Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:27 am
I've begun laying a path (10m x 1.2m) that begins on a slope (7.5 degrees) until about half way where we're going to put a step and then the rest is going to be flat.
We're using riven Indian sandstone and the methods described on this site using a 10:1 mix of sharp sand & cement as the bedding layer. However I have not been comfortable enough yet to butter the stones as I've been bedding them, plus we were not going to be able to lay the entire length of the path in one visit.
My questions are:
1) Will I have issues with this method on the slope, e.g. will there be potential movement of the stones due to the force from walking being applied at an angle? Should I be maybe mixing the bedding layer a bit stronger so that it is a bit more ridgid?
2) Is my reluctance to butter the stones as I go going to be a problem or will a solid motoring/pointing after the laying be enough?
So far we've only laid 4 big stones to start this path (so only 1.2m of the length) as we spent most of the weekend on the prep. But after we first attempted to lay them we noticed that further pressure caused them to become rocky again after levelling them out (and removing all the rocking). I assumed this was because we should have been staying off them more than we were so when we re-laid them we stayed off them completely. But afterwards I was wondering if the buttering would have stopped this?
We're using riven Indian sandstone and the methods described on this site using a 10:1 mix of sharp sand & cement as the bedding layer. However I have not been comfortable enough yet to butter the stones as I've been bedding them, plus we were not going to be able to lay the entire length of the path in one visit.
My questions are:
1) Will I have issues with this method on the slope, e.g. will there be potential movement of the stones due to the force from walking being applied at an angle? Should I be maybe mixing the bedding layer a bit stronger so that it is a bit more ridgid?
2) Is my reluctance to butter the stones as I go going to be a problem or will a solid motoring/pointing after the laying be enough?
So far we've only laid 4 big stones to start this path (so only 1.2m of the length) as we spent most of the weekend on the prep. But after we first attempted to lay them we noticed that further pressure caused them to become rocky again after levelling them out (and removing all the rocking). I assumed this was because we should have been staying off them more than we were so when we re-laid them we stayed off them completely. But afterwards I was wondering if the buttering would have stopped this?