Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur

Arthur 51 wrote:
Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur

Paging Dave.... Paging Dave....
Medway Handyman to the white phone please....

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:

Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur


Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g
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Steve Walker wrote:
Arthur 51 wrote:
Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur

Paging Dave.... Paging Dave....
Medway Handyman to the white phone please....

Picks up white phone

110 bar - alledgedly - at what flow rate?


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:

Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur


Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g

and how crap your mortar is!

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Cheers,

John.

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
John Rumm wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:

Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur


Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g

and how crap your mortar is!


True, but if it's not *too* crap the trick is to do up to the edge of each
slab with the lance held fairly close, and then to do a quick sweep of the
mortar joint with the lance lifted away by several inches so as not to put
too much pressure on it.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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On 12 Aug, 13:15, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
John Rumm *wrote:





Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 *wrote:

Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur

Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g

and how crap your mortar is!

True, but if it's not *too* crap the trick is to do up to the edge of each
slab with the lance held fairly close, and then to do a quick sweep of the
mortar joint with the lance lifted away by several inches so as not to put
too much pressure on it.

Interesting, what if your using a patio cleaning attachment?

--
Cheers,
Roger
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monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks.
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On 12 Aug, 13:15, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
John Rumm *wrote:



Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 *wrote:

Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur

Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g

and how crap your mortar is!

True, but if it's not *too* crap the trick is to do up to the edge of each
slab with the lance held fairly close, and then to do a quick sweep of the
mortar joint with the lance lifted away by several inches so as not to put
too much pressure on it.
--
Yup..figured as much. Thanks.
Arthur

David wrote:
On 12 Aug, 13:15, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
John Rumm wrote:





Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:
Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?
Thanks.
Arthur
Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g
and how crap your mortar is!
True, but if it's not *too* crap the trick is to do up to the edge of each
slab with the lance held fairly close, and then to do a quick sweep of the
mortar joint with the lance lifted away by several inches so as not to put
too much pressure on it.

Interesting, what if your using a patio cleaning attachment?

They tend to be far gentler anyway... probably because the jet is at an
angle, and not focussed on any one point for longer than a fraction of a
second.

--
Cheers,

John.

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
David wrote:

On 12 Aug, 13:15, "Roger Mills" wrote:

True, but if it's not *too* crap the trick is to do up to the edge
of each slab with the lance held fairly close, and then to do a
quick sweep of the mortar joint with the lance lifted away by
several inches so as not to put too much pressure on it.

Interesting, what if your using a patio cleaning attachment?


Dunno - haven't got one of them! g
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Cheers,
Roger
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John Rumm wrote:
Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:

Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?

Thanks.

Arthur


Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g

and how crap your mortar is!

I take the view that if the pressure washer removes the mortar, it needed
replacing anyway.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 12 Aug, 14:36, John Rumm wrote:
David wrote:
On 12 Aug, 13:15, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
John Rumm *wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 *wrote:
Hi.
If I am using a 110 bar pressure washer to clean a patio
will it blast the mortar from between the slabs?
Thanks.
Arthur
Not necessarily - it depends on the skill of the operator! g
and how crap your mortar is!
True, but if it's not *too* crap the trick is to do up to the edge of each
slab with the lance held fairly close, and then to do a quick sweep of the
mortar joint with the lance lifted away by several inches so as not to put
too much pressure on it.

Interesting, what if your using a patio cleaning attachment?

They tend to be far gentler anyway... probably because the jet is at an
angle, and not focussed on any one point for longer than a fraction of a
second.

--
Cheers,

John.

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Thanks!

A lot of people I meet are against pressure washing and say that the
paving get's loose the moment you attack it with a pressure washer.

I personally don't agree with them because we have been pressure
washing for years without trouble.