The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:41 am**

In September 2012 we entered a selection of the driveways and patio's we have constructed for customer throughout the north west area into the 2012 Marshall's installer of the year competition, the competition is open to all of the Marshall's registered contractors throughout the UK

On Thursday 17th January 2013 was the Marshalls north west regional awards and Crystalclear was awarded

Best large driveway transformation (over 70m2)

Best use of ethically sourced Fairstone paving

Best small patio transformation (under 35m2)

Most creative use of Marshalls products

To win Best Driveway 3 years running is such an achievement and we are very proud indeed, we focus on attention to detail with all our paving which makes our work stand out from the rest and our customer satisfaction is second to none

I would like to give a big thank you to all the Marshall's staff for putting on a well organised presentation and fantastic night for the 2012 North West region register awards

Well done to everyone

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:13 am**

well done mick
maybe arsenal can lend you their trophy cabinet?
do they do nationwide awards as well or is it always regional?
nice one
LLL

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:15 am**

yeah the next stage is wait for the phone call in about 6 weeks time to see if we are in the final 10 for the national awards and the winner gets the UK contractor of the year award

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:17 am**

Can we have pictures?

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:28 am**

Best large driveway transformation (over 70m2) and Best use of ethically sourced Fairstone paving

Marshalls Fairstone driveway Setts

Best small patio transformation (under 35m2)

New patio using Marshalls Fairstone Golden Sand Multi sawn paving

Most creative use of Marshalls products

New patio using Marshalls Eclipse Granite paving

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:45 am**

looks mint mick

are they going to use that top pic in a brochure or is that your client?
excellent work
LLL

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:49 am**

it is in this years Marshalls brochure on a double page spread but from a different angle

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:20 pm**

The top three photos have to be my favourite! Wish I could have worked for someone like you Mick.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:24 pm**

Thats about as good as it gets. Its paving porn

Who took the shots Mick?

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:27 pm**

Thank you bodgeit, might of been a bit far to travel each morning though

Cheers Steve

The top photo was taken by the Marshalls photographer and I took the rest with a Sony HD video recorder and saved still shots from the video

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:36 pm**

They are all great shots. Its really difficult to photograph paving. Were not 100% happy with our imagery, we've used professional photographers before and have never been 100% happy with them. Did the marshalls guys use any lights?

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:44 pm**

no lights used, they was at the house for 4 hours in total but was also waiting for the right time when the clouds just blocked off the bright sun glare which gave a better photo

they have much better kit than I use but I am happy with the results I achieve

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:57 pm**

Yours are top notch Mick. You've captured the texture of the stone and also the overall setting, which I think is the most difficult

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:06 pm**

thanks Steve but I am just a point and click person

are you holding your head to the left when you take your photos, I believe that helps

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:11 pm**

very very nice .top work:)

The Brew Cabin

Marshalls north west regional awards 2012