I think you are describing pavers that they use around here (Florida) when paving around trees and such. They will do this so water can get to the roots and not run off.
They are interlocking but have holes in them that are filled with dirt and often end up having grass growing in them. If it gets thick enough you can hardly tell the pavers are there. Dan --- On Sun, 1/16/11, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel S Class making a comeback now parking lot paving > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 2:01 PM > There is an interesting tile I've > seen in Germany, used around buildings, > but not so much in areas with high risk of oil, gas, and > other spills. It's > kind of an interlock type brick, but the centre is hollow, > which is > backfilled and leveled with earth, and grass planted in > it. Can't find them > here, but if I could, I'd like a driveway made of > them. If I can find a > pic, I'll post it. > > Ed > 300E > > On 16 January 2011 12:00, Rich Thomas > <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>wrote: > > > They probably also have some sort of system to collect > the rain and such > > (fuel and oils) that permeate into the ground under > the tiles, so that it > > doesn't foul up the water. Near us the idiot > developers are trying to build > > an office/apt development near the Angel Oak http://www.angeloaktree.org/ > > and one of the > requirements placed on the design was to have a permeable > > parking surface of some sort, though no collection > (this way we can be > > assured that instead of running into the marsh and > kill the marsh it will go > > into the groundwater and kill the tree). > > > > --R > > > > On 1/16/2011 11:28 AM, E M wrote: > > > >> Many of the tiles and bricks you'll notice are > designed in a way, to allow > >> of water to run off or through them, reducing the > load on the drain and > >> sewer system. Also, ever notice as soon as > you lay fresh asphalt, a pipe > >> or > >> wire then needs replacing, and an ugly patch soon > follows. With tiles, > >> they're more expensive up front, but if they need > to come up, they can be > >> reused again. My drive was done years ago > now, but depending on the tile > >> and design, Interloc might not be a lot more than > concrete. > >> > >> Ed > >> 300E > >> > >> On 16 January 2011 11:13, Allan Streib<str...@cs.indiana.edu> > wrote: > >> > >> Totally off-topic, but you notice how the > fuel station is paved with > >>> tiles instead of a slab of concrete? > This is very common in Europe, > >>> even being the norm in residential properties, > and I don't really > >>> understand it because it's so much more > expensive and labor intensive to > >>> set paver tiles than pour concrete. (I'd > love to do my driveway in > >>> paver tiles like that but it's just more > expensive than I can justify). > >>> Anyone know why this is so common in > Europe? Is it a some kind of > >>> zoning rule? Just more "pride of > ownership" by the property owners? > >>> > >>> Allan > >>> > >>> Jaime Kopchinski<jaime...@gmail.com> > writes: > >>> > >>> S320/S350 diesel gets much better fuel > economy that the S400. Much > >>>> nicer > >>>> > >>> to > >>> > >>>> drive, too. I've driven both on US > roads. > >>>> > >>>> The 6 cylinder diesel S class is really an > excellent car is every way. > >>>> Powerful, economical, safe, > comfortable, etc. > >>>> > >>>> Last year at this time I was just arriving > in Germany for a business > >>>> > >>> trip. > >>> > >>>> I took an S420cdi for the weekend > with my wife. That car was a > >>>> monster! > >>>> Unfortunately, I didn't get to push > it very hard due to weather > >>>> > >>> conditions. > >>> > >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/4297018907/ > >>>> > >>>> Jaime > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Rich > Thomas< > >>>> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I saw an S400 Hybrid this afternoon > down the road. I have not yet > >>>>> formulated an opinion, but it seems > like overkill. > >>>>> > >>>>> --R > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 1/15/2011 7:30 PM, E M wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hey Guys, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I read that they showed a new S > Class diesel that is due to make a > >>>>>> > >>>>> return > >>> > >>>> to > >>>>>> the US market this year. > S350. Should be interesting. Regular gas > >>>>>> is > >>>>>> > >>>>> up > >>> > >>>> to $114.3 per/litre here today, and diesel > is around $112. For months, > >>>>>> > >>>>> it > >>> > >>>> seems diesel was more expensive than > regular, but I see regular is now > >>>>>> edging back up over diesel, by a > few cents per/L. I really think if > >>>>>> Mercedes got behind offering > diesels in all their models, they would > >>>>>> really > >>>>>> take off. Not everyone wants > an electric car, I know I sure don't!! > >>>>>> > >>>>> You > >>> > >>>> do > >>>>>> see more and more diesel engines > here, in models that Mercedes offer > >>>>>> > >>>>> them > >>> > >>>> in. 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