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Pablo
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Post: # 65979Post Pablo

looking good Dan and tony that gftk leaves a good finish and i don't think the stone colour is too bad. Also well done not trashing the lawn the client must be happy. I have noticed that a lot of folks on here only trim the outer edge of the flags and whilst it looks fine I reckon trimming all of it makes for a better more balanced finish if the clients agreeable to it.
Can't see it from my house

DNgroundworks
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Post: # 65980Post DNgroundworks

what do you mean pablo?

Pablo
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Post: # 65981Post Pablo

using the setts to trim the flags on all sides including along the house not just the lawn edge.
Can't see it from my house

DNgroundworks
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Post: # 65982Post DNgroundworks

Ah i get you, i personally think its to much, but ill try and talk the next client round - ill post some photies if they go for it!

pickwell paving
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Post: # 65986Post pickwell paving

Nice work Dan lovely cutting round the recessed cover we used some of the gftk on a job recently for the 1st time, amazing stuff would be my pointing of choice on everyone job if the budget allowed for it.
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London Stone Paving
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Post: # 66059Post London Stone Paving

Cracking cutting there Dan. It was worth having the drain there just to demonstrate the quality of your cutting :D :D :D

lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 66065Post lutonlagerlout

did you lay the circle first then ,lay the setts to it or visa versa dan?
I find it easier and neater to lay the main body then cut it in situ
but i know others do it differently
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jonnyboyentire
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Post: # 66072Post jonnyboyentire

I've used that 800 stuff too, fantastic.
full bed only - spot and dabs are the scourge!!

DNgroundworks
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Post: # 66085Post DNgroundworks

No we laid the circle first, then laid the flags that are at the edge on the grass so they were hanging over were they would be laid but just higher up then, we used draining rods to create the curve with me holding it at one end and my brother at the other and then put a little tension on it to make the desired curve then marked then cut, cutting a curve free hand with no guide is very tricky, and to get a sweet curve as well that doesnt look like a dog pissing in the snow is nigh on impossible, so i find that draining rods on this job to be just right for striking the curve.
We cut back and allowed 4.5 inch to slot the setts in after.

DNgroundworks
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Post: # 66086Post DNgroundworks

Obviously the main body of the paving was already in as well as the circle, before we started on cutting the curve in.

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Post: # 66088Post lutonlagerlout

more or less the way i do it
good lateral thinking with the drain rods
my old boss used to use hose pipe :O
oh dear
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DNgroundworks
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Post: # 66094Post DNgroundworks

Some more pics, disabled access path, just waiting for the locals to plant up the soil area and ill get some finished pics.

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DNgroundworks
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Post: # 66095Post DNgroundworks

i tried to re-size them!!!!

dig dug dan
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Post: # 66097Post dig dug dan

looking good dan. If i could comment on the trailers. are they yours? i see the hitch on the far one has a security device.
the one problem with ifor's is the hitch they suply is c**p. As soon as i got my tipper, i got the head changed to an indespension triple lock. Not cheap, but impossible to drill out.
Ifors are so easy to steal otherwise:(
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DNgroundworks
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Post: # 66100Post DNgroundworks

The plant trailer isnt mine, its my mates but it is a really good trailer, the tipper is mine the lock on it shit so i bought the bulldog lock. You would have to bash away at it for a while to get it off i reckon.

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