What is Paving?
Pavement, in construction, is an outdoor floor or superficial surface covering. Paving materials include asphalt, concrete, stones such as flagstone, cobblestone, and setts, artificial stone, bricks, tiles, and sometimes wood
Paving Prices In South Africa
Below is a useful table showing the average price of paving:
| Minimum cost | Maximum cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Paving bricks | R120 per square metre | R200 per square metre |
| Labour | R100 per square metre | R200 per square metre |
| Transport | R1200 in total | R5700 in total |
| Brick compactor | R500 per day | R500 per day |
How much does paving cost?
Paving can cost anywhere from R250 to R1000 per square metre. This includes materials and labour.
A variety of elements will affect the cost of the paving:
- The kind of paving you select
- The size of your task
- Just how much preparation work is needed?
- What if your task is elaborate?
Some paving types are easier to install than others. For instance, 500 x 500mm square paving may be simpler and quicker to lay than smaller-sized, rectangle-shaped paving bricks. The more intricate the pattern you desire the more complicated the paving job will be and as a result more expensive to pave.
The location of the site and its complicity. A plain concrete paving driveway may cost around R350 per square metre on a level area, but the very same paving company may charge R450 per square metre for a sloped uneven area.
Expect to pay in the area of:
- R300 to R600 per square metre for concrete paving.
- Limestone paving may cost R400 to R700 per square metre.
- From R400 to more than R750 per square metre for quartzite paving,
- R400 to R700 for brick paving.
- R450 to $1000 per square metre for granite, travertine, and flagstone paving.
How much does Paving preparation cost?
Expect to pay in the area of:
- R6,500 to R10,000 for preparing a gravel base of 50m2 with easy access to the paving site and little preparation required
- R10000 to R18,800 for a casted concrete base of 50m2 with easy access to the paving site and little preparation required.