Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 3Jul 05, 2010 3:05 pm Lux Cool Nemisis !! We will be putting either limestone or aggregate as well. How much were u charged per sqm? Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 6Jul 25, 2010 6:25 pm Sorry not really that impressed It is pretty patchy. .. and it needs sealing Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 7Jul 28, 2010 9:55 pm ok here's a nice one.
Milkyway. This ones got a low level of exposure so its soft on your feet. The nice rounded pebble helps too. People keep posting about exposed ag being 'ouch ouch' rough on your feet so i thought i'd show it doesnt have to be the case. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 8Jul 28, 2010 10:13 pm One more. Golden Beach. This ones got a deeper exposure to hide away the boring grey concrete and bring out the warm colours of the aggregates. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Driveways and Exposed Aggregate Specialists, Melbourne's Eastern and Northern Suburbs http://www.theconcretefirm.com.au http://www.exposedaggregate.net.au Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 9Aug 10, 2010 10:38 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 10Aug 10, 2010 10:47 pm A couple of questions: Is the aggregate all the way through the concrete? Is the cement that's washed off contained in some way or does it just wash down the drain? Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 11Aug 10, 2010 10:53 pm Ummm aggregate right through. We contain ours and trap the solids... the plan is to recycle the water. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 12Aug 10, 2010 10:58 pm onc_artisan Ummm aggregate right through. We contain ours and trap the solids... the plan is to recycle the water. I imagined it would be aggregate all the way through but DH asked the question. He's probably thinking about coloured concrete where they add the colour on top. Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 13Aug 10, 2010 11:00 pm DON'T do it. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 14Aug 10, 2010 11:16 pm onc_artisan DON'T do it. Don't plan to, he was just wondering whether it was all the way through. Totally agree on not doing that with coloured concrete either because we have bits of both at our current house and colour through has definitely worn better. Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 15Aug 10, 2010 11:24 pm Colour on, is lazy and weakens the surface. Colour through is the only way to go. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 16Aug 10, 2010 11:27 pm onc_artisan Sorry not really that impressed It is pretty patchy. .. and it needs sealing 2nd job not as bad but agree with the 1st, very patchy, levels are all over the shop and there has been a jointing tool used near that small wall on the far left, should of been screeded flat and had sawcut put in. Planned Landscape Constructions http://www.plannedlandscape.com.au Find us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id= ... 9907611509 Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 17Aug 10, 2010 11:44 pm Patchiness is poorly revealed(exposed) and yes jointing needs to be symetrical. Exposed agg does not do random very well.. not like liquid limestone at all. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 18Aug 10, 2010 11:55 pm onc_artisan Colour on, is lazy and weakens the surface. Colour through is the only way to go. Onc, does this apply to stencilled d/ways too?? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Show me your AGGREGATE driveway 19Aug 10, 2010 11:59 pm *cough* splutter... Uhum sorry we don't do stencilled Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Last year I had a gas leak at my house. 3 days later, I have about 1 sqm of my exposed aggregate paving broken up. I am not sure how to go about getting it repaired… 0 10411 After some ideas on making our patio kid friendly . Currently we have exposed aggregate. The patio faces west and is always in sun even though it has a shade directly… 0 3618 |