Been a busy last fortnight 2 small driveways 3 days each then a clearout so the cleint can see the whole garden in readiness for a new garden in the spring.
Opinions welcome on whether the curve is a good look or not are very welcome should I not have bothered or could it be tighter etc.
Same house finally after nearly a year and a lot of shouting I got the railings company to fit these to a wall I'd built. The lawn and hedge are ours to.
point of history here that oak is one of the liberty trees of Ireland used by the united Irishmen to nail proclamations and news to in the 1700's. A lot of infamous men passed by here but the fella who paid 10million for the field during the boom didn't know this until his planning application was throw back at him to fits of anger an laughter.
Got a wave form the driver so was made up for the day.
Started this on thursday another levelling job with wall and paving more to follow.
This is a job I went to see last week for planting and is a perfect example of why clients shouldn't let builders chose and lay paving.
These are in the WTF were you thinking vein.
Underwhelming is about a nice as I can be about it. It's a 10acre site with ponds etc and the house is huge but completely average .
Nice work pablo. I like to throw a few curves in any chance i get, i don't like to many straight lines, so well done. I agree ''WTF were they thinking'' ??? :p
Been a good cpl of weeks for us; mainly planing off and overlaying work.....in this month of December it is usually a no no but we've been very lucky.
Seeing two 20tonne rips of 10mm 50pen SMA laid and rolled up to a glass-like finish last Tuesday was very satisfying. Some pretty aggressive gear that you couldn't handle with barrows and rakes.
Sorry, no time for any pictures shame as they have all turned out to be lovely jobs.
RW Gale Ltd - Civils & Surfacing Contractors based in Somerset
very nice work pablo
like the finish
on drive A the DPC on existing seems very low,alos how did you get your drains around the hockey sticks for the meter?
the curve looks great ,is it much more time doing it that way?
that tobermore gear is really vibrant colours
cheers LLL
Liking that tobermore, they are well priced too. Cant help but feel the curve should have been tighter but always good to do something a little diffrent. 3 days to dig out lay and cut in. Thats good going, me and my lad would need 5 days for that, im not working him hard enough
I always feel a drive is 4-5 days work
there used to be a guy on here that claimed he could do a 50m drive in a day
I have done one in 2 days before but everything went toot sweet
normally there is always some kind of hold up
if the curve was tighter the joints would have opened more and it would have looked 3 bob rather than curved
LLL
Very true, ive never played with curves and paving. I did a 20m driveway in a single day, with 3 of us but to be fair started at 6 finished at 11, wouldnt want to do it again.
The first drive is 47m2 and it wasn't a push laying and cutting in a day for 3 men. It's laid high because all the drains and services etc would need moved and they didn't have the budget for it also tthe old drive was the same hieght and hasn't caused any trouble inside the house so client was happy to keep the levels. Gave me a headache though because you can normally estimate a rough fall by looking at the brickwork but the fall on the dpc course was 120mm front to back the brickies spirit level must've been a bit shot for that to happen. On a drive that size it takes us a day to dig out and stone up then the next day is kerbs drainage final levels and get the sand in ready for levelling out. The next day the whole thing gets screeded at the same time and we set about laying it usually by about 10 if it's and 8 am start. One fella lays the other labourer brings and places the setts and block and I assist with both and do the cuts I think it took about 4 hrs to lay and cut then the rest of the day was cleaning and slurry sanding etc. On larger jobs a squad of 4 could easily lay 180m2of the main body of paving without cuts my records over 200m2. Havingthe right tools and making sure the staff work to a routine is what makes the difference.
As for patterns I'm tired of the same old 90 or 45 deg stuff and have been looking into alternatives like waves and curves etc I've been thinking of starting a thread on the very subject and would be interested in hearing from anyone who's done anything like that. I'm also wanting to try some unusual trims if anyones got any ideas.
I guessed as much pablo
thing is we live in the real world ,and in the real world people dont want to pay 2 grand to get services moved
I would have asked them to sign a waiver though,as i have had a slightly different issue come back on a surveyors report when the guy went to sell the house and he basically blamed me , for cutting a roof truss ,when he had insisted on a 900mm square loft hatch
it was a hard lesson to learn and I wont get caught again
after watching recent Uk weather reports I am amazed you have got anything done in the last month in NI
on the subject of detail i like the detailing on the first drive but think 3 colours is enough (IMHO)
the drive with the curve looks stunning but personally I would have liked to have the whole drive ramped and a linear drain against the house
all new thresholds need to be flush and the step neat as it is is no good for wheelchair or elderly access
(but maybe thats just me with ramps on the brain;-)
all in all lovely looking drives the pair of them
what happened to the grass on drive A? it seems to have turned into gravel?
cheers LLL
lutonlagerlout wrote:there used to be a guy on here that claimed he could do a 50m drive in a day
What was his name?
Buffalo Bill
I know his name and sadly I have a feeling that he is no longer trading
he was doing any drive in standard block for £50 per metre ,which in my opinion is unsustainable
I dont like to get involved in all that pub talk about "1000 bricks laid a day" or "16 packs of lockblocks"
just look at the bloke's family?
how are they treated?
LLL :;):
rab1 wrote:Pablo, you have 2no tax disc holders in your vehicle, is one for the MOT stamp. Heard about this but still dont believe it.
yup we have government run test centres over here to counter corruption but the down side is they're a bunch of f*cking Nazis. I've failed for having one of two bulbs out on my number plate and my sister in law failed because her washer fluid ran out on the way to the centre. Civil servants just don't get it sometimes.
shame as they have all turned out to be lovely jobs.
