Mitigating Negative Gravitational Events
Gravity is a certainty. Unexpected negative gravitational events don’t have to be. Our pedestal paving system simultaneously mitigates wind uplift forces, catastrophic step-through, and adds passive edge containment for pedestal paver installations.
Step-through Mitigation
A primary concern for modern raised paver installations is the threat of injury posed by a catastrophic paver failure.
Our proprietary patent-pending step-through mitigation system effectively eliminates step-through concern at a fraction of the cost of current systems.
Currently, Gravity Dynamics only offers the backing as a service. Please inquire for more info.
Breakage Testing
Gravity Dynamics GD Backing Fabric
Wind Uplift Mitigation
Wind forces can create vortices on decks that actually lift pavers off buildings, potentially throwing them onto streets and buildings below.
When placed on top of the pedestal, our patent-pending GD “hook” topper engages with the GD fabric backing, which acts as the “loop”, thereby locking each paver to the adjoining pavers. This results in greatly increased resistance to wind uplift forces while still maintaining the ability to non-destructively remove pavers for maintenance and access to the substrate.
Gravity Dynamics GD Hook Pedestal Topper
GD Hook Pedestal Toppers are currently back-ordered. Please contact us with inquiries.
Please note: All wind uplift mitigation must be engineered based upon specific building parameters. Please consult appropriate engineering for your project.
Edge Containment
When combined, our fabric acts as a “loop” to the “hook” portion of the pedestal topper. This provides lateral stability to the entire installation by locking each paver to the adjoining pavers, thereby reducing joint spreading, pedestal creep, and edge failure. Our system has successfully locked pedestals as tall as 24” without any additional bracing and no external abutment.
We routinely do all of our breakage testing on a completely unrestrained pedestal system with virtually no lateral movement, or shifting.
