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Pathway in Balham

Published 12th July 2005

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A fine example of a reproduction black and white pathway. Many of these types of path exist all over the country and are especially common in South London.

Many have suffered from subsidence, often due to bomb damage in the second world war. Some have rotten bases and others are simply neglected and need a small amount of restoration to improve them.

Where the damage is extensive, new paths can be fitted using high quality reproduction tiles. The old base is completely removed and replaced by a steel reinforced concrete base upon which a cement screed is laid with adequate run-off for rainwater.

The black and white chequer board is a classic and timeless design. This particular variation features the white tile as the more prominent colour with slightly thicker border tiles, hand cut to replicate exactly the original path that was removed.

The more standard and common scheme is the the same design but in reverse, the prominent colour being black. The field design is composed of a 50mm x 50mm tile. The border is composed again of the same sized tile and uses a 25mm x 150mm black strip as the inner line, and a thicker tile to the extremity. This outer strip of tiles provides a degree of tolerance when installing a design, and is often hand cut last, to complete an installation.

Other points to consider

When installing a new path, it is important that a York stone is retained or installed to ensure the tiles have a good edge to meet. The path edging functions in a similar way and also prevents water damage and organic matter from gathering on the surface.

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