September Contest

[Mbella]

Ok.... Here it is guys. Our September contest will be for the "Best Dry-laid Flagstone Walkway." The details are as follows:

Entries

1. One submission per entrant
2. Each entrant has to submit a minimum of two pics. The two required pics will be one of the project showing the overall scope and the other a close up of the border cuts (must be close enough to judge quality.) A third pic that you feel best showcases your project may be submitted as well. No more than three pics should be submitted. Please include a brief description of the project and the materials used.
3. The pics must be of work that was performed by the entrant, or their company.
4. All entries must be posted by midnight EST on 9/21/08.
5. The winner will be announced the first week of October.
6. The top 10 entries as chosen by ProHardscaper.com will be eligible for judging.

Voting/Judging

1. Voting will take place between 9/21 & 9/30. All votes must be posted by midnight on the last day.
2. A poll will be set up in this forum to record the votes
3. Projects should be judged on the following critera: Creativity, Difficulty of project and Quality of cuts. Emphasis should be placed on the overall qualilty of the project.
4. Voting is limited to one vote per member
5. All voters must be registered members of ProHardscaper.com

Prizes

$50.00 cash and a Prohardscaper.com T-shirt.

Good luck to everybody. Let's see some flagstone and may the best hardscaper win!!!!!

NOTE: Due to popular demand, we request that this thread be for picture entries ONLY! Any commenting or idle chit chat WILL be deleted.

[Mark]

standard irregular blue walkway installed in 2 days which included base prep and drainage work. Intent was to give the feeling of a rustic/natural path into the secondary entrance into the home and garage. Total install time for site work, stone work and plantings was 4 days. Joints were all tight fit and cut with grinders and chisels. Joints are filled with sandlok. A very minor difficulty in installing this were the grades that were given to us. The mortared landing was set, the driveway was set and sloping so the one entry to the walkway was 5" higher at the drive than the second entry was at the drive. This left the lower side sloping 12" from the landing and the higher side sloping 7". The higher side slopes down to the lower which means the water flows from the drive over the high side down to the lower side and then back down to the driveway. I was very uncomfortable installing this this way but it worked great. Planting bed erosion even in very heavy rainfalls was and has been zero. Did that make sense??? I'll re explain if I need to. Here's a before, closeup and full scope pic

[ClearValley]

Hard to tell from the pic but what kind of tree is that?

[Mark]

Talk about no participation!!! Come on now guys....where's the pics?

Clear - it's a sugar - LA spec'd -

[Mbella]

Alright Mark. In light of the fact that nobody else wants to participate, I'm going to go against protocol and submit an entry. I have no doubt that your company is superrior to mine with regard to working with natural stone, but.....I have an entry that is respectable.

[4seasons]

well I'll give it a shot!
here's a job with maryland flag.

[ClearValley]

well I'll give it a shot!
here's a job with maryland flag.

What did you use for the cuts?

[Mark]

participation! I love it!

[4seasons]

we just used cut saws and filled in with polysand

[ClearValley]

Any specific type of saw, size saw blade etc. The cuts are really tight that's why I'm so curious....Details man I want details....sorry having a Cheech and Chong moment :pound:

[cgland]

Hey guys, lets keep the chat to a minimum. This is a photo based contest and as members begin to vote, it makes it difficult to wade through the banter to get to the photos. Thanks.

[Mark]

2 more days.....how bout some more entries??? 2 plus Mike doesn't really cut it!!! Post away!