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Cleaning Tarmac

  • 19-05-2019 6:10pm
    #1
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone any tips or advice for cleaning tarmac?
    I'm in middle of buying a house and its been left empty for about 2 years...the garden is a mess and needs completely ripped out and start again.
    The driveway has a load of weeds/grass growing on it....any tips?


Comments

  • #2
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    Power-washer and time.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,637 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Growing on it, or up through it?


  • #4
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Washing crystals,Lux, or salt for removal of weeds etc., spread over copiously. Be very careful if using a power washer, or else have it on a fairly low pressure as its more likely to start lifting the tar altogether.


  • #5
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    JayZeus wrote: »
    Growing on it, or up through it?

    On it as far as I can see


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,637 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A pressure washer used with care will get it done.


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  • #7
    keepalive213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭keepalive213


    A good big drum of *** will do the job 😂


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,637 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    keepalive213 wrote: »
    A good big drum of *** will do the job ��

    Do NOT put *** on a tarmac driveway.

    That is absolutely STUPID advice. It will dissolve the driveway.


  • #9
    keepalive213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭keepalive213


    JayZeus wrote: »
    Do NOT put *** on a tarmac driveway.

    That is absolutely STUPID advice. It will dissolve the driveway.

    Not at all it'll clean it right up


  • #10
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    keepalive213 wrote: »
    Not at all it'll clean it right up

    I've had to retarmac drives that have had *** spilled on them.


  • #11
    keepalive213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭keepalive213


    I was just messing, my bad


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  • #12
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,106 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    keepalive213 wrote: »
    I was just messing, my bad

    Yeah well it's not funny. Stupid comments like this people will take literally. And you've then just polluted someone's well water supply


  • #13
    keepalive213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭keepalive213


    listermint wrote: »
    Yeah well it's not funny. Stupid comments like this people will take literally. And you've then just polluted someone's well water supply

    Because we all use wells nowadays of course, the comely maidens draw water from them when they aren't dancing at the crossroads.
    Thanks for setting me straight, you're a credit to our association.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,637 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    keepalive213 wrote: »
    Because we all use wells nowadays of course, the comely maidens draw water from them when they aren't dancing at the crossroads.
    Thanks for setting me straight, you're a credit to our association.

    You should consider that your kind of messing could potentially cost someone thousands to repair the damage they’d do to a driveway, let alone the impact of run-off on a nearby well.

    A shame someone has to set you straight yet you still act like a fool.


  • #15
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭Odelay


    keepalive213 wrote: »
    Because we all use wells nowadays of course, the comely maidens draw water from them when they aren't dancing at the crossroads.
    Thanks for setting me straight, you're a credit to our association.

    Many houses have wells and use an electric pump to feed the house. Not that unusual at all. I’ve one in a pump house beside my driveway....


  • #16
    tinner777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭tinner777


    lads how do you spread the washing powder?? colander??


  • #17
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭Odelay


    I’d used salt, it will kills the weeds and moss, less harmful to the environment too. A 20kg bag of salt is about €8 from a builders suppliers. Make sure it’s fine salt not deicing salt.

    Try it on a small bit and see how it goes. Worked fine for me.


  • #18
    mr_cochise
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭mr_cochise


    Odelay wrote:
    I’d used salt, it will kills the weeds and moss, less harmful to the environment too. A 20kg bag of salt is about €8 from a builders suppliers. Make sure it’s fine salt not deicing salt.

    You could combine the salt with some vinegar to make a homemade weedkiller. Add in a few squirts of washing up liquid to help it stick.


  • #19
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    tinner777 wrote: »
    lads how do you spread the washing powder?? colander??


    Buy some boxes in Aldi or Lidl and just spread it all over the garden. If ye can get a weather window of about 24 hours ithout rain it'll be perfect. I suppose you could use a colander, I just dish out hapes of the stuff and ye should get the year out of it. Same with the salt.


  • #20
    tinner777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭tinner777


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    Buy some boxes in Aldi or Lidl and just spread it all over the garden. If ye can get a weather window of about 24 hours ithout rain it'll be perfect. I suppose you could use a colander, I just dish out hapes of the stuff and ye should get the year out of it. Same with the salt.

    what do you wash it off after the day??


  • #21
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    tinner777 wrote: »
    what do you wash it off after the day??

    Wash it off with water, or I normally just wait for the rain. Never too far away.


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  • #22
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    Buy some boxes in Aldi or Lidl and just spread it all over the garden. If ye can get a weather window of about 24 hours ithout rain it'll be perfect. I suppose you could use a colander, I just dish out hapes of the stuff and ye should get the year out of it. Same with the salt.

    Over the garden? Or tarmac?


  • #23
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    keepalive213 wrote: »
    Because we all use wells nowadays of course, the comely maidens draw water from them when they aren't dancing at the crossroads.
    Thanks for setting me straight, you're a credit to our association.

    The house actually does have a well....as does a couple of houses downhill from it, water table is quite high too.....but I'm not silly enough to use ***. Looks like salt is the best option


  • #24
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,717 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    keepalive213 banned from the DIY forum for one week. All references to his miracle cleaning product have been removed, just in case someone gets a skewed Google result.


  • #25
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,978 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    368100 wrote: »
    The house actually does have a well....as does a couple of houses downhill from it, water table is quite high too.....but I'm not silly enough to use ***. Looks like salt is the best option

    I use Lidl powder once every year or 2 , with a broadcast spreader and wait for rain


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