One for mick, cookie or dempsey re reclaimed set

[sy76uk]

A customer has asked me to put some footpaths in in her back garden.

The house is hundreds of years old and she wants her paths too look like they have always been there.

I suggested cobbles, reclaimed sets or victoria blue paviers.
Trouble is I have no idea on cost to buy the stuff or where to get them.
Anyone help?

[seanandruby]

Reclaimed salvage yards.

[sy76uk]

I know I can get them from salvage yards Sean but the lads that use the materials in question all the time will know the best ones and can give me an idea on cost.

I also need to know how far a ton bag goes.

[seanandruby]

Yep your right sy, i apologise i should of known your aware of salvage yards. Not ton bags m8 but bulk bags. Good luck.

[lutonlagerlout]

i saw a path the other week that looked mint
old looking but really well done
the lady had built in herself by laying 20mm stones onto a wet bed of concrete going up to a compass that she did in different colour stones
it really looked the biz on a 300 year old cottage
time consuming no doubt!
every time i get prices for setts it feels like I am having the piss took out of me
try steptoes yard or abacus reclaim
cheers LLL

[sy76uk]

You buy sets by the ton Sean.
Thank for wishing me luck.

It's funny you should say that about the pebbles set in concrete Tony.
On my last visit to the clients house we had the a similar idea.
He's got a capped off well that is being rebuilt so we're thinking about doing something similar around that.

I received an email from my clients this morning saying that they are now looking at brick paviers and they found a link to a place on the pain paving expert site called chelmer valley.
They'll be taking a trip down there next week to pick stuff out.

There's some really nice stuff on there. I love brick paviers.
Looking forward to this one.

[mickg]

the 2 I have used are

Steptoes Yard

Bridge Street Stone

[sy76uk]

Cheers Mick.

[Pablo]

Duckstones are a truely authentic finish for centuries old houses, especially in rural areas. It can be a hard sell but I have always thought properly done natural stone crazy paving was a fantastic and in keeping finish to old houses. Cobbles and setts etc weren't generally used for houses so aren't really that authentic and can look like it's trying too hard sometimes.

[sy76uk]

I agree Pablo and that is what they have down already so I could redo it with the materials they have down already as they're only bedded into soil.
I've got a feeling it will come down to a combination of duck stone cobbles around the well and brick paving on the footpaths.

[DempseyLiverpool]

I've used Stonescape in Wigan. Seen Arthur Burns & Son bags on a couple of Cookies sett jobs.

[sy76uk]

Will do. Thank Ashley.

[sy76uk]

Here are a few before pics of this job.



The radius of the lawn is going to be reduced by 600mm
I'm putting sweeping footpaths in clay brick paviers from chelmer valley brick company
The cobbles are being lifted and relayed around the well and new paths.

The brick paviers are 200 x 48 and i'll be laying them with a mortar joint on a semi dry bed with a bridge bond and a mortar joint rather than but jointed and sanded up in the same manner as block paving.

Not sure on what to do about the pointing.
There will be a lot of joints. Gunning them in will take a long time and i'm worried about stain on the bricks if i slurry them although I know the cobbles will be ok.

Looking forward to this one.
Always nice to use something different.

[DempseyLiverpool]

Nice property to work on sy. Look forward to seeing the finished job.

[sy76uk]

Cheers Ashley.
What are your thoughts on slurrying the bricks mate?