Gappsi Home Improvement Showroom | Smithtown NY

gappsi-showroom-and-products1Long Island’s premier home improvement company building your outdoor living and entertainment spaces. We have remodeled our main showroom over the past year to improve your experience!  The entire remodel was divided into 3 phases, the front, the rear, and indoor.  If you are considering a home remodel in your Long Island home, you need a place to go to gather ideas. You need to know what options are available, what products to consider, and what trends and designs are in style and worth considering. One of the best ways to gather this information is through a Gappsi showroom visit.

Gappsi Front Showroom Porcelain Pavers

In the front area of the showroom, we have displayed all new porcelain pavers. Gappsi is a direct importer of porcelain pavers, porcelain coping, and natural stone coping from Italy. Our display of porcelain pavers for driveways comes in random sizes and also individual sizes in various colors.  Porcelain pavers are increasingly becoming the preferred choice for patios, walkways, and outdoor spaces due to their aesthetic appeal and robust performance. Unlike traditional concrete or cement pavers, porcelain offers enhanced durability, minimal maintenance, and an array of design options.  Outdoor porcelain pavers are frost-resistant, skid-resistant, durable, and easy to clean.

On display are over 100 different colors of porcelain pavers in various styles including wood look, hexagon shape, and wavy side edges to resemble natural stones.  In addition,  the showroom displays 48 x 48 large-size porcelain pavers as well as 4ft x 8ft individual-size tiles for viewing.

Paver Patios & Driveways Cleaning & Sealing

Professionally clean, seal and restore your stones, tiles, and grout today with Gappsi.  Our system is a chemical-free cleaning process, we use state-of-the-art high water volume machinery that can produce 200 Fahrenheit hot water to steam clean your floor removing all dirt, organics, and impurities before we apply the sealer. We use different sealers for natural stones or concrete products, based on their porosity and age, from color enhancers to natural penetrating and surface coating. We use the best sealer products on the market.  We have displayed all the different colors of stains that we use to restore old concrete or old patios to bring them back to life.  To learn more click this link and visit our cleaning and sealing page for details.

gravelfix for drivewaysGravelfix for Driveways and Walkways

We import and install the finest gravels, and aggregates for driveways including the Gravelfix System. Gravelfix is the recommended solution for stabilizing granulates and decorative pebbles and obtaining the best results for economical, stable, solid, and long-lasting flooring. Gravelfix is to solve the typical problems of gravel movements due to vehicular passage in car parks or transit areas.  Build your gravel driveway today with Gappsi.  View all the pebble and gravel options on display in our showroom.

gappsi-showroom-and-productsArtificial Living Walls & Vertical Gardens for Indoor or Outdoor Environments

On the entrance side of the showroom, we installed green synthetic living walls and displayed our synthetic turf options. Artificial plant walls are the perfect addition to any design, regardless of project size or location.  Artificial plant walls transcend the need for light and water and are the ideal solution for greening spaces where plants cannot grow. Whether you’re planning to green up an empty wall in your backyard or you’re designing a large-scale commercial project, our hyper-realistic green wall panel system will enrich your design. Gappsi encourages your imagination to create remarkable living and working spaces with our vibrant faux plant walls.

Synthetic Turf and Artificial Greens

Our synthetic turf is perfect for sports game courts, including pickleball, soccer fields, tennis courts, putting greens, and pet grass.  Our pet grass selection is specifically designed for animals.  Your pets are part of the family but they’re also animals with destructive instincts. When you let your dogs play and go to the bathroom on real, carefully manicured grass, it doesn’t take long for them to fill your yard with holes, odors, clumps of grass, piles of dirt, and other telltale signs that animals own the place. Artificial pet turf is a low-maintenance alternative to natural grass. You and your pets will love it because it’s pet-friendly fake turf that your pets won’t be able to distinguish from real grass. The best part? It’s easy to clean.

gappsi-showroom-and-products3Sports Game Courts with Synthetic Turf

A turf court in your backyard or your school campus provides an enjoyable and safe surface for a wide range of sports.  From tennis to bocce ball, turf courts are becoming increasingly popular due to their low maintenance and high performance. When compared to natural grass surfaces, artificial turf is considerably safer and more reliable.

If you operate a sports complex or if you have kids who constantly want to practice sports at home, you know the challenges with maintenance for natural grass. Wearing out grass through frequent athletic practice can ruin your yard at home. For sports facilities that rely on full fields for weekend tournaments, having worn spots from weekday practices can disappoint the players and parents on the weekend.

That’s where artificial sports turf from Gappsi enters the picture. Our fields are durable, great value, and perfectly designed.  The artificial turf comes in various colors to offer the look and feel you want to achieve.  Never worry about overuse leading to bare spots and dead grass. Never cancel tournaments because of heavy overnight rains again. Whether you need an indoor or outdoor athletic field or turf, the quality of our synthetic turf options can make each team feel like it is playing professional sports. Let the constant practices and games commence!

Sports Game Courts

In front of the showroom, we displayed a miniature bocce ballcourt. Our bocce sports game courts are built with synthetic wood that will not warp.  Using synthetic wood sides, there are no exposed nails and no maintenance. In addition, the synthetic turf used is made specifically for bocce ball courts.

Come down to view our Dominator basketball sports game court with a double horn lights setup.  On display are the Metaflex tiles used for outdoor or indoor sports game court flooring.  Mateflex is a modular sports game court flooring company that makes tiles designed for durability and performance. Mateflex tiles are intended to combine the comfort of a soft court with the durability of a hard court.  Gappsi is an authorized dealer of Mateflex Sports Tiles.  They are the premier manufacturer of basketball court flooring, volleyball court surfaces, tennis court resurfacing options, and other courts for sports.

On one side we displayed adjustable netting used for multiple sports. The netting can be adjusted for pickleball, badminton, tennis, or volleyball.  We even have batting cages!  Check out our cages that use specific netting and fake grass.  

gappsi-showroom-and-products2Gappsi Playgrounds and Trampolines with Synthetic Turf

The front showroom displays the Boulder playground with a swing set by Patiovia. As an official dealer for Patiova, we are proud to showcase their products.

Crafting beautiful outdoor furniture, playsets, and arbors that you’ll love, and will last you a lifetime. All the playsets are built in Lancaster County, PA using elegant designs, superior materials, and time-tested construction methods.  Patiovia builds its products to endure the outdoor elements and look beautiful for years to come.

Next to our playground, we installed the latest and popular trend in inground trampolines.  America’s safest, highest quality, best-built, in-ground trampoline for fitness, and fun. High-quality engineered trampolines designed with safer jumping in mind.   Our trampolines come in a variety of sizes and shapes.

Garden-ornaments-showroom-on-Long-islandHenri Studio Concrete – Cement Garden Decor & Sculptures

Our outdoor showroom showcases beautiful fountains, garden ornaments, concrete benches, and flower pots all by Henri Studio.  Our fountains and statuary are expertly engineered and skillfully made in the USA. The result is an evolving legacy of beauty. Henri studio fountains and garden decor continue to enhance distinctive homes and landscapes, adding elegance and enjoyment to outdoor living spaces throughout the world and we have them for your home!  For over the past 50 years, Henri Studio has revolutionized the world of cast stone fountains, outdoor fountains, statuary, and garden décor.  

Pavillions by Country Lane and Pergolas by Azek

A pergola can be a fun, unique addition to any outdoor space.  It can extend the inviting warmth of your home to patios and yards alike. Their versatile function and design provide creative minds with endless possibilities.  Pergolas also offers a fair amount of shade, making them ideal for covering certain flowers that may not fare as well in direct sunlight. You can either build a pergola around your garden or develop a garden around your pergola. Ultimately, the two complement one another so it’ll be a win-win.

We sell Amish-made outdoor structures that can transform the way you use your yard. Whether it’s a pavilion to sit under while watching the kids happily splash in the pool, or it’s a quiet gazebo seating area, this upgrade will change your yard forever.

Visit our outdoor showroom to view Azek pergolas with Sun Shade for the roof or sides.   Additional options for pavilions are metal roofs and automated aluminum roofs. This is a modern look and can be customized in many different sizes and heights.

Ovens-and-Appliance-ShowroomGappsi Pizza Ovens and Outdoor Kitchens

Home pizza ovens are the latest craze to add to your outdoor kitchen setup.  Gappsi offers its own line of pizza ovens and builds these ovens in-house.  A backyard pizza oven will elevate your outdoor gatherings. Wood-fired or gas, enjoy authentic homemade pizzas at home. Gappsi can add a stainless steel flue pipe to make it go through the roof when under a canopy or covered structure. These ovens can be built on-site and customized with your name engraved on the oven. 

Gappsi Inside Showroom – Under Construction

While our indoor showroom is not 100% complete you can view some of the products by Delta, Twin Eagles, Fire Magic, and Summit appliances we offer for outdoor kitchen setups.  Gappsi offers custom outdoor kitchen services including the initial plans, sourcing appliances, and cabinets, to backyard brick oven design and masonry.  View our Passion Hot Tub Spas inside our showroom on display too.

All-Inclusive Home Improvement Company

Gappsi is an all-inclusive home improvement company, that offers residential home services including home remodeling, swimming pool installations, masonry design and installations, landscape design and installation, sports game courts design and installation including basketball courts, tennis courts, pickleball, bocce, shuffleboard, and many others.  We use the latest products and applications.  Gappsi is an importer of the finest porcelain pavers from Italy.  We also import our synthetic turf that is used for lawns, dog runs, putting greens, and sports game courts.

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Choosing The Right Paver And Base Material

Choosing-The-Right-Paver-And-Base-Material2Choosing the right paver and base material is important when considering your outdoor project.  Key factors are water drainage, durability, and how thick you need the subgrade material to be.  Sand is one of the most common materials used as a paver base. It’s very accessible and can be spread out to fit most projects.

Discover The Difference With Nicolock® Paving Stones

Pavers with paver-shield™ have a tight, smooth surface texture and will not expose heavy aggregate as they wear. The ultra-dense surface has more color and more protection. Nicolock has color from top to bottom throughout the paver ensuring a lifetime of beauty. Iron oxide pigments are guaranteed not to fade!

Brilliant color can always be found in Nicolock pavers with paver-shield™. Rich vibrant colors are the hallmark of everything they make. With Nicolock’s paver-shield technology, colors stay rich and vibrant. When choosing Nicolock, you are getting pavers with color from top to bottom. The pavers will not expose heavy aggregate as they wear. The ultra-dense surface has more color and more protection, ensuring a lifetime of beauty.

Cherry Valley Country Club Nicolock Pavers With Twin Eagle Outdoor Kitchen Appliances

Gappsi updated the outside areas at Cherry Valley Country Club located in Garden City NY.  We installed Nicolock Graphite Pearl Stone Ridge XL and Stone Ridge Regular.  Both pavers were used to pave the walkways, entranceway, and patio at the country club.  Gappsii’s team removed the old Hanover Paving Stone patio and added a new base of recycled concrete.  New Nicolock pavers were installed over one inch of fine sand. New pavilions and outdoor Twin Eagles kitchens with all new appliances were installed in the outdoor kitchen.

Choosing-The-Right-Paver-And-Base-Material3TYPES OF PAVER BASE MATERIALS

Your base will determine whether your pavers remain smooth and level or grow uneven over time. Qualities of a suitable base material include:

  • Proper water drainage allowance
  • Durability to support weight and endure time
  • Appropriate thickness for your subgrade material

Here are some things to know about the most common paver bases and their properties.

SAND BASE: Sand paver bases are one of the most popular options due to sand’s spreadability. However, sand is not an ideal base on its own. Over time, sand shifts and can create an uneven foundation. If your foundation is anything but level, your pavers will show it.  Sand is often used in conjunction with crushed stone for increased durability. Because sand comes in different fineness and coarseness, all types may not be suited for a paver base. Concrete sand, also known as bedding sand, is coarse and doesn’t trap excess moisture beneath the paver surface. This allows pavers to drain after heavy rain in addition they maintain their structural integrity.

STONE DUST:  Stone dust is a powdery mixture of finely ground stones that has a sand-like texture. Though it can be a helpful base ingredient when mixed with other materials, most professionals recommend that you never use stone dust on its own as a base.  Stone dust and finely ground stone or “screening” fall into a material category that has excessive amounts of dust particles.  This traps large quantities of water that prevent the base layer from adequately draining.   Did you know that water storage compromises a base’s ability to bear and distribute loads? To keep your pavers safe and prevent them from shifting, opt for a base material with a little more durability.

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RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATE:  Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is a crushed stone alternative with environmental benefits. Crushed stone is broken into pieces and sold. RCA is made by breaking down existing concrete into gravel. Though RCA functions similarly to crushed stone in a paver base, it is impossible to know the different rock mixtures it contains. This unpredictability may make RCA a less reliable base choice when compared to crushed stone.

CRUSHED STONE:  A crushed stone paver base is made of small stone pieces that have been broken and screened for uniformity. The most common rock types of crushed stone are – limestone, dolomite, and granite. Stone aggregate comes in a variety of sizes, but most experts recommend 3/4-inch gravel for paver bases.  Crushed stone makes a solid paver base because it allows water drainage and is easy to work with. Like sand, crushed stone comes in several varieties. The best aggregate for paver bases is a dense grade aggregate.

COMPACTED SOIL: Soil base compacted soil typically serves as the subgrade level underneath pavers. While you could technically lay your pavers directly into compacted dirt, this can cause issues, such as:

  • Poor drainage
  • Initial unevenness
  • Weather warping

Many of our clients ask us what is the difference between pavers and natural stone.  Unlike concrete, the colors of natural stones are not pigmented, which only adds to their beauty. They’re also not made from mixtures of composite aggregate like concrete pavers, so they can preserve their beauty as they age, mature, and fade.

Top 4 Benefits Of Natural Stone Pavers Vs Concrete Pavers

1. Timeless Elegance – Natural stone pavers come in varying types, from light beige sandstone if you want to get that tropical vibe to dark ebony granite for achieving a majestic feel to your patio.

2. Low Maintenance – Natural Stone pavers don’t usually develop cracks. If for some reason they do, they are easy to repair and replace. Simply remove the paver with cracks and replace it. That’s it! Plus, they also have smaller joints. That means their sand joints are less likely to encounter seed germination. And the best thing about natural stones? They’re effortless to clean!

3. Ages Beautifully – There is no doubt that stones look even better as they age and have a very long lifespan. Unlike concrete, the colors of natural stones are not pigmented, which only adds to their beauty.  And they will look as beautiful as the day of their installation even after hundreds of years.

4. Investment – Utilizing natural stones on your landscape will add more value to your home. It’s an investment that will pay for itself in the long run. They are also regarded as materials with high value and quality. Traits like prominence, elegance, and sophistication are connected to them as well.

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Concrete Pavers And Natural Stone Pavers Installation

Concrete pavers and natural stone pavers both require a fair amount of preparation and skilled labor.  When properly installed and maintained, natural stone pavers will stand the test of time and look great. It’s one of the reasons why people are so attracted to natural stone. However, if natural stone isn’t installed properly, the paving stones can shift over time and even crack prematurely under extreme circumstances. This is especially common if natural stone is set into concrete; poured concrete slabs are notoriously susceptible to cracking caused by fluctuations in the ground underneath. This kind of damage can be extremely expensive to fix.

Concrete pavers also offer outstanding longevity; they can last for many decades even with heavy traffic and wear. One benefit of concrete pavers over natural stone pavers is that it is much more affordable to repair a cracked concrete paver and it’s also very easy to re-level a dislodged concrete paver that isn’t grouted.

Whatever your dreaming of natural paving stones or concrete pavers for your next hardscaping project but wishing there was a more affordable option? Gappsi can meet your paver patio needs.

So, if you’re looking for elegant handcrafted pavers and excellent service, contact us to request a quote today.

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Newly Remodeled Gappsi Showroom

Newly Remodeled Gappsi Showroom
We welcome all our clients and friends to visit our newly remodeled Gappsi Showroom. We have a unique and exclusive line of natural stone products for pool copings, retaining walls, driveways and patios. This includes Porcelain, Sandstone, Travertine, Marble, Lava Stone, Limestone, Granite, and other manufactured paving stones. For your outdoor cooking needs, we also distribute and install wood burning and gas pizza ovens; and Twin Eagles, Delta, and Summit outdoor kitchen appliances.
All Gappsi divisions provide the following services: Home Remodeling, Swimming Pools, Paver Cleaning and Sealing, Outdoor Sport Courts, Epoxy Flooring, Landscape and Masonry Design, and Construction. All our divisions are headed by well experienced personnel.

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