"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
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We have a concrete patio (it was here already) and wish we had brick,
which would look much nicer.


With a slab patio, you have the option of putting flagstone, fieldstone or
other mortared in stone surfaces right on top. You can also score and stain
it to look more natural stone like.

For a new concrete patio, there is also the option of stamped and stained
patterns. The cost savings is mainly in the lower labor cost for pouring a
slab as opposed to the prep and manual hard labor of setting pavers. Pavers
can be a DIY but a large slab should be done by an experienced crew and
cement truck.

In new england, you might get frost heave or root intrusion which moves the
patio, pavers make it possisble to fix