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peter: Posted on 28 March 2012 21:01
well the patio is going great, this one is a circle built in the main paving area, 1.8m diameter. Square off kits allow to carry on the pattern, whic is the Oakham Pattern, just two sizes but works. This spring weather is great isnt it!! tee shirt weather in March, the last time I was able to do that was on holiday a while back in Tenerife. Make the most of it!! see you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 26 March 2012 21:48
getting quite a few visits to the site 45 views from Gillingham in the last 24 hours alone, other areas were chatham,gravesend, sittingbourne, rochester. Great, give me a call if you need some work done. Hope you like the site see you all soon!!! |
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peter: Posted on 22 March 2012 21:28
The Rope Deck has been completed, looks great, we did stairs using Walksure boards for the treads, very secure on the foot. Watch out for pictures. Quoting again tomorrow, and starting a new Patio on Monday. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 21 March 2012 21:57
Nearly finished the deck, with the rope handrail, had to soak the rope, and left to dry out. Deck boards all down, posts ready, the trellis and the steps are going in tomorrow. So we should finish. Starting a new patio on Monday. Lovely weather !! See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 20 March 2012 17:28
Another successful day, done all the supports and cemented them in, and part of the deck boards are placed, weed membrane under the deck and shingle spread over. Its just a thin layer of shingle enoiugh to keep the WM in place, too much shingle and it starts the opposite effect, dust settles in it and seeds flow into the dust and starts growing, so too much depth is not good. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 19 March 2012 20:29
Well today was eventful, after trying on Saturday afternoon to deliver the decking boards and 4 x 2, in which the truck could not turn a corner which leads down the rear entrance of the garden, we had the delivery on the main 7.5 tonne lorry, now the house is on a bank, which leads to a rear pathway, along side other houses, walking distance of about 400 yards, we had 40 deck boards and 30 lengths of 4 x 2, so it took the driver of my supplier to life them onto the bank to Neil, then neil lifted them over the rail to me, then we had to walk the 400 yards to the job two lengths at a time. Nightmare was one word for it, thanks to our suppliers we had a slightly less walk to do. It would have been 600 yards. It wasnt until I rang Shaun of "All and Sundry rubbish clearance just to ask him how he got his truck up the bank and to the garden, he then turned up in his car to give us a hand, what a great chap, he managed to get round the corner, cars can do it, he put the boards on his roof rake and drove them down to the garden, bearing in mind we had already taken about a third by walking, this was a great help. Well done Shaun!! See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 18 March 2012 20:43
Sunday night, looking forward to starting the new deck tomorrow, the one with the rope handrail. Should be good, the customer has left us access to the back door so we can plug in the extension leads for power. They will have a surprise every night for about a week, as they see the deck taking shape. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 17 March 2012 09:48
Much needed rain I know, always the wrong time though, night time is the best. Still looks good for next week I think, starting a deck on monday, this one is slightly raised, and with the rope handrail and stairs, trellis to face it off, will look great. St Williams Way Rochester. Watch out for the pictures when done. The rope has to be soaked and dried before use. Got two enquiries to see today and another one tomorrow. Going to pick up two Guinea Pigs with the hutch, food and all the trimmings today for Amber my 4 year old granddaughter, its a surprise for her, going with Hayley my daughter to pick them up. Wonder what she will call them. So long as its not pinky and perky!! A little before her time I think. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 15 March 2012 20:30
Office bound today, catching up on paperwork, done two more quotes, one is a large scheme in Chatham, depending upon which option is needed, option 1 will be 5 skips and option 2 will be 9 skips, large amount of earth and concrete to be dug out. What a job I only have a shovel, no a mini digger is a must. Retaning walls will also be needed. Some 4000 bricks. Hope to hear soon see you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 12 March 2012 21:57
Three done, three to go, still its great the enquiries are coming in, one on this Saturday is from a customer we did a deck and raised beds last year, they require some extra work done, lovely to get work this way. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 11 March 2012 17:40
Well my favourite time of the weekend, Sunday afternoon very peaceful. The sun is out and all is well in the house, just waiting for something to go and spoil it. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 11 March 2012 10:23
The mobile side of my website is going really well, its the side that only mobile devices like blackberry and ipad and others can search for my site, the site activity counter has given me searches from Chatham, Maidstone, Greenhithe, Rochester, rainham, gillingham, and others a little further afield, here the site gives you me an indication of where and what people are searching for. Another good thing is that it allows to advertise where the most searches are. See you all soon!!! |
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peter: Posted on 10 March 2012 22:41
Another quote to do, and a further two visits tomorrow, starting a deck on Tuesday, so that should be good. All together I am pleased. Hope to hear from at least one of them. Another day tomorrow. The website is getting more and more visits, which is great. Adverts in the Medway Guide and hopefully The Net might bring some more good news, so expensive in some of these mags, but has to be done, lets hope they live up to the hype the staff of these mags are saying. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 09 March 2012 21:58
all done at snodland, another patio finished, Indian Sandstone Autumn Brown, great colour. Look out for the picture on the site. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 07 March 2012 16:35
Got rained off today, we tried our very best to lay some paving and did do some of the cuts and laid those, but then the heavy rain came and it was a losing battle. Tomorrow and friday are suppose to be dry. Lets hope so. Need to finish the paving and start the pointing. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 06 March 2012 21:30
Indian Sandstone is a great paving product, very hard wearing, attractive and versatile, beautiful natural colours, will last a very long time. Needs a clean from time to time, as sandstone does attract moss and other airborn fungi, just a hard broom can work wonders. Jet washing is not always needed. Every year the stone could do with a good clean though, an old fashion scrubbing brush does the trick, but if that sounds like too much hard work, then a jet wash attachment using the scrubbing circular item would do the work for you. If you are going to seal the stones then make sure that the salt has come out for good, this is mainly in the cement used to bed the paving and in the pointing, it is a white powdery stain that wears off in time, whatever you do do not seal this in as you will be looking at the white stain for a very long time, usually about 3 to 5 months after the paving has been laid is enough time. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 05 March 2012 21:59
Today was a bit dryer than I thought it was going to be, we got some slabs laid and finished off the concreting, so had a good day after all. Hoping if all goes well to get the rest of the paving done, its Indian Sandstone Autumn Brown colour, a blend of browns and grey, looks great, four different sizes make a different pattern. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 04 March 2012 20:53
Looking ahead to next week, I have four enquiries to go and view, great news. All sorts, patios, decking, fencing, and some brickwork. I aim to give everyone as always a great price, I go by the old saying, half is better than none. So I like to keep busy, but we all have bills to pay so I have to make a profit. Waiting for "jack the lad" to raise from the dead soon, with his lorry and silly prices, one customer whom I am seeing this week has had him turn up last year, said he do the work for some low price, I do mean low, not only did he get the work all wrong, but he turned round and asked for more money at the end of the job, in the end the customer did pay. But was not happy with the service he gave. Time and time again I hear this, he gave no quotation, just a verbal price. I know what you are thinking the customer should have asked for paperwork, which we give by the way, but I suppose with some they just want to get rid of the workmen. I saw in a strood area which was called a "cold calling free zone" no go for jack the lad. See you all soon!! |
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peter: Posted on 03 March 2012 22:16
Well that was Saturday, goes too quick, went to Newchurch today measure for a patio, slate this one, very attractive material and hard wearing. Slate comes in different thicknesses, as a general rule about 25mm to 30mm thick, I do not advise laying any thinner, comes in tones of grey to blue black and green. Great for giving the area to be paved a rich, and warm feeling. Like all natural products used for paving they attract the natural growth, but this can be washed or even brushed off without too much trouble. The colour is more stable also. It maybe a little more money than say manmade slabs but they will last years if looked after. |
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