London stone catchup - Few photos

[Carberry]

Steve if you extend your house you'll have no garden left and worse still no where to BBQ. A man without a BBQ isn't really a man anymore.

and a man without a beard isn't really a man anymore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmFnarFSj_U

[London Stone Paving]

ps its shocking what finishing costs inside the house eh steve?

Its a dear do alright. I've done loads of the work myself, I reckon if I'd got firms in to do it all it would have cost me double what it has cost, maybe even more.

I removed a chimmney breast myself which went through 3 floors, and I've done loads of demolition work, preperation for all the trades, plasterboarding, painting, tiles, all sorts. Been in the house for 3 months and 1 week. In that time I've knocked out 4 rooms to a very high standard and 2 rooms to liveable for a year, oh and the patio. Will finish on Thursday, just in the nick of time, my wife is due to have our first on the 30th August, better get some fishing in quick

[London Stone Paving]

Steve if you extend your house you'll have no garden left and worse still no where to BBQ. A man without a BBQ isn't really a man anymore.

Were going to rebuild the existing one Pablo. Its only a single skin and has been built to a really poor standard.

My Barbie is in the shed, its not had an outing this year, I'm ashamed to say

[lutonlagerlout]

great news with the nipper steve
you might as well flog your fishing gear now
LLL :;):

[London Stone Paving]

I think your right Tony, fishing career will soon be over

[London Stone Paving]

This is the area where we used the road planings. Its holding up okay so far. the surface is getting a bit chewed up, but overall its compacting quite well. We are only using it for over spill, so its not getting much traffic

http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz65/StevenWalley/PA112905.jpg

[London Stone Paving]

This is the area where we laid the road planings. The surface is getting chewed up but its settling down ok. Were using it as an over spill so its not getting much traffic



One of the stone masons doing some hand bull nosing. The machine in the background is a waterwall. Dust hits the water and is removed from the air.



We got a job for some reclaimed Yorkstone with a hand distressed edge, it was a rush , so got three of the guys on it





Sawn sandstone steps and risers, just packed



Cranes in action lifting Yorkstone 900x600 off the saw to be packed. we've started using the thick blue foam between every piece. Its massively reduced the amount of stone coming back



More Yorkstone ready for delivery



All the off cuts get cut into 100m wide strips as we go. They are then cut into setts when the lads have got some time



We bought this new riven Yorkstone in for inside a church. It was rejected by the client on the grounds it was too riven. It was our fault because our salesperson did not give the client enough information. We were in the wrong so we refunded the money and took the hit. Thats the way it goes sometimes

[lutonlagerlout]

nice looking stuff steve
I will lay yorkies if i have to but they dont appeal to me due to the randomness of the sizes
I have just been to price a patio
they guy has 25 m of old yorkstone (some joints are 60 mm wide)
15m or biscuits
and he wants an extra 25 m
trying to work out a way to bring the whole lot in together

looks like you are keeping busy
LLL

[seanandruby]

Steve if you extend your house you'll have no garden left and worse still no where to BBQ. A man without a BBQ isn't really a man anymore.

and a man without a beard isn't really a man anymore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmFnarFSj_U

a man without a todger.........?

[London Stone Paving]

That sounds like a tricky job tony. I'm not much for imported stone laid in a random pattern, but decent reclaimed york in random sizes is the nuts IMO

We had the lorry down from Yorkshire on Wednesday dropping off a load of reclaimed York. While the driver was helping to unload, his dog put his paw on the central locking and locked driver out of his truck. He had to call his dad down from Manchester with the spare key. His old man got half way down then the dog decided to open the door

Top dog

[Tony McC]

Slightly off topic, but what the *correct* name for that blue foam? I've been trying to track down the actual name for about 3 months but no-one seems to know. It just gets called 'packaging foam' or 'PU sheets'

[London Stone Paving]

I've just looked on the invoice, but there is no specific name for it. It's just blue foam cut to size as per our requirements, I am not sure it has a technical name

[London Stone Paving]

I've got loads of large stone monoliths if anyone is interested. They are going free of charge to anyone who wants to collect them. They are prety big and would make great features. I will post some piccies up tomorrow

[lutonlagerlout]

might be interested steve,mrs lout loves that sort of thing
how much do they weigh?
cheers LLL

[London Stone Paving]

I've got them in all shapes and sizes. We installed a block saw a couple of months back, so everytime we cut a block we get these big end pieces as a by product. Will get some photies up tomorrow, would be good to see them used