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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:05 am
by GB_Groundworks
Got about 150m2 of paving to lay on the new house we've just built, sourced these 25mm sawn sandstone in a cream colour.
stone looks great but feels very porus going to have to seal them i think maybe before laying or be very carefull, they also got a rainbow one with iron banding through it looks really nice.
got them for a cracking price as well 
, i was thinking romex basalt but might just use traditional mortar
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 11:15 am
by cookiewales
GB_Groundworks wrote:Got about 150m2 of paving to lay on the new house we've just built, sourced these 25mm sawn sandstone in a cream colour.
stone looks great but feels very porus going to have to seal them i think maybe before laying or be very carefull, they also got a rainbow one with iron banding through it looks really nice.
got them for a cracking price as well , i was thinking romex basalt but might just use traditional mortar
go for the romex basalt enhance the job and is clean ???
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:42 pm
by mihangel
any info on the supplier and price?
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:15 pm
by The Caped Crusader
The rainbow one sounds nice, im after something like that for my front garden which is on a main road so hopefully if it looks good i will get some work off it.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:10 pm
by London Stone Paving
We supply a lot of Sawn sandstone. We always reccomend Easipoint in either a natural or a white. This type of colour really sets off these sawn sandstones. In my experience going for a darker material will be too much of a contrast
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:34 pm
by The Caped Crusader
London Stone Paving wrote:We supply a lot of Sawn sandstone. We always reccomend Easipoint in either a natural or a white. This type of colour really sets off these sawn sandstones. In my experience going for a darker material will be too much of a contrast
So can i presume then if you are reccommending easy point it is really as good as they say it is then?.
I was quite impressed with the demonstration i saw i just wanted to get a bit of feedback from the trade before i gave it a whirl, especially as i have a stockist right on my doorstep.
Also what sort of price does your sawn sandstone come out at and what colours does it come in?
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:06 pm
by Bob_A
Approximately how much is Easipoint and do many places stock it?
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:03 pm
by lutonlagerlout
with postage its about £25 a 25kg bag and that does about 10m2 of pointing
its great stuff,i use it for pointing in tight gaps over the tops of RSJs etc turns 2 hours work into 5 minutes
LLL
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:36 am
by London Stone Paving
As we are natural stone suppliers we are always on the look out for quality products that we can stand behind. We've field tested so many different types of jointing products and in my experience easipoint is the best I have seen. Obviously its not as quick as your well known sweep in joints but most of our customers can't live with the sheen that these products leave. who wants a shiny patio?
We recently built our showroom and pointed all the sawn sandstone with easipoint. It was clean, quick and most importantly we were able to maintain a gap colour. Essential with these sawn sandtones, especially the ones which are consistent in colour themselves. The guy who installed the easipoint had a really good method which was fast & extremely neat:
1. Gun the mix into the gaps.
2. Leave it to go off for 10/15 minutes (Judge for yourself depending on weather conditions)
3. Strike the easipoint off.
4. Leave for another 10/15 minutes.
5. Brush off excess mix with soft brush
6. Wipe edges with sponge if necessary
We stock this stuff and can deliver it next day anywhere in the UK. Prices are a bit different depending on the colour but if you work on approx £25 as LLL says then you wont be too far away. www.londonstone.com (not sure if this links working. Seems to be a bit of a black art, any ideas anyone)
To the caped Crusader check out www.londonstone.com for all the sawn sandstone (Again not sure if the link is working, any ideas much appreciated)
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:03 pm
by Bob_A
London Stone Paving wrote:...........but most of our customers can't live with the sheen that these products leave. who wants a shiny patio?.............
Do you mean the joints are shiny or you're left with a sheen on the paving after the excess compound has been swept away.
If it's the later doesn't it eventually wear off?
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:57 pm
by London Stone Paving
We pointed one of the products at our showroom with one of the sweep in's and three months later it is still shiny and does not bear a lot of resemblance to the original paving material.
I am reliably informed that this will fade with time but I can't see it taking any less than six months. Personally not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze, but thats just my opinion.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:38 pm
by cookiewales
London Stone Paving wrote:We pointed one of the products at our showroom with one of the sweep in's and three months later it is still shiny and does not bear a lot of resemblance to the original paving material.
I am reliably informed that this will fade with time but I can't see it taking any less than six months. Personally not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze, but thats just my opinion.
needs lots of good british weather to speed it up uv rays are the best :;): :;):
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:01 pm
by London Stone Paving
I think we would all love a few more of those Cookie
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:33 pm
by GB_Groundworks
few dodgy ones in the crates, 25mm calibrated?? haha
as with most indian stone they have that annoying trait that 2 of the smaller unit equally exactley teh bigger units but without leaving a margin for a gap for pointing.
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i wouldnt have that radio on my newly laid flags giles :;):
LLL