Straight where you
want it
W
ith cutting dry paving cutting, but many landscapers opt the place you want it. Whether you
slabs and natural instead to cut dry, avoiding the use of are cutting through paving slabs or
stone having a water altogether. natural stone your safety won’t be
negative impact on
compromised and the job won’t be
a landscaper’s health, what are the With any markings and guides made alternatives to achieveing a fast, ready for cutting the material washed accurate cut? Hyde’s John Dabb takes away, following HSE guidelines can The patented Brickworker Slab Cutting
a look. really slow you down and even lead to Guide can be used to cut slabs
slowed down in any way.
inaccuracies. However, cutting dry can between 20mm-60mm thick and
Cutting paving slabs and flag stones prove costly not just to your health, 210mm-910mm long and achieves
is part and parcel of a landscaper‘s but to your bank balance too, as being a clean, accurate cut in just a few
working day, but doing so without caught out will result in a fine. simple steps as shown below:
compromising on your health and
safety has become an ever-more The Slab Cutting
tricky task. The latest HSE regulations Guide from
stipulate that stone and rock should Brickworker is
be dampened with water prior to therefore an
being cut, to reduce the amount of inexpensive and
dust produced. all-round much
safer alternative
With some of the nasty side effects of way of working for
breathing in too much of the resulting landscapers.
dust including lung diseases such as
silicosis, emphysema and even lung Locking on to the
cancer, these regulations shouldn’t be slab or tile, this
flouted, particularly for landscapers simple yet clever
who are exposed to the risks on a device helps achieve
daily basis. Wearing a dust mask will a fast, accurate
go some way to protecting you while straight cut, in exactly
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