Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Which size aggregate gentler on feet? 7Dec 03, 2013 9:48 pm Driveways and Exposed Aggregate Specialists, Melbourne's Eastern and Northern Suburbs http://www.theconcretefirm.com.au http://www.exposedaggregate.net.au Re: Which size aggregate gentler on feet? 8Dec 03, 2013 10:05 pm Treeseachanger That's interesting, I've never seen a total pebble aggregate mix. Could you post a pic? Not sure if what I saw today was 100% pebble mix, but it did have a lot of smooth pebble pieces and was definitely much nicer on the feet, unfortunately I didn't take a pic either. Funny I stumbled across this thread, as I was just at the concreter display this arvo, and took pics of some affordable choices Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (Except of course the one on the left, which is nearly double the price of the one in middle/right) I tried most of the aggregates, and they're all pretty rough - bearable, but rough. Depends on a person's threshold! They also had samples of polished concrete (?) - you won't go wrong with smoothness with those Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk --- Re: Which size aggregate gentler on feet? 9Jan 27, 2014 4:14 pm Ideal aggregate used to be called river pebbles (ie naturally rounded by river action). Not sure if you can still get it in concreting quantities as it can't really be manually produced; would be ideal on the feet if you can find it. Also tended to be very good aggregate as any water-prone minerals (feldspars, mica, etc) had already been weathered out by the water. Re: Which size aggregate gentler on feet? 10Feb 11, 2014 6:38 pm Treeseachanger That's interesting, I've never seen a total pebble aggregate mix. Could you post a pic? Sorry it took me a while to work out how to host a photo and then share it: These are an example of one of many pebbley mixes that are smooth on the feet, suitable for around the pool: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Exposed Aggregate Specialist, Melbourne's Eastern and North Eastern Suburbs http://www.theconcretefirm.com.au http://www.exposedaggregate.net.au Bigger the better for storage for me IMO. But I guess it's harder to tell the cost/benefit in your example - mainly the 'cost'? If you go 700mm, what are you doing extra… 2 1368 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 10414 |