Odd mortar discoloration

[Secret_Sipper]

We had a brand new block paved drive laid last October and although this has been like this for a while, it's been dark going to work/coming back and wet.

This week when coming home I've noticed the below photo.
Thoughts please?

Thank you

 

[noseall]

Err - is this outdoors?

 

[Secret_Sipper]

Yes driveway.
We have a fence between next door, so he halted a block and turned them up on there ends as the gradient changes about 2 ft before the garage door.

Just looks like a zebra styled mortar job!

 

[noseall]

Just looks like a zebra styled mortar job!

I don't know any builders who have control over how their mortar behaves or looks during wet/dry periods. I don't know many clients diligent enough to care either.

 

[noseall]

Just looks like a zebra styled mortar job!

My only criticism is that it looks like he has used soft sand mortar as opposed to something more durable like screed mix or concrete to fill that large gap.

 

[Secret_Sipper]

I don't know any builders who have control over how their mortar behaves or looks during wet/dry periods. I don't know many clients diligent enough to care either.

Maybe the photo wasnt the best, I've just never seen any concrete I personally have ever mixed behave like that hence why I asked.

 

[noseall]

It looks like you have a mortar fillet as opposed to a concrete fillet. Not the end of the world but more susceptible to water ingress, especially where the mortar is more compressed in places than in others (zebra).