On 2/3/2012 2:28 PM, Chuck Banshee wrote:
On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:33 +0000, Chuck Banshee wrote:

Maybe I misread what the original cuts were ... so .... I'll snap a
picture or two of the originals and ask you if they were laid as tile or
as flagstone.

Maybe I mis-interpreted the straight cuts and even joints in the original
flagstone step that I am trying to mimic?

Would you say this closeup of the original flagstone shows they laid it
as "tile" or "flagstone"?
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...mg/7483816.jpg

All I was trying to do was mimic the same style:
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...mg/7483815.jpg

Any suggestions before I proceed?


you misunderstood. the material is flagstone. usually, flagstone is laid
in large uneven chunks.

http://www.sitepalace.com/lazygardens/landscape/atrium_starting4b_small.jpg

you're cutting your flagstone into very regular pieces, to LOOK like
tile. in that case, you're trying to get very even grout joints,
something that is not usual with most flagstone installations.

so, think like a tiler rather than a normal flagstone layer. use tile
spacers. you can purchase plastic tile spacers that are very regularly
sized, or you can make your own. if the pencil you're using is the size
joint you want, then just cut a couple up into small pieces and use them
on end.