A flagstone walkway dresses up a garden or lawn area and provides additional texture.
How to lay flagstone on concrete porch.
For the mortared flagstone start the process with a reinforced concrete base that must have the proper slope for drainage.
Joints over a concrete base are also typically mortared.
Lay out 5 or 6 stones where you want them.
Now the top of the concrete slab is 2 below the finished grade and ready to lay flagstone.
However if the stones are not installed with a good solid base.
You cannot use normal thinset mortar with natural flagstones because of their varied thickness which means a bed of sand and concrete is required to cushion the stones and leave the finished surface uniform and flat.
How to lay a flagstone walkway using concrete.
Instead of just using boring old paver blocks or even cement flagstone will make your backyard more.
Start in one corner.
You may start laying stone as soon as the concrete is hard enough to walk on.
I love the natural feel they give to a landscape design.
While it s recommended that you lay a 4 to 6 inch base layer of pea gravel or sand beneath your flagstone path do it yourselfers laying flagstone over cement generally skip this step.
Remove broken pieces of slab brush off debris and use a level to ensure that the cement sections are flat and even.
Pressure wash the flagstones.
In this case you can skip the excavation stage and just work on top of the slab.
Installing a flagstone patio or path can give your landscape design a huge boost and really impress your guests or customers if you happen to be a pro.
They are more difficult to install than regulated flagstone and require significantly more physical effort.
Prepare the cement walkway for the flagstone.
Mix enough cement to lay these stones.
In order to install flagstone patio with the help of a mortar go through the step by step guide mentioned below carefully.
It is recommended that a patio or walkway base be at least 3 deep then filled with a layer of compacted gravel covered with coarse sand.