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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:28 am
by mickg
thank you haggistini
the Marshalls fairstone sawn paving is stunning when laid and superb to work with, expensive yeah but worth it in my opinion
no i never seal any driveway paving, I have quite a few photos on the Marshalls web site which is a great compliment
yeah customers always very happy
thank you LAPD
I have been told if I try harder i will get a metal trophy next year :;):
thank you Dave
thank you london stone
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:51 am
by Carberry
Very nice work, great job with the trianglular cuts. Only criticism I have are the darts and slips.
I have only worked with the fairstone paving a couple of times and I wasn't that impressed with it, had more than a few slabs with a bend in them.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:18 am
by DNgroundworks
Lovely stuff Mick.
Do you take the the photos or get a pro in?
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:08 pm
by dig dug dan
whats really interesting for me seeing micks pictures (spot on work btw), is in several he has laid the charcoal kerbs, and pointed them inbetween where he has opend up the gap to get the radius.
That is how its supposed to be done.
there is a company round here, everyone says hes great, but the last job on my estate he did, he left such large gaps between the kerb units you could get your hand in the joint!
i would not be happy if i was the customer!!
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:57 pm
by mike builder/landscaper
well done mick. that shows us all the standards we have to aim for.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:37 pm
by mickg
thank you carberry
I understand what your saying with the darts and slips but on a domestic driveway its not always aesthetically pleasing to the eye with inbound cutting and I ask the customer which they would like to see and they all say darts and slips so that's why we do it
I take my own photos Dan, I used to use a cannon EOS 450D but now I use a Sony HD video camera and from the video I take the still shots
thank you Dan
thank you mike
come on everyone lets see photos of your work too
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:29 pm
by digerjones
well smart mick. i dont think i will be posting any pics of work ha ha 
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:34 pm
by Pablo
Your workmanship is second to none Mick I'm going to nick a few of your edging detail ideas if you don't mind. I'd love to have the choice of paving you guys get all I can get my hands on is Tobermore and Acheson & Glover but their service is so poor I've stopped using them so Tobermore it is. Marshalls did open up distribution over here but prices were to high for the local market and you had to wait until a 40footer was full of orders before it was despatched so you could wait weeks for delivery.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:46 pm
by mickg
thank you dylan
thank you pablo, so is your workmanship too now you have mastered how to post photos and we can see it 
tobermore have a good range of small units to do a wide variety of edge details if you mix and match the colours
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:09 pm
by Pablo
The Argent trim on that hazelnut driveway is a great contrast I'm snaffling that for sure on my next drive if it'll work. I take it the heritage is the same house.
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:22 pm
by mickg
yeah its all the same house, front drive and both the side paths are tegula hazelnut with the argent light border and the rear patio is heritage paving with the tegula hazelnut border, the curved wall and steps are all new too
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:27 pm
by DNgroundworks
Any particular reason why you take a video then stills Mick?
Me to Pablo, im going to 'borrow' a few ideas, dont worry Mick i wont encroach on your area, not that i can compete anyway, the edge and step detail im sure i can work into a few projects.
How do you go on with ordering small amounts of one colour block for the edge detail from marshalls? Is it not a fortune?
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:37 pm
by mickg
yeah as I now make videos of my jobs, the video is better quality because its HD and the photos are much better too
don't forget to forward the royalty cheque
we either order full packs and use the blocks up on a couple of jobs or get the exact amount required from a Marshalls stockist, same cost for both
