We have all of the major pieces of flagstone in place, and we just barely had enough stone.
We still have a number of smaller pieces (shown strewn about on top of the big pieces) which we’ll have to chisel down to fit into the smaller holes, but for the most part I think we did a decent job of fitting them as tightly as possible. We’ll probably stare at it some more and see if there are any improvements that can be made.
Most of the stone still needs to be leveled. Before we get back to doing that we’re first going to set up some guide posts in intervals and at the proper levels, and then join them with string to make it easier to follow the pitch.
At least the weather forecast has improved slightly for this weekend, so you know what we’ll be doing if we want to meet our Memorial Day weekend deadline! I still have lots of planting to do, so (fingers crossed!) hopefully it will be another productive weekend.
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Looks great! I hope to redo our patio someday with flagstone. Do you know how well it hold up in the harsh Midwest winters?
Thanks Robin! We built the flagstone patio in our previous house at least 10 years ago, and it held up beautifully. The worst thing is that sometimes weeds still manage to grow between the cracks, but it never gets out of hand. Occasionally you may need to fill the cracks with more jointing sand, but that is to be expected no matter where you live. But I’ve never noticed any problems with the patio due to snow and cold, so I would definitely recommend it!
we have a fine layer of white dust on top of our flagstone. our stone is full color and now the stones look white. does this residue go away?
windysan: Yes, we also had a fine layer of dust when we applied the GatorDust, making the flagstone appear white, and it does go away!