Kirk
02-17-2003, 10:08 AM
I just think this is the best thing to hit landscaping since the Power screed was introduced to concrete floors and will hit the market like vinal siding did.
Hi Everyone,
I found a product that Landscapers and natural stone path, patio and driveway installers may (oh heck,,) "will" find useful. It's called Immobest Sandbinder. It's been used in Europe for over 20 years and is now available in North America. I found out about this through my wife who was a landscape engineer in Munich Germany for the past 15 years.
It's a liquid that you mix with silica sand that offers a bond in the gaps of new and old projects. The nice thing about it is, it is really easy to use. Sabine, my wife, absolutely insisted that we use it, and now I can see why. She installed a mix of slate and granite for our floor and then used the sandbinder mix to grout. She was done in around 1/2 hour after she laid the rock of course (took around 8 hours to lay the rock) and by her-self I might add. The sandbinder mix hardens a rock remaining semi-flexible, preventing the growth of weeds, grass and moss but still allows water to pass through to eliminate standing water. I have never seen a product like it before. Unlike concrete, there is no mess and unlike polymeric sand there is little to no room for error. Sabine was able send out her even "moderately experienced" workers to install, which saved her time and (if you really THINK about it) made her a lot of money.
How it works, mix the sandbinder with sand for about 4 to 5 minutes, poor in small piles over your floor. Use a hard bristle broom to sweep into your gaps, use a soft bristle broom to sweep off any left over sand mix, let cure for 12 hours for light use and 24 hours for heavy use. That's it. The floor looks awesome with sand between the grout and holds its look for at least 15 years that we know of so far.
One more good point I think you should know is, Sabine had no callbacks as far as Immobest was concerned in the 15 years of using it.
Although Sabine's main business was design, planting and pruning, she used Immobest weekly, and in the non-planting season she used Immobest daily. There are many companies in Europe that actually use Sandinder as their primary business installing new projects and re-grouting old project.
I hope everyone finds this information usefull. I have several other businesses myself and don't have the time to fit installation of Immobest into my already congested schedual. If anyone would like to know more, please feel free to ask and I do my best to answer your questions.
All the best and happy gardening.
Kirk
Hi Everyone,
I found a product that Landscapers and natural stone path, patio and driveway installers may (oh heck,,) "will" find useful. It's called Immobest Sandbinder. It's been used in Europe for over 20 years and is now available in North America. I found out about this through my wife who was a landscape engineer in Munich Germany for the past 15 years.
It's a liquid that you mix with silica sand that offers a bond in the gaps of new and old projects. The nice thing about it is, it is really easy to use. Sabine, my wife, absolutely insisted that we use it, and now I can see why. She installed a mix of slate and granite for our floor and then used the sandbinder mix to grout. She was done in around 1/2 hour after she laid the rock of course (took around 8 hours to lay the rock) and by her-self I might add. The sandbinder mix hardens a rock remaining semi-flexible, preventing the growth of weeds, grass and moss but still allows water to pass through to eliminate standing water. I have never seen a product like it before. Unlike concrete, there is no mess and unlike polymeric sand there is little to no room for error. Sabine was able send out her even "moderately experienced" workers to install, which saved her time and (if you really THINK about it) made her a lot of money.
How it works, mix the sandbinder with sand for about 4 to 5 minutes, poor in small piles over your floor. Use a hard bristle broom to sweep into your gaps, use a soft bristle broom to sweep off any left over sand mix, let cure for 12 hours for light use and 24 hours for heavy use. That's it. The floor looks awesome with sand between the grout and holds its look for at least 15 years that we know of so far.
One more good point I think you should know is, Sabine had no callbacks as far as Immobest was concerned in the 15 years of using it.
Although Sabine's main business was design, planting and pruning, she used Immobest weekly, and in the non-planting season she used Immobest daily. There are many companies in Europe that actually use Sandinder as their primary business installing new projects and re-grouting old project.
I hope everyone finds this information usefull. I have several other businesses myself and don't have the time to fit installation of Immobest into my already congested schedual. If anyone would like to know more, please feel free to ask and I do my best to answer your questions.
All the best and happy gardening.
Kirk