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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:42 am
by lutonlagerlout
the master came and cleaned my patio and drive
I will let the pictures do the talking
cheers Roger fantastic work
LLL 
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:53 am
by lemoncurd1702
Classy bit of paving that Mick.
Tell me the Argent border along the lawn was laid after the paving.
How many years of grime was shifted from the drive and patio LLL.
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:30 am
by lutonlagerlout
about 2 years on the patio and 18 months on the drive
but you know yourself in the building game everything gets dirty very fast with muddy boots every day
I should have done before and after but got caught in the moment
LLL
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:02 pm
by DNgroundworks
Your porch looks great Tone, did you build it? i like detailed brickwork, and the lead work too, lovely job.
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:26 am
by Tony McC
dig dug dan wrote:mick, how do you stop the sweepy in stuff gumming up the manhole edges and key?
Tape them up with masking tape or similar.
An ex Brew Cabin Irregular was told to do this on one of my jobs last year but decided he wouldn't bother because he knew better.
When we couldn't get the tray out of the frame at the end of the job, I made the fozy ducker rip out the entire frame and tray to be replaced at his own expense.
That'll learn him!
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:12 pm
by lutonlagerlout
we take the insert out and joint it separately
that way there are no problems
also we grease the trays as no matter what you do they always seem a pain to get out
LLL
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:24 pm
by lutonlagerlout
started a drive today
talk about a wet one
the rest of the week looks fairly dry ===> hopefully
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:32 pm
by lutonlagerlout
meanwhile the tilers were doing their thing
have to say I quite like the dry ridge and verge systems
they look a bit odd at first but the fact that there is no cement to fail is a bonus
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:29 pm
by mickg
that's a good day with the digging off of the driveway seeing as it was lashing it down with rain
nice job on the roof, dry ridge and verge systems are much better than bedding with sand and cement, not keen on the continuous verge systems I much rather have individual verge ends but they take much longer to install
not seen the blue tile battens before
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:00 pm
by Mikey_C
mickg wrote:...not seen the blue tile battens before
saw it for the first time myself last week, been meaning to look it up, see what difference is, if any?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:06 pm
by mike builder/landscaper
Looks to be a couple of tiles short of the edge further along, are they Redlands 51's lll
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:35 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the blue battens are graded ,slightly more expensive but the guy wanted the least maintenance possible (and he is a painter!)
i told the scaffs to keep the scaffold high but not that high so when the tilers had to replace the fascia and soffit boards it was a bit of a mare
but all done now
scaffold up friday down tomorrow
LLL
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:07 pm
by digerjones
why not slates?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 7:19 am
by lutonlagerlout
cost, dylan
LLL
