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Posted: **Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:16 am**

Looking for advice, I bought 46 riven charcoal paving slabs direct from a manufacturer as most of the garden centres close to me do not have any in stock due to the lockdown.

I arranged for collection and delivery myself as the supplier could not get them to me for a few weeks, I unloaded them one by one as there is no access to my yard for the trailer.

When I opened the bale the 1st slab was perfect but all the rest where marked and looked like the die had run in them.

I contacted the manufacturer and they said that it is just "everessence and the salt in the cement is a natural process and will eventually fade out".

Can you please advise if this is true, I dont want to lay them if they will remain like this, this is the 1st time I have bought them direct from a manufacturer, I have always bought from the local hardware store and never seen anything like this. thanks in advance Mark . I cant seem to upload the pics but I can email them if you can take a look for me

Posted: **Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:59 pm**

It could well be the truth, but without seeing what you have, we can't be sure.

Posted: **Fri Jun 26, 2020 3:14 pm**

Tony McC wrote:It could well be the truth, but without seeing what you have, we can't be sure.

Tony any idea how i can upload a photo from my phone when i click image it asks me for a url

Posted: **Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:14 pm**

https://ibb.co/z5Mgm1H

Photo of paving flags

Posted: **Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:42 pm**

I have seen this time and time again. It's where the slabs have rubbed against each other in transit. it's actually a bit sloppy as normally there is some kind of protection between each slab.
I wouldn't worry too much, it will fade and disappear from experience

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:51 pm**

dig dug dan wrote:I have seen this time and time again. It's where the slabs have rubbed against each other in transit. it's actually a bit sloppy as normally there is some kind of protection between each slab.
I wouldn't worry too much, it will fade and disappear from experience

Thanks dig dug dan, local hardware shop told me to put salt away on them also

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:33 am**

Salt? ? ? On concrete? ? ? Oh...for the second time this morning....FFS!!!

Nothing destroys concrete quicker than salt.

Just out of interest, why on earth would you take paving advice from a hardware shop? Did you not think to ask at the launderette? :p

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