Amount of pitch required to lay area of setts

[Jason Herring]

Hi all,
I am a long time lurker here and frequent user of the website. so, thanks Tony for all the help I've had from the site and particularly the nifty calculators.
On with my problem. I have a job laying granite setts for a customer. I'm laying 10cm x 10cm x 5cm setts on a C7.5 mix (which sits on a base of 15cm crusher run, + blind off with limestone dust).
The area of setts is 61m. I'm either jointing it with Romex "Drain" jointing compound (the rep for this has a calculating tool so I know how much to buy) or with pitch/tar.
I'm going to chat to the customer and ask them to go for the pitch joint. I really like the idea of doing it and think it will look good and well as be practical. I've used the brush in Romex stuff a few times now, it's great but pricy compared to pitch. I've never worked with pitch so my questions are -
1. How much gravel to fill the gaps and pitch to joint 61m of 10cm x 10cm setts?
2. Any recommendations for a brand or type of pitch? ( I can hire a pitch boiler easy enough)

Thanks for any help!

[Tony McC]

Assuming 12mm joints...

Gravel - approx 1.2 tonnes of 6-10mm material
Pitch - Colas Sett Joint - approx 0.6 tonne (24 blocks at 25kg)

I think you'll find the Romex quicker (definitely) and cheaper (possibly, by the time you factor in the labour). Who's supplying you with Romex? Have you considered using D1?

[Jason Herring]

The customer has seen a couple of previous local jobs I've done and actually swapped to Indian Sanstone.. It's costing them less but I would've enjoyed doing the setts.

Thanks for the advice anyway. I'd have guessed at much less ptich.

I'm buying Romex from Bannister Hall near Preston. They stock the full range from the terrace glue pots upwards. Although I'm trying to get my local merchant to stock it in Crewe. The other landscapers I know are still pointing traditionally and refusing to be converted so my local merchants aren't sure about stocking it.

I found Bannister Hall through Mike Fitch. He's the rep for Romex/Rompox. -Got his number if you want it? Speak to Irvin at Bannister Hall for more info.

[Tony McC]

I know Mike Fitch. My understanding is that he's no longer the exclusive rep for Romex in Britain. Davy Crawford from McMonagle Stone is the new distributor, as of June 1st. See this page that Romex have sponsored and was uploaded this weekend.