Resiblock is Homeward Bound

What was once known as Farnworth Station, a quaint semi-rural railway station built at the height of the Victorian period on the outskirts of the Lancashire Fishing Village of Widnes on the Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester line has had a fairly quiet life. In fact, before the recent major refurbishment, its biggest claim to fame was that some wannabe pop star found himself stranded there one evening in the mid 1960s, so sat down and wrote a song while waiting for his train. His name was Paul Simon and the song? Homeward Bound. Trufact!

However, as part of the maintenance regime used on stations to keep them looking spick and span, regular cleaning is undertaken and on similar projects it had been noted that washing down the paving often resulted in loss of that ever-so-important jointing sand which locks together the whole pavement. Even worse, weeds will insist on trying to establish themselves on any surface, so the facilities management team wanted a low maintenance option that would protect the jointing sand and minimise weed colonisation, whilst simultaneously withstanding the footfall from thousands of shoppers and commuters who use the station each week, and the whoosh-by of speeding trains. The fact that it makes it much more difficult for that scourge of modern pavements, chewing gum, to stick to the sealed surface was just another important benefit.

Enter Resiblock , Essex-based specialists in the sealing of concrete block paving and on the verge of celebrating their 20 years in business. Their in-house team of experienced advisors recommended that Resiblock 22 be specified, a one pack moisture cured specialist pre-polymer urethane paving sealer that earned its chops on Aircraft Aprons where it was critical in preventing jointing sand erosion from aircraft movement.