Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:32 pm
With ref to a previous discussion [15th Aug '03] about Slab-Fix, I have used it to bed 200x100 paving bricks for a 2m x 1m path and found it worked fine. It was my top layer [30mm] over 50mm sand and 100mm h/core, all well tamped. The Slab-Fix layer went off firm in under 12 hrs - and it was laid during the hottest part of this summer. The pavers are good and stable, not a mm of movement. It helps, of course, that my bricks are designed to touch-fit on spacing lugs.
BUT! I used the Slab-Fix to brush into the cracks. Now the bricks are white, instead of nice green/red mottled. They revert to mottled when wet but dry back to white. No change, not the slightest, in 6 months. I'm told brick acid is the answer. Is this right?
In short, Slab-Fix is a perfectly good, cost-effective product for a small job such as my path. By the time you've mixed up the real stuff, your Slab-Fix could be down and you're on with laying bricks.
Brilliant site, by the way.
BUT! I used the Slab-Fix to brush into the cracks. Now the bricks are white, instead of nice green/red mottled. They revert to mottled when wet but dry back to white. No change, not the slightest, in 6 months. I'm told brick acid is the answer. Is this right?
In short, Slab-Fix is a perfectly good, cost-effective product for a small job such as my path. By the time you've mixed up the real stuff, your Slab-Fix could be down and you're on with laying bricks.
Brilliant site, by the way.
