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bobbi o
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Post: # 77917Post bobbi o

i wouldnt use instarmac stuff. it is good but £1000 a tonne is ripping the preverbial.

it should be only slightly more expensive than hotmix,as the bitumen content and heat is reduced against a normal recipe,before adding the flux.

the ecoflux stuff,which i thing ronacrete and instarmac use in their mix,sets hard on top fairly quickly,but will still be pliable underneath for a while after its laid.

the problem with these guys,is that they dont have their own tar plant,so a product that costs about £90 a tonne to make ends up,with packaging and marketing at £1000.

just about every plant makes their own version of coldtar,which are all really good these days,its just whether anyone can be ersed to bypass their local b.m

colas do a nice product calle bitucrete,which was about £7 per 25kg last time i bought it.

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Post: # 77973Post lutonlagerlout

asphalt express will do me .5 tonne of 6mm for £85 all in
may end up going down that route
pissed off with the hanson stuff ,they shouldnt be allowed to sell it as "driveway repair" cos it aint
screed wacked and rescreeded the sand today
then banged a bit of area in, ohh my hands are sore from picking up the 160 wide blocks
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merchant dropped off a inset cover while i was away getting .5 of sand ,I came back and saw a 45 mm cover laying there
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some lads need a brain transplant on a Monday, 2 of them looked at me like i was an alien when i asked did they not notice it was too thin for block paving ??
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Post: # 77976Post haggistini

You had a good go today LLL!
What blocks again?
Did you use blocks on edge to keep your 45 deg bang on?
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Post: # 77977Post haggistini

Ooh I hear you on the 160mm super grip, last ones I did like that was 150 tegular sized limestone setts with cookie ... My hands where aching after those.
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Post: # 77978Post lutonlagerlout

tegula penant grey around the border,and tegula hazelnut in herringbone for the body,i used a bit of 4 by 2 on edge to get the long 10 m cut all a nice size
some of the others are going to be smaller though,theres no inboard cutting with tegs really
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Nice job as always Tone.
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Post: # 77980Post haggistini

Can't you replace the bedding on the smaller cuts with semi dry mortar before compacting or am I being OTT !
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Post: # 77981Post mickg

looking good Tony and thanks for the compliment
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Post: # 77982Post lutonlagerlout

i was stumped before your suggestion of penant grey kerbs mick g
its nice to use some high end material for a change
for once we have a client that isnt "cheap cheap" :)
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Post: # 78022Post haggistini

Finally finished the drive today with Tarmac threshold
Customers are happy.

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Post: # 78023Post haggistini

Mad contrast of colours and a we touch up on photoshop app!
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Post: # 78030Post Dave_L

All ready for membrane tomorrow when it's a little less breezy and then 150mm of pumped C35 concrete with fibres Thursday.

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Post: # 78036Post dig dug dan

nice job hag. i particularly like the car on the drive!
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Post: # 78039Post haggistini

Some popup's in there dave nice brain buster looking good BTW
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Post: # 78041Post haggistini

dig dug dan wrote:nice job hag. i particularly like the car on the drive!
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