Recent work

[flowjoe]

Nice work Haggi

We put this beast in last year



Bitch of a dig, pure sand stone hence the lack of shuttering

[ilovesettsonmondays]

when i was 20 was working for murray and keane subbying to monks at icelands head office on a new lorry park.was young and green in them days . the lads put interceptor tank poured the concrete and the tank floated . concrete was like piss . as a 20 year old stuck in a hole at 8 o clock on a friday night was not a good memory

[lutonlagerlout]

some paving pics from budapest






a guilloche or whatever tony mc calls it
my missus calls it a wheel



some unidecor


and lastly what a great way to cook sauasges
with an iron!!

cheers LLL

[haggistini]

Jeezus that wheel looks easy work! How do you rate Budapest ?

[lutonlagerlout]

fantastic destination haggis
I have been 5 times in 15 years and it has improved massively
when i first went in 98 it was still like a communist country
people only spoke magyar and russian
they have renovated nearly all of the inner city now and best of all for us its dirt cheap
you can pay big money in the real tourist bit in the centre
but i was paying320 forints for a large gin and tonic and 300 fts for a pint of staropramen , 700 fts for 20 b and H
bearing in mind its around 355 fts to the pound
we went to an all you can eat sunday brunch at le meridien with free wine and hungarian champagne ,£22 each in english
went to the desert buffet at the marriot and it was all the desserts you can eat plus free champagne £6.50 a head

I spoke to a couple of lads lying setts see here excavating

and they reckon around 500 euro a month is the best they can earn on price
its a shame for them ,but the british £££ goes a long way there
found this pic as well
these slabs seem to be like council greys to us


quite snazzy in their own way
also liked these

we stayed at the palazzo zichy which cost us about £90 a night for a suite, could never afford places like this in the uk
cheers LLL

[mickg]

nice photos and some excellent paving work luton

unidecor
a blast from the past in the 90's, I used to love it when i first came out as it looked different but now I cringe every time I see it

[Carberry]

It's official, budapest has the best paving if you're on mushrooms or LSD :laugh:

[lutonlagerlout]

i laid a fair bit of *lolly pop* as we used to call it 20 years back
hehe
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

That last shot looks like Donnegal Quartz. Assuming it's some kind of Hungarian Quartz?

[lutonlagerlout]

finally back into work mode
chicken kebab every night for £1.50 from the kebab shop near our hotel

jamal did a whole one of these every day ,and by the last day i converted him to being called jimmy
he only went to budapest 3 years ago from baghdad and speak english magyar and iraqi
i only had a sore tummy on 6 of the 7 nights :;):
got to the airport and mrs lout did her leg so i decided to have a gander round the airport

found this place upstairs
well worth £9 for a 20minute thai massage
plus the music drowned out mrs lout's screams

new job started
the lads dug it out and concreted it while i was away
we banged the brickwork up Tuesday

i was a bit miffed at the concrete height,they left us 675 below FFl
so we had to import 9 tonnes of type 1

poured the slab at 3 today

its a PITA having 2 DPMs around the celotex but its what they want
looks a bit damp tomorrow
but we shall soldier on
waiting for any and all barbs and comments

:;):
LLL

[mickg]

did you have mild chilli sauce with a dash of lemon and salt on your chicken donna ?

[mickg]

is that grey duct tape holding the visqueen up against the wall ?

[lutonlagerlout]

yes and yes mick
and no she didnt do any extras
LLL :laugh:

[Dave_L]

Block paving looks a bit wonky Tone :p

[haggistini]

Your boys are fine tuned digging machines tony! You can't blame them going to deep haha..!
I'll have some pics of the 450m2 driveway for you all tonight and I have a big meeting today in the old town hall with the shiney shoe brigade! the shite is gonna hit fan me thinks....
:laugh: