What fixing into block paving?

[Simbu]

I want to install a couple of wheelstops onto our small driveway to avoid damage to our car. I need to fix them into block paving. Has anyone got a recommendation for how to fix them, given my tools are a hammer drill and a socket set? There seem to be a lot of anchoring options. Would shield anchors do the job?

Thanks for any advice!

[JoshSm]

Block paving ultimately is loose bricks rather than the solid surface these are really meant for.

Yes you can drill them if careful and well located, though an expansion bolt might split the brick so maybe something like a bonded fixing or otherwise gentle might be better?

Also you do run the risk of the bricks coming out with the wheelstop or otherwise ending up loose or moving, so be careful how they're fitted.

[Panamax]

It' generally called a railway sleeper and doesn't need to be bolted down. Or rig a tennis ball from an upstairs wall. If you drive into anything fixed to block paving it will just rip up the block paving.

[TA14]

A few spots of resin?

[The Gauge]

How about....

Remove a paver where each of the wheelstop fixing points are, dig down a foot or so under each lifted paver, fill with concrete up to the level of the surrounding pavers, then install your wheelstop by drilling into the concrete.Keep the removed pavers in case you ever want to revert back to how it was.

Alternatively fill with concrete only up to the level of the surrounding sub base, instal your wheelstop as above, then remove it so you can see the drill holes, cut the pavers around the drill holes, then reinstall your wheelstop.

Edited by The Gauge on Wednesday 6th August 21:23

[Simon_GH]

I’d go with a loose sleeper as already suggested unless the driver is particularly robust with their parking.

[OutInTheShed]

I've used plastic wall plugs and stainless screws into block paving with good results.
Don't drill near the edge of the block.
Do have some spare blocks just in case?

[moles]

In work carparks we do as the gauge says above. Remove pavers/bricks and fill with concrete then pavers back and drill into concrete

[OutInTheShed]

It's a small wheel stop, so a reasonably careful driver can feel when he's reached the point to stop.
It's not an anti-ram-raid barrier.

I think it will do its job screwed down into wall plugs, and unless the block paving is really loose, the car will go over the stop without moving the paver blocks.


I have a rubber threshold strip in my garage doorway. It's only about 25mm tall, but you can easily feel it when driving a car into the garage. It takes an effort to drive over it when going suitable slowly, no doubt you'd hardly feel it at 50mph!

[Retired_Mike]

On a different note - are people likely to walk in this area, when the car isn't there? These things look like a potential trip hazard. Is there a danger of being sued by the postman?

[hidetheelephants]

Would a mark on the wall or fence level with the driver's seat not be easier?

[Simbu]

Thanks all for the ideas and comments!

I really like the wood sleeper idea, that is much easier to install, and I can remove it easily later. The driveway does need re-leveling at some point after probably decades of slow turning car wheels! I reckon I can hammer a number of pins wedged between the blocks to rest a sleeper against and avoid it being pushed back slowly.

There isn't any public foot traffic for us to worry about.

[DonkeyApple]

Simbu said:

I want to install a couple of wheelstops onto our small driveway to avoid damage to our car. I need to fix them into block paving. Has anyone got a recommendation for how to fix them, given my tools are a hammer drill and a socket set? There seem to be a lot of anchoring options. Would shield anchors do the job?

Thanks for any advice!

I'd imagine that you'd prefer something a little more aesthetic on the drive than those ideally. Plus, to fix anything you'd need to send the fixing well below just the brick or even with just gentle touching with the tyres you'll break it free and start messing up the paving.

Also, the best solution depends on what the specific purpose is, ie is it just to help with positioning or to deter someone who has a habit of bumping the car into the house etc?

As suggested above, a proper old, oil soaked, hardwood used sleeper might look nicer and have enough weight to do the job.

You could replace bricks with coping bricks to get a blended raised surface, especially if this is in front of a house wall.

If it's just about best positioning to make best use of the space then simple markers may work. Even things like a hanging bird feeder that lines up with an obvious part of the car that the driver can use as a visual reference etc.

[bimsb6]

Panamax said:

. If you drive into anything fixed to block paving it will just rip up the block paving.

But will it ? The weight of the car will be on the blocks holding it down .

[DonkeyApple]

bimsb6 said:

Panamax said:

. If you drive into anything fixed to block paving it will just rip up the block paving.

But will it ? The weight of the car will be on the blocks holding it down .

There will be the repeated lateral force each time the tyres make contact, pushing it forward so eventually the bricks will loosen but much depends on how the drive is set. Chances are for a driveway the bricks aren't bonded down or together and the OP made it sound like it was quite an old bit of paving. Flipping the bricks out seems unlikely but just bonding a stop to the bricks will probably cause damage over time.

[Inbox]

A tennis ball dangling down to touch the windscreen of the car when in position is a simple solution without the hassle of trying to drill into loose things, creating trip hazards, etc.