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Posted: **Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:34 am**

I understand and I still do hand digging and move stuff by hand.

Sometimes the machines can do more damage than good.

Posted: **Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:55 am**

Injured wrote:I understand and I still do hand digging and move stuff by hand.

Sometimes the machines can do more damage than good.

i but you do have a old head on young shoulders :p

Posted: **Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:28 am**

Thanks Cookie

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:57 pm**

This early spring has caught me off guard and had to spend last week away planting trees that I was going to do week before easter but got them in and was back to this on monday. Built the sleeper wall over the last few days and pointed the paving today I'm happy with how it's starting to look. Next week is the concrete car wash a mowing edge and then planting so fingers crossed for this weather to hold up.

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:23 pm**

It looks no bad Paul. Is it your design?

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:56 pm**

Very smart, what is the jointing?

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:50 pm**

Yes Rab I designed it the pointing is standard 3-1 slurry that has been tooled up I'll brush the excess wee bits you see off in the morning once it's dry. It was a top day for slurrying the weather was warm and calm and it turned out very well. I was going to use Rompox D1 but it was to expensive I used 680kg of sand and cement which would be 27 bags of it and would've cost about a grand less vat and labour whereas this cost about Â£250 inc labour and is totally bombproof and only took 4 hrs. Nae bad is nae gid is it nae. :;):

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:51 pm**

looks great that pablo

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:07 pm**

when you say slurry do you mean out of a gun or brushed in ?
looking better every photo
only thing for me is that pergola being off centre with the circle looks odd?
would have loved to have learnt more about planting but never had the opportunity to work with landscapers
bet the clients are happy
LLL

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:18 pm**

nice job Pablo

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:26 pm**

Latest job completed

The new brick wall, lawn and driveway completed, the driveway is constructed using Marshalls Drivesett Duo block paving with a complimentary block paving border detail

A circular detail incorporated into the Blue brick edging to the driveway and lawn

A circular detail constructed around the tree using a blue brick edging and block paving cut to shape

A complete front garden and driveway transformation with a new fence, new lawn and garden boundary wall using colours to compliment the new driveway

The new Marshalls Fairstone golden sand multi patio

Driveways Leyland

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:57 pm**

All very nice Mick. Well done to all involved.

Posted: **Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:02 am**

nice job , nice copings mick
tell me the stepping stones weren't your idea?

I wish i could design stuff like you and pablo
LLL

Posted: **Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:18 am**

thank you Dave

cheers Luton

it was having a brick on edge as a coping and pillar cap but I talked the customer into something better. at first I had ordered terracotta pillar caps and copings at a cost of Â£940 and a 16 week wait for the 2 brick square pillar caps so we located a company only 6 miles from where the job is and they were made to order in 4 days

no the stepping stone were already in the lawn, all I did was to raise the height of the lawn to come flush with the patio instead of having a step

Posted: **Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:17 am**

Its a bit gypsy wedding for my liking but top standard of work mick as always. Those copers look great, and i like the detail behind the pier, that double curve is hassle and many would take the simple route

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