London stone catchup - Few photos

[lutonlagerlout]

1
traditional pointing 40m2, 2men 1 day £15 materials
need dry weather

2 gunpoint 40 m2, 3 men 5 hours £180 materials,need reasonably dry weather

3 weatherpoint365 40m2 2 men 2 hours £160 materials
any weather

I have done these 3 methods this year so can vouch for the times,the gunpoint is bloody messy filling the tubes,so to stop the mess spreading we have 1 filling,1 squirting and 1 striking

gunpoint is the superior finish IMHO but there are a lot of ifs with it
LLL

[dig dug dan]

I think with the climate we keep getting, its never dry enough for gun point these days. I prefer the wet gun point. But its persuading customers to part with the money to do it.
Personally, its easijoint from now on when the joints are less than10mm

[mickg]

I have not used traditional pointing for many year now due to the adverse weather conditions we have to endure in the north west, gun pointing is good no doubt about that but you still need to have a dry day so for me its the weatherpoint 365

[London Stone Paving]

It's pretty damn clear what's the quickest and therefore cheapest. We did a presentation for an SGD cluster group and that was a question that cropped up. Thanks for the feedback

[London Stone Paving]

A few shots of our new SE London showroom underway. Its a bit behind schedule but we have increased the size of the display by 50% more than we originally planned. We decided to put all the sawn and bespoke stuff on one side and then to put all the rmore traditionally styled products (riven sandstone, tumbled sandstone, slate & riven limestone) on the other side of the buidling. A few pcitures of the progress so far. Its going to awesome when its finally finished

[rimexboy]

SE London branch very nice Steve your moving fast.....

[London Stone Paving]

Cheers Simon. It'll be great once its finished

[lutonlagerlout]

looking good steve
just be aware that mick is watching and waiting,like a cobra :;):

nice to see falls built in to displays

LLL

[mickg]

what type of a stalking OCD maniac do you think I am Tony

it looks very good actually and certainly must be up there as one of the largest and nicest natural stone display centres in the UK

make sue you keep on top of the planting as nothing looks more neglected when you see plants what have died off through the lack of a little bit of care and a drop of water

[lutonlagerlout]

its a bit far for you mick ,but clients are very impressed by steves displays
they are big (so they can see what it will really look like)
well set out
clean and tiday
and well laid

2 locals merchants displays look like someone has been emptying bins on them for 3 years
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

Thanks Tony. Mick you are right about the planting. We decided to employ a proper maintenance firm to come and look after the plants. Gary RK was down last week to have a look for us.

We have got half an acre of space at the SE London showroom. We dont need it all but for once we just grabbed as much as was available because we always seem to outgrow places, whether they are yards or showrooms.

[mickg]

Good move, no one better than gary rk in my opinion

[lutonlagerlout]

i take it gary RK is from the *dark side*?
LLL :;):

[mickg]

Ha ha no he is posh and has a double barrel name - reece kibble

Or are you refering to the dark side as being the grass cutters forum

[lutonlagerlout]

bullseye
LLL