Bluestone steps repair? - Fine Homebuilding
Jul 11, 2006 · I installed some bluestone on my existing concrete steps last year using a masonry adhesive. Was recommended by a landscape contractor/mason. I think the brand was Lexel. Came in a caulk tube and worked great. I put a bead under the bluestone treads and laid them right over it. After it cured, I filled the gaps between the stones with mortar.
Bluestone Entry - Fine Homebuilding
Jan 3, 2017 · After screeding a mortar bed, we placed the stones and adjusted the height by adding extra mortar beneath low stones and rapping high stones down with a dead-blow mallet. We mixed batches of modified mortar and screeded a 3/4-in.-thick layer to set the bluestone in. The stones were fairly close in thickness but a few varied.
Laying Bluestone over a Wood-Frame Floor - Fine Homebuilding
Wear goggles and rubber gloves, and apply the acid wash with a scrub brush about 20 sq. ft. at a time. Always double-rinse the stone with clean water. There are two types of sealer you can apply to a stone floor. Topical sealers seal only the surface and leave a wet look.
Masonry Steps to Front of House - Fine Homebuilding
Mar 22, 2010 · Remove grout from between riser stones. Prepare base for new thinset. Replace bluestones and regrout risers. 1a) Get a stout, 3" x 6" x 3', chunk of oak and a 16# sledge. Hold the 3" edge to the side of the blue stone and give 'er a good whack with the sledge. Repeat around and around the stone till she gives up her hold.
Bluestone Flaking – Anybody Know How - Fine Homebuilding
Jun 24, 1999 · Bluestone Flaking – Anybody Know How …. | Posted in General Discussion on June 24, 1999 03:40am. *. Last summer, we installed two bluestone decks, one around a pool reusing old bluestons and a new terrace with new stone. The surface of the old stone around the pool is flaking off severely. The new stone also has some flaking, though not ...
Grouting bluestone - Fine Homebuilding
Nov 16, 2009 · Sealing prior to grout, fine broom, sweep the excess off before sponge thats squeezed hard. sponge is damp no water flow at all. Use all sides of sponge rinse and repeat process. I just built a firepit this summer and faced it with bluestone. I used S type mortar mix to adhere the bluestone to concrete.
How to Build Dry-Laid Stone Steps - Fine Homebuilding
Jul 1, 2007 · Indicate the step location with marking paint. When the paint dries, use a line level, a level, and a tape measure to determine the total rise and total run of the slope. Size, color, texture, and cost all need to be considered when choosing stepping stones. Stones have either a natural surface or a cut one. I like the untouched, rugged quality ...
Repointing flagstone - Fine Homebuilding
Nov 1, 2003 · Brush or vacuum all the loosened mortar out of the joints. The most important part of repointing flagstone is using the correct mortar mix. A common misconception is that the harder or richer the mortar is, the better it will hold up in the joints. In fact, the exact opposite is true. For repointing, you need a softer mortar that allows the ...
Stone steps/wood railings - Fine Homebuilding
Aug 12, 2004 · make up a welded base that can be very well bolted to the steps that has 'fins' to engage slots cut in the bottom of the 4x4 post. Then run bolts through the post/bracket to secure everything. Think of it as a 4"x4" base plate with 2- 4" wide by 8" …
Bluestone over concrete slab – what’s the proper technique?
Jul 23, 2012 · My concern with drysetting over a slab would be ants tunneling through whatever thickness of bedding material you have. Of water not being able to drain, or being slow to drain, and freeze/thaw heaving. Sure it may resettle. But with limited dry setting bed between the bluestone and the slab, it just might be a pain.