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Your pavers are an investment that should last you for a long time. The best way to ensure they do is to seal them as needed. Let us take a look at the biggest reasons to seal your pavers!
Reduce Damages
Damages can occur at any time. However, sealing your pavers is a great way to help your pavers naturally reduce the likelihood of damages. Water, snow and ice can all cause your pavers to deteriorate. As these elements beat down and sit on the surface of your pavers, they eat away at them. This can lead to cracking. The waterproof barrier created by your sealant can keep your pavers safe from weather-related damages.
Reduces Fading and Staining
You choose your pavers for a reason. They appealed to you for one or more reasons. Sealing your pavers can help to preserve their natural color, enhance it, and even repel stains. Paver sealants come in three different types: natural, wet look and high-gloss. If you simply want a sealant that will repel water and keep your pavers safe from stains, a natural sealant is best. If you enjoy the enhanced look of pavers when wet, a wet look sealant is for you. If you want even more of a shine, a high-gloss sealant is your go-to type.
Reduce Organic Growth and Infestation
Sealing your pavers also helps to reduce the growth of organic matter, like mold, mildew, algae and weeds. Sealant should be applied only after your joint sand has been replenished. (Experts recommend you use a polymeric sand to ensure maximum protection.) By sealing your pavers after refilling the joint sand, you add a waterproofing layer to the top. The combination of sealant and polymeric joint sand helps to prevent sunlight and water from reaching any seeds or roots that may have worked their way beneath your pavers. Similarly, it deprives any insects who may want to take up residence of the same life-giving water and oxygen. Plants and insects that tunnel beneath your pavers can spell disaster later. They allow water to breech the surface and disrupt the foundation layer.
Reduce Maintenance
If you hate spending hours cleaning your pavers, sealing them can help save you time. Because stains and organic matters are reduced, you spend less time removing them. In addition to that, sealing your pavers helps to fill in any pores, nooks and crannies naturally created on their surface. This makes dirt and debris easier to sweep up and remove. So save yourself some time and seal those pavers!
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