Extra Strong 5cm Porcelain Pavers

Archatrak T50 5cm porcelain pavers offer a stylish alternative to concrete paving for driveways, parking areas, plazas and other broad landscape areas subject to vehicular traffic.

With the same outstanding stain resistance, wear resistance, fade resistance and frost resistance that defines the thinner 2cm and 3cm porcelain pavers, but with a breaking strength of over 4 times that of typical 2cm porcelain pavers, and just 2 ½ times as thick, our extra heavy-duty, 2-inch thick T50 porcelain pavers offer the opportunity to create more attractive outdoor paved areas than concrete pavers in demanding commercial environments, including paving for driveways and parking areas.

Ballasted roof decks

Archatrak T50 5cm porcelain low-maintenance outdoor pavers are the only porcelain pavers that are heavy enough to meet the requirements of ANSI/SPRI RP-4 2013, Wind Design Standard for Ballasted Single-ply Roofing Systems This code specifies that pavers installed in corner zones and perimeter zones over a fully adhered membrane must exceed 22 lb/sq.ft. (Section 4.1.3). The 90lb weight for an Archatrak 24” x 24” 5cm thick porcelain paver is comparable with concrete pavers, but the color options available with our T50 porcelain pavers give the opportunity to create rooftop environments which are much more aesthetically pleasing than with concrete pavers. Plus Archatrak T50 porcelain pavers are fade and stain resistant.

Vehicular Traffic Pavers

Archatrak’s rustic range of 5cm porcelain pavers is available in six colors and three sizes (4″ x 4″, 4″ x 8″, 8″ x 8″) with inbuilt spacer nibs on all four sides, offering a much easier to install alternative to traditional cobblestones or Belgium Blocks. Their precise dimension vastly simplifies laying on a well compacted sand/gravel base. They can be quickly placed in position with no add-in spacers needed, no need to sort through a stockpile to find the right dimension cobblestone and no need to make adjustments to heights of each cobblestone to ensure a level surface.

Cobblestone parking lot pavers

Archatrak heavy-duty T50 porcelain pavers are ideal for use in commercial parking lots and pavers for driveways. In driveway applications, the smaller 4″ x 4″, 4″ x 8″ or 8″ x 8″ formats offer easy DIY installation as the pavers can be simply laid over a well compacted sand/gravel base, with the inbuilt lugs on all four sides ensuring a virtually foolproof installation, with all pavers precisely level and consistently spaced.
For parking lot pavers and other similar vehicular traffic paver applications however, our larger 24” x 24”, 16” x 24” or 8” x 16” T50 porcelain pavers will generally be preferred.

5cm porcelain pavers vs other outdoor paving options

One of the primary aspects is aesthetic consideration. In this respect Archatrak 5cm thick porcelain pavers most closely compete with natural stone, but porcelain has the advantage of almost zero porosity and excellent stain resistance. Looking at porcelain vs concrete pavers, porcelain pavers are clearly superior in stain resistance, fade resistance, aesthetics, frost resistance and maintenance requirements.