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Patio, which stone?

chocoholic999 · 2018-03-30 13:05:14

Hi all I posted in another forum that I was putting in a new patio and was thinking of using Indian sandstone, I was advised against this though as very hard to keep clean apparently . Has anyone any advice on what stone to use?

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30-03-2018 2:05pm

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chocoholic999

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Hi all
I posted in another forum that I was putting in a new patio and was thinking of using Indian sandstone, I was advised against this though as very hard to keep clean apparently . Has anyone any advice on what stone to use?

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#2 30-03-2018 7:28pm
Lumen

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I have bits of sandstone around the place and love it but my hard landscaping is so informal/scruffy/falling apart nobody would notice a stain.

So whether staining is a problem depends on the level of consistency of colour you start with. If you start with something that looks like a tiled bathroom, the merest discolouration will look out of place. If you have a lot of variation to begin with, a bit more won't be a problem.

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#3 30-03-2018 8:58pm
lownhard

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Indian limestone a better job than sandstone in terms of keeping colour. I am happy with our yellow Indian limestone. Make sure paver uses rompox for the joints and not mortar.

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