Anyone ever use 16" pavers for a pole barn floor?

[moparedtn]

If I'm going to pour, I might as well raise the structure and pour under the walls so it can be anchored to the slab.

That's a LOT of work.

Might as well sell the existing structure and build new.

NOW you're talking!

(Boy, we love to spend other peoples' money for them, eh?)

 

[Ironbuilt]

(Boy, we love to spend other peoples' money for them, eh?)

Sure is easier than spending ours.

 

[copper67sat]

I might have missed it in this thread, but what do you plan on using the pole barn for? Assumptions here are parking and/or working on cars. If that's the case, I can tell you that using a floor jack on my paver driveway is a bit of a PITA as the wheels tend to catch on the joints, especially with any load on the jack.

Paver style may make a difference. Our driveway is a mix of approx. 6x6 and 6x9 pavers that are beveled slightly on the edges, which create a lot of small valleys to catch stuff, like jack wheels. Ours were made for driveways so make sure whatever you use will hold up to the load. My experience is that concrete patio "stones" will not and will eventually crack.

The outer perimeter of the driveway. was set with a concrete border to help keep them from sliding around, but after 14 yrs we are seeing separation where we turn around an island in the driveway and they are also sinking in a few areas. If you use pavers, I suggest sealing them. That will help keep the sand down, prevent weeds/grass from growing between them and help with cleaning up any spills, drips, etc.

As far as crawling under vehicles, the surface of our pavers is smoother than the regular concrete driveway we have around back, but not as smooth as the concrete garage floor.

 

[YY1]

I would tend to agree with the above.

Basically I want to bring my Satellite back home from the shop, but I don't want it on the dirt floor.
I can tell that the Coronet that's been in the pole barn is starting to deteriorate.

I still have the shop with smooth floors for heavy work, and might only use a jack on the pavers occasionally.
BTW, I had the Coronet up on all four stands using only the 16x16 pavers for support-one under each stand.
I did make sure they were firmly planted and level.

My rear walkway fro the screen porch has only the slightest depression of one paver from riding and stopping motorcycles and scooters into the screen porch for over 15 years, and that's with nothing under them.

In the pole barn, I plan on at least visqueen.

 

[copper67sat]

The visqueen should help keep the moisture down; otherwise, it can still come up between the pavers.

Sounds like you are planning to do it yourself so I'll also recommend you use a compactor after you put down your base. Our driveway was professionally installed and they compacted the base, put down a layer of paver sand and then laid the pavers. Ours are sinking in 2 places: 1. where we have drains from the gutters passing nearby or underneath that have leaked and 2. in a low-lying parking area at the bottom of the driveway that collects water when it rains. They are separating where they see a lateral load from turning vehicles and in that low-lying area which sees little use.

I used 2 rows of 12x12 patio stones to widen the driveway at our old house so we could get another car in the driveway. I put those in without compacting and we drove on/off them nearly daily and they did not stay level for long.

 

[moparedtn]

Sure is easier than spending ours.