Best affordable pointing for Indian sandstone cobble set garden path

[Gerhardt]

I have a 22sqm 100 x 100 Indian sandstone cobble garden path that I am busy with. I started looking at pointing solutions for it and do not like the brush in stuff that you can store in water as it is not very pressure washer friendly on my porcelain patios. I have looked at just about every single product on the market, preference would be to use ProJoint TITAN Ultra High Strength Epoxy Paving Grout but it is £65 a tub and I would need circa 35 tubs. Does anyone have any advice on what I can use that is affordable'ish, simple'ish and long lasting? Also would you recommend sealing the cobble setts? I have attached some photos of the path and the actual cobble setts. The entire path will be done in 100 x 100 setts.

 

 

[markc]

As you are likely to be bedding them into sand/cement mortar you might as well fill the gaps as you go along. 

[Nickfromwales]

Maybe better if you check out ‘the paving expert’ forum too?

 

If you go cheap and mortar these joints, expect them to fail with repeat wet / dry / sun / freeze. The reason it’s expensive is because it’s very good and extremely hardy and durable.

 

Work out costs of the lifetime of ownership, not the cost of the stuff in the tub, as grouting / pointing these every time they become shabby would be a royal PITA.

[Mr Punter]

I have seen it done in hot bitumen.  It looks quite an intimidating project.

[Gerhardt]

6 minutes ago, Mr Punter said:

I have seen it done in hot bitumen.  It looks quite an intimidating project.

I will rather pay £130 a tub of pointing than do bitumen. The hardest bit of the path I think was setting it out as these curves were seriously doing my head in.. haha

[Gerhardt]

2 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Maybe better if you check out ‘the paving expert’ forum too?

 

If you go cheap and mortar these joints, expect them to fail with repeat wet / dry / sun / freeze. The reason it’s expensive is because it’s very good and extremely hardy and durable.

 

Work out costs of the lifetime of ownership, not the cost of the stuff in the tub, as grouting / pointing these every time they become shabby would be a royal PITA.

Valid argument. Noted!

[Mr Punter]

4 minutes ago, Gerhardt said:

I will rather pay £130 a tub of pointing than do bitumen. The hardest bit of the path I think was setting it out as these curves were seriously doing my head in.. haha

 

Is the plan to make it all line up left to right and along the length?

[Gerhardt]

1 hour ago, Mr Punter said:

 

Is the plan to make it all line up left to right and along the length?

That is the plan!