InstaBidsFor homeowners
Types of pavers: which one fits your home?
It depends on the pavement: Concrete block pavers suit driveways, patios, and sidewalks (CT DEEP, 2009). The right choice depends on whether your climate has adequate summer moisture and whether the pavers go on a driveway, patio or sidewalk.
| Type | Best for | Main advantages | Main drawbacks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete block pavers | driveways, patios, and sidewalks (CT DEEP, 2009) | EPA (2012 draft), paving blocks category, estimated service life: "> 20" years | no official source names one |
| Grass pavers | no official source names one | EPA (2012 draft), grass/gravel pavers category, estimated service life: "> 10" years | EPA (2012 draft), vegetated permeable pavements: "they may be best suited to climates" "with adequate summer moisture." |
| Porous asphalt | no official source names one | no official source names one | no official source names one |
| Pervious concrete | no official source names one | no official source names one | no official source names one |
InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pick.
Post your job on InstaBids, and contractors can bid in writing on one written scope.
- Describe it onceBy chat, or through your own AI assistant, and add photos.
- Post it and send itContractors bid in writing on that scope.
- Compare line by lineEvery quote is written against the same scope.
- You chooseContact details stay hidden until you pick and they confirm.
For your AI assistant
MCP connector · REST API · plain HTMLHand any of these to your assistant and it can help you write this job's request; you send the request yourself. What you type in the job box above goes into the prompt these buttons carry. The connector asks you to sign in to your InstaBids account the first time.
- MCP connector URL
https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp - Agent API (OpenAPI)
https://instabids.ai/openapi.json - Start-request link
https://instabids.ai/intake?from=options-pavers&utm_source=us&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=options&page_type=options#job=pavers%20installation - Prompt for any AI, with your job
- ChatGPTOpens with the prompt
- ClaudeOpens with the prompt
- GrokOpens with the prompt
- GeminiCopies the prompt, then opens
Every page is plain HTML. Steps for every assistant: add to your assistant.
Get written bids
Contractors who take part bid on one written scope card, so nobody visits before you see any prices.
Post your job on InstaBids: describe it once, and contractors who take part bid in writing on that one scope.
Sources for the facts on this page
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cool Pavements chapter (2012 draft), government, read 23 October 2026.
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, A Resident's Guide to Pervious Pavement in Connecticut (2009), government, read 23 October 2026.