Interior showroom - Construction well underway

[London Stone Paving]

Ahh....I think the OSB was a bit wonky in some places, but he uses that method of buttering on all the tiles from what I can see.

[lutonlagerlout]

we use osb or sterling board as it is commonly know for the roughest of jobs
i.e. for dumpers to track across,temporary hoardings,for the mixing area etc
structurally its not worth a carrot
how was it fixed steve?
cheers LLL ???

[London Stone Paving]

The boards were screwed into the wall. We had to screw them into metal joists, so we had to use some screws capable of going into metal. Not sure what they were called.

Its almost finished now and is looking pretty smart. Will post a few more pics tomorrow

[lutonlagerlout]

ahhh wait a minute
is the wall a metal stud wall?
i thought it must be brick or block
I have seen the tiler's work up close and it is a 100% finish,what more can you ask for?
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

The wall is block but they fixed a metal frame to the wall to create the cavity. Filled the cavity with some kind of insulation and then plater boarded it out. Maybe not exactly that but something along those lines. Tilers done a good job. Had a chat to him today and he has straightened the walls out in a few places. Put a spirit level over it and its absolute spot on.

Were putting up some 2000x1000 travertine slabs on the walls tomorrow for the mock up shower. Should look the dogs along with the shower tray.

Will get some pics up of it tomorrow

[London Stone Paving]

We put one of the big slabs of Travertine in today. It went in very easily and took about 10 minutes all in.

This is the first slab







The big guy in the middle is as strong as an ox, think he had most of the weight.



Into position



Too many cooks









Phew... Went in right first time

[GB_Groundworks]

Looks great not sure how easy it'd be slide over shower valve etc but does look ace

[rab1]

serious money needed if you want a bothroom like that. Steve do you sell much stone that size?.

[lutonlagerlout]

nice work
what is the advantage to using such big pieces apart from aesthetics?
i wont mention the ox guys lack of toe tectors
that slab must have weighed 130kg?
sore toe :;):
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

serious money needed if you want a bothroom like that. Steve do you sell much stone that size?.

We sell a lot of big slabs for outside but have not really tapped into the interior market yet.

[London Stone Paving]

nice work
what is the advantage to using such big pieces apart from aesthetics?
i wont mention the ox guys lack of toe tectors
that slab must have weighed 130kg?
sore toe :;):
LLL

It is purely for aesthetics Tony. We've invested quite a bit in machinery for the bespoke side of the business and we need to display what we can do. 95% of our clients would never have a piece of stone like that in their houses, same goes with the bath and the shower tray. But it demonstrates to all customers that pretty much anything is possible from stone.

Thought I would get pulled up on the boots. didnt notice myself until I started posting the photos. Just goes to show you cant switch off for a second. Think he'd just come back from his lunch. Very heavy slab, much more than a sore toe

[lutonlagerlout]

a fella i know had a steel company,an employee crushed his foot (wearing trainers) cost boss man a cool 5 grand
plus the bloke was off for 2 months and then he had to remploy him
it drives me nuts people ignoring HSE
I am responsible for your safety
you are responsible for your own safety
and we all are responsible for each others safety

trying to get that message across is like banging your head on a wall sometimes
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

Looks great not sure how easy it'd be slide over shower valve etc but does look ace

Your right Giles. Depends how much the client wants it I suppose. Where theres a will

[irishpaving]

Totally agree with health & safety and as LLL states we are all responsible.

Can't believe it. I let Steve use my bathroom and what does he do. Puts together a replica of my bathroom in his show room ..

[London Stone Paving]

it drives me nuts people ignoring HSE

I'm always on at my lads about leaving keys in forklift trucks. Thought I had finally got it drilled into them until about 2 weeks ago when one of my lads left a forklift truck running in front of the local HSE officer.

Got an email from them a couple of days later about the incident and a few other concerns they had for the garden centre in general and saying they wanted to arrange a full inspection for the 06th July.

I emailed them back a couple of days later with a full plan of how we were going to address the issues including training for staff etc. Not even had an acknowledgment back from them, let alone any feedback on the proposals we made.