Cheshire job part 1 - Work hard play hard eat like kings!

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Pablo
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Post: # 65894Post Pablo

I've had good results on all types of limestone with larsen acriseal. It holds the colour very well and lasts a long time and can withstand punishment. It doesn't cost a small fortune either. Are those setts from Kilkenny limestone they look like one of their ranges.



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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 65905Post lutonlagerlout

sorry i should have said sawn and tumbled
looks the bees knees lads
8 weeks to go!
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Post: # 65908Post bobbi o

lutonlagerlout wrote:they look the business haggi
are you banging them down?
cheers LLL :)
the only thing thats getting banged down is cheap cider! 4 rows a day!

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Post: # 65918Post haggistini

More beer than cider bobbi and nothing is cheap in Cheshire..
Would have loved to have laid more yesterday but that was the last row of them :(
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Post: # 65920Post digerjones

where abouts in cheshire is the job. i think myself lucky to live in this part of the world, shame about the prices of stuff though. the job looks well smart.
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Post: # 65922Post lutonlagerlout

bobbi o wrote:
lutonlagerlout wrote:they look the business haggi
are you banging them down?
cheers LLL :)

the only thing thats getting banged down is cheap cider! 4 rows a day!
thats 4 rows every day bobbi!!
dont forget haggis has to peel 20 lb of spuds every night,slaughter a lamb,200 brusels and wash up
thats a job on its own feeding the boyos :;):

joking aside i would love to get my hands on those setts,lot of character there
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Post: # 65925Post jonnyboyentire

Totally agree, they are proper class they are. Gorgeous.
full bed only - spot and dabs are the scourge!!

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Post: # 65939Post Dave_L

My god you guys have some patience, thats some lovely straight work there.
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Post: # 65941Post bobbi o

Dave_L wrote:My god you guys have some patience, thats some lovely straight work there.
Perfection. where do the setts come from?

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Post: # 65957Post cookiewales

there from martin at stonevalley stoke he has big stocks of paving :)
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Post: # 66055Post haggistini

Cracking on this week! sean and noony flying on the slabs bands going in, lots of visual progress and it's only Tuesday.

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Post: # 66056Post ken

Looks smart hagg, with all the money you make on that job get your self a new camera!
I don’t think ive seen a photo of yours yet that aint got a black blob on the top left of it!
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Post: # 66057Post London Stone Paving

Fantastic work guys. Its a real pleasure to see the job progressing. Keep the photos coming Hagg :D

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Post: # 66062Post lutonlagerlout

ken wrote:Looks smart hagg, with all the money you make on that job get your self a new camera!
I don’t think ive seen a photo of yours yet that aint got a black blob on the top left of it!
think that may be cameraman's finger lol
lovely work boyos,did 8 bags of easipoint today,dunno which hurts more me back or my wrist ???
about 15 tubes to a bag and 20 squirts per tube = 2400 grips of the hand
dare not have a hand shandy tonight,i might pull the head off it :O
like the setts on the curves
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Post: # 66064Post Stuarty

lutonlagerlout wrote:i might pull the head off it :O

What you get upto in your own time is your choice LLL :p

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