The rotting, wooden slats in your driveway or patio once served a purpose as slab expansion joints. But now, they mostly serve as an eyesore that sprouts weeds and provides a home for ants. This not only is bothersome to you, but it can also reduce your home’s curb appeal.
The easiest way to solve this problem is with tough, outdoor-grade PVC plastic expansion joints. Plastic concrete slab expansion joints come in a variety of widths and colors. Once you’ve gotten the old, rotten wood out, the strips of plastic expansion joints can be pressed into the gap. Once done, it will last for at least 10-years. The hardest part of the installation is removing the old, wooden expansion joints.
Once installed, plastic expansion joints are unaffected by moisture and prevent the growth of weeds and grass. Also, ants won’t be able to penetrate the gap to build colonies. This means your driveway or patio will look clean and neat.
You could also fill the gaps between the slabs with caulking. But, this ends up being a more expensive and difficult repair. It’s hard to calculate exactly how much caulking you will need. Moreover, you’ll need to crawl on your hands and knees, squeezing out yard after yard of caulk. On the other hand, plastic concrete expansion joints can be pressed in with your foot. Plastic concrete expansion joint strips save you time, money, and effort. Best of all, your concrete will look great.
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