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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:08 am
by haggistini
I meant the depth of cut but I always carry an old blade just for false cuts
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:15 pm
by jonnyboyentire
Planted some roses in some of the worst dig ever yesterday
will be dressing the area in white pebbles and cobbles to bind the dust, i mean soil lol. Mini rockery at the far end.
have the same to do Thursday next to an even bigger leylandii hedge out the front ??? Had to get four commercial shelf-stacking trolleys from out the back off my suppliers yard to get the plants to the truck!! All we wanted was some irish fella hanging on a swing over the Iveco and the Chelsea Flower Show had arrived on the client's drive (no offence to our irish contingent, you know what I was getting at anyway I hope!!)
Planted up some herbs in baskets, the housekeeper was delighted, that's the only time you'll EVER see a plant label on one of my jobs, pet hate! Softens up the look of the fountain (that we installed as our first ever job there).
Client happy so far 
Getting addicted to posting these pics aren't I ?? Feel free to call a halt when you're bored lads!
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:21 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I like the photos
in fact its nice that people have discovered the joys of posting images of their handywork
i wish i knew more about horticulture and landscaping
LLL
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:39 pm
by jonnyboyentire
Soft scaping is rewarding, there's no doubt. Especially after an appropriate time when it all matures up.
When the client remembers to use a hose pipe that is 
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:15 pm
by joydivision
yeah, keep the photo's coming.
I really enjoy seeing everyones handywork, and how we all do things in our own way.
You can pick up some nice little tips also!!
Nice work Jonny
JD
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:48 pm
by London Stone Paving
Nice water feature Jonny. Whats the material? Donegall Quartz?
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:48 pm
by DNgroundworks
Ah shit im gonna get a telling off now, can some one re-size them for me, sorry
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:53 pm
by London Stone Paving
DNgroundworks wrote:The job we finished today, indian sandstone, with circle kit.
Nice work there DN, stone looks great. I saw the pictures before I saw who the post was written by and i thought it must have been a Hagg creation. Its those trademark curves.
Lovely stuff, client must be well chuffed with that
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:54 pm
by Carberry
DNgroundworks wrote:Ah shit im gonna get a telling off now, can some one re-size them for me, sorry
How long has that rule been around? Surely everyone has at least a 19" monitor with a high resolution now. I have a 24" monitor and prefer the bigger pictures.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:55 pm
by DNgroundworks
ye im pretty sure he is, i like the stone when wet, gives it a completely different look.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:06 pm
by jonnyboyentire
London Stone Paving wrote:Nice water feature Jonny. Whats the material? Donegall Quartz?
Cheers all.
Steve, do you know, I'm not 100% sure. The walling is Stonemarket I think if memory serves me right, faced around a concrete block and bespoke fibreglassed liner. Client had already ordered the drilled stone.
It's a salutary story actually, one we should all remember. Get a call, you were recommended by blah blah blah supplier of stone, you subcontract to them etc etc. Need a small (!) water feature installed. We were booked ahead for two minths, client kept houding me to get there. Last-but-one call client says "look I appreciate you are busy, I don't need it installed for a little while but I need to know how to connect it up to the tap i am having put in for it....." ???
Naturally I thought it was a ****-take at this point, a water feature run off mains water?????? Recommending supplier rang me later that week and begged me to go out as client on his back too.
Went out, met client, you've seen the house in previous pics, within half an hour had the contract maintenance of the grounds tied up and the rest is history.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:19 pm
by cookiewales
nice work dn try and get the client to bring up the grassed area ti top of paving allways looks better 
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:27 pm
by Carberry
cookiewales wrote:nice work dn try and get the client to bring up the grassed area ti top of paving allways looks better
Easier to cut too.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:44 pm
by jonnyboyentire
oh yes, agree with that.
