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Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:05 pm
by Dot
dapope wrote:hose off, dry and paint with solvol floor paint...
Not just a pretty face are you Martin? ;)

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:32 am
by dapope
Well, it stops any salt bleed or whatever, and you can change colours

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:30 am
by Greynomad
BruceS wrote:Dot do you know what they are bedded in/on?
We found if we use crusher dust that the moisture goes away quicker & they dry out quicker & you don't get so much deteriation. (Spell checker goes cranky at that word! Ray?)
I think T1 calls it roadbase or something? They're a bit diff over there!!!
Bruce,
It sometimes takes me a while to catch up here... busy packing. ;)
The word is 'deterioration'...
Maybe if you got a spell-checker with an option for UK or Australian spelling??? :?
Bluddy Yanks! :evil:
(Actually, they spell it the same way. What you need is a spell-checker with a 'guess-ometer'... :lol: )

Dot,
We have the same problem in our garage. A crack in the floor appeared within weeks of moving in. :cry:
After 24 years it's still bringing up salt from the soil. We've tried everything... given up now. :roll:

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:54 am
by Dot
WHEN we sell here we shall either spray paint the whole area or cover with gravel. Went to inspect a "lifestyle village" yesterday and they are already having the same problems with their pavers, less than 12mths old :roll:

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:33 pm
by supersparky
Dot wrote:WHEN we sell here we shall either spray paint the whole area or cover with gravel. Went to inspect a "lifestyle village" yesterday and they are already having the same problems with their pavers, less than 12mths old :roll:
Dot, Just for a laugh try giving them a scrub with bleach or swimming pool chlorine. It won't cure the salt leaching problem, but it should make it go away for a while.

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:54 pm
by Dot
Just had a laugh at that David, Q/ when will you be down to scrub them for us?? :lol:

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:45 am
by norman
Try bi- carb in very hot water Dot.

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:44 am
by SteveW
Stop looking at them, Dot. I'll bet a survey of visitors to your "caravan park" would prove that nobody noticed.

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:26 pm
by Dot
When you crawl around on your hands and knees for some time you really do notice such things :D

Re: Outside pavers (concrete)

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:55 pm
by BruceS
Woof Woof!!
Really G?