Recent work

[Bob_A]

Cookie as far as I can make out you work anywhere in the country.
So where do you source your cobbles, locally for each job or do you have a supplier that sends them to anywhere you are working?
The reason for asking is that I would've thought you could end up with a load of a rubbish if you're not careful.

[henpecked]

Stone granite setts are a pretty formulaic thing. Any cobblers and the supplier will know they're getting them back the next day.

[cookiewales]

Cookie as far as I can make out you work anywhere in the country.
So where do you source your cobbles, locally for each job or do you have a supplier that sends them to anywhere you are working?
The reason for asking is that I would've thought you could end up with a load of a rubbish if you're not careful.

i only deal with people i know and always look at the cobbles ps would not buy of ebay and i am a repeat customer :p

[lutonlagerlout]

pretty much the same for all of us Bob
you pay top dollar it has to be right
the only time someone would get caught is if they are new or with the ebay crowd
LLL

[Bob_A]

Yes I would imagine you could easily end up with a pile of rubbish cobbles if you weren't careful.

[haggistini]

That cleaner looks good cookie you can burn your old blanket now

[mickg]

nice machine cookie and quick too

is there any reason you have dropped from a 4:1 mix to a 6:1 for the pointing other than the obvious one of less cement content

[dig dug dan]

did this small job a few weeks ago now. only just got round to posting.

rip up entire front garden, including a 6mth old wheelchair concrete access ramp (council bungalow), put a fence up and new path/step, and then astroturf

used the type one from under the ramp for the new path. recycled the hand rail as a new handrail on my mezzanine floor back at my barn.







brickwork was laid straight on the dirt. They had used solid engineering bricks too.



Edited By dig dug dan on 1374349422

[rimexboy]

Looks very nice, like the fence:D

[dig dug dan]

Looks very nice, like the fence:D

thanks, the fence was a headache. He asked for it to be white. I always said i would never paint a fence again for a customer after a row over it once(long story) and i stupidly agreed to it this time.
I left me lad there for a day, and after two £20 tins, he ran out and still needed to do a second coat (there is another fence in the back garden) the customer complained that night that he ran out of paint and it was going to look unfinished overnight! he also said it needed another coat. I told him it was being done next day.
Another days painting and another two £20 tins, and then pressure wahsing the new paving where he splashed paint on it, and it was done. never again

[mickg]

looks very nice dan

[lutonlagerlout]

lot of painting there dan
looks a sweet job
LLL

[cookiewales]

nice machine cookie and quick too

is there any reason you have dropped from a 4:1 mix to a 6:1 for the pointing other than the obvious one of less cement content

Cheers mick the cleaner is good . We changed the mix on the
Last job as the client wanted to see the couloir of the agragate more I found it to be still very strong and cleans of easier cost saving does not come in to it for farm yards and 39 tons plus use would revert back to 4/1

[mickg]

what I am finding is it may take a day or so longer to go rock hard when using a mix less than 4:1 but it certainly works

disregarding the cost of the machine it will certainly pay for itself on a couple of large jobs just by using sand and cement instead of the epoxy jointing product

my local TP manager phoned me last week asking what is the best product to joint granite so I advised him to use an external grout which the contractor did use and to clean off the paving he hired a machine similar to yours, I was told it costs £200 a day is that correct ?

[cookiewales]

what I am finding is it may take a day or so longer to go rock hard when using a mix less than 4:1 but it certainly works

disregarding the cost of the machine it will certainly pay for itself on a couple of large jobs just by using sand and cement instead of the epoxy jointing product

my local TP manager phoned me last week asking what is the best product to joint granite so I advised him to use an external grout which the contractor did use and to clean off the paving he hired a machine similar to yours, I was told it costs £200 a day is that correct ?

There are a crowd charging that Steintec

are cheaper if you use there pointing gear it's hard at 6/1