Recent work

[lutonlagerlout]

the master came and cleaned my patio and drive
I will let the pictures do the talking





cheers Roger fantastic work

LLL

[lemoncurd1702]

Classy bit of paving that Mick.
Tell me the Argent border along the lawn was laid after the paving.

How many years of grime was shifted from the drive and patio LLL.

[lutonlagerlout]

about 2 years on the patio and 18 months on the drive
but you know yourself in the building game everything gets dirty very fast with muddy boots every day


I should have done before and after but got caught in the moment

LLL

[DNgroundworks]

Your porch looks great Tone, did you build it? i like detailed brickwork, and the lead work too, lovely job.

[Tony McC]

mick, how do you stop the sweepy in stuff gumming up the manhole edges and key?

Tape them up with masking tape or similar.

An ex Brew Cabin Irregular was told to do this on one of my jobs last year but decided he wouldn't bother because he knew better.

When we couldn't get the tray out of the frame at the end of the job, I made the fozy ducker rip out the entire frame and tray to be replaced at his own expense.

That'll learn him!

[lutonlagerlout]

we take the insert out and joint it separately
that way there are no problems
also we grease the trays as no matter what you do they always seem a pain to get out
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

started a drive today
talk about a wet one

the rest of the week looks fairly dry ===> hopefully





cheers LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

meanwhile the tilers were doing their thing




have to say I quite like the dry ridge and verge systems
they look a bit odd at first but the fact that there is no cement to fail is a bonus
cheers LLL

[mickg]

that's a good day with the digging off of the driveway seeing as it was lashing it down with rain

nice job on the roof, dry ridge and verge systems are much better than bedding with sand and cement, not keen on the continuous verge systems I much rather have individual verge ends but they take much longer to install

not seen the blue tile battens before

[Mikey_C]

...not seen the blue tile battens before

saw it for the first time myself last week, been meaning to look it up, see what difference is, if any?

[mike builder/landscaper]

Looks to be a couple of tiles short of the edge further along, are they Redlands 51's lll

[lutonlagerlout]

the blue battens are graded ,slightly more expensive but the guy wanted the least maintenance possible (and he is a painter!)
i told the scaffs to keep the scaffold high but not that high so when the tilers had to replace the fascia and soffit boards it was a bit of a mare
but all done now
scaffold up friday down tomorrow
LLL

[digerjones]

why not slates?

[lutonlagerlout]

cost, dylan
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

cracking on with the drive
had some delays but thats another story



type 1 seemed almost granular?


half a tegula step TBC tomorrow


how to get 900 flat tops round curves


LLL