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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:40 pm
by lutonlagerlout
good effort heed
i take it you will lay the cuts on a fresh bedding mix?
that stuff will be gone off by tomorrow
LLL 
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:59 pm
by GB_Groundworks
bites lip 
one question? where does it drain to?
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:21 pm
by Heed
I took 20 mm off the top of that mix wherever I wasn't laying. So I'll put 20mm of mix on top of what's there then lay on that for the cut slabs.
It's running down the garden towards the shed. It doesn't look like it in the photos. And to be honest it doesn't look much like it in real life. However I've checked and rechecked everything with a 3 metre straight steel pole and a spirit level and it's set up right for the run off. Behind the shed there's loads of sand for it to drain into. I haven't put that there, it was there when we got the house. I assume that Barrats had loads left and just dumped it before putting some turf over it.
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:41 pm
by Heed
I've just seen the price of romex and gtfk. Ooof.
The entire patio cost around £900. It looks like it's £350 for the romex jointing gear. Am I being tight or does that seem like a large cost compared to the rest of the patio?
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:09 pm
by rab1
Why not buy a cheap pointing gun from screw-fix and mix a 3-1 mix not forgetting to add plastiser and point that way?.
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:14 pm
by GB_Groundworks
has to be the right consistency or its hard work... easy to do with practice i found a paddle mixer better
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:34 am
by London Stone Paving
Nice job for A DIYer. Well done
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:39 pm
by dig dug dan
steves back from ibiza!
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:36 pm
by lutonlagerlout
did you go to DC-10 steve?
IMHO the best club in ibiza,especially when a plane comes in to land 25m above your head :O
great craic in ibiza but the euro is like monopoly money when you go abroad now
3 years ago it cost me 180 euro for a night in space,15 euro for a vodka and orange!
LLL
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:02 pm
by London Stone Paving
We went away for Cosmo's stag do Tony. Brilliant place. We went to Space & Pacha. There was nine of us there all at the age of 30-33. I thought we were pretty cool, not the case at all. We were like relics from a bygone era. Turns out that if you aint got a waxed chest, not covered in crap tatoos and dont walk around with your boxer shorts sticking out of your trousers you dont get a look in.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:08 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
paddle mixer much better as you said giles. day before i was easipointing the other week ,aldi had them in on their thursday specials . as good as any other make , slow speed start too . 39 quid bargain . 3 year guarantee
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:52 am
by Heed
Well that's it done apart from the wife sorting out plants and gravel and stuff. Looking pretty good if I do say so myself. I even managed to make a really neat looking ramp for getting the bike into the garden now the garden is higher at one end.
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:42 am
by DNgroundworks
Is it jointed yet?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:06 pm
by London Stone Paving
Nice job. You should be well pleased with that
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:40 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice stuff heed
well done
LLL