Cookie's recent work - Liverpool, polished fossil mint

haggistini · Post: # 64136Post **haggistini** Mon May 30, 2011 1:06 pm

haggistini · Post: # 64137Post **haggistini** Mon May 30, 2011 1:10 pm

Stunning work looks the biz!

Mon May 30, 2011 1:25 pm

is the last pic a true colour representation looks a lot more yellow than the others?

nice work as ever cookie, what did you joint and seal the fossil mint with and what are the setts on the drive?

Carberry · Post: # 64144Post **Carberry** Mon May 30, 2011 2:12 pm

Can't fault any of the work, all top notch. I like the look of the patios, I don't like the setts though.

cookiewales · Post: # 64151Post **cookiewales** Mon May 30, 2011 4:28 pm

GB_Groundworks wrote:is the last pic a true colour representation looks a lot more yellow than the others?

nice work as ever cookie, what did you joint and seal the fossil mint with and what are the setts on the drive?

jointed with instarmac gun point sealed with lifo stain stop drive way stones are fossill mint tumbled same size as tegla paving laid on 4 to 1 sharp sand and pointed with instarmac gun point the setts are the same as the boston spa job on photo bucket colour is good when wet lot lighter when dry more photos of job ongoing posted soon many thanks haggis for posting them for me

haggistini · Post: # 64152Post **haggistini** Mon May 30, 2011 4:59 pm

no sweat cookie i know you got your hands full! i love it, cracking job we can only aspire to!

London Stone Paving · Mon May 30, 2011 6:32 pm

You would not think its in Liverpool, it looks more like the Costa del Sol or something. How about the Costa del scouse

Very nice looking work there Cookie.

What is the thickness of the stone? From the step by the gate it looks thin

Cheers

Steve

cookiewales · Post: # 64172Post **cookiewales** Mon May 30, 2011 7:52 pm

London Stone Paving wrote:You would not think its in Liverpool, it looks more like the Costa del Sol or something. How about the Costa del scouse

Very nice looking work there Cookie.

What is the thickness of the stone? From the step by the gate it looks thin

Cheers

Steve

was a lovely job to work on hard work but worth it stone was calibrated between 15mm and 25mm thats why i up specked the base and laying speck coated all the paving with sbr and used slurry poured on beding mixture so no lifting or movment and i had no bleaching through paving reason for sealing lots of trees and easy to clean of.we even fitted a manhole for dog poo to be flussed down total area paved 230m2 walls topped with mahogny nice touch

cookiewales · Post: # 64173Post **cookiewales** Mon May 30, 2011 7:57 pm

bespoke sand stone steps supplied by steptoes just gave them the sizes

pickwell paving · Mon May 30, 2011 8:01 pm

Lovely work cookie, what colour was the gunpoint and does it dry any lighter? Job we're doing at the minute is in marshalls eclipse granite and the customer wants dark pointing, can't decide between easipoint black or dark grey, I can't seem to find a dark colour for instarmac.

cookiewales · Post: # 64176Post **cookiewales** Mon May 30, 2011 8:08 pm

pickwell paving wrote:Lovely work cookie, what colour was the gunpoint and does it dry any lighter? Job we're doing at the minute is in marshalls eclipse granite and the customer wants dark pointing, can't decide between easipoint black or dark grey, I can't seem to find a dark colour for instarmac.

that was there normal grey all black fades to grey am sure you could add liquid colour to the water for mixing but get a good quality colour as used in the ceramics industry its cheaper

pickwell paving · Mon May 30, 2011 8:19 pm

cookiewales wrote:
pickwell paving wrote:Lovely work cookie, what colour was the gunpoint and does it dry any lighter? Job we're doing at the minute is in marshalls eclipse granite and the customer wants dark pointing, can't decide between easipoint black or dark grey, I can't seem to find a dark colour for instarmac.

that was there normal grey all black fades to grey am sure you could add liquid colour to the water for mixing but get a good quality colour as used in the ceramics industry its cheaper

Thanks for the advice but i've never tried mixing my own stuff up for gunpoint and after reading on here that its a pain to get the mix right thought I would give ready mixed stuff a bash, I only need 4 bags and the area is undercover so hoping it wont fade too much.

Mon May 30, 2011 10:07 pm

technically a very fine example of paving
personally not keen on that vibrant grey pointing with buff flags and setts,i find any grey mortar to look too industrial
lovely installation mr cook
LLL

cookiewales · Post: # 64188Post **cookiewales** Mon May 30, 2011 10:13 pm

pickwell paving wrote:
cookiewales wrote:
pickwell paving wrote:Lovely work cookie, what colour was the gunpoint and does it dry any lighter? Job we're doing at the minute is in marshalls eclipse granite and the customer wants dark pointing, can't decide between easipoint black or dark grey, I can't seem to find a dark colour for instarmac.

that was there normal grey all black fades to grey am sure you could add liquid colour to the water for mixing but get a good quality colour as used in the ceramics industry its cheaper

Thanks for the advice but i've never tried mixing my own stuff up for gunpoint and after reading on here that its a pain to get the mix right thought I would give ready mixed stuff a bash, I only need 4 bags and the area is undercover so hoping it wont fade too much.

no i meant just add the colour to the gunpoint to get a black mix you cant beat the real stuff

cookiewales · Post: # 64190Post **cookiewales** Mon May 30, 2011 10:22 pm

lutonlagerlout wrote:technically a very fine example of paving
personally not keen on that vibrant grey pointing with buff flags and setts,i find any grey mortar to look too industrial
lovely installation mr cook
LLL

as we say the pointing tones down you can get lighter tones but in batches of 50x25kg and it has a shelf life