info "Materials for the implementation of the driveway and paths are many, however, when their choice must be remembered that the surface should be treated as part of the composition, which includes the building, its elevation and the surrounding garden and the fence. Home
ducts are not just for communication: a well-planned garden emphasize composition and improve the visual it. Materials for paths and driveways can be different - more or less permanent, but all must be resistant to frost and abrasion.
Block Concrete Block can be rectangular, hexagonal or irregular, and the color: gray, white, yellow, red, brown, green, charcoal or blue. Surfaces of concrete blocks with water-permeable paving sand filled the slots. Damaged elements of the surface can be easily replaced.
manufacturers offer anti-slip ankle, which provides a safer move along the paths in the rain, even in winter. Rough surface of the cube owes drobinkom rocks and sand, which, after the concrete are pre-exposed by the washing of the surface layer of grout. harder to compose, however, the facade of a building or parts of the fence.
Cube one-and two-layer
are two types of concrete paving stones. Pick of bilayer consists of a layer of construction and finishing. The first, supporting, of concrete with the addition of gravel, is responsible for strength. Second, with a thickness of 5-8 mm, with finer aggregate, gives the cube texture and simultaneously determines the resistance to abrasion.
cobblestone area
upper surface of bar is usually smooth, but may also have different textures:
• washed - freshly washed concrete is cement grout, which are odsłaniane grain size;
• blasted - shelled ankles are shot with a diameter of 1 mm, which gives them an invoice players broke rocks;
• antiqued - gives her the appearance of old stones. To obtain it, cubes dropped from a height or treated in a special drum - so called. mill.
• concrete surfaces with water-permeable paving blocks with the slots filled with sand. Damaged pavement elements can be easily replaced.
• Manufacturers offer a piece of slip, which provides a safer move along the paths in the rain, even in winter. Rough surface of the cube owes drobinkom rocks and sand, which, after the concrete are pre-exposed by the washing of its surface layer of grout.
Clinker Clinker
surface may be smooth or with texture and color - graphite, yellow, red or brown, are also produced clinker shaded.
clinker made from clay and sand by firing at very high temperatures, which results in a material resistant to abrasion, nienasiąkliwy and insensitive to chemicals (including motor oil). Is ideal for paving driveways and paths. It is hardy, does not require impregnation and easily remove the waste, algae, mosses and lichens. Does not change color or intensity of color (no fading) due to weather conditions. Cube stone
It is usually an irregular shape similar to the box. You can lay it plain or patterned surfaces. They look noble and natural, and their colors in shades of gray, beige, to the blacks are very durable. Not surprisingly, that natural stone is highly valued by investors, not only building houses a tasteful architecture.
The surfaces are commonly used: granite, basalt, syenite, and so rock hard, non-absorbable, not susceptible to dirt-resistant abrasion, but also sandstone and limestone - rock, soft, absorbent, less resistant to abrasion, rarely used in rock such as marble, quartzite, porphyry, and serpentinite.
must also remember to impregnate!
impregnation strengthen, seal and resilience to weather the ankle. It also reduces the absorption (by about 10%), so that frost will increase by about 50%, and abrasion resistance - about 40%. Impregnated surface is less susceptible to the formation of efflorescence on the effect of the water and moisture. Impregnation is applied to the surface after laying the garden.''