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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:55 pm
by mark_3669
Hello everyone
I've just taken delivery of some Indian sandstone slabs. They have a chamfer on the edges that I presumed was to allow easy pointing ie two edges together gives you a 20 - 40mm gap v-ing down to a couple of mm. However this would mean that the 'bottom' of the slab is the (in most cases) flat side and the 'top' has a more irregular face.
Doesn't seem to make sense to me as the surface is going to be very uneven.
If I lay them the other way the it makes the pointing more difficult.
Can someone tell me which way up they go please?
Thanks
Mark
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:15 pm
by Tony McC
FFS! Please, please, please read the flaming website!
Here
Why is it so difficult to read anything??
I'm not having a good day. Any more eejits out there thinking of sending in knobby questions should think again before hitting that "submit" button.
Edited By Tony McC on 1185110162
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:30 pm
by mark_3669
YEAH!!
ANY MORE OF YOU EEJITS OUT THERE TAKE NOTE!!!
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:22 pm
by seanandruby
is it green side up for turf? 
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:09 am
by mouldmaker
seanandruby wrote:is it green side up for turf?
Is that where I went wrong?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:56 pm
by matt h
speking of turf, my missus decided to take our lad camping with the rest of her family this week.. there is no turf left on their site, and she's packed up and is heading home. Bet i get my ears bent for not being an eejit and going with them!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:40 pm
by Stuarty
dont mention turf 
ive just spent last 2 days preparing 660 square metres of nothing but wet sticky and very stoney ground on a newbuild. The top of the soil had dried out to about an inch deep, but the soil for about 18 inches below that was still very much fluid heh
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:26 pm
by dig dug dan
I can't get turf. All the fields are under water!
Another flood victim
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:49 pm
by Stuarty
We get turf, but i think its been swimming. Most of our stuff comes from Yorkshire.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:51 am
by IanMelb
Stuarty wrote:Most of our stuff comes from Yorkshire.
Maybe from my area - we live smack bang in the middle of two huge turf companies' farms, Rolawn and Inturf
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:37 pm
by Pablo
Stuarty you're a braver man than me working the soil in this weather. Will you be laying the turf on black sand or straight on to the soil. Good luck
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:56 pm
by Stuarty
It goes straight onto soil, sometimes on a little sharp sand or on black ash, some folk call it nightsoil. I dont want to lay turf with all this rain, but if the boss says so i gotta do it. Youre spot on Ian, used to get all our turf from Rolawn, best turf ive ever used tbh. Then we changed to a couple other firms, ended up with Inturf, which lasted for 2 months, the turf we kept getting from them was pathetic, couldnt get 2 pallets from the same field i dont think. We use some firm called Tillers Turf i think it is.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:55 am
by Rich H
I use the the local Inturf supplier in Twyford. Only ever had one problem when they were trialling the use of mesh. Had the lot refunded when I had to spend a couple of hours replacing 15 rolls.
They have two main farms, I think, one in Yorks and the other in Lincs, near Grantham.
It's good stuff although I only do about 15-20 gardens a year.
I prep with 'rootzone' which is 75% LB sand and 25% loam. An inch of that on top of well-prepared topsoil gives you a perfect finish.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:57 pm
by Stuarty
Sadly, i had to go prepping again today, another 470 square metres today, and thats the last of this weeks prep. I think 1130 square metres is enough for anybody in one week.
I do recall having some turf come from Grantham when we used Inturf, it was fairly good turf if i recall.