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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:18 am
by Deej
Hello I've bought some yorkstone riven slabs to put down as a patio in my garden but something is very strange with the shape. After reading your web site i thought that the way to put the slabs down was with the narrower face as the base. Looking at my slabs though they have been cut so the narrower face is the top of the slab as it has the riven effect (which the wider face doesn't) and the wider face has the "chewing gum stains" on it. Have you come across this before and will it afftect the laying putting the wider face as the base?

Mnay thanks

P.S. Great site has given me loads of great tips for laying the slabs.

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:30 pm
by Tony McC
Yorkstone riven is always narrower on the base than the surface. If these are reclaimed, then wear and traffic over the years may have 'smoothed' the surface, leaving the base with a much more riven finish. Also, with newly-quarried stone, there is a tendency for quarrymen to select thge less-riven face as the surface because of the trip hazard, so, while it may seem that one face is better suited as the upper face, it does not always follow that the flags should be laid that way up.

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:39 pm
by Deej
Ok thanks, seems strange though as they seem "artifical" on the narrower face as it has a smooth surface with dimples on it and certainly not a riven finish.