HOW TO LAY+GROUT FLAGSTONE SLABS | PRO GROUTING NATURAL STONE SAND JOINTS |MASONRY PATIO PAVERS WORK
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Hi this is Carl the landscape guy. In this video I will show you how we complete cement-bonded grouting of natural stone slabs. This chapel forecourt is being redesigned. The natural stone slabs laid in sand have sagged over the years, forming trip hazard joints. The plates will be re-installed later, so they will be picked up, cleaned and stored off to the side. The dirt is excavated out to the planned size and a base layer of mineral crushed stone is prepared and compacted. Then we set the frame stones. On the gravel surface, the sandstone slabs are now placed in a layer of permeable concrete. An adhesion compound is applied to the underside of the sandstone slabs. The entire chapel forecourt is laid this way. Meanwhile, the work for the sandstone wall has started. The wall will frame the little forecourt at one side as a retaining wall. You will find a detailed video about natural stone masonry on my channel, I’ll also link it at the end of this video. Okay that was it for the preparatory work, because this video is specifically about how to grout natural stone slabs. Before grouting the slabs are watered well. Moisturizing is very important, even more when it is hot out, so that the natural stone does not draw moisture from the fresh grout filling later on. For mixing, we fill a bucket with water. The mixing ratio is 5 L of water per 25 kg of cement. If the mixing ratio is wrong, color differences may occur after hardening. Therefore, always try to use the same mixing ratio for the entire area. For very narrow joints, the mixture can be a little thinner, so add more water. These are joint widths of about 1-3 inches. With these wider joints, the material can be mixed with a little less water, making it a little thicker. Mixing is best done with an electric mixer. Some mortars have coarser proportions of material, so make sure you have the right mixing tip. I would recommend one that is open at the bottom for easier and quicker whisking. We slowly add more water until the mixture is right. As soon as the dark filler material begins to deposit black streaks on the surface, it has enough water. Here we use the Marbos PFM - ZE melan in 25kg bags. The mixed batch should then be applied promptly onto the slabs. Since the mortar starts to thicken immediately, we start to work it into the joints right away. The joints are to be well-filled and the excess material is to be pulled off. The quicker the excess material is removed, the less it needs to be washed off later. The outer edge of the slabs joints should be sealed up before grouting, so that no grout can seep out the sides. If the mortar becomes too thick, it can be slightly rewetted with some water. While one employee distributes the grout, a second guy should mix the material so that there are as few breaks as possible during grouting. The mortar must now be washed from the surface of the natural stone slabs before it sets too much. But wait until the new grout is slightly hardened. There are two methods for cleaning the slabs that we would suggest. For the first one, it is smart to lay out a wooden board to protect the new grouts. For washing, a professional wash box should be used and filled with clean water. Then the natural stone surface is washed with a sponge board. First, a surface section is washed with circular movements. This loosens the mortar from the surface and smaller groves. Then wash out the sponge board before wiping the surface clean. It is important to always pull in one direction and put the sponge board down on its entire surface. As soon as mortar streaks are visible, the sponge board should be washed out again. Also, depending on the size of the area, the water in your box should be changed every now and then. With this method you can work your way out of the corner. For surfaces with a higher proportion of joints, it’s possible to easily pull out the joint with the sponge. Try to pull across or diagonally and not along the joint. For deeper spots a regular cleaning sponge can be used, but this is not suitable for washing larger surfaces. The second option is to wash the surface by spraying it with a fan spray nozzle. This method speeds up the process, but requires more attention and practice. ..
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It's always a pleasure to watch people who care about their craft make something beautiful. Those guys are a bunch of pro's.
My back hurts just from watching the video, I hand it to these guys for the hard work they do!!
Wow, that slab cleaning with the sponge took great skills to make it look so easy.
You guys do a very professional job. Not everyone puts the time in like that. 20 years that will still look awesome
Nice video! It's refreshing to see work being done with old school values in mind.
Wow, that’s a lot of work and these workers seem dedicated to doing a really good, thorough job.
most impressive rock slab reboot !
that is the best and quickest way to get the job done right. . . and the use of that squeegee just made it better.
awesome video !!
2000 thumbs up !! ingenuity !
Those men do impressive work. Dirty job & amazing results. Beautiful! Thank you for a great video 👏🏻
I'm a stone mason bricklayer from Australia. Was hoping I found a quicker way to grout. But no, goes back to what we do, but we hand grout on knees following by same roller bucket. We must all hate grouting from around the world haha. But we do use some cleaning vinegar in our cleaning bucket, it helps with smears.
Soul Drummer what is the mix consist of exactly do you know
Thanks
This is so helpful ,been around this work my whole life .
However being an electrician never paid much attention,to busy doing my work .
Now my daughter is in desperate need of some patio stone needing something besides gritty stone .
Wish I had paid more attention when I was younger .
Almost 70 and never attempted a finished outdoor patio stone refinishing .
With this video I am fairly confident that
I can pull this off .
Thanks so much
Very Helpful
ok good luck and thanks
That retaining wall is just gorgeous!!
Liebe Grusse from Colorado! My wife Sandra (from Fulda) look forward to using your helpful tips to mortar our Flagstone patio we just finished laying in. Danke!
Excellent vid, step by step. Thx. That Dutch guy knows his stuff!
Great work! Looks amazing and this video makes me want to do a landscaping project.
I live in a condo and loved this! 😀
You do beautiful work Carl!
Amazing quality video!! Doing a regrouting job like this and was very informative.
Very informative! Thank you for posting. I live in Texas so Ill be trying this with the Austin Stone we have here.
Great-looking job! Nicely moderated, too.
Wonderful attention to detail. Thank you for the guidance!
Excellent workmanship!! 👍👍
I have tons of flagstone just laid on dirt in my backyard, and this is exactly what I need to do. After seeing how much labor goes into it though, I may abandon my typical DIY mentality and hire someone.
0:27 Those are some amazing gloves even we carpenters and other workers use i noticed no joke.
incredible skill on that grouting
Absolutely gorgeous great job
Old stone mason over 40 yeah expensive retired now l you got 3 men there you could pont it by hand been much clean job 👍 I have use a product call flow pointing you do same thing squeegee in but leave it 15 to 20 starts to set give a light jet wash not keen on it all founds the joints would sync a little bit . Pont by hand all way best way 👍 even on to own way of doing it but laying of the sandstone look really good and the wall you built 👍
Looks so luxurious. Looks very labor intensive and expensive!
WOW - that's a lot of work!!! Beautiful results - thank you.
thank you
That is some beautiful work.
Thanks a lot for a very nice, informative and clear video!
Excellent narrative and illustration
Wow. Looks like a ton of work but final product is beautiful.
beautiful landscape!!!
That will be beautiful for as long as it stands. no one will ever want to change the look.
Great job. Well done and thank you for sharing.
Beautiful job!
Not bad 👌 idk if it was intentional, but you guys did a great job of mimicking the jointing in the flagstone with the the stone work around it.
Not sure why I watched this, but it was awesome.
The cha-pell looks great
this looks amazing. love your work
Haha I wish I could spray my grout out with tile. Looks excellent guys!
Labor intensive! Nice job Carl.
This is an incredibly fast way to do grout but it has worse integrity and a shorter life. Alot of mistakes were made in this video. It makes me super happy cause I primarily repair poor masonry.
I'm not trying to dog the installers but I agree with Pony. I don't know what mix is used in this video but usually when cement is mixed this wet, it doesn't get as hard as a dryer mix and it may crack as it dries. Also, if the soil settles and the stones move, the joints will eventually crack. I like installing something like this over a concrete slab. Nice looking job though.
I like that !! Nice video and very professional. Got a lot of tips. Thanks!!!
This looks a lot easier than filling every joint by hand that's for sure. Pretty amazed at how quickly it starts to set when poured that wet
I would rather not get the mirror all over and not have to do so much cleaning. I’m sure it’s hard to get all of it off this way.
Mortor
wow, really hard work but the results are beautiful, very pro...
I just stumbled on this video and I was NOT disappointed!! Fantastic narrative of the process and its' work. just Subbed!!! 😉
Lolololololololol
Idiot
Great Job ! Being a Bricklayer I can appreciate the skill involved. . . ..
Excellent job
Beautiful job
hey carl thank you so much
Some person‘s comment that you’re not doing a good job and you’re not showing certain things I’m sure that person can’t do any better
Fantastic job come to my house I have a small place in the backyard I want you to put a small rock wall it looks beautiful totally spectacular work guys!!
thank you very much
Great video, Keep up the outstanding Performance
Nice job!! I am a costum carpenter, but i im becoming a master tile layer too!! I love it
You will never master shit thinking this guy did good work
You are becoming a tile layer. The master part takes many many years.
Great vid thank you from Calif
Excellent Video Carl job well done thanks for sharing
you are welcome, thanks
You do very clean work
I swept my dry powder grout into my stones then wet it with a light sprayer of water, still there and looks great after 15 years, and no messy wet crap to trowel around and have to clean up the stones.....
that guy is a genius
@franco ...who proved that what works? The dry powder guy? Let scrutinizing eyes be the judge of that - have him make a video- there are draw backs to that method.
I’m trying that! Today!
Hahahahaha
Awesome video !
Why am I watching this? So satisfying
Great job!
That’s got to be some tough work. All that liftingwow
Awesome video man
Great video!
Do you use sealant after or do not need? Thank you and congrats for the excelente and beautiful job
So enjoyed and helpful.
Well, now you should explain to everyone why this WET method is better than grouting with dry material and after moisturing it. Thanks :)
i am not saying its better, im just showing how this method works and that it works well
@@CarlTheLandscapeGuy Okay :)) thanks
Beautiful red stone. I think I would have added a little red dye in the mortar
I love hard working men.
Nice instruction!
That is really nice 👍
Wow great video very informative
This was satisfying to watch
Indeed very satisfying
Well done xx
It really was/is! Good job men! 😐
Nice one. Thank you so much
I learnt something from that...thank you!
welcome, thanks
Good job 👏
Great vid thank you
Lovely job mate
Many thanks!
This project looks amazing! Nicely done. What grout is that and where do I get that from?
Also I did put down gravel, then sand, then my flagstone. Is this the right product for my case? I'm not a fan of poly sand, it's too soft and falls apart.
Thats looks beauty
Not sure i got here but it looks good fellas.
Thank you for your very indeed proper use of motar..i didn't realize motar can be used ?
Really interesting!
Im about to grout my flagstone (first time) i want to use this liquid method to get it all the way in all the grooves. Is there a special material to use ? Im worried about cracking and shrinkage some are quite deep
do you have to come back & fix all the cracked joints which comes from using watery cement as grout?
Better with a Dry mix brush in then the rain will finish the job ✊
Is the permeable concrete dry or wet when you lay it out and level it? Are you laying it out as you go? How thick is it? It looks like you lay it out wet, level it as you go, and then it somewhat dries before you lay the flagstones on top of it?
That was very nice.
What product did you use for the grout? I'm going to be making a mosaic porch and need a great weather product to use for my larger joints between my tile pieces. I live in South Texas. I'll be laying the tiles on wet cement but I wont' be able to get the sides of the tiles nicely laid in the cement so I need a good grout to help fill in the spaces. My substrate will be freshly laid cement.
Impressed
Great job!!!!🤙🏼💪🏼
thanks 👍
never knew this type of videos would entertain me lol
rocketeer101 getting old sucks
Beautiful
Very good video.
I still like the traditional sponges because I can manipulate its shape to better get in the tight spots.
I wouldn't spray that mud off at all....thats the sponge's job!
Yea I agree, some grade 20 or 30 silica sand, wire brush and and sponge to give it that final touch
when you flash the crement into drainage, would that crement block the pipe?
I like your video. I have a question for you. I have similar patio like this. But now some of the joint cracks and starts to have some weeds growing. Some stone cracked due to the floor ground settled down after few years, I guess, it shows uneven at the corner. Could you give me some ideas to fix it？ Or you have some videos talk about it？ Thanks.
So can we build a cement walk way then add crushed stone ontop of it build edges lay the sandstone and joint pitch it in? Would that make it better and last longer since the ground wont move? Im a roofer but love landscaping so this is a real question. Instead of dirt build a deck for the stones to sit on so they never move
Nice work...
Brilliant