Looking great! I’m guessing you know this, having read the thread, but in case not - it’s a little ridiculous how much tamping can be needed to lay out a stone floor like this so you remain happy with it over time. Human-level “seems pretty solid to me!”, lacking experience, has no bearing whatsoever on the big and slow forces involved lol.
Edit: mulch over the sand under the rocks sounds sus, but I may have misunderstood. And to be clear, I’m far from an expert, learned how to do it “right” nearly a million years ago from an opinionated man (pops) who was legitimately excellent at things like this, and little else lol
It might end up not working out, but the mulch is meant to break down and become a medium for moss to grow on top of, so it’s not structural. It wasn’t a thick layer, either. If it does end up being an issue, well I suppose it’s a good thing the floor isn’t mortared in place.
Nah that sounds lovely, I had the wrong framing in my head in the first place, got hung up on some old ish in my brain.
It’s not a thing that has to be installed once and be ~perfect forever, like those client jobs were, this thing is yours, entirely different set of requirements and goals. And anyway, probably it will be staying perfect regardless lol!
My bad for any seed of doubt in other words, I like what you’ve done a lot, moss between sounds 🤌, cuz you’ve fit the stones very well, I know how time-consumimg (also satisfying 🤤) that is.
Anyway, great post, wish that whole shebang was at my spot :) cheers!
Looking great! I’m guessing you know this, having read the thread, but in case not - it’s a little ridiculous how much tamping can be needed to lay out a stone floor like this so you remain happy with it over time. Human-level “seems pretty solid to me!”, lacking experience, has no bearing whatsoever on the big and slow forces involved lol.
Edit: mulch over the sand under the rocks sounds sus, but I may have misunderstood. And to be clear, I’m far from an expert, learned how to do it “right” nearly a million years ago from an opinionated man (pops) who was legitimately excellent at things like this, and little else lol
It might end up not working out, but the mulch is meant to break down and become a medium for moss to grow on top of, so it’s not structural. It wasn’t a thick layer, either. If it does end up being an issue, well I suppose it’s a good thing the floor isn’t mortared in place.
Nah that sounds lovely, I had the wrong framing in my head in the first place, got hung up on some old ish in my brain.
It’s not a thing that has to be installed once and be ~perfect forever, like those client jobs were, this thing is yours, entirely different set of requirements and goals. And anyway, probably it will be staying perfect regardless lol!
My bad for any seed of doubt in other words, I like what you’ve done a lot, moss between sounds 🤌, cuz you’ve fit the stones very well, I know how time-consumimg (also satisfying 🤤) that is.
Anyway, great post, wish that whole shebang was at my spot :) cheers!
All those hours with legos and playing tetris found their use.