Re-pointing - Without destroying stone& best material

[lutonlagerlout]

I have used the stihl all day without going wrong,dust is the biggest problem
you cant use water as with it you cant see anything
hobsons choice
LLL

[DNgroundworks]

wear a decent mask, tell the customer to stay indoors, sweep up and wash off

[London Stone Paving]

There was a cracking post put on here by someone a while back about using a coke bottle full of water in conjunction with an angle grinder to reduce dust :laugh: (dont do it btw, you will die)

Can anyone locate the post?

[DNgroundworks]

lol ^^ ive done something similar and got a blast of a 240v 9" grinder, it hurt like hell...what an idiot

[local patios and driveway]

If the guy isnt making you feel confident then ask someone else, you clearly dont trust him and your instinct is probably right

[Mikey_C]

destructions on how to post photos are here

[Chris May]

Thanks for all the posts. Sorry I've not been replying but for sone reason I haven't been able to log in or even view the Brew Cabin. Tried from couple of computers but I was firmly shut out for some reason. Today it has just popped back up. Fingers crossed it stays, if I disappear again you'll know why.

Lutonlargerlout is going to post a couple of pictures for me as I'm having so much trouble with the site.

I've had another contractor round to quote. He's going to chop out the joints mostly by hand and as he doesn't trust the resin type jointing compounds any more he's gone back to using carefully measured high quality sand and cement. The only thing that worried me was that he pointed to a joint where the bedding mortar was no more than about 5mm below the top of the stone and said that joint was ok and wouldn't need chopping back.

Also there are a few slabs we noticed that are loose. The bedding layer is sound and the slabs don't rock or anything, the only reason you know they are loose is because they sound hollow when you tap them. He's going to relay those using a mixture of cement and a very strong glue rather than disturb the bed. Is that usual, is it the best way to do it?

He's given me a quote for under a thousand pounds for the whole job which includes repairing the top layer of a small dry stone wall.

Any comments would be appreciated.