re: Anyone here install brick pavers in their house?

You want brick floors?

I want to make sure everyone understands your question.

I just put down brick pavers outside but not sure about putting them inside.

I love the way they look a good friend of mine growing up had them. Depending on the finish it can be hard to walk on barefoot, but it doesn't show dirt at all.

Still undecided if I'll put them in my house.

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The reason I ask about pavers is because they're only a 1/4 inch thick from what I've read

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Pavers are as thick as a regular brick. To get something 1/4 inches thick you will be using a brick look tile or veneer.

We did a renovation last year and replaced tile with Old Chicago thin brick in the Kitchen, laundry room, and hallways. It looks amazing, the bricks have great character and we have received plenty of complements. While some compare the ease of installation to tile and claim it is a good DIY project I would not suggest it unless you have a lot of tile/brick experience. Tile is typically one exact shape, size, and color. Bricks (especially reclaimed) are basically a uniform thickness but the colors/shades/markings vary widely from brick to brick. It really takes an experienced eye to lay bricks from multiple packs and blend them together properly. Luckily our guy is a perfectionist and really took a lot of time laying them out and blending them in properly.

A couple of things he mentioned while installing were:

1) Blending: Don't just lay one pack at a time, pull from 3-4 boxes at a time. Make sure to pay attention to both sides of the brick. While tile typically only has 1 side that should face up you can use both sides of the thin brick. The pieces of thin brick that were on the outside of the original brick will have much more character (old grout/colors/markings) than the pieces cut from the middle of the brick. Properly blending everything together is almost an art.

2) Seal the brick two times before adding the grout. This will make it easier to get the grout cleaned off the face of the bricks. Set asside a couple of test bricks that match the predominant colors in the pattern. Apply the sealent to the test bricks before applying to the entire floor. Peoples tastes and every floor in general is different so there is not a set number of coats of sealer that should be applied. Utilize the test bricks to decide how many coats to apply.

Solid post. Do you have pics of your floors you wouldn't mind sharing?

This picture makes them look shinier then they look in person. We also used a grayer grout which really helps to hide dirt.

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Whatafrekinchessiebr

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Bro that's EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Who did you get to do it for you? You in the BR area? Remember costs?

Bootlegger that looks great as well. Like the stones on the fireplace

Time for another coat of sealer, but wife loves her brick floor

I have about 1200 square feet of my house done in brick pavers. I used Magnolia brick out of Prairieville. I want to say somewhere around $7/sq foot installed. We have the Savannah pattern.