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10-12-2003, 10:58 PM
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Cool Stuff!!!
I've been working on an estimate that has led me to do a bit of stone searching the past week. I'll admit, this is a bit of a hobby, I love to see what materials are out there and see if I can work my favorites (oops, customers favorites) into a design. Here's some pretty cool stuff!
This shot is from my paver suppliers yard. They just redid the displays. Wow, how pavers have evolved!
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10-12-2003, 11:01 PM
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These are pieces of blusestone that are six or seven inches thick, sixteen inches deep and anywhere from 3-7' long. What a great way to install a step along a bluestone walk. Keep the bag of cement at the shop, I'll take big stones every time!
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10-12-2003, 11:03 PM
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I did a random stone walk once six or seven years ago and vowed never do one again. However, I have been attracted to random bluestone a lot at the yard lately. Perhaps it's an old love rekindled...
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10-12-2003, 11:06 PM
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I will be using this granite edging around a bluestone patio in a few weeks. This is an upscale granite supply house and I wish I found them sooner.
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10-13-2003, 09:21 AM
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I get a lot of enjoyment just walking around stone yards like that. 
Thos chunks of bluestone are huge!!
As for the random bluestone, or random flagging of any kind, I don't think we'll tackle one of any size for a long while, unless I can get the money I need to make the seams really tight. I hate the look of the larger seams like that pic (or pics of the stuff we've done in years past, for that matter). |
10-13-2003, 08:32 PM
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Jeff,
That picture doesn't show it but the Mason who built it used a pointed chisel to cut the bluestone. If you look directly down at it you see a very jagged edge. I have been noticing bluestone a lot more lately and suspect I'll start to throw some numbers around for a random bluestone patio when the opportunity arises.
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As a father I was always aware that I was raising my sons to leave home, marry, establish families, and be men who could stand on their own two feet. We must fulfill our own destiny. I really wasn't concerned about what they might 'do' but I wanted them to 'be' good men.
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10-13-2003, 11:07 PM
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I have to chuckle about the 'larger seams' comment. Around here those would be considered tight seams. I do think that putting mortar between the stones makes a more satisfactory patio surface. I find that setting those flagstones in stone dust leads to it tracking into the house and washing out a bit. If I was planting something in the crevices, then I think I would like it better.
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10-13-2003, 11:59 PM
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And the seams for the stuff we do is usually that big as well; I just hate it.
Now that we have a mason and have begun to assimilate the mason species, we may achieve that through mortar joints. Otherwise, we'll just take the time to chip or cut better seams. I just like the slightly more refined look...then again, maybe I prefer walking on a surface that I know someone suffered a great deal to install.
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10-14-2003, 09:16 AM
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Lanelle -
I put this in a different thread for someone asking about stabalization sand, but Envirobond makes a nice Stabalization Crushed Stone that looks likes screenings but wont track all over the place when people walk on them. Check out www.envirobond.com. We have had unbelievable reviews from al my contractors about this product. |
10-14-2003, 05:52 PM
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LOL, sorry Lanelle, just looked at the other thread and saw that it was you who asked about the Satabalization Sand. My bad.  |
10-15-2003, 02:57 PM
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I agree w/ S.H and Lanelle about mortaring the large joints. They just look very dangerous to walk on for anyone that would have high heals on. Even though the application is pleasing to the eye; one may want to determine if it will be practical, and safe.
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