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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:37 pm
by BenT
I am a home owner looking to have these blocks laid and have one concern - will tyre marks show up on the light grey version of these blocks? Hopefully someone with these blocks can comment. I've contacted five local companies (3 on Marshalls register) and no one has laid these blocks before.
I accept lighter blocks will need cleaning more often, I just don't want a 'skid pan' affect on my drive - especially considering the price of these blocks!!!
I can't leave my first post without commenting on this excellent website - thanks for all your efforts Tony!
Thanks,
Ben
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:51 pm
by carlbeardsmore
I find that tyre marks do show especially if the weather has been bad,the roads dirty then sunshine. It seems to dry the tyre dirt marks on to the paving. It always seems to wash off with a hose or the next time it rains.
HTH Carl
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:49 pm
by Tony McC
If you have the sort of driveway that has to endure a lot of power steering point turns, or you're on a bit of a gradient, the ligher Argent blocks (gorgeous though they are!) will inevitably become marked.
Depending on the extent and layout of your driveway, clever design might find a way of using the darker blocks, or a darker complementary block, in the vulnerable places, leaving those deliciously glistening Silver-grey blocks to be laid everywhere else. However, its Sod's Law that your project won't be suitable!
So: you either accept there'll be some tyre marking, and understand that you'll have to do a bit of maintenance every few months - a white school rubber does the job, but it's a long, arduous task best suited to a truculent teenager - or you look for summat different.
I'm not sure how well a sealant might protect a light-coloured shot-textured block like Argent from the worst of a set of tyres. I' be interested to find out - I reckon one of the better quality, low-visual-impact sealants might help avoid the heaviest stains, but I can't be 100% sure.
These Marshalls-approved contractors: did none of them think to ask their mates at Halifax HQ? After all, they pay a good few hundred quid each year to become "approved". I reckon that should entitle them to a bit of free technical advice, don't you? :;):
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:26 am
by BenT
Thanks for they replies.
Your replies have encouraged me as:
1) Marks can be removed - within reason
2) My drive slope is only around 1 in 24
3) Both cars can get in and out without any sharp or 3-point turns
I'll forward a photo on when it's finished!
Ben