Indian sandstone circle - stagger or in line ?

[Bilabonic]

Hi All

About to lay Sandstone circle and every pic i see shows them layed in the staggered fashion. Is this the preferred method ? As a mate of mine is recommending to Line up all joins from centre to outer.

Anyone help me out here.

Also i'm laying on a slope and need to brick up the lower part of circle to make level, how can i achieve this when they are so irregular ??

Thanks.

[bobhughes]

"Stonemarket's" web site shows ready made circles (I have used some of their hexagons and they look great) with the joints lined up and staggered.

See here for a pic.

I suppose it is a matter of taste.

Bob

[Bilabonic]

O.k. Circle has arrived and for some reason it was totally different to the one shown in the STONEMARKET book. I only ordered 2 rings and recieved 3 rings plus the squaring off kit.
The second ring though contains more sections than the spec so i guess it's swings/roundabouts.
Also some slabs are dirty/slight green algae, how do i go about cleaning these before i lay them.

ta.

[Suggers]

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