[mark.laycock1@ntlw]

hi all, been out today seen two blokes power washing inprinted concrete with hot water and the other doing tarmac with the same . one driveway they were getting £900 and the other 700 just for cleaning.  i thought hot water was a no no on this surfaces ? what do you all think

[drive surgeon]

seems a lot of money to me , where the driveways like run ways?  thats alot of money at this time of year to spend on jobs???

[Mike Halliday]

yea I cleaned one last week for £2 million : :

hot on tarmac I don't think it would be a good idea but it wouldn't harm a imprinted concrete drive

Mike

[mark.laycock1@ntlw]

i could nt belive it to. price wise. i thought hot washer could strip off the sealer . cus they are not sealing again.

[Ged]

 Hi mark

who told you they were getting these prices, was it the blokes or the householder? seems like a lot if  they were just average drives.

Ged

[drive surgeon]

seem crazy prices!!

[mark.laycock1@ntlw]

the householder did tell me. yes i know its alot of money they have been ripped off . they paid cash for both didnt get the company name etc.

[drivewasher]

If your not re-sealing pic then you shouldn't be useing a power washer at all! Even a cold one will remove resin from the surface. The custy should be advised to clean pic drive with warm soapy water and a stiff brush, then rince with a standard hose pipe

[mark.laycock1@ntlw]

i thought that about the sealing.i cant beleive t prices to. i was going to leaflet drop this area soon . i think i will go and say they need sealing and see what happens and what price i can get.mark

[drive surgeon]

i have seem lots of people jet waqshing imprinted concrete as it goes black!  terrible stuff really, it says no maintenance but thats rubbish,  the coating wears off and it goes black and the concrete cracks too.  would not bother with it myself!

[dandandan]

I had a concrete print driveway laid 8 years ago by transform driveways and it was the best thing i`ve done.They laid it in 2 sections to stop cracking and i had it re-coloured 4 years ago.I cold jet hose once a month and have had no problem as the colour is put into the concrete in powder form before it goes dry,so it is embedded in a few inches,they  then put pattern in with mats,it`s brilliant,laughs at block paving and is well worth the 50% extra outlay as it doesnt sink,grow weeds etc,The only downside is it can be slippy for a few weeks after being laid,it has a waxy feel underfoot when it rains,but this gets better.It`s about a foot of concrete deep and they put it down on all the macdonalds drive-thrus so it can take some serious traffic.

[trevor perry]

when they coat it with a resin you can have anti slip granules added these cant be seen but make it a bit rougher under foot so less slippy, i have used hot pressure washer on these using the whirlaway and have never had a problem i also offer to reseal them but in all fairness this is rarely needed as the resin coating should last 10 years in a standard driveway with the little traffic it gets.

[mark.laycock1@ntlw]

hi what hot washer machines do you you use for your cleaning. thanks mark