Flagstone Patio

11-19-2006, 03:04 PM	#1
cpbraun Newbie   Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2	Flagstone Patio I want to cover an outside area with flgstone to make a barbeque/patio area. Part of this area is currently concrete slab and part is gravel. How can I acomplish this transition?

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11-19-2006, 08:03 PM	#2
Bud Cline Tileguy     Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,104	Flagstone Patio .........and you don't want to add any more concrete I'll bet! Huh?

11-21-2006, 02:17 PM	#3
R&D Tile Member   Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 334	Flagstone Patio

11-21-2006, 03:42 PM	#4
billinak Member   Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 152	Flagstone Patio If all you want to do is transition from concrete to flag stone, I would dig out all the gravel, remove some dirt, put the gravel back and compact it like you would normally do for a flagstone installation. Compact it until your elevation+brick height= concrete level and you should be good to go.

11-21-2006, 04:43 PM	#5
R&D Tile Member   Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 334	Flagstone Patio Sounds to me that he wants to place stone over the slab and the area where the gravel is, in that case, a concrete base is needed, unless you want all these stones moving around.