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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:48 pm
by lutonlagerlout
a prospective client has asked me to price his drive ,he has 4 options but his preferred option is the above in walnut
I wonder has any of the brew cabin laid these indian stone type blocks?
what are the pitfalls?
i am guessing that sizing and wacking could be 2 potential issues
also being sand stone more potential for moss and algae?
thanks in advance
LLL
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:28 pm
by ambient
just laid the marshalls sawn and tumbled natural stone 40 metres of these as a border and circle pics in recent work very nice looking but proper pain to lay different lengths / widths / depths not cut square even though there sawn just like indian stone flags really also laid them on wet mix and easipointed so would advise good price very slow to lay ???
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:35 pm
by lutonlagerlout
my thoughts exactly
roughly how much a metre did you pay tony?
cheers LLL
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:01 pm
by ambient
bought them as a job lot off ebay paid about £20-00 + vat metre but had to buy seven crates still got 3 left
think cookie said he bought some off london stone or stone valley
forgot to mention they do mark with tyres goin over them
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:07 pm
by London Stone Paving
If you bought them off the marshalls ebay section then that might be the reason why they were a bit dodgy. i'm the last person who's ever going to be singing marshalls praises, but you cant knock the quality of thier stone
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:41 pm
by danstan
Hi Luton and all
All you need to know on this subject right here:-
http://www.pavingexpert.com/blocks_stone01.htm
This was a 200x100 paviour - now discontinued to make way for the 3 larger sizes (still very accurate the size)
We recently supplied British quarried natural stone block paving which was not as accurate, however, the finished job looked stunning. it also works out cheaper than the imported stone blocks!!! I will try to get photos of the job,
regards
Dan
http://www.bartonfields.co.uk/
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:51 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i was impressed with that drive but wonder what it looks like now,my biggest concern apart from accuracy is maintenance
plus if the blocks are £50 a metre the total job is going to rack up significantly
with any kind of block type paving its important that you can lay with reasonable speed on the areas, time is money and if you end up having to sort blocks it will kill the job
cheers LLL
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:30 pm
by London Stone Paving
I've seen that job before. The workmanship and performance of the blocks are 100% first class but the colours are horrendous
There is definately a place in the market for natural stone block pavers but special attention needs to be paid to the colour and more importantly the durability.
Steve
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:40 pm
by Pablo
The quallity is good but Steve's right only a Gypsy's wife would chose that colour.
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:36 pm
by lutonlagerlout
got the price today from butterfields
£66 +vat per metre
wtf is that all about?
I know LSP has different colour ones for £40 P/M but its gonna be a hard sell
cheers LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:48 am
by cookiewales
lutonlagerlout wrote:got the price today from butterfields
£66 +vat per metre
wtf is that all about?
I know LSP has different colour ones for £40 P/M but its gonna be a hard sell
cheers LLL
the ones i laid were 21 pound m2 from stonevalley on my photo bucket site boston spa 