Brilliant work mate 👌🏻 , all the advise I can give u is set up your 2 slabs on each ends and run a string line between the 2 slabs go down a lot quicker, and the string lines determines the level and the line off the slabs 👍love watching the videos
Little tip when cutting, piece of 2 x 1 timber placed on the slab, stops the water running all down u or soaking your feet n keeps ur gloves dry. Nice work.
I run a building company in London, and lately we’ve been asked to do a lot of landscaping projects, so I’ve been looking for some ideas and tricks to help me price the projects better. I’ve been looking to buy a wet cutter and I love that new saw you have, I think I’ll get myself one like that too. Great video great work, neat 👍
Deffo a good saw think rubi are bringing out a new saw soon so me be worth waiting for thet or look into the raymondi Zoe that one has a big motor than my my rubi saw. Good luck Justin 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Is that because you use a full bed of cement therefore the weeds wont be able to get through that? Thanks for your reply much appreciated 😎
Great job guys really looks good Have a question for you wondering what advice you have for me thinking of having a driveway done with very similar as what you have just done on this job but I live on a hill with a 200mm fall from left to right and front to back if I have it installed with the 200mm fall left to right it will in my opinion look terrible with a level door step and under the level side gate Any way to make it look better to the eye?
Thanks for the comments. Be careful on a drive laying 20mm porcelain you'd have to really add a different base to reinforced concrete.As for the falls difficult to say as i haven't seen it but u could put all on the low end left to right and raise the levels behind the wall so its level across the house .not sure without seeing it if that works . Good luck Justin 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping thanks for the reply yeah I will be installing a 150mm reinforced concrete base first so with a 30mm bed plus the 20mm slab it will be 200mm in total so hopefully that’s strong enough my driveway is a 8m by 8m square if I build up level left to right I will have a 200mm ramp up on one side can’t think of any other way though
@titanium_tel All sounds good. You just have to come up with a design like we did on this job to account for the different levels.we used wall and steps to get the levels rights but also to connect those areas outside of the driveway in a usable way that looks nice and works practically. Hope that helps . Sounds like its gonna be a nice job 👌
Great job lads, a question if I may, did you form the steps first then dress/adhere the slabs onto the risers? If so what did you use, the same bedding mix or an external tile adhesive? Cheers
Hi sam Yes its a very good machine cuts a beautiful straight line .my only not bad points but things to improve on but im being picky is the motor could be quicker and the legs could be designed better .id by it again sam .rubi have just brought out a new model to replace mine with some upgrades to improve an already good machine. Worth also looking at the zoe saw from Raymondi i think it is .will do a full review on my next porcelain job in a few weeks .Hope that helps you mate Justin 👍
What do you mean by half bond ? and why didn’t you work from the step out instead of working yourself into a tight space ? just curious never done porcelain slabs so learning on here
Hi Adam Half bond is like brickwork 🧱 .we started that side because we worked to a line to create the falls on the patio then once we had that we just levelled out each row from that striking point. Those tiles set then we filled into the opposite corner so was carried out that way for those reasons. Always hard on a text to explain. Hope it helps Justin
Brilliant work lads , on the cutter , do you think maybe cutting in on either end as bradd did all the way down and then cutting through partially bit by bit as you go, and when your on last few millimetres before it's fully cut , go from one end and cut as deep as you can , hard to explain , but hope you get the gyst
Great video and job does anyone have any experience laying with packs of 295mm x 295mm, 295mm x 600mm, 600mm x 600mm, and 900mm x 600mm, and getting the right joint widths?
Thanks Rick If you use rectified porcelain and spacers and you work to 90 degrees in setting out the paving you be fine .if the porcelain isn't rectified thats where you may fine a discrepancy in the joints. Good luck Justin 👍
This job was are first time installing porcelain. We bought it brand new for this job . You can cut porcelain with disc cutters of various sizes with a porcelain blade 👌🧱🧱👌👍
Hya No its not bitumen and i personally wouldn't use that on the back of porcelain. Go to the builders merchant and ask for paving slurry and tell them what its for to ensure you have the correct product. Good luck Justin 👍
My mates asked me to do a little patio for him .. I won’t be buying a nice bench saw like that .. is a sthilsaw with the right blade easy to cut em bearing in mind I am the sthilsaw wizard?
im doing my own atm , got the MOT down and im laying porcelain slabs 600 x 600 , im getting a bit paranoid about my falls , im falling away from the house 20 ft (about 6 meters) into an Aco drain , im getting conflicting opinions about how much fall I need , ive been advised everything from 6 to 2 inch , also when you start laying do you lay from the lowest point of the fall back up to the highest ? , if you could offer any advice I would appreciate it
Hi stun 10mm of fall to every 1m so 6m would be 60mm of fall thats what we go for any more fine .i like laying from the highest point to the lowest but the site conditions dictate a lot to answer that .set both ends of the paving and set a line up lay to that and then level left to right from that. Hope you understand that and it helps . Good luck with it all. If in doubt with the falls phone the manufacturer and ask what they advise . Justin 👍
Not easier to use spaces for joint like 5mm 3mm whatever? And if u put slab close one next another one before u put spacer pull slab and if it's wet slab slab gonna go back to old position until space gonna stop it and leave exactly same joints?
If you want to use spacers fine no issue these tiles have a concave edge so not straight so it suited the joint perfectly so lay em tight which left a perfect joint hence no spacer but I'd normally use a spacer onnormal porcelain tiles yes . Justin 👍
Hi stephen Not easy mate. Mark your square on the tile . Use the relevant cutting and blade to mark out the outside edge then cut corner to corner from the inside out all the way through the tile may have to turn it over depending on size of the square. Gently knock out the triangle cuts you have created. Then with the mini disc cutter tidy the cut up. Can also sand it done to refine the edge if need be . Not easy hope that makes sense . Good luck Justin 👍
Don’t really see the point of scoring the tile with a first cut - once that’s been done you can’t change anything just make sure and doubly make you have marked and placed the tile correctly. Cut in 2 passes only 10 mm deep and then though.
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Ratio: 1 part water to 1 part cement, mix thoroughly (add extra cement for required consistency), nothing easier or cheaper. Labourer could've made that while he waited for kettle to boil. Lol
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping just ordinary tile cement not fast set , it certainly won’t delaminate although costs are a bit higher and time consuming it’s better than going back when delamination has happened 👍
Look a nice job 👍 old stone mason why you wasting your money on priming slurry👎 you got a nock-up cement with water and spr make it creamy I just have a pedal with a cordless drill keep knocked up 👍 you're upstands underneath the steps you all way put the upstairs on top of the steps it a much better job Plus water flow down the steps and rises 👍 and don't you use spaces 🤔
Guys your work is spot on love seeing these videos of work doesn’t fail to impress
Really appreciate thats thanks very much
Justin 👍💯
Brilliant work mate 👌🏻 , all the advise I can give u is set up your 2 slabs on each ends and run a string line between the 2 slabs go down a lot quicker, and the string lines determines the level and the line off the slabs 👍love watching the videos
That is exactly what we did great advice really appreciate it thanks for the comments and all the very best stay safe.
Justin 😀👍
Proper job, great to see it being done right.
Thanks nick appreciate that mate 👍
"Never too old to learn"✔
Great job lads 👍
Spot on Wayne very true mate. Appreciate the comment 👍🧱
Fray, Brad, Justin. Cracking work lads. Bang tidy 👍👍👍
Love that bang tidy saying.
Bang tidy 😂👍
Thanks for the comment
Little tip when cutting, piece of 2 x 1 timber placed on the slab, stops the water running all down u or soaking your feet n keeps ur gloves dry.
Nice work.
Great thanks for the tip 👍
My mother in law wanted porcelain so I told her the ends curl up after a couple of years and it's a trip hazard 🤣🤣
David thats a good way to get out of doing it brilliant 😀😀😀 mate
I run a building company in London, and lately we’ve been asked to do a lot of landscaping projects, so I’ve been looking for some ideas and tricks to help me price the projects better. I’ve been looking to buy a wet cutter and I love that new saw you have, I think I’ll get myself one like that too. Great video great work, neat 👍
Deffo a good saw think rubi are bringing out a new saw soon so me be worth waiting for thet or look into the raymondi Zoe that one has a big motor than my my rubi saw.
Good luck
Justin 👍
Thanks for your great video. Can I ask you if you need to put a nembrain under your patio to stop weeds.
Thanks Chris
Thanks Chris.
If you lay your patio the way we do you dont need a membrane. 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Is that because you use a full bed of cement therefore the weeds wont be able to get through that?
Thanks for your reply much appreciated 😎
@Chris
Correct chris yes 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Many thanks have a great day.😀
Nice work!
Appreciate it thanks David
Nice saw lads 👍👍
A game changer 👍👍 David
Great video gents. Can I ask how thick is the mortar bed ideally? Do you use plasticiser in the mix?
Hi nick
20 to 45mm for the bed and yes we use plastizer.
Good luck
Justin 👍
Great job guys really looks good
Have a question for you wondering what advice you have for me thinking of having a driveway done with very similar as what you have just done on this job but I live on a hill with a 200mm fall from left to right and front to back if I have it installed with the 200mm fall left to right it will in my opinion look terrible with a level door step and under the level side gate
Any way to make it look better to the eye?
Thanks for the comments. Be careful on a drive laying 20mm porcelain you'd have to really add a different base to reinforced concrete.As for the falls difficult to say as i haven't seen it but u could put all on the low end left to right and raise the levels behind the wall so its level across the house .not sure without seeing it if that works .
Good luck
Justin 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping thanks for the reply yeah I will be installing a 150mm reinforced concrete base first so with a 30mm bed plus the 20mm slab it will be 200mm in total so hopefully that’s strong enough my driveway is a 8m by 8m square if I build up level left to right I will have a 200mm ramp up on one side can’t think of any other way though
@titanium_tel
All sounds good.
You just have to come up with a design like we did on this job to account for the different levels.we used wall and steps to get the levels rights but also to connect those areas outside of the driveway in a usable way that looks nice and works practically.
Hope that helps .
Sounds like its gonna be a nice job 👌
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping thanks for your help 👍
@@motobikesmiler 👍👍
Great job lads, a question if I may, did you form the steps first then dress/adhere the slabs onto the risers? If so what did you use, the same bedding mix or an external tile adhesive?
Cheers
Hi Paul
We used mapei rapid set adhesive
Cheers 👍🏻
Nice Rubi there, youve had it 9 months what do you think, i need one myself can you do a review at some point thanks
Hi sam
Yes its a very good machine cuts a beautiful straight line .my only not bad points but things to improve on but im being picky is the motor could be quicker and the legs could be designed better .id by it again sam .rubi have just brought out a new model to replace mine with some upgrades to improve an already good machine. Worth also looking at the zoe saw from Raymondi i think it is .will do a full review on my next porcelain job in a few weeks .Hope that helps you mate
Justin 👍
What do you mean by half bond ? and why didn’t you work from the step out instead of working yourself into a tight space ? just curious never done porcelain slabs so learning on here
Hi Adam
Half bond is like brickwork 🧱 .we started that side because we worked to a line to create the falls on the patio then once we had that we just levelled out each row from that striking point.
Those tiles set then we filled into the opposite corner so was carried out that way for those reasons.
Always hard on a text to explain. Hope it helps
Justin
Top job fellas
Thankyou Nick appreciate it mate 👍
Brilliant work lads , on the cutter , do you think maybe cutting in on either end as bradd did all the way down and then cutting through partially bit by bit as you go, and when your on last few millimetres before it's fully cut , go from one end and cut as deep as you can , hard to explain , but hope you get the gyst
Morning Gareth.
Yes id be happy to give it a try good bit of advice .
Thankyou 👍
Yes..cut through full on last bit from one end to the other. I have even seen others making a full deep cut from one end to the other.
Great video and job does anyone have any experience laying with packs of 295mm x 295mm, 295mm x 600mm, 600mm x 600mm, and 900mm x 600mm, and getting the right joint widths?
Thanks Rick
If you use rectified porcelain and spacers and you work to 90 degrees in setting out the paving you be fine .if the porcelain isn't rectified thats where you may fine a discrepancy in the joints.
Good luck
Justin 👍
How were you cutting before the Rubi purchase?
This job was are first time installing porcelain. We bought it brand new for this job .
You can cut porcelain with disc cutters of various sizes with a porcelain blade 👌🧱🧱👌👍
Is priming slurry Bitumen? I have bought some porcelain slabs and was told to buy bitumen to put on the back of them before I lay them…
Hya
No its not bitumen and i personally wouldn't use that on the back of porcelain.
Go to the builders merchant and ask for paving slurry and tell them what its for to ensure you have the correct product.
Good luck
Justin 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping ok cheers I’ll go and find out whether it’s the right substance or not. Thanks 👍🏼
Can you tell me where you purchased the suction cups, and how much you would pay for them? Thanks.
Hi stephen
I bought them off the landscaping survival group run by Jonny boy who is john Roberts mate.£60 each 👍
Thanks for the quick reply, can you also tell me what make they are?
@@StefanoRobbo
Rubi suction cups stephen very good to 👍
Thanks again 👍🏼
what type of suction cups are they?
Rubi
My mates asked me to do a little patio for him .. I won’t be buying a nice bench saw like that .. is a sthilsaw with the right blade easy to cut em bearing in mind I am the sthilsaw wizard?
Hi Adam
You can cut them with a sthil saw with the correct blade yes
Good luck
Tile your cutting put off cut underneath. Blade will then cut into offcut. So clean top cut. 👍
Thought thats what you meant .Yea i ll give it a go thanks for the tip appreciate it 👍💯
im doing my own atm , got the MOT down and im laying porcelain slabs 600 x 600 , im getting a bit paranoid about my falls , im falling away from the house 20 ft (about 6 meters) into an Aco drain , im getting conflicting opinions about how much fall I need , ive been advised everything from 6 to 2 inch , also when you start laying do you lay from the lowest point of the fall back up to the highest ? , if you could offer any advice I would appreciate it
Hi stun
10mm of fall to every 1m so 6m would be 60mm of fall thats what we go for any more fine .i like laying from the highest point to the lowest but the site conditions dictate a lot to answer that .set both ends of the paving and set a line up lay to that and then level left to right from that. Hope you understand that and it helps .
Good luck with it all.
If in doubt with the falls phone the manufacturer and ask what they advise .
Justin 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Thank you so much , that helps me a stack load , cheers :)
lovely tiles mate, where did you ordered them ?
Thanks we got them from mandarin stone quality products 👌
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping do you remember the mane of them please
What’s the name of the slabs guys- great work
Ok Stan
The tiles are lulworth buff porcelain from mandarin stone lovely product.
Justin 👍
If you have to make a radius cut, how would you do it?
I would lay the tiles over the area i needed to cover set em in cement let it set they go back and cut the radius .
Hooe thats helpful
Justin 👍
What kind of porcelain tile is this?
Lulworth range from mandarin stone .Top quality lovely product Athena.
Justin 👍
Not easier to use spaces for joint like 5mm 3mm whatever? And if u put slab close one next another one before u put spacer pull slab and if it's wet slab slab gonna go back to old position until space gonna stop it and leave exactly same joints?
If you want to use spacers fine no issue these tiles have a concave edge so not straight so it suited the joint perfectly so lay em tight which left a perfect joint hence no spacer but I'd normally use a spacer onnormal porcelain tiles yes .
Justin 👍
How do you cut a square hole in centre of the tile without it breaking?
Hi stephen
Not easy mate.
Mark your square on the tile .
Use the relevant cutting and blade to mark out the outside edge then cut corner to corner from the inside out all the way through the tile may have to turn it over depending on size of the square. Gently knock out the triangle cuts you have created.
Then with the mini disc cutter tidy the cut up.
Can also sand it done to refine the edge if need be .
Not easy hope that makes sense .
Good luck
Justin 👍
Solid!!!!!!!!💯🥇
Thankyou kha le appreciate the comment .
Happy Christmas 👍
What’s the colour and size of the porcelain please?
Hi Shalma
Its lulworth buff from mandarin stone size is 900mm x 600 mm
Thanks
I would advise against a rubi saw ramondi Zoe is head and shoulders above the rubi
Yea thankks thomas i found that out after i bought the rubi so stuck now but thanks anyway mate 👍
What model is the saw. Do you have your laying bed like bricklaying muck but with sharp. What suction cups you using. Good information
Dx250 is the saw rubi suction cups and the mix is a with sharp sand and drier than a bricklaying mix but similar.
Justin 👍
Are cups the 200 ones.
@@Thefarrar46
18919 rubi suction cups i think they are cost about £70 really good 👍
Thanks for info. Definitely see cups keep slabs clean. Hard to keep clean. Thanks
Don’t really see the point of scoring the tile with a first cut - once that’s been done you can’t change anything just make sure and doubly make you have marked and placed the tile correctly. Cut in 2 passes only 10 mm deep and then though.
Will give that a go thanks neil 👍
looks like your slab dropped 2mm when the cut ended , maybe thats why they split?
Maybe Rob porcelain is a difficult one to cut and each product we use is different 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping iv got 1200 x 300 t9 cut soon nuage from london stone , not looking forward
@@robevs100ok well all i can say is good luck with them beasts 🤣👍
Shouldn’t say crack on especially with the price of porcelain slabs
🤣🤣🤣 so very true that 🤣🤣👍
Save yourself a fortune and make your own cement slurry as your primer.
Yes could do just find it quicker and easier to you that slurry but yes you could make your own with sbr same stuff and cheaper good point
Justin 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Ratio: 1 part water to 1 part cement, mix thoroughly (add extra cement for required consistency), nothing easier or cheaper. Labourer could've made that while he waited for kettle to boil. Lol
We haven't got time to boil a kettle 🤣🤣 only joking really appreciate the tip ta v much 👍
We haven't got time to boil a kettle 🤣🤣 only joking really appreciate the tip ta v much 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 👍
50£ sqmtr ,from what I see in America, poured concrete is a big thing, must be much cheaper.
Hi Derrick
Yes they do use a lot of concrete for drives and patios in Usa 👍🏴🇺🇸
The reason why that tile didn’t cut right was cause the saw wasn’t level , it pinched the title
We do have a level on the saw .Ill get Brad to get it bang on .
Thanks for the tip appreciate it 👍
Off cut underneath. Stop end split.
Hi Gordon
For the saw you mean is it mate 👍
I use tile cement instead of a slurry
Hi Graham
Thanks for your comment. Like an external tile grout is it ?
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping just ordinary tile cement not fast set , it certainly won’t delaminate although costs are a bit higher and time consuming it’s better than going back when delamination has happened 👍
That table saw is cack
I think there is better out there but its still a good saw kevin 👍🤣
Look a nice job 👍 old stone mason why you wasting your money on priming slurry👎 you got a nock-up cement with water and spr make it creamy I just have a pedal with a cordless drill keep knocked up 👍 you're upstands underneath the steps you all way put the upstairs on top of the steps it a much better job Plus water flow down the steps and rises 👍 and don't you use spaces 🤔
Hi Ton
Thanks for your comment each to there own i guess mate 👍
Hi Guys, change the blade to a clipper blade and you will have a great cut every time
Thanks for the tip 👍