Landscape & Urban Design Issue 38 2019 | Page 70

UNIQUE & HARD WEARING RESIN BOUND SURFACES The chances are, if you’re reading this form a screed, which is then trowelled respectively or a 50/50% blend, magazine, you have already heard of out onto a pre-prepared substrate to depending on how you want the resin bound surfaces but in case you create a highly aesthetic, hardwearing finished surface to look. Only washed, haven’t, here’s a brief explanation: porous surface. dried and dust free aggregates What is a resin bound surface? There are many different aggregates Put simply, a resin bound surface is installers tend to use either a created by mixing a clear adhesive with a blend of decorative aggregate to 70 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 38 2019 available and as a general rule 75/25% blend of 2-5mm and 1-3mm approved for use in a bound surface, should be used as the dust and moisture contained in standard aggregates make them incompatible with a bound resin system.