Block Paving...
Below are our articles on the subject of Block Paving. If you can't see what you are looking for our other categories are displayed on the left under 'Our Quick Links'...
Brush-in Driveway Jointing With Polymeric Resin Mortars
There are many different ways of grouting or jointing the gaps between paving blocks or flags on a driveway. One relatively new but very easy...
Choosing and Fitting Edging for Block Paving
Edging is important for a long-lived drive. If this isn’t done right it can lead to cracking, distortion and broken blocks at the extremities of...
How to Lay Paving
Whether you're laying concrete blocks (or flags) or clay bricks (or pavers), the process is largely the same. Any key differences with foundations and the like for...
Joint Block Paving With a Gun
Pulling out a gun to solve all your jointing worries doesn't sound right, does it? Well, using a gun of that sort isn't going to fix any driveway issues, unless of...
Jointing Block Driveways With Slurry
Block paved driveways and patios are usually loose jointed or mortared, but the use of slurry is becoming the most popular process on commercial projects. The slurry...
Loose Jointing for Block Driveways
Loose jointing has been used for many years for paved surfaces, and it's certainly a method that can be used by people wanting to lay a driveway or patio. Once the...
Mortar Techniques for Block Paving
When laying a block paving driveway or path you need to decide what way to fill the joins between each block. Essentially there are three methods: a href=h...
New Resins for Slurry Jointing Driveways
Slurry grouting on a block paving driveway has its pros and cons. The main method of slurry grouting, with a wetter mortar mix than usual, has...
Pitch for Flexible Jointing
Before heavy traffic began to colonise our country, pitch was the most common form of jointing used for cobbled or block paved roadways. But it can't cope with heavy...
Replacing Blocks in Paving
Replacing individual blocks in paving is possible, although the success of the repair does depend on some extent to the problem that you are trying to solve. If a...
Should I Use Reclaimed Or New Stone For My Driveway?
If you're intent on using natural stone for a driveway, either in flags or smaller blocks such as setts or cubes, you can choose between...
Tools for Laying Block Paving
Laying block paving can be one of the best ways to create a driveway, and if done well can look much better than using loose stones or tarmac. There is a bit more...
Using Clay Block Paving
Clay block pavements have been around for a very long time. In fact, some are still in use in the UK that were first laid over 400 years ago. They are used in...
Using Concrete Block Paving
Concrete block paving stones, particularly the smaller, brick-sized pavers, have become amazingly popular in the last 20 years. This is largely because specialist...
Using Stabilisers When Jointing Block Paving
We've already covered most of the 'wet' methods of jointing slabs and paving stones on Driveway Expert and touched on loose jointing too. There...
Using Stone Block Paving
The number of products that fit into the category 'stone block' is huge, so you need to think hard about what you're looking for if you don’t want to make an...
Weeds, Moss and Algae on Paving
Algae, moss and eventually weeds can take over a newly laid drive unless you keep an eye on the situation. Regular applications of weedkiller and path clearing...
