The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:17 am**

a little job we did in msh county norfolk the client was left with a gravel drive that you could not drive up in 2wheel drive broken drive shafts would have happened gravel was up to 150mm deep we laid 290m2 110tons sandstone 70ton 4to1 out of a silo all had to come from a farmyard quarter mile away up a narrow track with a 3ton dumper lovely part of the country to work :p [IMG]http://i742.photobucket.com/albums....MG]

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Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:23 pm**

Your lucky you got through the county border cookie.....

but you did a good job so we will let you back again MSH

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:40 pm**

good looking work, how long did that take, lot of work there. im betting the gravel seemed cheap to the client originally....

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:12 pm**

did you just muck away the gravel? again tip top job cookie

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:49 pm**

drive looks nice
the house looks fake,is it a new build with those cobble blocks?
I may be wrong but the house looks weirdly out of touch with the area
nice drive as are all of yours cookie

LLL

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:12 am**

that house is 100% real tony, in that area 80% of houses are built from as dug natural flint, that is the natural material off the area,it is a very high spec top of the standard build, been extended from the original size, i had a look round it when cookie did the job MSH

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:21 am**

on the north Norfolk cost across to breckland area flint is used a lot in old house and planners like it in extensions on fronts.It is a slow old job laying flint like that as there is no suction , with the weight of it 1m hight is about the most you can lay other wise it ends up back in a heap

,the flint is bought in from local quarry regular sized so no cutting or waste,
i have laid it in a sand cement bed for anti pedestrian areas in schools MSH

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:20 am**

GB_Groundworks wrote:did you just muck away the gravel? again tip top job cookie

gave it all to the farmer where we tipped 120ton sets and placed our silo and he had a good drink would not have been able to do job no acsses no where to unload the houses up there were built when horse and cart were vouge the client spent 650 000 on the build very good spec some one else did the gravel even laid that plastic ribbed retaing waste of money job start to finnish 14days we had selfcatering barn walking distance we were the only gays in the village :p :p

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:53 am**

did you source the setts from up north or find some more local?

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:07 am**

GB_Groundworks wrote:did you source the setts from up north or find some more local?

they came from steptoes i know when i buy from andrew i dont get any crap or mud and concrete there well riddled allways like to look at them first :p

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:28 am**

you picked me up wrong mark,I meant the house looked new
I have done flint work and a metre in a day would be impossible without shutters or flint blocks,more like 300mm a day height wise

even using the flint blocks we did no more than 4 course a day ,they are very front heavy,and we had to use L-fixings every course
when you say the flint is bought in regular sized from the local quarry how do they achieve this?
normally flint is a by product of chalk quarrying ,but it has to be napped to make it fit your wall
you will know a flint napper when you meet one,his hands will be a mass of scars,i spoke to 1 old boy and he said if you dont get at least 1 "bleeder" a day then your not doing it right

nice drive all the same
LLL

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:35 am**

having looked closely again they look more like cobbles than flints?
cobbles being stones that have been worn round by the action of the sea,if anything even more difficult to lay
and i reckon they are belgian cowshed tiles on the roof :;):
heres a close up of what i mean by cobbles

all in all the client has paid a lot of dough and got a very nice looking pad

LLL

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:04 pm**

lutonlagerlout wrote:having looked closely again they look more like cobbles than flints?
cobbles being stones that have been worn round by the action of the sea,if anything even more difficult to lay
and i reckon they are belgian cowshed tiles on the roof :;):
heres a close up of what i mean by cobbles

all in all the client has paid a lot of dough and got a very nice looking pad
LLL

they are cobbles tony bugger to work with have knapped some my self not a happy job we did some rebuilding garden walls many years ago caught a right cold as we say in wales 2 weeks extra work than i had priced for the old saying we will soon build that learnt a good lesson :p :;):

Posted: **Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:21 am**

In that part off north norfolk, LLL there is a quarry that pulls cobbles 2-3" dia. from the chalk ground,

it used to be owned by RMC now cemex there is also a couple indepent ones in the norflok area too perfectilly smooth and almost round flint Â£60ton plus MSH

The Brew Cabin

Gravel driveway to sandstone setts - Driveway salthouse norfolk