1st tractor project

[Kevin_in_Mi]

I saw your pictures earlier. Would have been a lot easier like you said if the fences weren't already up but all you can do is try and make them happy. As for the base, I put 6-8" of 21AA driveway gravel down first and then I rented one of those power compactors and ran that over the gravel for a couple of hours. Then I laid down about three inches of the slag and compacted that. They get 285/ton for pennsylvania blue irregular which is what I'm using.

 

[butzkeg]

That looks good Kevin. I didn't think it looked like Farmington Hills either.

Nice choice on the tractor too. Same tractor I have, and I live in Howell too. Maybe we should drag race our 4300's down some of the dirt roads out there. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MarkV]

Kevin,
Nice job and I can see you are doing it the right way. It is amazing to me how many people put only a couple of inches of sand under the stone and can’t figure out why it doesn’t lay flat after the first winter. Around here the guys use a circular saw with a masonry blade or an angle grinder with a diamond blade to score the stone. Once it has been scored it chips off pretty clean.

MarkV

 

[Kevin_in_Mi]

Steve,
I,m interested in knowing more about this paving sealer. Will it bind the slag sand together and does it make the flagstone look like it has just been rained on? All the rocks including the retaining wall look much better when they are wet.
The place where I bought the rocks is going to let me borrow a wet saw this weekend for the cost of the diamond blade. Great deal except it's gonna hit 90 deg both Sat and Sun.
Looks like more than just the rocks are going to get wet. Gotta love that Michigan humidity!

 

[rdln]

It's stinky and expensive but will keep the wet look. Maybe recoat in three years? For sure the mfr. wont claim to keep slag intact especially across a 1-2in band but if you are constantly tracking the stuff around its worth a try. I believe its called Techniseal.
sounds like you need at least 5gal

 

[rdln]

Correction: The sealer I used was "Euco Diamond Clear".

 

[Kevin_in_Mi]

Hi again to all that were following this post. Well, It's been two months and many back aches but I'm proud to say that all the pallets that were laden with rocks are ready for the ceremonial bonfire. I laid the last of the flagstone walkway this past Saturday and it was an exilerating moment. Still need to do some finishing touches, but other than that, the walkway is complete.

 

[Kevin_in_Mi]

This is a shot off the corner of the porch

 

[Kevin_in_Mi]

Here's a picture of roughly half of the pallets full.

 

[TAB]

Kevin, congratulations on a beautiful project. You had alot of willpower to work through some of the weather we had, but it looks like you did a nice job.