Marshalls north west regional awards 2012

[lutonlagerlout]

most of my mates are gooners simon and there is an air of despondency about them
TBH i am surprised walcott has signed up for another 3 years of SFA
van persie left to win trophies and it looks like he is on his way to at least 1
i was there when they did the double in 98 and it was great crack,but they need to spend more
LLL

[rimexboy]

Yer it's the same old thing they need to spend big and pay more, but the board don't see it like that..

[mickg]

thanks simon

I thought everyone darn souf were goons

[rimexboy]

thanks simon

I thought everyone darn souf were goons

Most of them are

[London Stone Paving]

well done mick and great work, and good photos

id like to get paid for taking pictures of paving haha

Steve if you need any help or advice re photos let me know i'll see what i can do

Cheers giles
May take you up on that at some point. Our photos are alright but they could be much better bearing in mind some of the projects we've done.
Me thins it will be a project for this year.
Steve

[Nigel Walker]

Mick - It was good to see you last week at Bolton.
A big congrats on winning 4 awards.
The Fairstone Sett driveway looks stunning. Fantastic attention to detail and workmanship.
With regard to the cutting in. I can see both sides of the argument. Whilst I am mostly against using slips and darts, there are certain circumstances where you have to. If it makes the job look right. In Micks case, I think he has got it right. A job like that will cost a fortune and sometimes your eye or the clients eye picks out the inboard cutting and it just looks wrong. Sometimes you have to sacrifice correct procedure to make it look right. Only sometimes though !!!!

I also understand Tonys stance on British Standards and the competence of installers.
I know a few installers who do not know how to cut in properly. Mention inboard cutting and using half blocks and they just look gormless like you are talking foreign.

Going back to the Marshalls Regional Awards - I was delighted to pick up the Best Driveway under 70m2. It was the first time I entered. I only entered the 1 job and won. Chuffed to bits.
The driveway I won with was Marshalls Cobbletech in Canvas colour. I laid it last August and it was the first time I had used Cobbletech.
Now I know some of the purists like Tony may not like the Cobbletech, but considering it is a hell of a lot cheaper than installing proper setts, I think it looks great. I have since laid another one and the clients are overjoyed with it.
Gonna try and post a photo next. I may need help, not done it before !!

Cheers guys

[Nigel Walker]

Didnt work lol

Try again


Think I have got it !!

[mickg]

It was good to meet you too Nigel and congratulations on the award the driveway looks superb

[Nigel Walker]

Originally the drive was gonna be Tegula. 1 week before we started, I visited the clients and showed them the Cobbletech. It cost them about £1200 more, but they didnt hesitate in choosing it.

They only wanted the first 50m2 of their drive paved. The remaining 200m2 they wanted in gravel.
If only they had chosen the whole lot in Cobbletech, I might have been challeging Mick for the National Overall Winner !!!.

I also tried to talk them into having new edging kerbs up both sides of the drive, but they insisted on keeping the original ones. Small detail, but I think new kerbs would have made it better

[lutonlagerlout]

to my untrained eye that looks like setts nigel
well done,lovely job
LLL

[cookiewales]

looks good nigel there the reason i came of marshalls registar there spec for laying on sand then jointing with resin and a limit of 3.5 ton goes against normall procedure ps where is my spell check :p

[lutonlagerlout]

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cheers
LLL

[Mikey_C]

thanks simon

I thought everyone darn souf were goons

no most of them are man u

congrats Mick, lovely work.

[mickg]

cheers Mikey

[Carberry]

Said it before in the recent work thread when you posted those pictures but worth saying again, very nice work. Congratulations on the award.