May 14 2009
VAST Enterprises, LLC, a material science research and manufacturing company, has a solution for landscape contractors who are striving to differentiate themselves and achieve greater efficiency improvements. In today's tough economy, forward-looking contractors could take advantage of a premium (and green) product for hardscapes that enables them to get excellent results with less labor. VAST Enterprises has engineered just such a solution: VAST Composite Pavers.
"We believe that it's not enough for our products to be green," said Andy Vander Woude, chief executive officer, VAST Enterprises, LLC. "Our commitment is to engineer green building products that are superior."
VAST Composite Pavers are one-third the weight of concrete pavers and can be cut with standard wood saws. For skilled installers they are easier and faster to work with. When installers fit the pavers into VAST's ingenious grid system, the pavers are automatically spaced and aligned. That saves time. Moreover, once the grids are laid on a prepared base, contractors can get their crews working from multiple starting points simultaneously. That speeds up the VAST installation process.
What do contractors themselves say about the VAST advantage?
"I have more than 25 years of experience in landscaping and contracting," said Joe Lemmerman, Earthpavers, LLC, St. Bonifacius, Minn. "I've completed a lot of VAST installations. With VAST I reduce the average amount of time it takes to do projects by 40 percent, and my customers love their finished patios, driveways and decks."
"VAST Composite Pavers are a premium product. But we can offer homeowners an installed price that's comparable to other materials because with the VAST grid system we save so much time and labor," said Bill Barton, All Seasons Building Company, Burnsville, Minn. "Our customers can put more of their project budget into a first-rate material. And the style and colors of VAST give us more creative design possibilities."
"VAST Composite Pavers are easy to handle, easy to work with, easy to cut, easy on your hands -- and we get great results," said Paul Ramacher, Greenway Pavers, Minneapolis, Minn. "Once we started working with VAST, we have not gone back to concrete products."
With its patented technology, VAST Enterprises turns post-consumer recycled rubber and plastics into the world's first composite material that consists almost entirely of recycled materials and provides the strength, durability and aesthetics required for hardscape applications. All VAST composite masonry products are made from up to 95 percent recycled car tires and plastic containers. VAST products include VAST Composite Pavers for landscaping, VAST Permeable Composite Pavers for stormwater management and VAST Composite Deck Pavers -- an innovative solution that brings the look of brick pavers up onto decks. VAST backs its products with a 10-year limited warranty with a lifetime warranty against cracking for residential applications.