Most of us heard about the Travertine Pavers for outdoor applications. But there are many details that may help you to decide or just simply get a solid knowledge. This article is from an insider.

Travertine is a form of calsium carbonate. Usually found nearby hot springs. Travertine includes horizontal veins which shows a different time zone in the history as like woods.

Travertine is from same family with limestones. Major different between two stones, limestones mostly solid and full body materials. In the other hand travertine includes little pitted holes caused of gas bubbles. During the finishing this little holes may filled a cement or resin based filling materials.

Travertine used an landscaping material since ancient times. You can see Travertine as a building stone in many different ancient places mostly in Mediterrenean. Temples, theatres, statues etc.

Most famous building in the histroy is Colliseum for Travertine as a building stone. Travertine is used as massive blocks also a nice landscape material.

Todays thechnology allows the end user to pick many different sizes and finishes. Of course each finish has different characteristic and may not be the best option for your outdoor projects. There are two main finish used in the market for travertine pavers:

1-) Honed & Chiseled
2-) Tumbled

Honed surface is also called a semi polished finish. The edges of the stone is distressed by a machine which uses steel chains to give a randomly chiseled look. Chiseled finish mostly used for driveways, patios etc. Due to surface is so smooth honed finish may be slippery when they wet.

Tumbled Finish is probably the best finish for travertine pavers. Chiseled pavers were the number one for so long in the market. But the usage of the travertine is grows and end user have chance to get more infor before buy. Tumbled finish is the best for: Pool area, patio, driveway. Driveways usually needs stronger material than other areas. Tumbling process is a very challenging prcess for the pavers. If they can survive this process that means they are stron enought to use on driveway.

There are many different names and colors availabl for Travertine Pavers in the market. But mainly we can categorize them as:

1-) Cream Color
2-) Light & Dark Brown
3-) Gold (Yellow)
4-) Grey (Silver)
5-) Red
6-) Multicolored

During the purchase, make sure you have seen a sample of the material you want to buy. If it's possible it is always better to visit the showroom, warehouse to see actual material. There is little hint, tell them you like to see material from the pallets not the nicely installed and sealed showroom displays. Make sure about the quality they are offering. Ask about packaging percentage of broken tiles you may receive and what kind of guarantee they are offering. As Travertine US we are always suggesting our customers to visit us and see some pallets. If it not possible than you can order some free samples. Having samples will help you to see quality and finishing of the material, also you can see actual color better than any photos.