I am wanting to basically do this but with more of a mosaic look with tiles, stones, etc. What is the exact type of base you used to adhere your stones and I believe you said you used the same product for the "grouting." Is this correct? I was planning on using bagged cement to pour the porch. I'll be starting from scratch with having to pour a foundation while also putting down at the same time the tile, stones, etc. The way you did each stone looks like something I can handle. I'm just worried about being able to get the cement to cover all sides of my tile, stones, etc. so I want to plan on "grouting" afterwards. Normal "grout" states you can only go as wide as 3/4 inch and my spacing will be more thank that.
thanks for the informative video. How thick of mortar did you use? looked like 2". Also, I know for concrete they make stress cuts and this sits on top of concrete, so just wondering if you found any need for that
so if I understand you correctly, you recommend doing the dry layout; then just lifting each stone one at a time, mortaring underneath it (border first), and using a string to get your slope correct. For the interior you used a straight board, and used it to push the inside stones to the proper depth. It sounds like you didn't worry about thick mortar oozing out to touch a dry placed stone either. but basically you leave the dry stones in place and gradually mortar one stone at a time, preserving your original layout and spacing. is my take away correct?
Not a fan of Home Depot bagged product. I am redoing a bluestone walk I did two years ago. 5" thick new reinforced concrete with stone mortared on top. Home Depot mortar in joints turned into mush. Been doing this for 20yrs and I can not figure out what happened as this was only time I bought bags over mixing my own.
