Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

On 28/11/2013 09:36, Broadback wrote:
Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

I can see the point in killing moss and algae because it makes a path
slippy but what do you have against lichens? They do no harm at all.

Don't whatever you do use lawn sand or you will be back here asking how
to remove bad rust stains from stonework.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

Common salt will kill moss.

Steve

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In article ,
says...

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

I've had the same experience on the back door steps and shan't use
salt again.

Janet

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:21:27 -0000, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

I've had the same experience on the back door steps and shan't use
salt again.

Janet

It has never caused a problem when I've used it. Perhaps it's because
I swill it off after a few hours.

Steve

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SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com
JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com

On 29/11/2013 13:51, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:21:27 -0000, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

I've had the same experience on the back door steps and shan't use
salt again.

Janet

It has never caused a problem when I've used it. Perhaps it's because
I swill it off after a few hours.

Which could lead to problems if the temperature remains below freezing!
--
Phil Cook

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:21:27 -0000, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

I've had the same experience on the back door steps and shan't use
salt again.

Janet

It has never caused a problem when I've used it. Perhaps it's because
I swill it off after a few hours.

I find swilling water on icy slippery things tends to cause more ice
and slipperyness. YMMV.

Janet

On 28/11/2013 12:07, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:22:15 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

Common salt will kill moss.

Steve

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

Calcium chloride is water soluble and although sodium chloride is more
soluble the net result is to damage the concrete. High density paving
slabs shouldn't suffer too badly but lower grade ones literally fall
apart. There is a village not far away that used the wrong grade on
their pavements and they are crumbing to dust due to salt action.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

Common salt will kill moss.

Steve

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

--

Chris

What does it do to tarmac? We have too much moss on the drive.

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:01:58 -0000, "Tahiri"
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

Common salt will kill moss.

Steve

Hmm...Many years ago I scattered some ordinary cooking salt onto the
concrete path around our previous house to melt ice. The concrete in
those areas then degraded quite seriously over the next few years.

--

Chris

What does it do to tarmac? We have too much moss on the drive.

We use road salt on our tarmac drive on the odd occasion that it is
needed in the winter and it does not seem to have had any ill effects
as yet. To remove moss from it we use bleach, again as recommended by
Cormaic.
--
rbel

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

Um, any reason not to just clean it with a Karcher?



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Gardening in Lower Normandy

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

I have recently been experimenting with using my old Sheen weed burner. So
far the results on the moss look promising.


Um, any reason not to just clean it with a Karcher?


Has a Karcher become the pressure washer equivalent of a Hoover?

Mike

On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:12:47 +0000, Muddymike wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

I have recently been experimenting with using my old Sheen weed burner.
So far the results on the moss look promising.


Um, any reason not to just clean it with a Karcher?


Has a Karcher become the pressure washer equivalent of a Hoover?


Heh, in France it certainly is... At least since Sarkozy said he was
going to clean out the tough neighbourhoods with a Karcher. Which didn't
go over very well!

Anyway I still think a pressure washer is the right solution for this
kind of work. I've used it to clean moss and lichen off of stone and
brick walls, very easy.

--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 2013-11-29 14:10:25 +0000, Emery Davis said:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:12:47 +0000, Muddymike wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

I have recently been experimenting with using my old Sheen weed burner.
So far the results on the moss look promising.


Um, any reason not to just clean it with a Karcher?


Has a Karcher become the pressure washer equivalent of a Hoover?


Heh, in France it certainly is... At least since Sarkozy said he was
going to clean out the tough neighbourhoods with a Karcher. Which didn't
go over very well!

Anyway I still think a pressure washer is the right solution for this
kind of work. I've used it to clean moss and lichen off of stone and
brick walls, very easy.

I must be missing something here. I LIKE moss and lichen! I'm not
tallking about the green slippery fimy stuff but the hummocky pretty
stuff.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 29/11/2013 15:59, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-29 14:10:25 +0000, Emery Davis said:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:12:47 +0000, Muddymike wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:36:36 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Can anyone recommend a suitable product to do this, the pavioured area
is quite large.

I have recently been experimenting with using my old Sheen weed burner.
So far the results on the moss look promising.


Um, any reason not to just clean it with a Karcher?


Has a Karcher become the pressure washer equivalent of a Hoover?


Heh, in France it certainly is... At least since Sarkozy said he was
going to clean out the tough neighbourhoods with a Karcher. Which didn't
go over very well!

Anyway I still think a pressure washer is the right solution for this
kind of work. I've used it to clean moss and lichen off of stone and
brick walls, very easy.

I must be missing something here. I LIKE moss and lichen! I'm not
tallking about the green slippery fimy stuff but the hummocky pretty stuff.



So do I! I leave it wherever I can, but I have to admit I've got one
*very* mossy path on a slope which I must tackle. I really need to cut
back hard the evergreen trees which are creating it. Elsewhere, I leave
moss and lichen alone and simply admire it.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay