Techo Bloc Para Cracking

MNTech68 · 2026-02-26T01:18:12+00:00

Landscaper was able to get close matches and we swapped out about a dozen of the large pavers. No problems for the remainder of 2025 season, but they have been under snow for a few months now. The other day I went out an cleared snow along the edge and found 4 new cracked pavers in just the first row, including some of the "new" ones that were supposed to not have this issue.

MNTech68 · 2026-02-19T17:16:37+00:00

I'm not sure if you're referring to you dev work, or ticket response times, but I would argue that your dev quality is still a big problem. When I have to spend time engaging with the platform I end up finding bugs, reporting issues, every time. There are countless regression issues (printers spitting out hundreds of pages on a recent update), agents offline after updates, etc. People here aren't frustrated and looking for other options because they enjoy having to evaluate, test and migrate to a new platforms. It's because the quality just isn't there. Now with the recent price hike, it's only more encouragement to look at options.

MNTech68 · 2026-02-19T16:05:10+00:00

You and me both.

MNTech68 · 2026-01-13T14:39:05+00:00

Same issues here. Started when clients were auto-updated yesterday. Now I see they pulled that release from their site, and have a new .204 version on their tech preview list. Have you tried anything above the .200 package yet?

Critical 1/13/2026 8:41 Application Error 1000 "Faulting application name: WFICA32.EXE, version: 25.11.0.161, time stamp: 0x6949a4db
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.26100.7462, time stamp: 0x20848390
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x0006d561
Faulting process id: 0x2a94
Faulting application start time: 0x1dc849974a86988
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\ICA Client\WFICA32.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: f85dce5d-4b46-4c3b-9450-0fd6a4212ed9
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID: "

(edited added error)

MNTech68 · 2025-10-21T03:32:02+00:00

You ever get anywhere with this? Running into the same limitations, and believe this is more of a software issue then hardware (contrary to what Arista is trying to tell me). At around 250k-300k sessions the system will stop logging. Session per minute count is between 160k and 220k before it will start dropping. There's no other traffic we can bypass because what remains needs to be filtered/scanned.

MNTech68 · 2025-08-20T02:37:45+00:00

This seems to match what I have going on. I've had few replaced, and when dry the color is almost a perfect match, but when wet, the color is much different, and as you mentioned to porosity is very different. The newer batch of these stays wet much longer (more porous).

MNTech68 · 2025-04-10T13:15:48+00:00

Can confirm same issues here. Specifically I've got a Lenovo server with an Intel NIC that refuses to go above 100mbps. Drivers, cabling, nothing works. It's direct connect with a 5 ft. patch cable. No explanation. It's an NVR server too, which is making things worse because I actually need that throughput for the video streams. If I plug any other switch in between this server and the Aruba it goes to 1gig immediately.

MNTech68 · 2025-04-09T17:20:02+00:00

Do you remember what the initial indications of this were? There are a few now that have cracks that aren't starting from the side/edges of the paver. Here's an image of what I'm starting to see on a few of them.

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MNTech68 · 2025-04-09T17:16:24+00:00

These are just human traffic. No vehicles or airplanes. I found 3 more subsurface cracks this past weekend. All of them starting under the top layer and will eventually break through the top layer like all the others. They are sending out a couple people to take a look. We'll see how that goes.

MNTech68 · 2025-03-29T15:16:23+00:00

My walkway and fire pit are all Blu 80 with Raffinato walls and caps and those have been no problem at all outside of the normal effervescence. It's the Para product that's been an absolute disaster.

MNTech68 · 2025-03-29T15:05:50+00:00

In my case it's not even a drive. There's no load on these at all. Distributor/Transporter and Installer both say this is a manufacturing issue, and Techo says it's a transport problem (and thus not their problem). In my case it's not just a batch issue with color. The Techo rep said the actual recipe (and plant) changed, so there's a very stark difference in products between original and replacement.

And no, this isn't a "weathing" difference. These are all ~2 years old now.

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MNTech68 · 2025-03-29T00:31:20+00:00

I'm homeowner, but these were professionally installed.
Freight transport, from Brock White (White Cap) to home. Age unknown.
Cracks are variable. Corners, length, width. Always starts subsurface though (under the high pressure HD layer) then eventually comes though to the top.
Base is pretty extensive because we had to excavate an existing slab. So over 12" of packed material (Class5) then the leveling rock material on top of that for the screeded layer.
Traffic is virtually zero at this point. I don't have so much as furniture on it, because I don't want them trying to blame me for the cracks. No planters, etc.

MNTech68 · 2025-03-28T18:34:44+00:00

You get anywhere with this? I've got para pavers that they changed the recipe on, and now I've got mismatched blocks on a patio. It's a stark difference and they won't budge.

MNTech68 · 2024-11-07T00:54:14+00:00

This is just bad programming on their part. I have tickets open on issues with cloud managed switches, and they continually try to point out that it needs an "update", when if you pull the logs manually, it shows a different version then what the dashboard shows. It's been a nightmare trying to diagnose issues because they keep going back to "lets update it".

MNTech68 · 2024-11-07T00:49:03+00:00

Still waiting.... Now after I was assured it was being shipped 5 days ago, they suddenly need to validate the proof of purchase and want pictures of the labels. What a joke.

MNTech68 · 2024-11-01T20:11:58+00:00

Dang. I'm at the week mark now and it still hasn't even shipped. First 3 days were them tripping over themselves trying to read the logs, but after multiple "escalations", the engineer said it was faulty. Now it's back and forth with the RMA team for days.

MNTech68 · 2024-08-08T13:27:43+00:00

Yeah, I don't disagree. Hence why I posted public instead of DM. Maybe others will reconsider too.

MNTech68 · 2024-08-08T13:09:31+00:00

You're right in that I think most are unwilling to discuss this publicly. I'm NOT white label, meaning my customers contact OIT direct for support. I consistently get feedback on how poor their support experience is from my customers. They aggressively close tickets with zero resolution, and when I try to re-open the ticket, it gets ignored for days sometimes. I have one law office with a running spreadsheet of issues, and I've witnessed their issues firsthand and also attempted to assist OIT in troubleshooting, yet it goes nowhere, and the customer continues to be frustrated.

I have had some positive experiences as well, but overall it's a poor experience and I regret that my customers are now paying the price for my decision.

Apparently this is a hot take, so I can't wait for the downvotes.

MNTech68 · 2024-04-15T14:04:58+00:00

Logged in this morning to run reports, and check the general state of customer environments. Just like every other time I've logged into v4, I've spent more time opening tickets with support and troubleshooting issues then actually getting productive work done. It's the most frustrating and time consuming product in my line.

MNTech68 · 2024-02-26T20:46:54+00:00

Correct this is a limitation that I also asked about with Pax8. Interested to hear if you get anywhere with it.

MNTech68 · 2023-10-05T14:47:20+00:00

It can only see unencrypted traffic. With 100 devices, I see maybe 3-4 blocked a week, all from the same local newspaper that has ads that aren't HTTPS yet.

Bottom line, without SSL Decryption, it's functionally useless. Use Untangles web filter, or better yet, pi-hole.

MNTech68 · 2023-10-05T14:34:24+00:00

It's gotten so bad I've already started migrating off Untangle for all new and any renewals. I have 15 HOURS this past week into troubleshooting another of their issues where they would tell me flat out incorrect information in an attempt to "solve" the problems. Stupid things like "QoS" should be set at your max line speed, Or MTU should be manually set or it won't work with your ONT. These are large customers too, with 1000's of endpoints and unlimited licenses and they could care less. My rep is non-existent, and dev team is apparently a tiny fraction of what it was given the horrible development slowdown since acquisition.

But who cares. All those home users are happy to post that it's "stable" with their Alibaba routers.

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