History of joint stabilization – Peter had for some time recognized that stabilizing the jointing sand had become standard practice on all residential, commercial and industrial concrete and clay interlocking pavingstone installations in Europe. Developers and designers had come to realize the benefits of ensuring the integrity of the pavements by the use of joint stabilizers to prevent rainwater and high pressure washing eroding the jointing sand leading to excessive saturation of the bedding sands and sub-bases that invariably led to their subsequent failure. There were also real concerns about the contamination of the sub-soils that was taking place through the leaching in of contaminants on block pavements on gas stations, fuel storage facilities and airport aprons where pavers were being commonly specified.
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Is there a source of raw material that can be added to sand that will make it a joint sand. We have a good source of dried, graded sand that would work, but we don’t know what to add to make it harden…