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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:51 pm
by 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.
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:33 am
by henpecked
Stone granite setts are a pretty formulaic thing. Any cobblers and the supplier will know they're getting them back the next day. 
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:28 am
by cookiewales
Bob_A wrote: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
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:02 am
by 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
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:54 pm
by Bob_A
Yes I would imagine you could easily end up with a pile of rubbish cobbles if you weren't careful.
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:48 am
by haggistini
That cleaner looks good cookie you can burn your old blanket now 
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:30 pm
by 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
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:42 pm
by dig dug dan
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:45 pm
by rimexboy
Looks very nice, like the fence:D
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:53 pm
by 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 
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:59 pm
by mickg
looks very nice dan
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:28 am
by lutonlagerlout
lot of painting there dan
looks a sweet job
LLL 
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:58 am
by cookiewales
mickg wrote: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
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:11 am
by 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 ?
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:35 pm
by cookiewales
mickg wrote: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
