I did a friends patio, quiet a small area during the summer using Sika PaveFix Plus and had a look at it a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I was able to scratch the grout out with my finger nail and it had turned very dark, very disappointing.
I previously laid a similar size patio had made up my own grout using sand and cement which worked a treat but swore not to repeat as it was back breaking work. My own grout being a crumbly mixture meant being down on all fours to do it properly.
From reading some of the threads on here people seem to have had good experiences with Easy Joint, Rompox Easy, and Flowpoint. I've got to regrout over the next month or two my own patio which is about 32sqm. I'm a DIY'er so need something thats going to be fairly easy to use which from what I can glean on here would narrow it down to Easy Joint and Rompox Easy. My existing patio isn't on a solid concrete base but more like some sort of semi hard sandy base, can't detect movement in the tiles though. Am leaning towards Easy Joint as the sandstone slabs are tapered so gap may not be 5mm throughout the depth.
Anyway any further pearls of wisdom would be appreciated, thanks
Actually it looks like EasyJoint is the only one that will go down to 3mm gaps as the other two require at least a 5mm gap and as my slabs are tapered I don't have the 5mm gap all the way.
GusGF wrote:I did a friends patio, quiet a small area during the summer using Sika PaveFix Plus and had a look at it a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I was able to scratch the grout out with my finger nail and it had turned very dark, very disappointing.
I previously laid a similar size patio had made up my own grout using sand and cement which worked a treat but swore not to repeat as it was back breaking work. My own grout being a crumbly mixture meant being down on all fours to do it properly.
From reading some of the threads on here people seem to have had good experiences with Easy Joint, Rompox Easy, and Flowpoint. I've got to regrout over the next month or two my own patio which is about 32sqm. I'm a DIY'er so need something thats going to be fairly easy to use which from what I can glean on here would narrow it down to Easy Joint and Rompox Easy. My existing patio isn't on a solid concrete base but more like some sort of semi hard sandy base, can't detect movement in the tiles though. Am leaning towards Easy Joint as the sandstone slabs are tapered so gap may not be 5mm throughout the depth.
Anyway any further pearls of wisdom would be appreciated, thanks
have you used any products yet Gus?
If not, I'd recommend giving us a call for technical advice (we are the makers of EASYJoint)
Our helpline is available Monday to Friday (09:00 - 17:00)
+44 (0)1473 760777
GusGF wrote:I did a friends patio, quiet a small area during the summer using Sika PaveFix Plus and had a look at it a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I was able to scratch the grout out with my finger nail and it had turned very dark, very disappointing.
I previously laid a similar size patio had made up my own grout using sand and cement which worked a treat but swore not to repeat as it was back breaking work. My own grout being a crumbly mixture meant being down on all fours to do it properly.
From reading some of the threads on here people seem to have had good experiences with Easy Joint, Rompox Easy, and Flowpoint. I've got to regrout over the next month or two my own patio which is about 32sqm. I'm a DIY'er so need something thats going to be fairly easy to use which from what I can glean on here would narrow it down to Easy Joint and Rompox Easy. My existing patio isn't on a solid concrete base but more like some sort of semi hard sandy base, can't detect movement in the tiles though. Am leaning towards Easy Joint as the sandstone slabs are tapered so gap may not be 5mm throughout the depth.
Anyway any further pearls of wisdom would be appreciated, thanks
have you used any products yet Gus?
If not, I'd recommend giving us a call for technical advice (we are the makers of EASYJoint)
Our helpline is available Monday to Friday (09:00 - 17:00)
+44 (0)1473 760777
