Recent work

cookiewales · Post: # 91564Post **cookiewales** Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:13 pm

lutonlagerlout wrote:me and my crew pointed 116m2 of sandstone today
5-4 pm
steve LSP turned up and geed us on
pics to follow
LLL

thats very good going and hard thirsty work

cookiewales · Post: # 91605Post **cookiewales** Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:22 pm

this weeks work very warm

bit back to front but you will get the jist

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henpecked · Post: # 91606Post **henpecked** Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:37 pm

Hi Cookie,
Nice work

Its probably been covered, but do you not pitch joint the cobbles? Is it price or HSE?

cookiewales · Post: # 91607Post **cookiewales** Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:41 pm

henpecked wrote:Hi Cookie,
Nice work
Its probably been covered, but do you not pitch joint the cobbles? Is it price or HSE?

pitch joint was a seventies fad and failed big time in this heat we have now :p

Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:32 pm

crikey you like it complicated cookie

looks fantastic
hands up we have been doing a you and starting at 5 AM to avoid the worst of the heat
thing is we havent finished early yet :;):
LLL

rimexboy · Post: # 91609Post **rimexboy** Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:41 pm

Come on guys think of the sun tan

Looks nice cookie, hey tony any pictures of your job or what???

Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:50 pm

cheers LLL
too hot for photos simon,the glare

rimexboy · Post: # 91611Post **rimexboy** Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:00 pm

Looks great that wall, nice slope down on the patio ( makes life so much easier )

Is that phil and grant down the side of the house

Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:52 pm

lol will mention that tomorrow
the mowing strip was an afterthought after the client had the bright idea of putting gravel next to the wall
will try and get a couple of snaps when we get the copings on
LLL

henpecked · Post: # 91613Post **henpecked** Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:00 pm

cookiewales wrote:
henpecked wrote:Hi Cookie,
Nice work
Its probably been covered, but do you not pitch joint the cobbles? Is it price or HSE?

pitch joint was a seventies fad and failed big time in this heat we have now :p

Ah! The last big job had them on, but it was only a rumble strip up the drive before the electric gates.

I can take the piss out of the groundworker now :laugh: :laugh:

cookiewales · Post: # 91624Post **cookiewales** Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:31 pm

here we go boyos time lapse of us slurry pointing and cleaning of with our new belt cleaner york stone and setts pointed today and some laying pictures to follow http://t.co/0Eidz23LYN

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rimexboy · Post: # 91625Post **rimexboy** Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:44 pm

The time lapse is great....

Fantastic way to show what you do, have you shown any to potential customers

cookiewales · Post: # 91626Post **cookiewales** Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:09 pm

cleaning of slurry

dig dug dan · Post: # 91628Post **dig dug dan** Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:17 pm

arent those cobbles a bit rough for the belt?
i would be worried about tearing it

cookiewales · Post: # 91630Post **cookiewales** Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:46 pm

dig dug dan wrote:arent those cobbles a bit rough for the belt?
i would be worried about tearing it

the cobbles have good wear on them they do tear .but the end product justify the cost there Â£150 a pop 60m2 york stone done in less than a hour in 6/1 sharp sand cement quicker than epoxy