| What does Driveway Design
offer ? |
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Driveway Design offer you the best in block paving
for your driveway, patio or footpath. With over 15 years of
experience, we can provide you with an outstanding, hardwearing
and virtually maintenance free solution. We also offer installation
of decking and total landscaping as well as re-design projects.
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| How do you install a driveway
or patio ? |
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We use industry recognised procedures to install
our block paving driveways. Patios can require the use of different
procedures mainly due to the large selection of products and
also due to customer requirements. A more details explanation
of our installation procedures can be viewed <HERE> |
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| Is a Deposit Required? |
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No a deposit is never required and payment is
only due once you are completely happy with the work that has
been carried out by us. |
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| Can I receive a price over
the phone? |
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No, all our quotations are based on a 'No obligation
Free Site Survey and Quotation'. This takes into consideration
many things such as site access, ground levels, preparation,
drainage, manhole covers, steps, etc.
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| What if I am unsure about
what I am looking for? |
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We can supply different quotations for different
materials to enable you to decide which price better fits your
budget or in different phases as some people decide to get the
work carried out at different stages. |
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| What Paving Manufacturers
do you use? |
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The two main companies we use are 'Paver
Systems Ltd' and 'Marshalls'
as we find they both have a wide range of very popular blocks,
slabs and walling to enable every job we do to still look individual,
but we can supply from other manufacturer's if you would prefer.
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| Can we view some of your
previous work? |
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Some people like to view our previous work to
either help them with their choice of product or colour and
also to see the quality of the finished jobs we leave. Either
call our office or email us for a list of work recently completed
in your area. Also, the pictures in our PROJECTS
section show examples of our work. |
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What help to you give to
help us to decide which product and colour to
choose? |
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To help you choose which products and colours
compliment your house you can:-
- Visit our display area.
- View previous work.
- Receive photographs from our large gallery of photographs by
email.
- Book another appointment for Ian to bring samples to your house
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| What is Efflorescence? |
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All concrete products may, in their early life,
appear to lose some intensity of colour and experience a milky-white
stain on the face of the product. This is efflorescence staining.
It is a temporary phenomenon and is in no way detrimental to
the performance of the material and responsibility cannot be
accepted for its occurrence. Clay products may also suffer from
a temporary white stain called efflorescence. This is quite
different from efflorescence in concrete products and is caused
by soluble salts within the clay being transported by water
to the surface as they dry out. Responsibility cannot be accepted
for its occurrence. |
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| What Maintenance is required? |
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To keep your Driveway or Patio looking the best
we recommend that paving products receive periodic cleaning
to maintain appearance such as: -
- Regular sweeping to prevent build-up of
detritus.
- Care should be taken when buying cleaning
agents as some varieties
contain a concentration
of acid, which can adversely affect the
appearance of concrete products,
clay and natural stone. Please
follow manufacturers guidelines.
- For general cleaning of dirt and algae,
vigorous brushing with a stiff
yard broom with plenty of hot
detergent solution (washing up liquid
or non-bio washing powder), thoroughly
rinsed with clean water
should suffice.
- Some light coloured blocks do emphasise
tyre marks and oils spills
on the paving. It must be accepted
that these products will need
more maintenance if the overall
appearance is to be maintained.
Again a hot detergent solution
as soon as possible should suffice.
- Repeated treatment may be required for paved
areas sited beneath
trees or in permanent/near permanent
shade. In certain
circumstances, prolonged contact
with wet leaves can result in
staining of the paved area. Such
contact should be avoided
wherever practical.
- Ensure any sand washed away between the
blocks is replaced
immediately with 'Dry Joint-filling
sand to prevent movement in the
blocks.
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| Do you recommend Power-washing? |
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Power-washing with high-pressure equipment is
not normally required and should be used with caution. Should
these methods be employed, the following precautions should
be observed: -
- Paving should be thoroughly swept to remove
detritus (loose debris)
that could act as an abrasive
agent when moved by the force of a
power jet.
- A trial area should be tested before larger
scale power-washing
takes place.
- No more than a medium pressure should
be applied when washing
paving.
- The power-washing lance should be held at
an oblique angle to the
paving and at least 200mm (8")
from the surface.
- If excess sand is washed from the joints
during the washing
exercise, it is important that
the joints are re-sanded with similar
materials upon completion.
- If mortar joints between pavings are damaged
during power washing
they should be re-pointed/made
good with fresh pointing as
required, to maintain the integrity
of the paving.
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| More questions to come soon, however should there
be any other questions you wish answered please
contact us and we will be pleased to answer your queries. |
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