What would you guys have done?
I finished a driveway cobble border and apron in cement for a client last week. We used 4x7x9 granite cobbles for both edging and the apron. The cobbles were laid on the flat (7x9 up). We laid them in 6 of concrete with fiber mesh. The problem is that the driveway is not square to the dirt road. So we laid a soldier course parallel to the road and all other courses are square to the driveway and there are some cut wedges in the lower right corner near the road. Well the client doesnt like the look of the cut wedges. I think it would have look like crap if we laid everything parallel to the road and had it off square to the edging and vice versa. BTW there were not enough courses to cheat the difference, only 12 courses and 18 inches out of square. One more thing. The communication was all over phone, fax and email. Never met the guy in my life. He was referred by a builder friend. I initially insisted on meeting him but he wouldnt be around and wanted to get things going, Ill never do that again. The driveway existed we only provided the base, border and apron and is very close to the lot line so couldnt square it up to the road.
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I finished a driveway cobble border and apron in cement for a client last week. We used 4x7x9 granite cobbles for both edging and the apron. The cobbles were laid on the flat (7x9 up). We laid them in 6 of concrete with fiber mesh. The problem is that the driveway is not square to the dirt road. So we laid a soldier course parallel to the road and all other courses are square to the driveway and there are some cut wedges in the lower right corner near the road. Well the client doesnt like the look of the cut wedges. I think it would have look like crap if we laid everything parallel to the road and had it off square to the edging and vice versa. BTW there were not enough courses to cheat the difference, only 12 courses and 18 inches out of square. One more thing. The communication was all over phone, fax and email. Never met the guy in my life. He was referred by a builder friend. I initially insisted on meeting him but he wouldnt be around and wanted to get things going, Ill never do that again. The driveway existed we only provided the base, border and apron and is very close to the lot line so couldnt square it up to the road.
