While we were away for a couple of days this week, the first of the flagstones has been installed in the sunken garden. It is going to take quite some time to get all of these laid. Still, it will look great once it is done.
The first of the flagstones are starting to be laid in the lower terrace of the sunken garden. We are using a random pattern rather than laying the flagstones in courses. The flags are of varying thicknesses and we are coping with this by using a thick bed of sand and cement underneath the flags.
The thicker of the flagstones are probably on the weight limit for two men to carry – you certainly don’t want to have to move them far. Fortunately, we have managed to move the pallets into the sunken garden using the telehandler.
The flags are of varying quality, but this all adds to the rustic feel of this space. The worst of the flagstones we are putting to one side and will return the reclamation yard for them to be replaced – they are so rough, they are a “trip hazard”!