See photos below... I'm planning on paving a new path in place of the old concrete path picture below. The 30 odd year old concrete path is fairly solid save for a few edges that are splintering off. Can I lay flags on top of the existing concrete pathway? If so, what's the best method?
Secondly, I'm after any recommendations of a good, reasonably priced flagstone to use. Ideally, it will blend in OK with the existing Yorkshire stone flags elsewhere in the garden.
Might be worth doing a cost comparison between reclaimed Yorkstone and a neutral sandstone such as raj blend or lakeland (we can help with this if required), as it would be better to go with the Yorkstone as a match. If it's not a big area, the overall cost between the two might not be unbearable, although Yorkstone is likely to be around five times the price as a rough guide. Obviously this will be a huge difference if it's a large area you're covering.
...and the problem with much of the currently available reclaimed yorkstone flags is the thickness. I'm seeing less and less of the 1½"-2" stuff, and much more of the 3"+ ball-breakers.
It's a finite reserve. The thinner stuff was often used as flooring or back-yard paths in two-up-two-downs, and they have nearly all been 'renovated' in the made dash to capitalise on the property boom, especially buy-to-let. The thicker street flags persist, but t'north is running out of streets that can be ripped up to satisfy the cravings of Lower Britain.
As much as it breaks the heart of an owld flagger who cut his teeth on Lankysheer gritstone flags, you are probably better off opting for one of the better imports, such as those suggested by PS above.
Nordberg wrote:The Raj sandstone in green or grey looks like it will suit our garden.
Is this stuff recommended? Durable etc?
Thanks
Durable? I would go as far to say that both stones are bullet proof. All the quartzitic sandstones from Kota are. We cut quite a bit of stone at our bespoke factory and whenever we have a raj green or kandla grey cutting job you can hear a collective groan from the stone masons.
i would say raj/york green kandla/castle grey and autumn brown/mix /blend are the 3 hardest generally available sandstones especially from an installation perspective
I have down indian stone on concrete steps and we scabbled the concrete then primed it with neat SBR
we used sbr in the mix and also used a bond bridge
big thing is not to overcook it on the overhang
IIRC we went for around 30mm
AFAIK still there 6 years later
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