Install a Flagstone Walk | |
A landscaper will lay a two-foot-wide stone path that's 20 feet long for $450; you can buy the materials for $140 and do it yourself, saving 70 percent. Laying a stone walkway is very labor intensive so unless you enjoy physical work, hire a contractor. First, lay out the path with some string and sticks and then dig up and remove the sod or soil so the path is at least four inches deep and level. Then fill in the walkway with a two-inch base of level sand and position the flagstones so they fit together. The last thing to do is spread sand in the cracks between the stones. You'll need some basic tools like a shovel, rake, wheelbarrow, carpenter's level, broom and knee pads. If there's a tree with a large surface root system along the path, consider hiring a landscape contractor who has equipment to trench beneath them without damaging the tree. |