Indian stone - Indian stone nightmare

[Jodi]

Hi I'm wondering if anybody can help me our garden has been started just before Christmas and due to weather and other contracts it has stopped due to start again in the coming weeks however I'm a little concerned over what has been done already we have had sawn mint ivory fossil Indian stone laid and even after a few sunny days it looks totally saturated in patchy areas surely it should look dry after 3 days of baking hot sun? Help me? I do have pictures but not sure how to post on here .

[lutonlagerlout]

link here for posting
you need a 3rd party hosting site for this
http://ext.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin....;t=4485
not sure about your stone its hard to tell without pictures
cheers LLL

[Jodi]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MZHHoBHih3cmlCur2

[KeburDave]

Fossil Mint Honed sandstone can take an eternity to dry out!! Its like a sponge and is extremely high maintenance, I'd leave it until late summer, and then get a decent impregnating sealer on it. If the contractor has laid the paving on building sand on a concrete base you might find it will take forever to dry out as the mortar bed is holding moisture as well. Suppliers should take more responsibility when selling these honed sandstone's they are simply not fit for purpose unless they supply them pre-sealed.