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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:51 am
by johnt
I've just laid a new patio in concrete flagstones (Bradstones Old Town weathered limestone) and cut some of the flags to fit a tray type manhole cover, thus trying to give the impression of a continuous pattern of flagstones. But what should I use to fill the gap between the cut edge of the flags and the manhole cover edge in order to make this impression convincing? If I use sand and cement, as I intend to do for the pointing, then the gaps within the flags will be more obvious.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:34 pm
by lutonlagerlout
you point the joints in the slabs but the recessed cover you just have to cut your flags accurately i.e. 2-3 mm tolerance max
cheers
LLL