Get cost efficiency as well as longterm durability in service with GftK’s vdw paving joint mortars.
Pointing, and especially repointing, the difficult so-called ‘smaller format’ urban paving, such as natural stone setts and cobbles used for roads and surfacing public spaces (such as market squares), is now possible for the long term with GftK’s vdw paving joint mortars.
This also means completion on time, without delays due to the weather, or extended disruption with area closures, without expensive annual repointing costs, and without yet more costly claims for trips and falls. This durable longterm, cost-effective performance also increases your sustainability and is now clearly evidenced with successfully completed all around the UK.
Repointing areas of heavily exposed and frequently trafficked urban paving with natural stone paving, usually granite setts, was always a difficult and seemingly thankless task for all involved.
However, inspections in 2021 were made of major Local Authority natural stone sett repointing projects carried out using GftK’s vdw 850 system from NCC Streetscape, which are now almost 15 years old (Newark Market Square, pictured), 13 & 12 years old (Hitchen Market Square & Church Road), and 8 years old (Norwich City Centre & the Arc Development, Bury St. Edmunds). These all showed the paved surfaces to be not only sound, but looking good, in great condition and durable for many more years’ service to come.
In all these busy public spaces, all previous pointing and repointing materials had failed, and usually their breakdown was significant within just a year or two in the demanding environments. This included direct exposure to weathering and frequent vehicular traffic, multiple heavy duty truck loadings, extensive de-icing salt usage in winter, plus spillages of ‘All-sorts’, requiring frequent jetwashing and mechanical street cleaning. However, this was and is all no problem for the unique GftK vdw 850 paving joint system, plus these projects were completed on time and on budget, because work could continue and be completed on time, even in cold, and / or wet weather, without delay.
These projects all clearly demonstrate GftK is the ideal solution for local authorities and their professional teams, to cost effectively refurbish and repoint natural stone paving setts on urban roads and all sorts of other exposed public spaces.
With expensive annual paving replacement and repointing works not being required, the cost savings for both authorities have been and continue to be significant – not to mention savings due to the lack of paving related claims.
