Lino tiles

I think I first started commenting on the yellow lino tiles which are replacing the bumpy yellow stones used to highlight pavement events for the blind at reference 1 - and have commented several times since on sloppy installation and their rapid deterioration. See, for example, reference 2.

It now seems that the headmistress of Stamford Green School - presumably devoting much quality time to matters maintenance & builders, now that such functions have been dumped by local education authorities - has ruled that she is not having lino tiles outside her school, and a pile of yellow stones has appeared in the roadway outside.

Since all this started I have been keeping an eye on both stones and lino, and in defense of the lino crew, I should say that the stones are not as strong as they look and will crack up if carelessly laid - which seems, all too often, to be the case. Slopes seem to be a particular problem.

I suspect that all the yellow paint added to the mix used to make these stones is doing nothing for their strength and that, in that regard, they are not a patch on regular council slabs.

Reference 1: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/golf-bores.html.

Reference 2: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/poor-detailing.html.