Patio design service

[nelly05]

Looks great that fella.

What did you use to point it in the end

Regards

[Ted]

That looks very good!

I only do the odd slabbing job but I tend to lay out all the slabs and note down their positions before actually doing the slabbing to ensure I get nice even colour uniformity across the patio and to ensure I get no crosses in the grount lines...

This service eliminates the need for that pretty much...

Does any one else go to the bother of laying all the slabs out beforehand to determine the pattern or do you just lay them and hope (assuming you don't use this service)?

[lutonlagerlout]

cheers lads <blushes>
the brickwork was me as well==> flemish bond and the fence too
i used the romex terrasse (think this means patio in german)
its the one were you knock it up in a mixer
1 tin of resin to 25kg of kiln dried
we did 82 m2 including paths and steps
and that used 9 tins and 225kg of kd sand
took me and the nutter 7 hours and i was the one on me knees pushing it in with a jointing iron
i prefer the resin one to the one that comes knocked up already,seems to go off that little bit harder
slabs were "global stone " autumn blend and i mixed from 4 patio packs to try and get variation
but i discussed the clients needs and he asked me to lay the least riven ones in the centre where his table will go
used all the ropey ones up the side alley IYKWIM
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

do you just lay them and hope

never ted,its suicide
most of the brochures have some kind of random layouts in them ,you can always start them from that ,then adjust to your own needs,its a nightmare when you can see a cross coming,bit like when you see a checkmate coming in chess
the only thing worse than laying flags is ripping them up again

LLL

[Stuarty]

^ amen lol

[Suggers]

Looks fabbo LLL - finally just about to lay 110 sq.m. of injun stuff at home (only been meaning to do this for 10 years) - sub-base down - tearing me hair out with graph paper and cut-out bits of card at 1:20. Have 4 horrible sizes, and a tricky house outline - feel an email to Mr McCormack coming on......

[lutonlagerlout]

you know it makes sense suggers.
"vorsprung durch lancashire"
LLL

[TheVictorianCobbleCo]

Beautiful, for an amachur. Seriously, can I ask what you laid them on? really nice job, can't show you mine now.

[lutonlagerlout]

amachur

whats that then bill??
i got paid a barrowful of money for that job
does that make me a prufeschonal?
cheers LLL :laugh:

[piglet]

WOW LLL!!! that is FAB !

LLL - are you free to come and lay approx 28sq m of 6 size tumbled indian sandstone mixed from 2 patio packs in northampton, M1/J15 and if so, when ?? its roughly in 2 lots of 14m2 with a small path between the 2. 1/2 currently very uneven grass (clay soil and builders rubble with grass added on top approx 20 years ago!!), 1/2 dodgy concrete slabs on dirt i think (there is also an inspection chamber hiding under there !! all access through garage/house but it is a straight run !!

Tony ... fancy doing the design for him ?

sizes are 1x1, 1x2, 1.5x2, 2x2, 2x2.5, 2x3 (280mm module) from 2 mixed patio packs strata cameldust tumbled. *nb: tony i made an enquiry for 5 sizes - just finished unloading and found the 1.5x2's !!

and both how much ££££

piglet :@)

[lutonlagerlout]

thanks piglet
sorry not available till march next year now
the people who has the patio and extension in the pictures waited 9 months for us to start but i guess you cannot wait
theres a firm in luton called dreamscape who do some really nice paving
i have never spoken to them and have no association with them but i know they are honest and do good quality stuff
www.dreamscapepaving.com
cheers LLL
sorry if this post is inappropriate gaffer if it is i will remove

[piglet]

i'm sorry too if i asked something that wasnt appropriate it is really useful to have reccommendations of honest ppl you see so many scares on "house of horrors" and such like. i am very grateful. would prefer not to wait, but if wait is similar with other people i'll get back to you

[matt h]

damn fine job there LLL, admire the brickwork also. Tony's plans great idea. will definately use that service, as like ted i usually dry lay first and juggle. Yr client must be well happy.

[lutonlagerlout]

cheers matt,yes they are happy, but then after spending 135K they would want to be
i would love to do paving and that all year, but the phone calls stop in the winter,thats when the loft conversions and extensions really come into their own
the guy i mentioned with the big 100m + patio coming up decided to lay his own aco drains
the patio is surrounded by a 450 mm retaining wall and he has put in 30 m of acos all exactly level
when i pointed this out to him he replied"the fall is built in,cant you see the little arrows?" DOH!
how he is going to get a fall across 9 m when the channels are level all round is beyond me
regards LLL

[Tony McC]

I've no problem wioth any of the posts in this thread - given all the hard work some of the contractors on this forum put in to answeing questions from the general public, I'm perfectly happy for them to pick up a bit of work as a reward - s'only fair!

It's a shame LL can't take on Piglet's project until next year, but if a layout plan is required, you can get in touch with me via the form on this page