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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:40 pm
by GB_Groundworks
is it just me or does this drive look shocking
impressive stones but poor installation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-aDItKE4-o
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:17 am
by Carberry
Looks shocking. After laying nobody has taken a step back to look at it from a distance and adjust any of the slabs so they don't look wavey and all over the place.
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:24 am
by lutonlagerlout
the fella is happy
it hurts my eyes looking at stuff like that
dont let cookie see it,it will make his eyes bleed :;):
LLL
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:46 am
by cookiewales
lutonlagerlout wrote:the fella is happy
it hurts my eyes looking at stuff like that
dont let cookie see it,it will make his eyes bleed :;):
LLL
oh dear just seen it lovely stone i would have laid it coursed would have been a better looking job and sat with the house . :p ???
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:47 pm
by Bob_A
Is there a shabby chic or distressed look for paving?
It's almost if they actually went out and made a special point of making it look like that.
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:09 pm
by lutonlagerlout
it look shite from where i sit
LLL
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:02 pm
by rab1
it does look shite.
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:31 pm
by KLS
Looks crap to me but then, as he said it was how he wanted it!
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:14 pm
by cookiewales
KLS wrote:Looks crap to me but then, as he said it was how he wanted it!
i would say he does not know any better .but the house build looked good .i have walked away from jobs where the client wants it his way which is wrong . :p
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:24 pm
by lutonlagerlout
kerbs?
alignment?
drainage?
dont matter if they are 5 or 50 inches thick its still pants
LLL
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:25 am
by Carberry
Only glanced at it yesterday, looked at it more closely today. 1:12 looks like levels are all over the place, it's natural stone but some of the slabs look like they have corners laid too low,
A lot of +'s, at 1:37 in the video can spot a dozen of them right away. At 1:46 five of the same slab laid in a row doesn't look right.
"Unique. Romesque"
I guess it does look like it was laid 2000 years ago.
Probably paid a fortune for the stone. Would be disappointed in the laying whatever their labour costs.
I wouldn't be happy unless that was laid to Cookie's or MickG standard.
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:02 pm
by KLS
cookiewales wrote:KLS wrote:Looks crap to me but then, as he said it was how he wanted it!
i would say he does not know any better .but the house build looked good .i have walked away from jobs where the client wants it his way which is wrong . :p
Your probably not wrong about his knowledge, and same here if I was asked to do something like that id have to walk away, at least after trying to educate them a bit if it seemed like a good idea at the time!
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:00 pm
by r896neo
What a horror show. pure balls
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:00 am
by henpecked
I think they like the rustic look in the USA. I'm constantly drawn to the brick work I see on American cop shows on TV. No gagging of joins, mortar squidged out of perps.
If your a pish poor paver, you'll make a fortune over there 
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:36 pm
by Pablo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENzxZkG4ppk
Seen as we're on the subject of crap sandstone how about this absolute beauty. Someone buy that man a maul then beat him over the head with his geofix. Digger mixing his bedding it just gets better and better
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