You are saying you have a flagstone wall and asking if pavers will look OK with it? It will look better than a flagstone wall with a flagstone floor. Too much of something without let-up is less good.

Thanks for your opinion! Yes, I feel keeping the patio material simple will draw more attention to the wall. I guess I should've stated the wall will be field-stone and then we were going to have a patio with random cut flagstone; but we've decided to keep the field-stone wall and go with pavers on the patio. We will also have a small staircase/platform made out of ipe.

Do you like how the materials look next to each other? Yarvarrk is the pro, but my thought is that the materials are pretty different and it might look like it wasn’t planned to be together. Did the contractor say why the pavers can be dry-laid but he requires flagstone to be in cement? (is it too much work for him to dry lay flagstone). Have you considered getting a seccond bid?

We have stone retaining walls (not flagstone) and tons of pavers patio. We like the way they look together. We chose pavers In a color that looks good with the stone walls.

When we put in the pavers, we were replacing a flagstone patio. The uneven texture of the flagstone caused several of our guests to trip, so we replaced all the flagstone within a few years of owning the house.

@ girl_wonder, we have gotten a couple of quotes. One of the contractors is happy to do a dry-laid flagstone patio. The contractor I've had the most communication with has been doing patios/walls for 30+ years and I asked why she doesn't want flagstone in dry material. She said the stone is thin and uneven and in her professional opinion concrete is best. I've talked to a few people and they agree with her comments. It sounds like smmit2380 had the problems my contractor is warning me about. Yep, I'm worried about the different materials, but I do think if we select the right products it will work. I'm having difficult time visualizing the space. My contractor suggested a paver laid in a herringbone with the stone wall. I think that might look cool and I'm not trying to make the paver something it's not (if that makes sense).

@smit2380 do you have photos you can share? When I search for paver/stone wall combos I can't tell if what I'm seeing are faux stone walls. Thanks for your input, I'm guessing your flagstone was in a dry-lay material?

Michelle Roth , I'm going to retract my comment that the materials may not look good together. I'm posting pictures of a house that was for sale nearby that used pavers and river rock. (so not exactly flagstone but a similar). When I saw this listed on the MLS, I was wowed and thought this looked great. I wasn't thinking "Oh the materials are different." lol. (fwiw, there are pics that show off the yard better. I'm uploading the ones with the biggest swath of materials, so you can see). I think your contractors are probably right, that's the uneven flagstones could cause problems set in sand. If you're going dry-set, pavers can fit much closer together, so fewer weeds! Plus dry-set is permeable, so better for the environment. (rain can return to the water table). I think it's also easier to lay vs. concrete.

I'm going to be re-doing my backyard patio later this year. My landscape architect said that cost-wise, the cheapest is stamped cement, then pavers, then stone. In addition to the cost of the stone, I think the labor is a lot more, trying to get everything to line up. Thanks for starting this thread. It's helping me decide. I think I'll do pavers set in sand! ;)

@Revolutionary Gardens, thank you so much for explaining how laying flagstone in sand can get pricey...your explanation made a lot of sense. I think flagstone, though beautiful, is pricey!! Also, many thanks for the photo, it helps to see the two materials together.

@girl_wonder, thank you so much for coming back with the photos, very pretty backyard! I've been able to find more photos today and I think it's going to work out. Though I'm giving up stone on the patio, I think some of the pavers are pretty. When we finally get it all done, I'll come back and post photos!! Now, I just have to figure out syle/size. There are way too many options!

Michelle, sorry for the slow reply. Here is an up close picture of the pavers, and the rock on both a retaining wall and one of our outdoor kitchens.

Thank you so much, but I don't see the photo.

We don't dry lay any flagstone. As Revolutionary Gardens stated, the pieces must be minimum 2" thick. Most flagging material has various thicknesses that's why wet laying is best. The setting material makes ups for the difference.

We have dry laid 2" thick thermal blue stone without issues. These were different sizes of square and rectangular shapes-very formal.

We have done many jobs with a stacked stone with pavers and they look fine. Sometimes we have used a large field stone (3'x6') in walls as a bench. Adds a nice design touch and provides a place to sit.

Sorry, I am trying again

thanks so much smit2380 for posting! I'm sorry it was so difficult, your space is really pretty. I like the railing in the background as well.