Landscaping in Clinton Township, Michigan

At this residence in Clinton Township, Michigan we designed and installed stone and flagstone and plantings. The stone is Huron Highland and the paths are of flagstone. It is fall now, so the plantings are not as visible.

Flagstone Paths

 

Huron Highland Stone

   

Flagstone Path

 

 

 

 

Landscaping in Franklin Michigan

Photos of a recent project we completed in Franklin, Michigan. Bob Porter designed this wonderful backyard oasis. We custom designed and built the pond, waterfall, flagstone patio and plantings. We used natural stone and ‘Lilac New York Blue’ flagstone in the patio seating area.

Special Kudos to our foreman, Chad King, on his exceptional work building this beautiful pond!!

 

 

 

 

Flagstone costs more than bricks

Flagstone patios cost more to install than brick pavers. Two significant variables factor into this cost difference.

First, flagstone is natural stone, not manufactured, and natural stone is quarried and mined. The flagstone material itself costs more than bricks.

Secondly, flagstone, for the most part, are larger pieces than brick and have different thicknesses, unlike brick’s uniformity. Each flagstone piece must be set individually, and the pieces must fit together much like a jigsaw puzzle. This increases the amount of time required to construct a flagstone patio or walk rather than using brick. More labor, more cost.

Brick pavers are uniform in thickness and size; you can set the base level off the bedding sand and start laying bricks fairly quick. Not so for flagstone.

The basic foundation for flagstone is the same as brick pavers – 5 to 6″ of compacted gravel base and bedding sand.

In my opinion, natural stone is more aesthetically pleasing.

I built this flagstone patio in 2007: