Founded in 2008. The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom.
LJN's professional business forum is unrivalled and open to anyone within within the UK landscape industry
LJN's Business Objectives Group (BOG) is for any Pro serious about building their business.
For the researching visitor there's a wealth of landscaping ideas, garden design ideas, lawn advice tips and advice about garden maintenance.
Replies
Cutting with a grinder should only be needed on the odd piece which you can't place 'randomly'. If lay everything out before you actualy 'lay' the patio, you should be able to get it done with a minimum of cutting.
The stones shouldn't shatter if you cut properly.
Looking at your profile - your DIY not trade? It might be worth getting quotes / advice from local tradespeople, as your choosing to do what is in My opinion, the most difficult form of paving, and one that is very easy to get wrong.
I think this is the real thing, although I haven't actually seen it yet.
I'm curious to know how you would go about creating that concave edge on the right of the picture, given that it's unlikely to occur naturally.
This job involved a large outer curve, and and inner curve to work around a circular planting area (read: Cat graveyard). We managed this without any cutting, just lots and lots of mind numbing Trial and Error.
When choosing your crazy paving, id say aim to get about 25% more than you need, to account for unusable bits. Also discard anything less than 1" (2.5cm) in thickness as it will simple break or come loose within the year, if used by any meaningful amount.
Are you sure you need to do Crazy paving? By the time you've got half way through, you could be done and having a nice big cuppa tea on a finished flagged area.
Where abouts are you based? Near me we have a quarry which delivers New yorkstone Crazy paving at £100 a Tonne, working out at £10 per SQ meter. All about 2" thick - worth going for.
I'm afraid I cant assist you at all here as I personally detest, (strong word from camp Jackson), the thought or look of the stuff, having said that, again being a member of LJN has instantly thrown my mind into turmoil having just viewed Gary Cobb of Swindon piece of work.
Stunning piece of work Gary and thanks for helping me to become free-er with my visualizations for overall aesthetics within the whole design
Another lesson learnt, read all before any response
As I mentioned before, after viewing the above image I've become free-er with my visualizations, I'm a little gutted as I've just binned the offcuts to some very special Limestone in Blue Steel and Midnight blue....
Just means from here on in my contribution towards recycling and sustainability strengthens, and My yard gets smaller........
I am still curious about how yorkstone breaks. As Gary says, slate fractures in a different way to concrete. I know this after watching a roofer knock holes in slate tiles with a pick hammer, and then cut them to size by hammering the edge over a block of wood. No need to score the line even. Not sure how that relates to 35mm thickness though.
Kerry Jackson said: