Great Outdoors Exterior Cleaning has recently cleaned four block paved driveways in Stanbridge, Bedfordshire.

Initially, we were contacted by one owner in Stanbridge to provide a cleaning quotation to pressure wash his block paved driveway. The block paved driveway had been left for several years with no maintenance. Algae had started to grow on the surface of the block paving making it slippery and weeds had also established themselves in the block paving gaps.

  On accepting our quotation we booked a suitable date for the driveway pressure washing. On the date, we arrived promptly to carry out the cleaning. With this driveway installation, the block paved driveway sloped towards the house, and surface water ran into a linear drain leading to a soakaway.  With this situation, we always block the linear drain during the cleaning and use an industrial wet vacuum to remove the standing water /silt from the blocked paved driveway to protect the soakaway. This is essential during the pressure washing block paving to ensure silt doesn’t simply run into the soakaway, this could potentially lead to major blockages in the drainage system. We often see this problem when homeowners have attempted to clean their block paved driveways without using a wet vacuum to remove the slurry, only to find the drainage stops working as the silt has blocked it! 

The vacuum we use can simultaneously vacuum and pump wastewater and is fitted with a large sediment filter to allow us to remove the silt.  Once the pressure washing was complete we applied a chemical to the block paving to remove any remaining black spot. The chemical was allowed to dwell and then rinsed down. 

This process restores old tired block paved driveways back to new condition. Once dried, a few days later we returned and re-sanded the driveway. Whilst re-sanding we use a vibrating plate to help consolidate the kiln dry sand.

Three other neighbors were so impressed with the block-paved driveway cleaning that they also had their block-paved driveways cleaned as well.  One also opted for us to clean their Indian sandstone pathways and patio. 

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