Recent work

Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:49 am

saw the lads doing this drive a while back and grabbed a pic tonight

I don't think it goes with this bungalow but it certainly is an eye catching installation and well done

any idea what the blocks are?
LLL

Post: # 93209Post **Dave_L** Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:30 pm

Good god thats awful! Each to their own I guess!

Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:57 pm

yeah but dave it sooo different
avant garde even :;):
never saw a drive like it
LLL

Post: # 93217Post **Dave_L** Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:03 am

I wonder what it has done to the value of the house??

cookiewales · Post: # 93218Post **cookiewales** Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:34 am

Ouch that hurts the eyes would look good on a Art Deco house from the sixties standing on its own .

mickg · Post: # 93219Post **mickg** Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:08 am

i saw something similar at Tatton flower show 2 years ago

not my cup of tea but a good way of getting rid of all your odds and sods of blocks, personally I much rather use a skip

Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:13 am

but mick its so different to anything I have seen for year son a drive
as cookie says art deco house or maybe a brutalist flat from the 60s would have been better
I still cant quite figure the blocks?

LLL

mickg · Post: # 93221Post **mickg** Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:06 am

would you have it on your driveway ?

mickg · Post: # 93222Post **mickg** Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:09 am

from the angle of the photo it looks like 3 different manufacturers and 4 different colours

Noony · Post: # 93223Post **Noony** Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:24 am

they are laying the pavements in wrexham town centre in something very similair, if not identical, a slightly more uniform pattern.

ouch indeed.... i think there have been a few complaints to say the least!

ilovesettsonmondays · Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:10 pm

Looks like bradstone panache

Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:50 pm

I wouldnt have it at home mick but like anything fashions change
20 years ago the majority of drives we did were concrete or slabs
fashion moved on
we fit a fair few kitchens 5-6 a year and 10 years ago kitchens were all oak/beech/maple effect

now 80% have a high gloss clean line look

i remember doing patios as a lad with the old man and it was buff and red chequer board every time

anyway cracked on and finished the drive

cheers LLL

mickg · Post: # 93234Post **mickg** Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:57 pm

yeah fair comment, another 20 years and we will be back on oak/beech/maple effect kitchens and 2 tone clothes again

drive looks good, are you aware you phoned me while you was cutting as I could hear the saw going, I tried shouting down the mouth piece but you could not hear me

dig dug dan · Post: # 93235Post **dig dug dan** Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:59 pm

how long did it take you from sand layer to finished job?
looks crakcing, and i love the use of one size block too. much easier.

mickg · Post: # 93237Post **mickg** Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:48 pm

yeah your spot on

Bradstone Panache