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What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking
surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith |
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"Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... "Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary HB? |
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On 24/07/2007 11:59, Keith Dunbar wrote:
What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? The type used for creating temporary car parking I normally call "*******" when you walk across it after rain and it shoots mud up your trouser leg. but you probably mean this type http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/civil...paver-grid.htm |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:41 GMT, "Keith Dunbar"
wrote: "Mary Fisher" wrote in message .net... "Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary HB? A well-known make of pencil. :-) -- Frank Erskine |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:54:39 +0100, Frank Erskine
mused: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:41 GMT, "Keith Dunbar" wrote: "Mary Fisher" wrote in message t.net... "Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary HB? A well-known make of pencil. Is it? I thought HB was a hardness rating rather than a brand. -- Regards, Stuart. |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:22:25 +0100, Lurch
wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:54:39 +0100, Frank Erskine mused: A well-known make of pencil. Is it? I thought HB was a hardness rating rather than a brand. Didn't you notice the smiley? -- Frank Erskine |
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Lurch wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:54:39 +0100, Frank Erskine mused: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:41 GMT, "Keith Dunbar" wrote: "Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... "Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary HB? A well-known make of pencil. Is it? I thought HB was a hardness rating rather than a brand. Sssh. More trade secrets being revealed. Anyway use grasscrete..much better. |
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On 24 Jul, 12:47, "Keith Dunbar" wrote:
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... "Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary HB? Possibly. Hot Bust. Arthur |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:59:29 GMT Keith Dunbar wrote :
What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? Ecogrid is one (not cheap) http://shop.filcris.co.uk/filcris.ns...2!OpenDocument or on eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Grass-reinforc...QQcmdZViewItem -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary GASP! # Mary went to Homebase, Mary went to Homebase...  Si |
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Keith Dunbar wrote:
What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? Machine Mart do it. Around £23 for 1m x 1.5m iirc. And a quick look shows it on the web page: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...otector-mattin g Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. |
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"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: "Keith Dunbar" wrote in message ... What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? TIA Keith We got some recently from HB, in the garden section. Don't tell everyone ... Mary GASP! # Mary went to Homebase, Mary went to Homebase... SHADDAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hrumph :-(((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Anyway, I know things about Si ... :-) Mary |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:27:18 +0100, Frank Erskine
mused: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:22:25 +0100, Lurch wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:54:39 +0100, Frank Erskine mused: A well-known make of pencil. Is it? I thought HB was a hardness rating rather than a brand. Didn't you notice the smiley? Umm, no. Agent marks it in the same colour as quoted text for me as the line starts with a : so I missed it. No harm done. -- Regards, Stuart. |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:27:34 +0100, A.Lee wrote:
Keith Dunbar wrote: What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? Machine Mart do it. Around £23 for 1m x 1.5m iirc. And a quick look shows it on the web page: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...otector-mattin g Alan. I bought a quantity of Agrablock for a project which never went ahead. Brand new it cost £9.50 + delivery + vat. See http://www.sourcecontrol.co.uk/Agrablock.htm for the specification Pics showing 1sqm of the Agrablock http://tinyurl.com/2epe5a http://tinyurl.com/2cx85b http://tinyurl.com/2a7td9 This shows gravel infill laid out for additional parking at Waterbeach train station. http://tinyurl.com/yv9whc Send me an email if you want more info Martyn -- Geosolar, Cambridge. Gas central heating installations. High quality ATAG boilers www.geosolar.co.uk |
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Martyn Pollard wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:27:34 +0100, A.Lee wrote: Keith Dunbar wrote: What do you call the plastic (I presume) stuff you can lay on a parking surface that has holes in it which the grass can grow through? And where do you get it? Machine Mart do it. Around £23 for 1m x 1.5m iirc. And a quick look shows it on the web page: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...otector-mattin g Alan. I bought a quantity of Agrablock for a project which never went ahead. Brand new it cost £9.50 + delivery + vat. See http://www.sourcecontrol.co.uk/Agrablock.htm for the specification Pics showing 1sqm of the Agrablock http://tinyurl.com/2epe5a http://tinyurl.com/2cx85b http://tinyurl.com/2a7td9 This shows gravel infill laid out for additional parking at Waterbeach train station. http://tinyurl.com/yv9whc Is that the car park that is an essential part of the fen flood management, and goes under 3 ft of water every winter? Send me an email if you want more info Martyn |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:13:08 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
This shows gravel infill laid out for additional parking at Waterbeach train station. http://tinyurl.com/yv9whc Is that the car park that is an essential part of the fen flood management, and goes under 3 ft of water every winter? I didn't know that. Isn't there a pub carpark near St Ives/Earith way that is on the flood plain. Someone left their car there ignoring the flood warning signs and came back later in the day to find water up to the top of the tyres? |
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