The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 8:32 pm**

and those beer bottles are a work of art
a man has to really work to make an art installation like that
here is one of my favourites
the guinness tree

LLL :laugh:

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 9:05 pm**

I've never laid anything as riven as that before but she went down and picked it out from the merchants her self so I had to get on with it but it wasn't as hard to keep level as I thought it would be.

TBH Tony I did no where near enough prep work before I started this job. The pattern I used was out of the stone craft brochure. If I had drawn it out on CAD first I'd done thing's differently. I'll take what you said on board and apply it to the next job. I had a lot on with 2 bigger jobs as far as planning was concerned and underestimated this one with it only being 15m2.

I went in too cheap as well. Â£1250. Iwon't be doing that again but she definatley got her money's worth.

I found the wetherpoint very easy to use and without question a lot less back ache than a wet sand/cement mix. I was a bit worried about about how well it will cure and how long it will take in the current weather conditions but I rang my Marshalls rep and he assured me that it will be fine.

Fingers crossed I wont be going back raking it all out and spending a day re-pointing.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 11:23 pm**

thats the problem with patio packs sy ,they generally give you too many of the little ones
still looks a good job
about 350 light on the Â£Â£Â£ though
LLL

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 11:28 pm**

A few pics of some jobs we have done recently.

We widened the path with 450x450 slabs we lifted from the rear patio, not the best looking path but its what the clients wanted.

The rear garden where we lifted the slabs from, New patio and artificial grass.

A close up of the slabs we laid, their Bowland stone cathedral in weathered york.

A fence we done in Milton Keynes.

Some pics from our current job, its a bit of a nice setting and surprisingly in Enfield.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2014 7:42 am**

some funky wallpaper uncovered

caught through the keyhole

sorry dylan but Â£600 looked a lot better to me than putting the slates back on the roof

a ray of sunshine

roof in action

a great view of stopsley romany site

showers later on

LLL

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 7:27 pm**

A few more pics from my current job.

[img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490....mg]IMG_1659 by sy76uk, on Flickr
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375....mg]IMG_1663 by sy76uk, on Flickr
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458....mg]IMG_1662 by sy76uk, on Flickr
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378....mg]IMG_1661 by sy76uk, on Flickr
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354....mg]IMG_1660 by sy76uk, on Flickr

I don't think they'll take the skip

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 8:29 pm**

Paul where abouts are you based?

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 9:13 pm**

nice to see the edges laid on concrete ,many I see around dont
that skip is a liberty :laugh:

I see your profile is up at london stone Kieran
mine seems to have been binned

LLL :;):

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 10:05 pm**

I'm in Leicester Matey.

I always lay the Edges on 6" of concrete when I lay tegs Tony. Only reason being I hate seeing them laid against edgings. I gave it a right good haunch because there's going to be cars driving over that foot path once completed.

The skip doesn't look as bad without the bushes on top. just put them up there out the way before it get's swapped tomorrow.

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 11:09 pm**

I know what you are saying but structurally edgings/kerbs beat a haunch no matter how good
obviously edgings are time consuming but for vehicles i feel its a better job

what i meant was a lot just lay the body of the paving and bang a trowelful of muck around the outside
sure fail
LLL

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 6:33 pm**

Small garden on new housing site, completed today in the glorious sunshine.
Â£2,600 they had a good deal I reckon.

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 7:28 pm**

I know what you you meant Tony. I also agree that a kerb or edging is better and structurally stronger way of doing things . TBH it'd been quicker to lay the edgings than over 100 linear meters of teg's on 6" of concrete but I just don't like em against rumbled blocks or natural stone. Just me.

Lemoncurd, I really like the work you've done on that garden.

Had a good day on today. Been training up 2 new labourers. My son and his cousin Jack.
[img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485....mg]IMG_1669 by sy76uk, on Flickr
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350....mg]IMG_1672 by sy76uk, on Flickr

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 7:47 pm**

the main thing is the haunch
without that there is nothing ,and I see loads without it
LLL

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 7:56 pm**

On this job I've got to think about the weight on top of the edging as well as movement left and right.

Most of the paving I see could of been done better.

From what I've seen so far everyone on this site takes a lot of pride in there work and likes to do things properly.

In certain aspects of my work, especially when it comes to laying stone I'm still learning so I'll be sticking around for the foreseable

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 10:51 pm**

I found the site through a quest for knowledge and am happy to learn as much as I can
I shudder at some of the things I have seen done on sites in the interests of an early finish or that'll do
plus its a good craic in the brew cabin
LLL

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