Will perforated bricks crack if used as outdoor pavers?
Perforated bricks with their holes facing up trap water and freeze, causing them to crack apart within a couple of seasons. Installing them outside risks a massive amount of wasted manual labor only to find out they cannot withstand waterlogging.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using traditional pavers instead of perforated bricks
- 2Trying to seal the bricks and fill them with water in a freezer to test durability
- 3Laying a membrane to stop the bricks from bedding into the sand over time
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Are we safe to utilize these bricks instead of a paver?”source ↗
whitepineowl · r/Landscaping · 7 upvotes
“The holes facing up will trap water and freeze, those bricks will crack apart in couple seasons for sure”source ↗
Warm-Hamster-1430 · r/Landscaping · 2 upvotes
“If it gets water logged and freezing? I don't know but it would he a lot of work to find out if it doesnt.”source ↗
----mark--- · r/Landscaping · 1 upvotes
Where this came up
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