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Porcelain paving has risen to become one of the most favourite paving materials in recent times.
With a love of the 'contemporary style' many have gravitated to the clean and sleek look of porcelain. However, porcelain paving does lend itself to visual separation and bold contrasts. Although clean and modern, large areas of porcelain paving can look plain and lifeless. Consequently, porcelain can benefit greatly from well conceived edging and border design. The best edgings for porcelain will frame and enhance its visual qualities while facilitating functional necessities. From creating bold borders of contrast to retaining borders, we have compiled 8 of the best edging materials for edging porcelain below. 7 of the Best edgings for porcelain Paving1. Contemporary block pavingBlock paving may not be the first idea when considering edgings for porcelain paving. Thought of as a 'standard paving product', more common block paving certainly would not be a good choice. With so many block paving products on the market however there are some options that can compliment porcelain paving. Blocks such as Marshalls Savannah charcoal linear and Marshalls Drivesett Argent are good examples of these. These block pavers can be laid to create impressive patterns, borders and edgings to porcelain paving. 
2. Kerb edgings
Kerb edgings come in a wide variety of products shapes and styles many of which are extremely versatile. Most edging kerbstones on the market are designed to integrate into driveway projects. Made of precast concrete many kerbs range from brindle to light greys and charcoal tones. Particularly charcoal kerbs can make excellent edgings for porcelain including retaining features such as steps and borders. A good example would be Bretts Drivestyle Kerb edging blocks but there are many similar ranges on the market. 
3. Granite sets
Granite setts have always been a timeless commodity in hardscaping of all types and styles. These cubes of granite are extremely durable and hardwearing, perfect outdoor conditions. Such attributes have meant granite setts have been utilised for surfacing for hundreds of years. It is ironic they visually work very well within modern garden and patio design. With their rustic surface they can create the perfect contrasting border to light coloured porcelain. Their bulk means they are also suitable for edging raised borders and level changes. 
4. Black slate
Slate as a natural stone has many similar qualities of porcelain paving which is manmade. Like slate, porcelain has a smooth and clean finish which works well with contemporary patios. Very often porcelain is manufactured to look natural with natural riven patterns within the surface. As slate regularly contains such patterns these two paving products generally work well together. This is particularly the case where black slate is used as border edgings to lighter coloured porcelain products. Black slate can be cut into sett or block shapes to create the perfect edging for porcelain paths and patios. 
5. Blue engineering bricksBlue engineering bricks are very well known being typical construction materials. These dark blue, purple bricks are almost black in colour making them perfect for creating contrasts against lighter materials. Fired at very high temperatures the silica within the brick becomes glazed like a tile. Such qualities mean they are extremely impervious and resistant to weather penetration. This makes them suitable for creating bold and contemporary modern looking edging borders to porcelain paving. Being a dense brick they can also be used to form retaining edgings to walls borders and steps. 
6. Rendered block
When it comes to raised edgings for porcelain, rendered, concrete, block has always been a versatile option. Firstly concrete blocks can be laid to almost any shape or configuration a design dictates. Concrete blocks are also extremely dense and hard wearing making them perfect for outdoor construction. When rendered well, concrete blocks take on a clean and contemporary look with a finely coarse texture. Render can then be painted to any colour desired! A typical choice is rendered block painted white or grey to compliment either dark grey or lighter tones of porcelain. Rendered block is a very effective raised edging to borders, steps and walls around porcelain paving. 
7. Stack claddingStack cladding is a relatively new product which is loved for its coarse visual texture and contemporary feel. Although technically not an edging product they can be installed as edging if they are fixed to a parent material. They are designed to be clad onto masonry, brick with concrete block being the most obvious host. This means stack cladding can make an effective and modern looking edging to porcelain paving. This cladding can be fixed to all vertical surfaces within a gardens design including beds, borders and walls. Stack cladding provides the perfect contrast both in colour and texture to the smooth and clean lines of porcelain. 
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