Landscaper does indian sand stone for a patio is risky to split in a cold winter?

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Permalink Reply by Pro Gard on April 22, 2009 at 10:59pm

It can delaminate particularly some of the cheaper stone. I feel its best of aplying a sealer after laying and this will limit moisture retention and also staining.

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Permalink Reply by Big Dig Groundworks on April 23, 2009 at 11:48am

I laid a few patios last year, including my own, with indian stone and we have had a very cold winter with a lot of frost.
It has not had any effect on my patio or one of the others I laid none of the stone has 'delaminated' as Pro Gaurd has said.
Indian stone is like all other products if you buy cheap stone you will get poor quality. But paying top price does not mean you will get good quality.
You should all ways see a sample of the stone your supplier can get for you so you can see the quality of the stone and whether the stone is going to be too riven or too flakey.

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Permalink Reply by The Perfumed Garden on April 23, 2009 at 5:16pm

I also heard that Indian Sandstone splits. We've used various qualities/prices over the past few years and no one has come back to us to say they've had a problem.

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Permalink Reply by jb on April 25, 2009 at 3:34pm

I've been using Indian Sandstone for at least ten years and have never had a problem with splitting.

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