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Mr Fox

Member Since: 10 Sep 2011
Location: green & pleasant land
Posts: 1037

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Keswick Green

Jobs from Hell…

I’m officially knackered!

Have spent the last two weekends cleaning all of the block paving at my house; the driveway, the patio, beside the house. Previous owners thought it was a great idea to lay metres and metres and metres of brick work BUT in over a decade, never thought it was worth cleaning it.

Not only was it manky but it was so spotted with black and white spot it looked like a Dalmatian

So, phase one, sweep it all. Phase two, power wash it all - twice. Phase three weed the entire thing, on my hands and knees

Phase four (done during the week) use a burner to get the remaining weeds.

Phase five - power wash it all again.

Phase six… this weekend: dig out all the old crud between the bricks and then re-sand between the block work.

I wish I could say I’m done… my back certainly is but I have run out of sand and still have part of the side and driveway to do.

At times it felt like I was in some kind of forced labour camp… only issue being I was the both the warden and the prisoner

Now I have to whip my mojo up to do it all again next weekend… I can feel myself procrastinating already!

So, over to you!

What are those jobs you detest doing and put it off until you can’t think of any more excuses as to why you shouldn’t just get on with it?

2nd Jul 2023 6:21pm

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3643

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

do you intend to seal it. I clean mine each couple of years and use a block seal DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

2nd Jul 2023 6:40pm

Distorted Vision

Member Since: 02 Jul 2023
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 8

Good job. I remember doing my driveway a few years ago. I treated mine few weeks ago with Glyphosate and recently removed all the dead weeds with a wire brush.

I pressure washed the Indian Sandstone patio in the back a few weeks ago.

2nd Jul 2023 6:54pm

Mr Fox

Member Since: 10 Sep 2011
Location: green & pleasant land
Posts: 1037

LR90XS2011 wrote:
do you intend to seal it. I clean mine each couple of years and use a block seal

That was the plan - not sure if I’ll spray or roller it on. Any recommendations?

2nd Jul 2023 7:11pm

macfrank

Member Since: 05 Nov 2015
Location: somewhere in the north
Posts: 1081

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green

I've just learned there are very effective cleaning machines. Too effective. This is our pedestrian zone. Newly paved two years ago. A couple of days ago I heard a loud whining noise and saw a small cleaning car following an oil trace. Well the oil marks are still there but look at the pavement

Now, with all your recent experience, would you come over and do the rest? Can't be left like that

Oh, erm , the oil/cleaning trace continous for about a mile out on the road...

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2nd Jul 2023 7:26pm

Distorted Vision

Member Since: 02 Jul 2023
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 8

You use a roller. Resiblock is the best block paving sealant but it's expensive.

Mr Fox wrote:
LR90XS2011 wrote:
do you intend to seal it. I clean mine each couple of years and use a block seal

That was the plan - not sure if I’ll spray or roller it on. Any recommendations?

2nd Jul 2023 7:48pm

Buz1500

Member Since: 07 Jul 2020
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 150

I gave up power washing our flagged patio and block paved driveway some years ago. I now just spray both areas with Wet & Forget twice a year and use a Glyphosate hand sprayer on any weeds which appear. It’s a lot easier and more effective at keeping everything looking pristine. I might add that I live in a house that’s surrounded by large sycamore and oak trees in Lancashire, a well known damp county. 2019 Range Rover SDV8 Autobiography
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2nd Jul 2023 8:03pm

Danny Fireblade

Member Since: 16 Mar 2018
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 319

1998 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Alpine White

If you want to power wash it only once then get a Kranzle and that will do the job. I do my block paving and with the power head it strips the crud off and also weeds between the cracks. Wait for it to dry then sweep in fresh jointing sand and bingo, job done.

2nd Jul 2023 10:47pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5183

me and my dad have got to do a job from hell, We have to felt the wash house roof, ( outer house ) Not going to be a fun one that, getting the remaining stuff from up there plus, the height on one side is a mega drop compared to the other. The old heart was proper giving it some, when i had to climb down the ladder on that side. getting sweaty palms typing about the experience now

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3rd Jul 2023 4:56am

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3643

I use a roller, and do it every 2-3 years it suppresses the weeds ands protects against oil spots which will generally just wipe off with some white spirits or petrol. (perhaps not ones as bad as that above), but those little ones you get when the oil change goes a bit splashy.

One issue with sealing however it that if you have hollows in the drive you will get puddles that take longer to drain as the sealant also seals the sand to some extent DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

3rd Jul 2023 6:07am

mikeh501

Member Since: 07 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 1142

Buz1500 wrote:
I gave up power washing our flagged patio and block paved driveway some years ago. I now just spray both areas with Wet & Forget twice a year and use a Glyphosate hand sprayer on any weeds which appear. It’s a lot easier and more effective at keeping everything looking pristine. I might add that I live in a house that’s surrounded by large sycamore and oak trees in Lancashire, a well known damp county.

This. never jet washed paving/drive since. some kind of weed killing/moss kiling/soap cleaner stuff but it works wonders and keeps working for months. I do mine once a year, over tarmac, flags, patio, walls etc. Theres a cheaper one called pro-kleen on ebay too.

3rd Jul 2023 9:43am

shanecl

Member Since: 20 Mar 2013
Location: Louth
Posts: 509

1989 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Firenze Red

The secret sauce is hypochlorite, Farmers used it to clean milking parlours, well in Ireland they do. The mix is 4:1 and apply in a watering can with the shower head nozzle liberally depending how bad it is.

Cheat code is to do it 2 hours before it rains so the rain will wash it off for you otherwise you got to get the hose out. Any stubborn areas use a bristle brush.

Its a bleach so try not to get it on your clothes and don't let the dogs or cats on it until its been washed off

3rd Jul 2023 1:26pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5183

well me and my dad managed to do the roof, laugh is i practically ended up doing it my self, my dad started having cramps in his legs, and just wasn't 100 percent into the job, keen to dictate though, bloody hot up there, he went down to sort my mam out a brew, but he was just standing about, my mam badgered him back up there or foot the ladder for me, because i am not that 100 percent on ladders to start with. Plus if they are rocky that gets the heart going! My legs were killing me, the rolls are not easy to move at all. But we did a job, had to by brush on sealant in the end, to help things out. Did a good job considering it was the cheapest stuff. I think were both happy its done and dusted. We pushed onto a more nicer job and that was the guttering. So the roof side of things is sorted that god. Just a bit of trim to go on the sides.
Next up a bench now, which will be a good job to do.

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12th Aug 2023 12:50am

NormanD

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 286

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Santorini Black

If you are thinking of using Sodium Hypochlorite, please have a look at the website: -
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications...toxicology
Its worth reading this before you use the solution, PPE and control of the solution is paramount NormanD WE191

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12th Aug 2023 12:21pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5183

Still working on the guttering, adding the bit trim now, i re sealed the edges where the heat never stuck it. But so far it seems to have not dropped off the roof

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

27th Aug 2023 1:19am

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