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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:09 am
by sy76uk
Block paving for me is the best earner with the least hassle.
I don't think it's the best value for the customer. CPB has got a 10 year life before it needs replacing.
A good natural stone drive is there till you get bored, or die.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:39 am
by lutonlagerlout
yes but when people have a choice ; kitchen or swanky drive,they generally go for the swanky kitchen and do the drive cheaply,not everyone of course or you guys wouldnt be so busy!
LLL 
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:05 am
by sy76uk
That's true. Especially for the people that are completely renovating.
By the time they get round to the gardens money's low.
I had one bloke show me the wet room in a bungalow he'd renovated for his elderly mother in law and he was boasting about the shower head head he spent a grand on only to start trying to knock me down when I told him the patio he wanted would cost him 3 grand :rock:
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:13 am
by lemoncurd1702
Going back a few years a customer mentioned to me "when pricing the job, remember there's a recession on".
Just as I was finishing the job at the beginning of March he turns up in a brand new SLK.
I didn't take the recession into account, I knew I'd get the job anyway. I've done work for him before and since.
He's a tidy guy and gave me and the lads a nice bonus.
It just pissed me off that he said that and then turns up in a new Merc.
Someone said to me once "buyers are liars".
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:58 pm
by sy76uk
Every customer and his dog tried it on in recession time.
There are plenty of neglected gardens due to that recession that need attending to now it's over though
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:31 pm
by rxbren
And most people don't want to pay
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:28 pm
by sy76uk
Don't know if anyone's seen the finished pictures of the brick paving job i've just finished yet.
I posted them up in other paving.
http://ext.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin....y112207
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:54 pm
by Forestboy1978
Looks fantastic mate. By god doesn't that lawn need re turfing now though haha. It's like a stain on your masterpiece.
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 6:31 pm
by Forestboy1978
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 8:50 am
by Dave_L
One or two jobs recently
Roundabout widening/adjustments at M5 J27 with Grasscrete GC2 with 393 reinforcement
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 8:57 am
by Dave_L
Road resurfacing to an access roadway to shared properties
New build driveway and crossover surfacing work
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:01 am
by Dave_L
Lots of sub-contract machine lay work locally
Vehicle crossover construction work, currently very busy with this work!
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:01 am
by GB_Groundworks
the grasscrete negatives what they made out of polystyrene then melt them with petrol like you would with bolt boxes?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:07 pm
by Forestboy1978
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:42 pm
by lutonlagerlout
tidy work there Forest,what is your real name mate,seems odd calling you forrest all the time?
cheers LLL
tony