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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:33 pm
by joydivision
Pablo wrote:Love the cock and balls in the middle of the patio MSH was that intentional I do that as a bit of a personal joke if the clients annoy me.
Ha Ha, spotted that too!! Brilliant.
Nice work all the same!
JD
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:16 pm
by GB_Groundworks
nice work and nice flags but this is the second patio i've just looked at inc carberry's on other thread with the "+" ie 4 corners joining the gaffer will be turning in his L200 hehe
is it kinda disregarded advice now?
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:27 pm
by haggistini
No as it don't look very good to me personally but I think only us lot in the game that spots it.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:33 pm
by rab1
Tony (boss) always states best practice, do it once neatly and correctly. Straight line patterns correctly laid are allowed.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:34 pm
by London Stone Paving
Lovely installation and stone looks top quality too.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:40 pm
by London Stone Paving
specialbranch wrote:Also the stone wasnt that easy to get hold of the bank holidays caused our mason a few problems so I was 3 weeks late in getting the tops on! you live and learn :;):
Getting hold of Yorkstone on said date is a black art. We get through an artic a week of the stuff but the raw material never arrives on time. They seem to work at their own pace in those quarries.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:49 pm
by Carberry
GB_Groundworks wrote:nice work and nice flags but this is the second patio i've just looked at inc carberry's on other thread with the "+" ie 4 corners joining the gaffer will be turning in his L200 hehe
is it kinda disregarded advice now?
Only landscapers notice it - I would even further narrow that down to landscapers who use this site, a truly random pattern would include joints that meet like that and more importantly, I don't think it looks bad as long as your joints are done correctly ie: don't have a 14mm joint meeting an 8mm joint it is usually easier to avoid having 4 corners meet though.
Thanks to you Pablo I'm going to be going through photos of all my old work and seeing if I have had any freudian slips and covered some poor guys patio in cock and balls 
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:30 am
by jonnyboyentire
I always try not to have any crosses (4 corners), drive my guys mad but its a company rule (that only i can break!!).
Can't wait to tell them to add "no cock and balls" to the don't do list. :laugh:
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:47 am
by lutonlagerlout
i think for a truly random effect that 1 cross and 2 flags the same size next to each other are ok
going back to what i said with the 13.65 m patio packs you get too many small units and this means you run short if you keep to all our BC rules
its easy to criticise , but i think that patio looks a great job
cheers LLL
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:20 am
by Carberry
lutonlagerlout wrote:i think for a truly random effect that 1 cross and 2 flags the same size next to each other are ok
When i had my brother working with me he moaned at me every day telling me what random was. He's doing a Ph.D in physics, quantum mechanics. Those patio packs full of 1x1s do my nut in.
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:00 am
by London Stone Paving
Stewarts right, if it was a truly random pattern then it would contain crossroads. I just think that crossroads look crap, sticks out like a sore thumb.
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:40 pm
by rab1
top quality work, looks great.
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:14 pm
by pickwell paving
Nice work MSH nice to see someone use a block splitter and do the cuts properly, colours go well together. 
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:53 pm
by cookiewales
pickwell paving wrote:Nice work MSH nice to see someone use a block splitter and do the cuts properly, colours go well together.
tidy work there mark to class cuts mick g would give a star for them on the point of random ie proper its a shame the indians did not copy the foot print of the victoriens in there slab sizes they did not put paving side by side because they did not need to as they had the choice plus they would have had to take it up and relay have had the pleasure of using old york stone direct of site before the reclaim yard monkeys have squared it of and have never laid a slab in there lives
