When Northbrook, Illinois homeowners want a new outdoor living space that delivers the beauty of natural stone with the engineered performance of a premium manufactured paver — National Brick Paver & Stone is the contractor they call. We have been serving Northbrook and the surrounding North Shore communities since 1983, bringing over four decades of craftsmanship and material expertise to every project we build in this community.
Complete, cohesive outdoor living space — patio, seat wall, fire pit, steps, and gas line
A Recent Northbrook Project:
This Northbrook project is a perfect example of how the right material selection transforms an outdoor space into something that looks completely custom and completely natural — without sacrificing the structural performance and longevity that Illinois winters demand.
For the patio surface, seat wall, and steps, we specified a Unilock natural stone look paver — engineered to replicate the look of natural bluestone with characteristic ridges, texture, and dimensional variation. This delivers the refined, organic aesthetic of real stone with the freeze-thaw performance, color consistency, and structural precision of a premium manufactured paver. For homeowners who want the natural bluestone look without the variability and maintenance demands of real stone, this is the definitive answer.
The seat wall was built using dimensional stone with Ledgestone seat wall tops — creating a permanent, built-in seating element that defines the patio space and integrates naturally with the Rivenstone surface. A built-in fire pit was designed as the focal point of the patio — positioned and proportioned to anchor the outdoor gathering space and make the entire environment feel intentional and complete. A dedicated gas line was run to the fire pit — providing instant, clean flame at the touch of a button with no wood storage, no ash cleanup, and no smoke.
The steps were veneered in the same Unilock natural stone look paver — set in mortar over a poured concrete structural base, maintaining the same material language as the patio surface and creating a seamless, unified design from the home down to the patio level. Matching step veneer and patio surface is one of the details that separates a designed outdoor space from one that looks assembled from whatever was available.
One of the most important installation details on this project — and one that most contractors get wrong — was the polymeric sand installation. Polymeric sand hardens when properly compacted and watered down correctly, locking paver joints permanently and preventing weed growth, insect infiltration, and joint erosion. But correct polymeric sand installation requires the right weather conditions before and after — temperatures above freezing, no rain during application, and adequate drying time after the final water activation. Applied in the wrong conditions, polymeric sand fails to set, washes out, or hazes the paver surface. We manage every aspect of the polymeric sand process — timing, application, compaction, and water activation — to ensure a joint that sets correctly and performs for years.
The result in Northbrook was a complete, cohesive outdoor living space — patio, seat wall, fire pit, steps, and gas line — that looks like natural bluestone, performs like an engineered paver, and is built to the structural standard that North Shore properties deserve.
What We Build in Northbrook:
Unilock and Belgard paver patios and walkways, natural stone and bluestone installations, brick and paver driveways, seat walls and retaining walls, fire pits and outdoor kitchens, pool surrounds and coping, custom steps and entryways, Kichler certified landscape lighting with lifetime warranty on select products, heated driveway and walkway systems, landscape design and installation, grading and drainage solutions, and brick and stone repair and tuck pointing.
We do not cut grass. We design and build outdoor spaces — with brick, stone, and concrete — that last.
Whether you are searching for a hardscape contractor Northbrook IL, Unilock natural stone look paver patio Illinois, seat wall and fire pit contractor North Shore, paver patio installation Northbrook, polymeric sand installation Illinois, or a complete outdoor living space near me — National Brick Paver & Stone has been the North Shore's trusted choice since 1983.
AREAS WE SERVE:
Northbrook, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Glencoe, Deerfield, Winnetka, Wilmette, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Buffalo Grove, Vernon Hills, Libertyville, Evanston, Skokie, Arlington Heights, Long Grove, Lincolnshire, Bannockburn, Lake Bluff, Kenilworth, Northfield, Riverwoods, and all surrounding Chicagoland communities.
Contact us today for a free consultation.
