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  Gary RK October 28, 2010 at 9:53am

  I personally would not be happy with quality of pointing if that were in my garden.
  
  I would be mortified if any of my guys did work like that on our projects.
  
  It seems too large an amount has been applied and then trowled into the gap.
  
  It looks like a very 'hard' motar mix, which may well be quite brittle...
  
  As it's gone off by now, you could only hope to remove as much spoiling on the paviors and then look to carefully clean -with acid (if you check out on a spare first) or try some very selective jet washing ?
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  Rose Lennard October 28, 2010 at 10:00am

  Thanks Dan and Gary for swift responses and backing me up!
  
  Dan - the gravel is resin-bound, so any in the grass is due to the contractor not tidying up - another thing to snag!
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  Peak surfacing ltd. October 28, 2010 at 11:59am

  Hi rose,
  Did you get a guarantee with the work,most reputable resin surfacing companies guarantee the work for at least 5 years.
  Dont use any acid to remove the stains from resin bound as it will melt the polyurethane binder,if its been laid properly a domestic jet washer should remove the cement stains.
  My other concern is how deep is the edging,if its is shallow the edging may move and leave a broken edge which as you walk on it will loosen the bound stone.,we try and avoid brick edging for this particular reason,we use metal stripping which is anchored into the concrete or tarmac.
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  Rose Lennard October 28, 2010 at 3:48pm

  well, we're all agreed that this is rubbish workmanship - thanks for all the very helpful replies! Now to tackle the contractors...
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  Big Dig Groundworks October 28, 2010 at 5:32pm

  What ever you do do not use acid on the stone to remove the stains as it will make an even bigger mess as the acid will react with the stone and leave an even bigger mess.
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  Gary RK October 28, 2010 at 5:42pm

  Does that depend on the paving product?
  
  I've used it (weak) to remove stains on paving/brickwork...
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  Kieran Ray October 28, 2010 at 5:51pm

  I learnt the hard way, so no dont use acid on any thing.
  
  I would have to go with Gary's reply. Its spot on really. It looks like a really bad job, I would expect some one who has never done any block laying or pointing to have done a better job.
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  Gary RK October 28, 2010 at 6:05pm

  Having used acid before, I was curious by above comments so I took a look at Tony's site :
  
  http://www.pavingexpert.com/stains.htm
  
  So limited use, tested first, can solve some problems......
  
  Howver point well made is BE CAUTIOUS !
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  adam barley August 4, 2011 at 10:02pm

  I see your point this is the easy part of the job, so makes you wonder...
  
  Rowly Hill said:

  If the setting out and finish(?) is so poor what is underneath? Anything?