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As the wife has disappeared, The resin pointing on our Indian Sandstone patio has given up the ghost and needs re-doing. The gaps are quite wide, about an inch in places.
Would it be easiest to re-do with resin again or will it just fall out again after 5 years, or was the original stuff cheap rubbish?
Can I sweep in a dry sand / cement mix or are the gaps too big? I don’t want to re-point with a wet mix as I don’t want to get mortar stains all over the slabs.
Thanks in advance
I did this last year 20mm gaps as my sandstone is not straight edge slabs. Resin all the way for me so much easier than buttering the edges. It will take longer than you think 😊
The gaps are quite wide, about an inch in places.
That sounds like something has moved ?
You sure the wife was actually dead 💀 🤣
Wifes ashes mixed with a bit of cement - brush in dry, sprinkle with the hose - job-jobbed and no need to re-lay any slabs.
Sika jointing compound / end thread
That's what I used
Thanks, seen it in Wickes
Try EASYJoint
I added another patio last year and used the same as original patio which is probably al least 5 years old, I patched up one or two small places on the older patio, but nothing serious at all, just because I had some. The original joints are still in great condition. Its easy to use too.
Jet washed at least annually with Karcher Patio attachment.
My Sika joint compound is starting to fail after two winters. It’s too expensive for that kind of lifespan.
When I was getting my patio done, I did a lot of research, and that Sika gets lousy reviews from the pros. I ended up using Easyjoint, so far so good.
Wifes ashes mixed with a bit of cement – brush in dry, sprinkle with the hose – job-jobbed and no need to re-lay any slabs.
You've thought about this way too much.
“Joint it simple” is great stuff. Expensive but nice finish.
Ours needs doing but I was just thinking of mixing up some mortar with some Febmix in it and using one of those oversize catering icing squeezy thinkgs to apply it....
I’m hoping to start this soon, is the order of work to clean the patio, re-point, then seal the whole lot?
Is Sodium Hypochlorite the easiest way to clear all the lichen out of the old pointing and stone?
After laying a new patio here last summer, I decided to put off sealing and pointing until this spring... hence this is on my radar.
As above, Sika gets a thumbs down from a lot of pros and customers. A mate used it on his 2 years ago and chunks of it blew out over that winter. EASYJoint is top of my list, as is another I can't remember the name of. Not cheap, and even when applying wet etc, it's going to take longer than expected.