The stone varies in thickness from 1 to 2 in which is why you set them on a sand leveling bed photo 20.
Diy concrete flagstone patio.
If you re building your patio in your backyard then 1 5 2 thick flagstone is perfectly fine.
We used patterned new york bluestone.
Concrete flagstone tips if you decide to try to build a brick patio like mine you do not have to worry about the concrete finish.
Flagstone is fractured or cleft into flat slabs of various lengths 2 inches or more thick with random edges.
Dry construction is much easier for do it yourselfers because you can build directly on the ground while mortared stone requires a concrete slab foundation to prevent cracking in the mortar.
Up to 36 x 36 in.
Thick and can withstand seasonal changes in your climate.
Laying flagstone patios in stone dust or sand as opposed to mortar or concrete is known as dry set or sand set.
Take your time and wiggle a board side to side across the forms you have built to create the shape of the patio.
Increments ranging from 12 x 12 in.
If you re building a driveway out of flagstone you ll want to go with stone at least 2 thick and ideally thicker.
For a lasting installation a dry set stone patio does need a foundation though.
Select a flagstone patio stone that s at least 1 in.
It s cut at the quarry in 6 in.
Irregular shapes suit flagstone to both casual free form and formal geometric design schemes.
All that is important is that there are no high spots.