I was told that if I placed the rocks on the ground where I wanted them, then take some dry cement and pour BETWEEN the cracks and sweeping access between the rocks as well. Then water it! will that REALLY work???
2006-09-25 20:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by Renee J 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
There are a lot of potential pitfalls with your plan. Dry "cement" should actually be another cement product called "mortar". Mortar needs to be mixed with sand and bags of premixed mortar and sand are available at Lowe's or Home Depot. If you put the mix down dry and then flood it with water, the mortar will not be mixed properly and will surely fail. You will end up with lots of cracks as well as a cement/mortar covered patio.
There is a lot of preperation to building a flagstone (common name, no matter what the type of stone) patio. Drainage and subsoil preperation are the biggest concerns. If you live in a cold winter climate, your flagstone patio is sure to crack all over the place when the ground freezes and heaves unless you prepare the site properly. It is not practical to offer you step by step advice in this format, especially not knowing your general location. Best thing to do is steer you to step by step websites and let you read up on the subject.
A Yahoo search for "build a flagstone patio" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 584 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.
Good luck with your search.
2006-09-29 08:20:32 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
you would be better of building a frame for where you want the patio and leveling the sand, then laying your sand stone on top of sand, tamping the stone in place, then pouring sand over the stone and sweeping away the excess sand followed by washing it down with a lite stream of water. if you do it this way, and you want to change your stone later, you can without having to break them up if you us cement
2006-09-25 22:10:04 · answer #2 · answered by crusen2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not unreasonable, especially if he'll be grading and properly laying the patio stones with a proper foundation. Why not get a couple of other estimates from contractors in your area? Prices can vary according to region.
2016-03-27 10:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a newer product called polymer sand that works really well in between the cracks of any patio or walkway. Most larger chains carry some brand or form of it. It's great at preventing erosion and weed growth.
2006-09-26 01:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by The Iceman Cometh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋