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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:47 pm
by hotspot
Hi,
Im just about to finish my patio and will be ready to point this weekend. Having read all about this romex.....rompox easy,I want to use it as it sounds great stuff.
Im in manchester does anyone know where I can get it???
Also how do you work out the quantity...my patio is 35m2.
cheers
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:13 am
by bobhughes
Have a look here for loads of info and a contact phone number. It looks like good stuff doesn't it.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:47 pm
by dig dug dan
I got some info on this, but it says the mortar is permeable, so what happens if you have laid your paving on a full solid bed? where can the water go? surely in the winter it will stay in the joint and freeze?
maybe I am talking ballon juice
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:20 pm
by slickboy
We laid a small patio last year and pointed it with Rompox Easy in the 'natural' colour. It seemed fine and solid and gave a nice sheen to the flags. However it had a rough textured, porous surface that I worried may attract dirt and moss etc. I recently saw the job again and the joints seem to be collecting crap. The customers are still happy but I wonder how easy it would be to clean the joints given their texture. Will this dirt be lodged? I imagine it will get worse and it spoils the otherwise sound paving. I understand that the 'Easy' line of the product is probably aimed at diy'ers and therefore lesser spec, so I could'nt comment on the other romex jointing compounds, but I'm starting to have reservations about this product. Having said this the area in question is surrounded by a lot of hedges and trees and therefore predisposed to alagae or whatever. I wonder if anyone else has seen this product after a year or so of applying it?
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:51 am
by lutonlagerlout
i think you are right slickboy,thing is if you point a patio with a semi dry mix (moist i suppose) 10 yrs down the line its still there intact like the day you left it-ish
all the jointing compounds do seem to get very dirty looking very quick
regards LLL 