Hi I’ve thoroughly looked through the website before asking this question (I note you don’t suffer fools lightly… good for you) I have a canopy umbrella stand, which is a cross bar the legs being approximately 35mm wide. I want to lay it in to a new imported fossil grey sandstone patio. This is making me consider leaving a 25mm to 35mm joint for an overall uniformed look. I note from the main site this acceptable if using a loose jointing material, my question is would a mortar joint be practical.
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Wide joints - Mortar in wide joints
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You can use 25mm + wide mortar joints if you wish - my opinion is that, when you have paving laid, you want to see the paving, not the jointing, so I usually advise that joints be kept to a workable minimum, which is around 10-12mm.
Could you not just use wider joints where the umbrelly stand is to go?
Could you not just use wider joints where the umbrelly stand is to go?
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