Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:33 pm
Firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to this site. I am an unknowledgable (re building stuff anyway) punter who for the last six months or so has been looking to get his hard standing re-done so had been walking around looking at peoples drives and checking out catalogues etc. I had ended up getting pretty confused but this site has answered virtually all my questions and I understand a heck of a lot more now!
Anyway what I have been shocked at is just how much concrete blocks fade. Opposite me I have 2 neighbours who both had Marshalls Drivesett Tegula - one 5 years ago, the other 1 month ago. I know this for a fact - I have the delivery note for the older one, and I watched the newer blocks being unloaded. The new ones look great, a mixture of blues, reds, yellows, the 5 year old ones look.... well I guess you probably know how they look - all the same drab browny grey colour. In fact for a long time during my research, this was a large part of my confusion - I kept thinking driveways were often different products, now I realise it's often just a matter of time!
I have two questions. 1) I would really like whatever I end up choosing not to fade too much, so I have been looking at clay pavers - but they all seem to be so red! Which unfortunately would be wrong for the overall look of my house. So is that basically the nature of the product or do clay pavers come in any other colours? 2) One quote I had said that concrete blocks can be sealed. Do you think this would help retain the colour or would I just be wasting my money?
Flingel
Anyway what I have been shocked at is just how much concrete blocks fade. Opposite me I have 2 neighbours who both had Marshalls Drivesett Tegula - one 5 years ago, the other 1 month ago. I know this for a fact - I have the delivery note for the older one, and I watched the newer blocks being unloaded. The new ones look great, a mixture of blues, reds, yellows, the 5 year old ones look.... well I guess you probably know how they look - all the same drab browny grey colour. In fact for a long time during my research, this was a large part of my confusion - I kept thinking driveways were often different products, now I realise it's often just a matter of time!
I have two questions. 1) I would really like whatever I end up choosing not to fade too much, so I have been looking at clay pavers - but they all seem to be so red! Which unfortunately would be wrong for the overall look of my house. So is that basically the nature of the product or do clay pavers come in any other colours? 2) One quote I had said that concrete blocks can be sealed. Do you think this would help retain the colour or would I just be wasting my money?
Flingel