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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:00 pm
by blueflyingtonight
We have a new patio with a low boundary wall made from upstanding blocks. Where the wall curves there are narrow wedge gaps between touching blocks. The paving installer advises that these are too narrow to grout and that grouting would probably drop out over time. The biggest gaps are probably only a few mm but are noticeable. Do we just live with the small gaps or is there some way of getting a good grouting solution?
Thanks
Steve
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:59 am
by Pablo
What do you mean by upstanding blocks?. If the wall is meant to be unpointed then pointing bits of it will look worse than it does now.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:42 am
by seanandruby
photo please.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:20 pm
by blueflyingtonight
How do I include an image in my post?
Cheers
Steve
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:50 pm
by seanandruby
click on noticeboard at the top of main page, first post will tell you how to upload photos.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:15 pm
by blueflyingtonight
Thanks! This should now work:
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:36 am
by lutonlagerlout
3 options
1 leave it
2 mask up each side of the face with gaffer tape and fill with mortar
3 mask up each side of the face and fill with a suitable mastic
really he should have buttered the face of those kerbs when he installed them but i dont know what was agreed between you
LLL
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:41 am
by seanandruby
.........4 mitre them 
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:50 pm
by blueflyingtonight
Forgive my ignorance - what does 4 mitreing mean?
Steve
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:58 pm
by GB_Groundworks
He means cut the blocks so they sit together properly rather than having big gaps, that single soldier course has the biggest gaps though!!
You can get radius edgers so not sure why they didn't use them,
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:07 pm
by lutonlagerlout
radius ks and kl kerbs are a lot tighter than that giles
think they suit about a 900 mm radius
now that it is in situ only retroactive solutions will work
LLL
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:12 pm
by ken
Those kerbs look like there sat on the screed, is there any concrete behind them?
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:51 pm
by seanandruby
blueflyingtonight wrote:Forgive my ignorance - what does 4 mitreing mean?
Steve
it was just a follow on from LLLs 1 2 3 just fooling about :p
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:22 pm
by blueflyingtonight
Yes, they are concreted in.
Steve