My patio/terrace

[carlbeardsmore]

Because it was in Lutons back yard , he could be forgiven for the stacking. He should know who has access to it and the risks. But if it had been on a public access site, then he does need a telling off... :laugh:

[lutonlagerlout]

i been stacking them like that for 25 years and no one has ever mentioned it to me before
and i have never had a stack fall over
i take it you fellas stack them like diamonds and squares,problem doing them like that with injun stone is that after 5 flags the whole stack becomes unstable,due to varying thickness and the riven nature
terrible story about that little girl, a 15 yr old lad died down the road from me on thursday night playing on scaffold 10 stories up and fell.
unfortunately human nature means that building sites have and always will be dangerous places

[Stuarty]

The only time ive ever had a stack fall, well 3 stacks fall is when me and another lad was having to lift 600 wonderful 2x2's up 3 flights of stairs from an underground garage to a roof. And thats only cos my bastard of a workmate was kicking them over .

The killer was the crane left the site the day before we started the slabbing :'(

Its only when i work for that certain client i dont stack the slabs like that.

[Tony McC]

For pressed flags, I make a stack of diamonds and squares roughly 500mm high. For Injun flagstones and wet-cast, I like to use a couple of bags of sand as the support and lean the rest of the flags, on edge, against the sand bags.

Fair comment from Carl about it being LLL's back yard and therefore up to him how he stacks the flags, but with my webmaster hat on, I am obliged to point out and "correct" anything dangerous that appears on the site, just in case some twonk sees, it, copies it, and scuffs his shins in the process. It's not my intention to have a go at LLL or anyone else, just got to be extra careful when there's DIYers about.

[lutonlagerlout]

cheers,like i said, its just the way i have always done it
pure ignorance on my part
maybe there is a gap in the market for someone to make some kind of triangle contraption for leaning flags against, i know especially with the injun stone that i like to pick through the stack to a certain extent,so they need to be upright.
I.E. using the least riven for the highly trafficked areas ,and the dodgy ones (always 2 or 3 in a crate) for cuts or edges,also i f i see one i particularly like then its nice to have that by a door.
but as i am doing my wet bed i try to make a mental note of the next size = thick: 50mm medium: 40 mm or thin :30 mm,so i can adjust the bed accordingly
i know on all our council work we have to have 2 m arris fencing all round the works and 18mm ply cut and fixed at the gaps at the bottom to stop kids getting near the bricks blocks etc.we have regular meetings with the health and safety exec from luton and i witnessed 1 council employee being sacked on the spot for not using goggles while he was using a petrol strimmer.
LLL

[Suggers]

Congrats LLL - just noticed new title !! - well deserved - onto the next M....

[lutonlagerlout]

used the romex terrasse for the first time tonight,used a clean dry mixer and used it exactly as it said on the tin,25kg of kiln dried to .75 l of resin
forced it into all the joints with a jointing iron (yes i know it says brush it in but i am paranoid after geofix) anyway all looks well,but 2 things i noticed
1 very little smell compared to rompox
2 doesnt seem to be going off at all(mind you only finished at
3 anyone here actually used terrasse as opposed to the rompox?
cheers LLL
btw ty suggers

[lutonlagerlout]

terrasse has gone off ,
here it is

next stop is sealant ,very few jobs i do have it because of cost
what do you lot reckon is the BEST product for sealing injun stone??
thanks
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

"sound of tumbleweed rolling past==> owl hoots ===>door creaks open" come on pavers surely someone has sealed injun stone?
PMSL
LLL :laugh:

[andpartington]

we used somet call reseblock on out drive it does the job but was a bit slipey for a week or to when wet but that has worn off now

we got it of on ebay and picked it up but its a bit of a trek for for u

andy

[Tony McC]

For Injun stone, Lithofin MN Stain Stop with or without Colour Imprgnator.

I don't like Resiblock on stone.

I was trying to find out what Hardscape had used on their Chinese Tower sandstone that they were showing off at EWx, but no-one could bloody remember!

[andpartington]

what do you not like about the resiblock i know its for block paving but resiblock oked it for stone and it looks goo to my humble eye

andy

[Tony McC]

Too glossy and makes the stone look varnised - just my opinion, not a technical problem.