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Can I use de-icing salt on my interlock? In short, yes.  In long, (is that a thing?) check the product guidelines of your specific interlock paver or paving slab. All products we like to install: Techo Bloc, Permacon, Unilock, (among others) are constructed to withstand the pressure of salt and shoveling.  Techo Bloc and Permacon… Continue reading Can I use de-icing salt on my interlock?

As the rains come, and then the snow, and then the ice, and then the thaw and then more snow, and then random rain, then more snow…. As this all adds up we get concerned about basement flooding, or if your house was poorly designed, flooding in other areas, like lowered sunrooms, ice in your… Continue reading How do I prevent winter flooding?

From time to time Interlock Blocks disintegrate. It isn’t a thing that happens overnight. It isn’t as though you walk up to your set of interlock steps one day and fall through a mess of crumbling concrete. It happens over time. Sometimes it happens over a long period of time. Sometimes it happens over a… Continue reading Why do interlock blocks disintegrate?

An obvious answer is poor workmanship. That is a very simple answer. And it is a true answer. And it is definitely the most common answer. But it is not a complete answer. Because even if you have perfect workmanship, your interlock may fail. Once upon a time, a landscaping crew built a massive project. They… Continue reading What causes interlock sinking?