SwAMi75
Well-Known Member
Anyone have any experience laying stone? If we get the house (the deal is still pending on a couple issues), I'm going to want to do a stone patio.
The house has a really nice sunroom built onto the back of it, and I'd like to do a decent sized stone patio off of it. Anyone done anything like this?
I've read up on working with stone, and it doesn't seem too tough. I understand how to lay out the stone, and to cut it to fit together. The worst part there seems to be using a saw to shape the outside edges, along the outside border.
My main question is how does one prep the area? I'm assuming that the whole thing will need to be level. But what type of surface do you actually lay the stone onto? You you just lay it down, and mortar in between, or put down a layer of mortar first?
The house has a really nice sunroom built onto the back of it, and I'd like to do a decent sized stone patio off of it. Anyone done anything like this?
I've read up on working with stone, and it doesn't seem too tough. I understand how to lay out the stone, and to cut it to fit together. The worst part there seems to be using a saw to shape the outside edges, along the outside border.
My main question is how does one prep the area? I'm assuming that the whole thing will need to be level. But what type of surface do you actually lay the stone onto? You you just lay it down, and mortar in between, or put down a layer of mortar first?