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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:17 am
by jonnyboyentire
specialbranch wrote:cookiewales wrote:cookiewales wrote:give me a call anytime i do like pink setts 
where in the country are you
got ya your only down the road i live in acomb york now
York thats handy I might have to come and do a couple of days labouring for you get some tips. The biggest sett job i have done was about 50m2 and took an eternity. It was another whacky job, we did a football design and LUFC 2000 in raised setts for a Leeds fan to commemorate them getting into the champions league. If you get any leads on that quantity pink granite let us know. The chap were doing it for is in the Scrap metal business so has a few contacts in demolition. We were hoping to find some still in situe so we can check the quality, get them all from one batch and lift them ourselves. So far the only gear we have found was from a foundary and they had a lot of rust on them which we were'nt sure would come off.
Leeds Champions league?
I wonder if that's still there..... ???
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:33 am
by haggistini
Can't stand that shite!
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:34 am
by haggistini
Good progress there LLL
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:15 pm
by jonnyboyentire
Commissioned the pump on our first ever fountain job today.
Quite pleased.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:23 pm
by Pablo
Did you install that Johnny I've done a few similar and they were seriously pricey but urned out well. All mine were reclaimed victorian jobs except one which was cut from Irish buff Granite and kept springing leaks. Looks good and should weather down well.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:28 pm
by haggistini
Very nice! Big big bucks$$$
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:41 pm
by jonnyboyentire
Yeah we installed. There was a fountain there previously which was knackered, cables trailing everywhere etc. We basically started again with the existing hole in the ground.
It's a replica of the fountain at Eton College as far as I understand. as you say, big bucks. Not many of them for me though as it was a bit of a labour of love.
My only issue right now is that the manufacturer have said no chemicals to keep it clean - in a normal case you'd chuck a bit of chlorine in now and then to self clean. Apparently anything chloriney-based will corrode the reconstituted stone. They reckon a bit of clarifier will sort it, what a load of tosh so far.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:05 pm
by Pablo
Decent filters and UV tube should do the trick along with a power wash once a year it's nigh on impossible to keep any kind of stone clean once it comes in contact with water although the water itself will remain clear.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:47 pm
by lutonlagerlout
very nice work johnnie
if there is a god it will lead to more fountains
LLL 
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:04 pm
by Dave_L
Lovely work! When I win the EuroMillions I'll give ya a bell...........
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:04 pm
by jonnyboyentire
I hope not!!!
lol work is work
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:05 pm
by jonnyboyentire
You only need the Eurothousands Dave
Thanks all.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:14 pm
by Dave_L
jonnyboyentire wrote:You only need the Eurothousands Dave
Yeah but there's the "entertainment girls" and the fast cars to think about.....so the millions wouldn't go *that* far 
*Dave sulks off thinking what he could get up to if he had millions........... :-/ *
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:39 pm
by jonnyboyentire
Dave_L wrote:jonnyboyentire wrote:You only need the Eurothousands Dave
Yeah but there's the "entertainment girls" and the fast cars to think about.....so the millions wouldn't go *that* far
*Dave sulks off thinking what he could get up to if he had millions........... :-/ *
I'll stick the kettle on Dave, I've been off sulking about that for years..........
