We are going to have a bluestone patio installed in our backyard. Our contractor recommends laying the bluestones in a concrete bed. After installation the concrete will only be visible in the small spaces between the bluestones. His reasoning is that the concrete bed will help the rain water drain properly into the drain he’s installing, and keep the bluestones secure so they don’t move or raise up or crack over time. <\/p>\n
I’m considering having the bluestones installed without using a concrete bed. That seems more organic to me. If you have a bluestone patio, how was it installed? What’s your experience been? Any pros or cons to either process? And if the bluestones are not put in a concrete bed, what would they be put on? Just dirt, or gravel, or\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6? <\/p>\n
Thanks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are going to have a bluestone patio installed in our backyard. Our contractor recommends laying the bluestones in a concrete bed. After installation the concrete will only be visible in the small spaces between the bluestones. His reasoning is that the concrete bed will help the rain water drain properly into the drain he’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-24873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/10\/patio-cement-or\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Patio – Cement or not?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/10\/patio-cement-or\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/10\/patio-cement-or\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Brokers","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"HappyDaddy"}],"creator":["HappyDaddy"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2008-10-02T11:51:31Z","datePublished":"2008-10-02T11:51:31Z","dateModified":"2008-10-02T11:51:31Z"},"rendered":"