Marshalls north west regional awards 2012

[mickg]

thank you for your kind words Tony, I feel honoured as the previous 2 years you did not comment ???

there are 16 slips in the driveway to keep the bond in the same laying pattern, doing inbound would totally ruin the laying pattern and result in straight lines running through 2 courses which I never do plus changing the aesthetics of the driveway which is why I decided to cut the driveway in this way and has nothing to do with Marshalls

the small cuts are tapped down into a sand and cement bed on top of the concrete and the surplus bed smoothed over to hold them in place with a 10mm finger trowel before being jointed with weatherpoint 365

If I thought for one minute the integrity of the paving was compromised by laying this way it would be changed

why is it OK for this Guilloche pattern setts to be laid with very small slips but my driveway not ?
setts and cubes

[mickg]

Thank you John

[mickg]

cheers haggi

[Tony McC]

the previous 2 years you did not comment ???

To be fair, I've not been fully active in the Brew Cabin for 18 months or so due to, well let's just call them 'changes in my personal life' which have placed significant demands on my free time.

If I didn't comment, it wasn't done consciously. I also have to be careful because I act as a judge for some awards schemes so I don't want to put myself in a position where someone not given a prize gets the hump and starts whingeing about me praising some projects and not others. I know that you've not entered the two award bashes that are fast approaching, so I'm hopefully not compromised.

And the difference between blocks and setts/cubes? I'd have thought it was obvious - one is flexible construction and one is rigid.

[Tony McC]

I should add that my comments regarding slips and darts refers to block paving jobs in general, not Mick's job in particular, and likewise with the comments about the scheme sponsors turning a blind eye to non-compliant cutting-in.

[mickg]

no problem I understand

>>>one is flexible construction and one is rigid.
but that's my point, all of the fairstone driveway setts are bedded on 100mm minimum concrete (each block individually bedded down into the concrete) which is rigid and totally different to a block paving flexible construction where the slips are as we know are unacceptable

ADDED
you posted as I was typing

[ambient]

congratulations ,nice work as always mick

[mickg]

Thanks Tony

[rab1]

nice work mick and belated congratulations on winning.

[mickg]

cheers rab

[Tony McC]

all of the fairstone driveway setts are bedded on 100mm minimum concrete

I wasn't commenting on that job in particular, but on the use of slips and darts on conventional block paved drives in general. I thought I'd made that clear but reading back I can see how it could be confused and interpreted as a comment on the work in the photo.

That's not the case - my remarks were simply a response to the point raised by Dan about the use of darts and slips in general.

[mickg]

no problem Tony, I had thought the confusion could of arisen because I posted in the block paving forum, in hind site I should of posted in "other paving" forum instead

[Tony McC]

Well I'm not shifting it now - it can stay in this forum. No real harm!

[lutonlagerlout]

I think that mick's fairstone drive is effectively a sett construction
slips and darts is a minefield
aesthetically they look better than inboard cutting,but i feel that most failures come from subbase failure ,or too much sand
i saw lads in luton just after xmas and they were laying tegs with the jumper blocks
lovely pattern but as they got close to the road they were screeding 75mm of sand
matter of time before that fails
also the pikey drives done in september down my road have started to ripple
they paid cheap and got what they paid for now
LLL

[rimexboy]

well done mick
maybe arsenal can lend you their trophy cabinet?
do they do nationwide awards as well or is it always regional?
nice one
LLL

hey dont be nasty im a gooner and not a happy one of that...

good work very well done to you ....