming home from work each day to see the transformation of our backyard was like being on the TV show Extreme Makeover.  Now the paver patio and new landscaping is done we are loving our summer at home. Thank you to the Rooster crew.

    • Jody Large – “It’s like driving up to a new home!”

      "IT'S LIKE DRIVING UP TO A NEW HOME" Rooster is a team that promise the best, and they more than deliver... If you are considering a driveway or patio for your home Rooster will not disappoint you.. I would like to thank Dallas and his crew for their professional and efficient service.

    • Stephanie Long – “Exceptional job”

      Dallas and his crew did an exceptional job and transformed our property into something spectacular.  I have received an overwhelming amount of compliments on my new driveway and landscaping.  I will continue to recommend Rooster Interlocking Brick to all of my friends and neighbors.

    • Geoff Richards – “Beyond our expectations”

      We were so impressed by work done on a neighbours driveway that we engaged "the Roosters" to do the same forus. This included a driveway and patio.
      Their leader, Dallas, promised the work would be completed in a week, which surprised us. It was, in fact, completed in 6 days by a team of conscientious, hard working, friendly workers with an attention to detail and excellence.
      The results were beyond our expectations.
      We are greatly impressed. I can recommend the "Roosters" for their outstanding excellence of work, very reasonable pricing and speed, without reservation.
      Come and have a look at 618 Oliver Street, Oak Bay, Victoria. A hat will be passed round!