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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:44 pm
by suzic
I have just had a beautiful new Indian sandstone drive laid. Yesterday cars were driven on it for the first time - and they left black tyre marks over it!
I'm gutted. They don't brush off but do fade with a scrubbing brush, but I can't scrub the drive every day.
Surely this isn't supposed to happen?
I phoned the chap who laid it immediately (who has a very good reputation locally) & he said this has never been reported before.
Any suggestions? (Apart from 'park on the road' of course!)
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 5:13 pm
by jay-Manor Driveways
its a difficult 1 as its not the contractors fault , the combination of hot weather making tyres softer and turning on the drive will leave marks on light coloured driveways , best to drive slowly on and off and dont spin the wheel whilst stationary, i know this doesnt help you now but at least you know why it happened and you will know for the future
the marks will fade with time/cleaning so at least you will still have a lovely driveway and its not ruined
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 5:29 pm
by msh paving
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 6:42 pm
by suzic
jay - thanks for your reply. The hot weather/soft tyres bit could be a really good point. But - the tyre marks are a long continual track - as you would see if you drove through paint & onto paper. No speed at all & no wheel turning was involved, just straight on & straight off! You can follow the car's path down the drive. Most odd!
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:49 pm
by lutonlagerlout
indian sandstone is NOT recommended for driveways for a number of reasons and this is one of them,other being thinness of the stone,and a tendency to laminate under duress
LLL
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 10:19 pm
by jay-Manor Driveways
very strange but as LLL has pointed out this is just 1 of the problem when using sandstone on driveways this should have been pointed out to you by the contractor but then again somtimes , what the customer want the customer gets lol
mayby sealing it once all the marks are off will help this happening again
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:37 pm
by suzic
This type of stone was actually recommended to me! I didn't really have any idea what I wanted & in fact 2 out of the 3 quotes I got suggested Indian stone. Now I'm really depressed!!! 
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:27 am
by Dave_L
Have Highways carried out any surface dressing of local roads to you?
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:07 am
by suzic
Sorry to be thick, but I'm not sure what you mean? There are roadworks ongoing on the main road that my quiet one branches off. . . .
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:24 am
by msh paving
have you driven through any fresh laid tar and got it on your tyres? MSH 
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:28 am
by suzic
Actually, its possible. 3 separate cars have made tracks, but see my comment above - its quite possible that we've driven over some fairly fresh tarmac.
Interestingly the black marks come off if I scuff them with my flip flop - anyone got a giant eraser?
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:54 pm
by lutonlagerlout
size 12 flip flop?
LLL
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:08 am
by n0chex
Buy all the family flip flops
I think it must be tar marks from road works and sorry to see this has happened to your new drive ....i bet you are gutted.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:49 pm
by suzic
Gutted is right. However, am considering wild 'wear flip flops & nowt else' party to put everything right. No one will look at the drive anyway then. . . 
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:39 pm
by Big Phil
aye, have a flip flop moonwalking competition