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Granite cobblestones border in place on a haunch of 4:1 mix

Tumbled brown granite cobblestones
Approx 200mm x100mm x 60-80mm deep
Working to a mark and string line
Challenging as the cobbles are non-uniform

Using a make shift jig with 9” blocks to form a 16cm channel to pack the semi dry mix for bedding.

Grout gap is 3.5cm as cladding is 3cm thick

Dipping the cobbles in a slurry and bedding with a Thor 3.5kg split head hammer

27*C working under a canopy to keep the sun from drying the concrete bed and haunching too fast
With the faithful cement mixer

3.5m done this afternoon the heat slowed me down. 11m more of border to do, but will be much quicker. Will grout with Flow Point and then granite cladding for the small retaining wall with a granite capping…

 
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