Crazy Paving Jet Washing
Crazy paving was once a popular fad of the 80s/90s and was often a cheap option. This crazy style is still fashionable but now uses more exotic stones.
Crazy paving, made up of stones of various shapes, sizes and colours. The idea is to create a non-uniform design. The slabs are often reclaimed concrete flags, as they get broken when removed. New concrete flags are sometimes used but are predominantly a more expensive approach, especially when they are going to get broken into smaller sizes. Often overlooked, a simple jet washing can revive any tired-looking area.
After jet washing and deep cleaning
Why does every crazy pave drive I see have broken mortar and weeds?
Crazy paving is often seen as a cheap drive or patio only because the ones seen outside houses are usually in a poor state of repair. A driveway is only as strong as its foundation. Contrary to popular belief, crazy paving is quite expensive to lay, well properly, anyway. A lot of time is down to the amount of labour that goes into correctly arranging the stones and the mortar/laying process.
You have to think of the area as a giant jigsaw puzzle. Stones have to be placed together in a way to keep mortar joints as small as possible. Filling significant gaps with mortar, rather than chopping down another flag, will reduce the longevity and strength of the driveway or patio. Areas with large mortar joints would be lucky to survive more than a couple of winters before beginning to break up.
On large joints, cracks will begin to appear. Over time this will lead to the ingress of water, which will freeze in the winter. This freezing process will widen the crack, thus loosening the mortar. If there is a crack, weeds will grow. Crazy paved areas suffer badly from broken mortar joints.
Notice that the picture on the left has nice tight lines because the natural stone flags have been cut and positioned to keep the joint lines small. The image on the right, however, looks well laid, but the joints are way too broad. You can already see tiny cracks in the mortar due to shrinkage when the mortar dries. Luckily this is a patio; if this were a driveway, it probably wouldn’t stand up to the abuse.
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