Before we now it this year will be gone, it has been my most succesful year to date, in terms of projects and creations, decking has been the top earning this year, the first time its overtaken patios for about 5 years.
I put this down to my new ve
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Sketch or cad drawing?
When you go to do a quote for a potential client how do you present your ideas to them about the job at hand?
Do you sketch something out on paper and talk to the client right there and then?....or do you go away and hand draw so
Natural sandstone patio installation in Liverpool undertaken by Dempsey Landscaping.
Before work commenced
Mot type 1 crushed stone sub base laid and compacted
Paving laid on full bed of mortar and coated with sbr/cement slurry
Main body of paving co
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Garden makeovers by Dempsey in Liverpool. Natural sandstone paving, softwood decking with ballustrading and new lawn laid with natural sandstone sett borders.
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Patio paving laid to random pattern with curved design.
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"If its really wet i have to stick a pair of gloves on and tip it slightly and scrape it off by hand maybe twice a day, If i neglect it and it dries I use a plastic scraper (my own fault for neglecting it, the deck on the 5 year old push 248( and st…"
"Thanks Paul. Sounds like you have a similar round to me, although I don't do quite so many! The fabric bag of the Izy is so hopeless with wet grass, I have even thought about trying to make a hard box for it (didn't get anywhere though).
How do you…"
How do you…"
"I dont know about the roller mowers but I knock out over 50 small domestic gardens a week using the Viking/Stihl 248t and it has been in only once for a drive problem (cost about 30 quid. I service them myself ( have a push version as well) and the…"
" I'll say that I've done sites much bigger than that for under £8000 and still made very good money from them. I'd suggest another site visit or two and take your time walking around imagining the tasks."
" 8500 seems way too high to me and i do contracts were i there all day long. I would say it could even be under half that price. "
"thank you for the advice "
"I started a grounds maintenance business some 40 years ago, initially for domestic customers soon realising that there was little money to be made from customers requesting an hourly rate. We now maintain primarily commercial sites of up to 30 acres…"
"We are long established primarily commercial contractors at the top end of the market and bought a the new version of the Hayter 56 pro in June 2019, this has been used for around 12 hours/week since with no reliability issues. Having used a variety…"
"I have done before and after treatment . after is best and it takes a little longer if moss is thicker but its a lot better than brushing or scraping by hand"
"guy's .... youre all doing it wrong ... everybody and their grannie knows that the only valid way to charge for gardening is by an hourly rate ... 8 pounds an hour but its cash in hand and you can use their 30 year old black n decker"
"You misunderstood...I'm yanking YOUR chain!"
"I don’t know about ‘yanked chains’ Dan. I was actually trying to support your comments, posted today, that we can all do things differently. I won’t bother next time.
Price per cut is best in my opinion and 29 years of being in business.
All my work…"
Price per cut is best in my opinion and 29 years of being in business.
All my work…"
"Thanks, John. Robbie has previously posted some good videos. It would be useful if you could find the link. I have now returned the edger as I feel the half moon is the better option for me. I wasn't convinced when I was buying it and the comments o…"
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