Block paving - Extending drive and sealing
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boxy1961
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i want to extend my drive i laid it about 10 years ago with plasmoor red paving blocks if extending with new blocks is there a colourer to make all blocks the same colour/also ive tried keybond in the past to seal jointing sand but because my drive slopes downhill when it rained or i cleaned car with pressure washer it washed the sand out/if i sealed it with resiblock would this cure the problem/the drive will be approx 70m2 how much resiblock will i need (gloss finish) thanks
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lutonlagerlout
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how big is the existing drive?
if it isn't that big it might be worth taking all the existing blocks up and using them as a band course around the new drive
its nigh impossible to get a seamless join between old and new without taking the old up
never used resiblock so cannot comment on that
cheers LLL
if it isn't that big it might be worth taking all the existing blocks up and using them as a band course around the new drive
its nigh impossible to get a seamless join between old and new without taking the old up
never used resiblock so cannot comment on that
cheers LLL
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IanMelb
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If the new blocks are of a similar colour (albeit not exact), how about creating a break between the new and the old, maybe a black/grey course or two? Sort of like when respraying a car, you can get away with seperate panels being a slightly different age/colour because there of the join ... IYSWIM
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Tony McC
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The old blocks will have faded (they're Plasmor: they WILL have faded) and weathered, so there's no way to match up with new.
This leaves two options:
1 - do as LLL suggests and use the old as edge courses and/or band courses.
2 - randomise the old with the new and lay them together. This can be surprising effective, giving a more 'multi-tone' look to the pavement.
Joint Stabiliser: if Keybond is washing out, that suggests there's not enough of it been applied or the amount of scour is too great. A quality sealant, such as Resiblock, or JointFix from Instarmac, would be a better option.
Coverage for a gloss finish is two coats: first coat approx 2-3m² per litre, second coat 4-5m² per litre, depending on block type.
This leaves two options:
1 - do as LLL suggests and use the old as edge courses and/or band courses.
2 - randomise the old with the new and lay them together. This can be surprising effective, giving a more 'multi-tone' look to the pavement.
Joint Stabiliser: if Keybond is washing out, that suggests there's not enough of it been applied or the amount of scour is too great. A quality sealant, such as Resiblock, or JointFix from Instarmac, would be a better option.
Coverage for a gloss finish is two coats: first coat approx 2-3m² per litre, second coat 4-5m² per litre, depending on block type.
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