If I understand it correctly you are asking for something slightly different than the original question:
https://forums.daypilot.org/Topic.aspx/2944/how-to-block-and-show-a-complete-day
Konrad would like to merge events vertically (i.e. same date range, different but adjacent resources).
While you would like to merge the cells horizontally. Is that correct?
1. DayPilot still doesn't allow merging events vertically.
2. It's also not possible to merge cells (either vertically or horizontally).
However, if you want to mark a certain range as "unavailable" you can create a special event for that purpose (use a different background color or styling). You can also disable event moving and resizing for the event so it would become read-only.