Recent work

[mickg]

thank you haggistini
the Marshalls fairstone sawn paving is stunning when laid and superb to work with, expensive yeah but worth it in my opinion

no i never seal any driveway paving, I have quite a few photos on the Marshalls web site which is a great compliment

yeah customers always very happy

thank you LAPD
I have been told if I try harder i will get a metal trophy next year :;):

thank you Dave

thank you london stone

[Carberry]

Very nice work, great job with the trianglular cuts. Only criticism I have are the darts and slips.

I have only worked with the fairstone paving a couple of times and I wasn't that impressed with it, had more than a few slabs with a bend in them.

[DNgroundworks]

Lovely stuff Mick.

Do you take the the photos or get a pro in?

[dig dug dan]

whats really interesting for me seeing micks pictures (spot on work btw), is in several he has laid the charcoal kerbs, and pointed them inbetween where he has opend up the gap to get the radius.
That is how its supposed to be done.
there is a company round here, everyone says hes great, but the last job on my estate he did, he left such large gaps between the kerb units you could get your hand in the joint!
i would not be happy if i was the customer!!

[mike builder/landscaper]

well done mick. that shows us all the standards we have to aim for.

[mickg]

thank you carberry
I understand what your saying with the darts and slips but on a domestic driveway its not always aesthetically pleasing to the eye with inbound cutting and I ask the customer which they would like to see and they all say darts and slips so that's why we do it

I take my own photos Dan, I used to use a cannon EOS 450D but now I use a Sony HD video camera and from the video I take the still shots

thank you Dan


thank you mike

come on everyone lets see photos of your work too

[digerjones]

well smart mick. i dont think i will be posting any pics of work ha ha

[Pablo]

Your workmanship is second to none Mick I'm going to nick a few of your edging detail ideas if you don't mind. I'd love to have the choice of paving you guys get all I can get my hands on is Tobermore and Acheson & Glover but their service is so poor I've stopped using them so Tobermore it is. Marshalls did open up distribution over here but prices were to high for the local market and you had to wait until a 40footer was full of orders before it was despatched so you could wait weeks for delivery.

[mickg]

thank you dylan

thank you pablo, so is your workmanship too now you have mastered how to post photos and we can see it

tobermore have a good range of small units to do a wide variety of edge details if you mix and match the colours

[mickg]

Tegula Traditional Patio


Tegula Traditional Path


Tegula Hazelnut Driveway


Tegula Hazelnut Driveway


Marshalls Heritage Patio


Indian Stone Patio

[Pablo]

The Argent trim on that hazelnut driveway is a great contrast I'm snaffling that for sure on my next drive if it'll work. I take it the heritage is the same house.

[mickg]

yeah its all the same house, front drive and both the side paths are tegula hazelnut with the argent light border and the rear patio is heritage paving with the tegula hazelnut border, the curved wall and steps are all new too

[DNgroundworks]

Any particular reason why you take a video then stills Mick?

Me to Pablo, im going to 'borrow' a few ideas, dont worry Mick i wont encroach on your area, not that i can compete anyway, the edge and step detail im sure i can work into a few projects.

How do you go on with ordering small amounts of one colour block for the edge detail from marshalls? Is it not a fortune?

[mickg]

yeah as I now make videos of my jobs, the video is better quality because its HD and the photos are much better too

don't forget to forward the royalty cheque

we either order full packs and use the blocks up on a couple of jobs or get the exact amount required from a Marshalls stockist, same cost for both

[mickg]

Circular Steps

the customer laid the turf on top of turf, that was nothing to do with me I am pleased to say