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Comments (5)www.asla.org or com a landscape architect can lay out many patterns for you and taylor the design to the site. otherwise your clients will be served up just another cookier cutter design. why invest in such a lovely material and the high labor costs for installation and then install some design that no thought was given to the specific project....See Morethermal bluestone for patio and pool deck? pictures?
Comments (13)We just had a thermal bluestone patio installed and the stone, after a few months, has weirdly begun to chip on its own and turn colors. Is this normal for thermal bluestone? When we were house-hunting, we had seen two homes that had thermal bluestone patios and thought it looked so nice that we would install one ourselves at whatever house we ended up with. Both those homes were at least a few years old and their thermal bluestone pieces seemed to have weathered well, looking smooth and dark gray, almost like granite. When we got our thermal pieces, most of them weren't as dark and had more color variation (all still bluish, though) - not sure if that means anything. All we know is that after a few months, the surface of some of our thermal bluestones are pock-marked (revealing a rust-colored pebbly interior) when they were mostly smooth before - some even have a golf ball size chunk missing - and some pieces have discolored, as you can see from the pictures below. The last picture shows the color variation that we got (you can see a few of the darker pieces that look like what we saw at the other houses - two on the left, one at the top and one long one on the right). Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? We're worried that these problems will get worse. http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/jerseygirl67_photo/?action=view&current=IMG_5770.jpg" target="_blank"> http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/jerseygirl67_photo/?action=view&current=IMG_5771.jpg" target="_blank"> http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/jerseygirl67_photo/?action=view&current=IMG_5772-1.jpg" target="_blank"> http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/jerseygirl67_photo/?action=view&current=IMG_5776-1.jpg" target="_blank">...See Morebluestone patio estimate
Comments (10)Thanks. No, the contractor has not given us a figure yet. I'd be surprised if it costs only $300-$500. The concrete would take a while to pour and then it would need to cure before applying the blue stone. The new wall where the door was going to be closes in what used to be a covered stoop that we decided to completely enclose. It had previously been blue stone, but it had to be ripped up because it was improperly flashed and was letting water in to the house. Before deciding to incorporate the area into the house, we had a proposal from a different contractor replacing the blue stone. That quote was $2200 for just the blue stone. Now, a new stoop has to be built, and then covered with the stone. 2" thick stone is more expensive that what is aometimes used, so I think it is a fairly pricey bit of work....See MoreWhat to use between bluestone patio pavers
Comments (3)"What is the best permeable sand to use?" Medium or coarse sand. _____________________________________ Typical packaging/supply convention: "Concrete" sand = medium or coarse grade "Masonry" and "Play" sand = fine grade...See More- 15 years ago
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