Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 34
BRICK
Phon
Laura Clayd
ency Dreamstime.com
After a hurricane ripped through a Columbus, Ga, neighborhood, the brick walls of this home were left standing.
The figure represents more than 50 percent of the combined payouts for all catastrophic events in the preceding 30 years. The 2005 hurricane season, in particular, prompted more commercial and residential homeowners to reevaluate the materials they use for construction.
Wind and water are often the leading cause for damage during catastrophic natural events. According to Risk Management Solutions, a leader in quantification and management of catastrophe risk, wind-related damage alone.
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Pavers go beyond sustainability to water conservation and purification.
It's widely known that brick pavers are sustainable building products. Pine Hall Brick has two new paver products that reach beyond sustainability to a tool for conserving and purifying water. The new pavers, RainPave and StormPave, are brick pavers for use in a permeable paving installation system in driveways, parking lots and sidewalks. The pavers allow water to dissipate into watersheds, instead of running down storm drains into streams and rivers, picking up pollutants along the way.
RainPave, for residential use, and StormPave, for commercial applications, look similar to pavers Pine Hall Brick has offered for decades. Where they differ is in the spacing between the pavers and a specially constructed paving system underneath the surface, which enables water to filter through instead of flowing over the pavers. Instead of a gravel and sand base, and sand swept into the joints, a #2 stone is used as a sub-base. Then, a base of.
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