Weed membrane under block paving?

[nickhills1]

Evening all.

 

Looking for advice please. We have a long driveway which wraps around into a rear patio which is all block paved. We struggle regularly with weeds coming up between the blocks.  I have power washed it previously and resanded it but the weeds grew back quickly (even with some weedkiller sprayed.

 

I was thinking that I could lift the blocks in sections and lay weed membrane down on top of the sand and then re-lay the blocks. Would that stop/minimise the weed issue?

 

Thanks in advance for your experience.

Edited Friday at 19:50 by nickhills1

[JohnMo]

2 hours ago, nickhills1 said:

Would that stop/minimise the weed issue?

No. Weeds are wind blown ones that setting the cracks and grow there. A membrane would do nothing to stop this.

[nickhills1]

13 hours ago, JohnMo said:

No. Weeds are wind blown ones that setting the cracks and grow there. A membrane would do nothing to stop this.

Thanks JohnMo.

I'll go back to some monster weedkiller then by the sound of it!! Lol

[gaz_moose]

My neighbour always uses bleach on his.

[Conor]

A weed membrane will stop the roots of any weeds getting down into the soil. But, by that point the plants will be big enough to be a nuisance anyway, so not a huge benefit.