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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:09 am
by Al Jardin
Hi all. You'll love this.
Client of our has just had a load of grey indian stone laid. He asked me to do a spec so I suggested 5:1, pre wet slabs & add sbr to mortar etc. None of this was done. The contractor also created massive voids under the paving due to no full mortar bed. Apart from ripping the whole lot out is there anything I can add to a mortar to enable it to flow flow into the voids more freely? I'd rather fill the voids from above if possible. Not good practice but there you go.
Al
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:58 am
by local patios and driveway
I guess slurry point it all might be a work around but what else ismt right if he is spot laying it all?
Rip it up, client needs to take more care in future
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:18 pm
by Tony McC
Even with a low viuscosity slurry, you can never be sure that you're getting into all the voids.
On a few spot-bed jobs I've assessed, the mortar has been laid as a ring to the edges of the flag, thereby creating a hollow in the centre which is effectively sealed-off from the outside, so even a slurry wouldn't get in there.
As has already been said: rip it up and start again. (© Edwyn Collins)
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:18 pm
by local patios and driveway
Before you shoot off, i googled it already boys
http://m.youtube.com/#....EirXeDs
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:00 pm
by lutonlagerlout
try her instead
or even my favourite
too shy-shy hush hush 10 mm high :;):
funny all my fave songs are from '83
LLL
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:01 pm
by Al Jardin
Fair point lpad & T.
I agreed to point the whole lot with instamac gim before it was laid. No way I'd guarantee the work now. Feck it. I'll break it to him gently.
Thanks for comments.
Al
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:06 pm
by msh paving
Too shy, shy, hush, hush, eye to eye
Too shy, shy, hush, hush, eye to eye
Too shy, shy, hush, hush, eye to eye
Too shy, shy, hush, hush
Thats a classic 83 tune,you got me on youtube now LLL ,
great times great music,left school in 85 MSH 
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:16 am
by lutonlagerlout
I left in 84 mark
those were the tunes of the school discos :;):
sorry al to go off on a tangent
it really will need to come up
how many metres is it?
I laid 30metres today with 2 lads helping and its as easy to do it right as it is to do it wrong
cheers LLL
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:35 am
by Carberry
lutonlagerlout wrote:I left in 84 mark
those were the tunes of the school discos :;):
sorry al to go off on a tangent
it really will need to come up
how many metres is it?
I laid 30metres today with 2 lads helping and its as easy to do it right as it is to do it wrong
cheers LLL
Born the year you left school. Feeling old? :laugh:
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:38 pm
by lutonlagerlout
growing old
its better than the alternative :;):
LLL
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:11 pm
by Al Jardin
We are now biased toward planting & maintaining. Someones got to take the pill.
Some of those 80's tunes are still good. No more kajagoogoo please.
Al
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:18 am
by lutonlagerlout
what was your era Al?
LLL :;):
the early 80s brings back fond memories for me 
LLL
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:21 pm
by Al Jardin
Born in 71 LLL. Take your pick. The old man was well into hifi & music so I listened to loads of stuff on the first sony walkman. He also went through a laserdisc phase. Those 12" dvd's were great but the hernia you got from moving the player around was not welcome. Anyone remember the 9 lives of fritz the cat? That sticks in my mind.
Al
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:15 pm
by lutonlagerlout
My mate built up a huge collection of laser discs
then laserdisc uk went bust 
remember pagers?
LLL