About a year ago I had very helpful advice here about the merits and otherwise of using sealant on my block brick drive, to prevent weeds growing in the sand.
I didn't go ahead at that time but am now once more thinking about it. Two points I'm still not sure about (I don't think I can have raised them last year) are these:
- The drive is sloping. There's a drain about 2m long at the bottom, just ahead of our front door and the garage entrance. Would sealing significantly increase the volume of water running into this drain? Presumably a lot of it the rain falling on the drive at present is getting absorbed temporarily by the sand and bricks? And that wouldn't happen anymore. So I'm worried that this might cause unwanted puddles if the drain couldn't get rid of the excess fast enough.
- I don't like the glossy effect of the brochure examples I've seen. The potential supplier assures me it comes in a clear version that would leave my bricks looking just as they are now - but he would say that. Is it true?
-- Terry, East Grinstead, UK