Excellent site and a source of a tremendous breadth of information. Recommended to anyone and a tribute to the time and effort put into producing the articles. All this and well designed as well!
This site is ... marvellous Like you tony I was out on site from a young age. I followed my father into the family business. I was struck by a car when tack-coating on the M8 and was unable to work for some 4 years.(I an now 39)My father kept things going while iundertook many operations on my legs.I have made a reasonable recovery and now manage the company and we continue to contract. I guess you have not been so lucky. good luck with your consulting, you obvisouly now the game inside out
Name:
Barrie Garlick
Town/City:
Buxton, Derbyshire
Comment:
1606
Tuesday June 13, 2006 - 09:11pm
This site was very helpful, in helping me decide which way to lay my patio, and the correct way to do the job, it as saved me alot of trouble.(if I had found this site before I started, the trouble would be over by now!) all the best!!
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Steve
Company:
Private
Town/City:
Perth WA, Australia
Via:
Google
Comment:
1605
Monday June 12, 2006 - 02:49pm
Thanks for your clear and well put together site. Until I read about efflorescence, I thought I was stuck with it forever! It put my mind at rest as my paving is less than 6 months old. Have saved site to Favs for future reference. Many thanks Steve
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Ciaran E-Mail:
Town/City:
Ireland
Comment:
1604
Monday June 12, 2006 - 12:46pm
What a great site. I was asking a mate for tips on laying cobble lock as I had never done it before and he refered me to this site last week. Over the weekend I put down 80M2 of cobble lock without any problems. The tips I found here were invaluable. I'm delighted with the results and more importantly the missus is happy too. Thanks again to all concerened with the site. I'll be back when I get around to doing the kerbs on my driveway.
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John Gordon E-Mail:
Company:
N/a
Town/City:
Southampton, Hants ENGLAND
Trade:
DIY as best i can
Via:
Google
Comment:
1603
Sunday June 11, 2006 - 11:09pm
The Best guide to doing DIY paving I have found !! Although the contractor who laid my driveway did a fair job, I feel having read your website I could have better specified what I required.As I have conservatory being built I need to construct a 6m x 1.2 pavoir block path on a very impervious base so I intend to try out your example of floating edge method with drainage holes at intervals
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Dougie
Comment:
1602
Sunday June 11, 2006 - 09:20pm
Fantastic website! Very well laid out, excellent advice. Very handy calcultor. Thanks very much. Cheers Dougie
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Chris Crowhurst E-Mail:
Company:
Orb Property Services
Town/City:
Liphook, Hants UK
Trade:
Refurbishment/ Construction
Via:
Google
Comment:
1601
Sunday June 11, 2006 - 02:16pm
What a great site, lots of straight forward, easy to understand info. Thanks Chris.
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Sam Hughes E-Mail:
Company:
Selfbuilder
Town/City:
Wiltshire
Comment:
1600
Saturday June 10, 2006 - 06:43pm
Fantatic site, helped me no end, Now i can sleep at night!! Thanks Sam.
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Charles Price E-Mail:
Town/City:
castries, St Lucia West Indies
Trade:
engineer
Comment:
1599
Saturday June 10, 2006 - 02:40am
Exellent site. Well written honest descriptions of paving techniques,obviously well experienced company that is not standing still and researches new products that appear on the market.
Name:
GD
Town/City:
Canada
Comment:
1598
Friday June 9, 2006 - 03:01pm
What a wonderful site! There are more info found on this site than all the books I’ve been reading from the local libraries, manufacturer documentation, and other interlocking websites. The sub-bases and drainage pages are indispensable. Now, if I can just decide on the paving materials… Thank you for sharing such a gem!
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Ian McGrady E-Mail:
Company:
self employed
Town/City:
high wycombe, Bucks england
Trade:
site engineer
Comment:
1597
Friday June 9, 2006 - 11:57am
I have found your site very useful over the years and still use it as a handy guide on most sites but I would really like to see a bit more info on steel fixing and rebar layouts, especially with regard to reading steel drawings, nothing too technical just the practicalities.
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Eric Lobel-Dunkley E-Mail:
Town/City:
Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
Comment:
1596
Thursday June 8, 2006 - 05:38pm
A superb website - easy to read, lots of relevant internal and external links and full of really useful information. Congratulations!
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Jason Thirley E-Mail:
Town/City:
Harlow, Essex UK
Via:
Google
Comment:
1595
Thursday June 8, 2006 - 10:44am
What a fantastic site, all the information you need, clearly and concisely laid out. Many thanks for making this information available.
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Clive Rodber E-Mail:
Town/City:
Mitcham, Surrey England
Comment:
1594
Wednesday June 7, 2006 - 05:57pm
Like so many other people on this and other web sites,information is all to welcome. This is one of,if not,the most informative sites you will find ANYware on the internet. Many congrats for such great work and pics !!!!
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marc harris
Town/City:
kings lynn, norfolk uk
Via:
Google
Comment:
1593
Wednesday June 7, 2006 - 02:24pm
great web site, excellent stuff! you must have spent ages doing it. It was very helpful in putting together my expensive slate eating area in the garden. thanks again.
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PAUL E-Mail:
Comment:
1592
Tuesday June 6, 2006 - 02:17pm
Excellent - plain english and clear enough to decide whether to DIY or bring in the pros. Again, excellent and thankyou.
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Andrew Williams E-Mail:
Town/City:
Neath, West Glamorgan Wales
Via:
Google
Comment:
1591
Sunday June 4, 2006 - 11:51am
What an outstanding site!! I'm midway through a garden project, have done a stone circle patio nand paved area plus decking for the first time, I encountered some drainage problems along the way and this site provided all the answers I needed, surely must be the best on the web on these subjects!
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steven schick E-Mail:
Town/City:
Hernando, fl. usa
Comment:
1590
Saturday June 3, 2006 - 04:36pm
your artucle has been very informant and has helped me in deciding wether to attach this problem with chemical solutions or to wait it out and hopefully not for two yesrs. One thing I assume is that there are these efflorescense not only in the paver blocks but also in the makeup of coping that goes around the edge of the pool area . Again thank you for the time spent in developing your web site. steve schick keeping our razor sharp
Name:
DENISE
Comment:
1589
Saturday June 3, 2006 - 01:30pm
Hi, I looked at your site for PIC studied what I needed to know for a couple of days, then got my quotes from a couple of company's. Worked a treat they thought I know what I was talking about, ( Even though I'm female ) got two great prices and one will even return every two years to reseal etc. Thanks
