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Maverick
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Re: Any cement guys here?
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July 18, 2009, 01:17:50 PM »
Round up will kill what is currently growing. Before you do that get a good anti germination spray, weed preventer. That will prevent new seeds from sprouting. Then spray with round up.
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Re: Any cement guys here?
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July 19, 2009, 01:30:20 PM »
I have pavers around my porch and eventually my walkway. I would love to do my whole driveway in pavers. I wonder how they would hold up against a snowplow?
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Reschke
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PM sent because I didn't want to read the whole thread but look at this product if you can find it locally.
http://www.quikrete.com/ProductLines/PowerLocJointingSandPro.asp
Less work than mortar or concrete/portland cement and ABSOLUTELY 100% less work than those as well. Plus it hardens up and holds just like concrete would. We used this on our patio to lock it in place and it has been great. Now I have to finish the drainage work and put in new sod and I am 100% ready for installing the weather proofed box for an outdoor LCD to watch college football on in the cool fall evenings here.
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Re: Any cement guys here?
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July 19, 2009, 03:07:14 PM »
Quote from: Reschke on July 19, 2009, 02:32:07 PM
http://www.quikrete.com/ProductLines/PowerLocJointingSandPro.asp
If you live in a cold climate with a lot of freeze/thaw cycles, I'd recommend you not use this product. Just regular sand will work... The key to pavers working properly is their ability to move with weather changes. If you lock them in place with some sort of mortar/cement product, that product will eventually crack.
@ Sluggish: As long as the snow plow isn't crazy about dropping the blade and digging hard, snow plow will be ok on the pavers. We had a large project in Reno that was just at the base of the Sierras (around 6500') and got a couple of feet of snow several times a winter. Many of those folks used a snow plow to have their driveways cleared (they all came standard with paver driveways). A snow blower works best of all. One key would be to make sure you start the snow removal before it has time to melt and freeze at the surface.
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