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

A customer of mine wants to have a new patio in their other property- she likes the indian sandstone that the sub contractor I had used in my project.... but someone told her that it can go wrong in a cold winter ..mmm.

I guess if it is very thin slab- any one have experience with these slabs?
thank you
Ofer

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

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