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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:13 am
by London Stone Paving
Nice idea Giles but we would need to put a number on every house in greater London to get rid of that pile 
They go for about £6000 + VAT. It took us a month to get the thing working. We thought we had been sent a dud. It turned out that we were sent the wrong sized pipe. The pipe the suppliers sent was 50mm and did not concentrate the water pressure enough to move the ball. We eventually twigged and changed the pipe to 30mm which got the ball moving instantly. I would not have thought that 20mm less if pipe would have made that much of a difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZ4ekdyHFw
The Yorkstone comes from a quarry in the Leeds area.
We probarbly will go down the route of fixed width random lengths sets, although more likely in 12 months time the pile will be double the size 
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:51 am
by cookiewales
nice display area well laid and set out good luck :;):
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:13 pm
by mickavalon
Looking good mate, shame I've already spec'd the Pool wer'e building, but I'll give you the shout on the next one.
What's the cost of the Yorkstone by the way mate?
Sell the spoil as crazy/walling stone, flat stone like that would build lovely Dry stone walls for Planters and benches etc.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:48 pm
by haggistini
what sanding kit do you use 'Lnd' looks very nice hope to use your custom products in the near future.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:38 pm
by London Stone Paving
What do you mean Hagg?
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:51 am
by Suggers
Looks bloody great mate..... when's the BC drinkies invite..? ???
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:27 pm
by RAPressureWashing
I have been to Steve's place and it does look good, very pro and helpful.
Steve BTW the LTP stain remover I got off you worked a treat on the slate, would use it again.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:57 pm
by Perennial Gardens
Very nice display, all the best with it.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:26 am
by London Stone Paving
Thanks for the comments and feedback.
Roger, I think LTP have really got there act togther these days. We probarly sell as much LTP as we do lithofin at the moment. Got no problems with lithofin, its got the track record but I like LTP because it is a British company and we can buy it directly from them. With lithofin by the time it reaches the end user it will have gone through 4 companies who will have all applied a profit margin, which pushes the price high.
We always try and encourage the staff and anyone who is around (not that they need much encouragement) to have a drink after work on Friday so if anyones in the area, more than welcome to join in
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:10 pm
by haggistini
London Stone Paving wrote:What do you mean Hagg?
the heads on the grinder
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:24 pm
by London Stone Paving
We use a couple of different types. The first one is a pretty rough one which does most of the work. We then use a softer one to get the finish
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:01 pm
by haggistini
was thinking about about softning the fettled edge as im using tumbled stone at the mo. any brand that does the job or grade of paper?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:17 pm
by London Stone Paving
Hagg, if its tumbled already wont the edges already be soft and rounded off?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:31 pm
by haggistini
yes but i want my cuts to have the same look (edge) i have a few curves and stuff ..anyway i ordered a sander today that looked like yours with 40,80,120,240 grade paper velcro pads 180mm should come in handy in the garage if its not up to stone standard and only £40
