Most Canadian winters often leave a lot of damage. They usually dump dozens of millimeters of ice, snow, and rain on properties resulting in draining issues, damaged pavers, damaged concrete, damaged plant beds, and damaged gardens.
In this post, you will find out how winter can affect your stonework (interlock Ottawa) and present safety issues such as stability issues and fall hazards. You will also find out what you can do about the issues to fix them.
How can winter affect your interlock Ottawa?
Before winter, many Canadians usually prepare by: applying fertilizer to ensure grass survives and continues growing during winter; cutting grass as frequently as they can before winter; cleaning gutters to make them handle the excess water; and protecting interlock stones. However, despite doing all the above, Canadian winters usually still cause a lot of damage.
Interlock Ottawa stones need a lot of care during winter to protect them and ensure they do not get damaged badly. Many people often clean them and top them up using sand, but they usually still suffer damage in winter in the following ways.
1. Corrosion
Many Canadians usually use rock salt and ice melt to clear ice and snow from their driveways or walkways. While this can remove the ice/ snow, it can affect interlock stone by weakening them, staining them, or loosening them. The corrosion usually happens when people use more salt than they need to clear ice/ snow.
2. Instability
Winter can make interlock Ottawa stones unstable. This often happens when interlocking stones are installed by inexperienced individuals or contractors.
Inexperienced individuals or contractors can often do not really flatten the aggregate base on which they place interlocking stones. This means water can be trapped beneath the interlock stones and when this water freezes it can displace some stones affecting the appearance of your driveway or walkway.
To avoid stone instability you should contact AZ Landscaping for proper installation of interlock stones. Interlock stone driveways or walkways installed by this company can withstand elements from the harshest winters.
3. Moss
After winter, interlock stones that were bright, clear, clean, and unstained usually have green “grass” growing between them. This grass is moss and it often happens especially if the interlocking stones are under a shaded area or under bushes.
By pruning overgrown shrubs, removing low-hanging branches, and clearing areas around your driveway or walkway, you minimize the chances of moss forming in between your stones.
Call AZ Landscaping today to prepare your yard and property for winter.
4. Wobbly stones
Wobbly stones can be caused by winter because of the fact that winter causes freeze and then a bit of warmth causes thawing. Repeated freezing and thawing during winter can cause the water between interlock Ottawa stones to dislodge stone and make them wobbly.
Summary
The bad news is that winter can damage interlocking pavers in different ways. And the good news is that AZ Landscaping is one of the leading interlock Ottawa restoration companies in the capital region. Therefore, if you have any interlocking stone problems, you should call the company and they will send a crew to fix the issue for you. The company also has the tools and expertise to successfully handle any landscaping issue. Call today to give your yard the helping hand it needs.
