Herringbone pattern - Where to start

[trevor57]

I've now ordered my blocks - bradstone original woburn in 2 sizes 134x134 and 200 x134 and want to lay them in what the Bradstone brochure describes as offset herringbone 90* using two sizes. My problem is as there are no straight lines in this pattern do I start from the straight line across the house or in the middle somewhere. Or do you think this is too complicated and should I stick to a stretcher pattern. Your advice would be appreciated. Many thanks.

[bobhughes]

I can't see how you can lay a herringbone pattern with those two sizes. Stretcher would work OK though.

Work parallel to the house wall.

[trevor57]

In the Bradstone driveway collection brochure on page 54 it shows it is possible but as it is such a small diagram it is hard to see the overall pattern very well. How they do it is by grouping 2 square blocks and two oblong blocks together to make a big oblong but as they are offset there is no straight line more than about half a meter. Have just found a full page photo of this type in the same book on page 6 but I still would'nt really know where to start.

[bobhughes]

I can see what you mean. I looked at their pdf which you can expand up to see the pattern better.

I suggest you cut out some card rectangles to scale. The four flags make a rectangle 334x268 so 33½mm x 27mm would work OK. You could then set out a section on a 10th scale drawing of the drive.

[trevor57]

Thanks Bob, sounds like a good idea to me. I've got some graph paper so i'll be cutting out little squares tonight.

[lutonlagerlout]

or use adobe illustrator,autocad,or turbo cad
cutting little squares is a right pain
shame no one makes magnetic ones and a metal board so you could do scale patterns for drives and flags
regards LLL