Flagstone Patio
Flagstone is considered the most popular patio material the reason being it is durable, slip resistant and it looks marvelous. Flagstone comes in different thickness from 1.5 inches thick down to one half-inch thickness.
Arizona flagstones are flat and large natural sandstone and it comes in variety of sizes, colors, shapes and composition. Coverage per ton may vary as per the thickness of flagstone and gout spacing when laid. Arizona flagstone supplies offer flagstones at wholesale prices. No matter if you are a contractor and want to buy flagstones for a commercial project or you are a homeowner and want it for your own patio, both of you would find the prices reasonable. Naturally colored flagstone is a new addition in the range of patio flagstones. The option of available colors are buckskin, golden buckskin, sunburst is a rose coloring with buckskin (peach) variation, pueblo is a yellow/beige it is hardest of the stones and have a good consistency. Classic oak is an off white hard stone with smoother surface. Rosa is available in light to dark pink tones; this stone is used for multi purposes and chocolate dark brown color.
When flagstone is compared with concrete patio it is said that flagstone needs a high level maintenance while concrete patio doesn’t. Laying a flagstone patio is an easy process. Two methods are available in laying a flagstone patio dry construction and wet construction. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages. An advantage of dry construction is that it can be easily built and disadvantage is that it would need repair. The installation process requires strings, stakes, garden hose, 2x4 lumbar, 10” plank, scarp lumbar, brick set, mini-sledgehammer, landscape fabric, tamping tool and rubber mallet, saw, hammer, nails, protective eyewear and gloves, flagstone, sand, broom and carpenters level measuring tape.
If you are planning to lay a flagstone patio on your existing patio then level it first. After reshaping and resizing wash the patio to give it a softer look so that the mortar will easily stick on the clean surface. Arrange the selected flagstone in order to determine the placement. Third step involves mortaring the stones, it can either be a mixture of cement, water sand. Wet the flagstone before placing so that they don’t absorb moisture from the mortar. Apply the mortar to the concrete surface. Then comes the completion of patio that involves grouting.
Decomposed granite is an inexpensive alternative of stones. Using decomposed granite in flagstone patio can complement it and enhance the look of your patio. Flagstone patio design can be of many types it can be star pattern, regular brick pattern and circular pattern. Add value to your patio floor with flagstone.
