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Block paved drive cleaning
lappin_2
Posts: 3 Newbie
I've been quoted hundreds of pounds for cleaning block paved drive so I'm going to do it myself.
Any ideas or products to help or will a pressure washer do it alone. No doubt I'll then need to put sand back between blocks
Any ideas or products to help or will a pressure washer do it alone. No doubt I'll then need to put sand back between blocks
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Hours and a haevy water bill with the pressure washer but the end result wort it.It pays to challenge0
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lappin wrote:I've been quoted hundreds of pounds for cleaning block paved drive so I'm going to do it myself.
Any ideas or products to help or will a pressure washer do it alone. No doubt I'll then need to put sand back between blocks
Its up to you but i would not use a pressure washer.
I know people who have and have blasted the sand grout out of the joints totally messing up the paving so yes you will need to refill the joints.
I would use a solution of bleach dissolved in warm water and a stiff brush.
works well on decking as well
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I agree with the bleach idea and have found that you simply have to put the bleach down and leave it to work for itself. Using a stiff broom is a waste of effort. You will find that within a few days the green mould will disappear!0
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If you have a wallpaper stripper you could steam clean it.
I use mine to defrost my freezer and clean the kitchen floor periodically. ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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Poppy9 wrote:If you have a wallpaper stripper you could steam clean it.
I use mine to defrost my freezer and clean the kitchen floor periodically.
i use mine for a total swedish sauna..... bit by bit of course.....
I have used a jet wash and then resanded the block driveway....
still get grass and weeds grwoing.... due to plenty of thrushes about pooping........smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to.... :cool:0 -
If you use bleach watch where the run off goes. Garden plants don't like bleach0
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