Secure: ACO BorderGuard provides a secure edge for block paving and ACO’s ground reinforcement tiles. 

Flexible: With the outer edge cut through, BorderGuard bends to follow the curve of a paved/tiled installation, up to 90 degrees.

Neat: BorderGuard’s open-grid structure accommodates planting or grass, rendering the product practically invisible in comparison to concrete-hauched edging.

The edge of the block paving installation is crucial for the security of the paving as a whole. Block pavers are typically laid on a cement-free bed of sharp sand and so the edging holds the blocks together and prevents sideways movement when they are subjected to a load from above e.g. from a car wheel. The same principle applies to ground reinforcement tiles. While the built-in pegging points allow ACO's tiles to be secured into the sub-base, edging with BorderGuard further restricts the tiles moving sideways, particularly under the force of a turning car wheel – plus BorderGuard creates a neat boundary.

Gareth Wilson, award-winning landscaper with more than 30 years of experience, highlighted edging as the number one pitfall in block paving installation:

'The first and most common issue by far is edge restraints or the lack of them. Block paved driveways are dependent on being tightly packed together and not allowed to move laterally as they are laid unbound. Too many times I’ll see some mortar haunching (see photo left) instead of K-Kerbs laid on concrete footing or pin kerb bedded and haunched in concrete.'*