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Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:49 am
by lutonlagerlout
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
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:30 pm
by Dave_L
Good god thats awful! Each to their own I guess!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:57 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yeah but dave it sooo different
avant garde even :;):
never saw a drive like it
LLL
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:03 am
by Dave_L
I wonder what it has done to the value of the house??
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:34 am
by cookiewales
Ouch that hurts the eyes would look good on a Art Deco house from the sixties standing on its own . 
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:08 am
by mickg
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 
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:13 am
by lutonlagerlout
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
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:06 am
by mickg
would you have it on your driveway ?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:09 am
by mickg
from the angle of the photo it looks like 3 different manufacturers and 4 different colours
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:24 am
by Noony
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!
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:10 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
Looks like bradstone panache
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:50 pm
by lutonlagerlout
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
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:57 pm
by mickg
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
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:59 pm
by dig dug dan
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:48 pm
by mickg
yeah your spot on
Bradstone Panache