What's the best way to remove these weeds from between the small paving blocks on drive?

martin2345uk

This is at my mums house, currently vacant after she passed late last year - is there some kind of tool you can get to like scrape them out? Or is some kind of weedkiller the only solution for these? I'm a complete non-gardener at the moment!

Happy_Sloth

I use a weed brush on mine, it's like a wire brush on the end of a long handle. 


They will keep coming back if you don't fill the cracks but it's a relatively painfree way of getting rid of them, i just give my patio a brush every couple of weeks and it seems to do the trick.  

martin2345uk

I didn't even know such a thing existed. I shall pick one up tomorrow, thank you!!

[Deleted User]

Or spray the area with weedkiller.
Pulling them out or raking them out may not remove the deeper roots so will grow back quickly - brushing sand back over the pavers will fill the area back again too.
If it's just being done to sell though brush/rake as it's not your problem how it goes !

uss_tish

you need one of these weed brushes, brilliant without requiring too much effort. Most major DIY/garden centres sell them.

twopenny

I found kneeling and a hand wire brush worked better and quicker.

Weedkiller didn't work for me  but a quick brush once a month

I did use a half and half soloution of bleach and quickly scrubbed  the blocks with a yard broom, left it for half/ a day and rinsed with a bucket of water giving it a brush down. It cleans the blocks up a lot.

A clean path sets the house off a treat.

Frank99

As others have said a weed brush is about the best thing, i have been using a roughneck one and you can purchase extra screw on heads online but most bargain stores have those wooden ones you can pick up for about a fiver.

Brie

Most effective thing I've found is a decent gardener. 

I wonder if you are trying to spruce up your mom's house ready to sell?  In which case a decent gardener can be a miracle worker and get the outside looking spiffing in a relatively short amount of time.

We were both ill a lot last year and did nothing with our garden as a result - didn't even cut the grass.  (side excuse - great for the bugs and bees).  I spotted a neighbour had a gardener tidying up and asked him for his prices.  £20 an hour for each of 2 people, he recommended a 4 hour slot plus extra to take away the pruning, cut grass etc.  £190 all in and I now feel like looking at the garden rather than just cringing.  If I was putting the house up for sale the photos would look good and while it's obviously not perfect anyone who likes a garden would be able to see the possibilities and not be concerned about it being a massive job to put right.  

They also got rid of all the weeds in the patio and drive too.  It's lovely.