"yup, if the politicians really thought burglary, theft, robbery and the rest were a problem, it would get dealt with - a lowlife broke into a friends garage, nicked his bike (and did half a dozen other garages in the same street on the same night).…"

"I have used the weaker mixes, 8:1 for light coloured sandstone where yu sometimes get the grey of the cement coming up through them. I use plasticiser as well as SBR in the mix itself, gives a creamier mortar. Also have been trying out Hydra lime as…"

"Sectarianism for the win! Can we fly a union jack above the meet?"

"That's cheap for London . I would be pushing for a 100mm slab on a subframe of T1. if I had to do it that way, in buckets through the house, I'd be pricing around £1100 without the dreaded. Have a look at mixamate, they have a…"

"Personally i use 5:1 grit sand. I find it easier to work with as it hold less water and therefore is less soupy when tapping flags into it. You have a higher posibility of efflourescence and staining using soft sand as it hold much more water for…"

"2-3 m3 of materials being transfered from the road side via buckets, then mixed, then poured and levelled, not to mention the weed / area clearance, muck pile to be removed, probably via the same or similar way as the raw materials are to be brought…"

"i didnt get the bit about not being able to use a barrow..still..how much would a labourer cost for the day? the OP asked whether or not the price was competitive and i understand other posters are notching the price up..but a greater consideration…"

"Way too cheap for the sheer logistics of the job. Its a simple job but carting buckets of materials through the house will be a nitemare and then mixing in a mixer. Also hand balling the muck pile ???. I wouldnt touch this job for less than…"