Hardscaping debate - flagstone vs concrete pavers for a patio

I laid a 300 square foot flagstone patio last summer in my backyard. Took forever to level each stone. Neighbor did concrete pavers in half the time. His looks uniform, mine has that natural character. Which holds up better long term around here?

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mason_murray85d ago

You ever actually try to seal flagstone right and keep the weeds from popping through those gaps? I'd take uniform concrete over fighting nature every time.

danielowens5d ago

Oh come on, @mason_murray8 has clearly never sat on a perfectly worn flagstone slab watching the evening light catch all those colors you just don't get from poured concrete. I've had my flagstone patio for six years now and the gaps actually fill in with moss that looks way better than the powdery white efflorescence that builds up on his pavers. Sure, you have to seal it every couple years and pull a weed here and there, but that's like saying you don't want a garden because it needs watering. Concrete pavers shift, crack, and settle into a grid that looks like a parking lot after a few freeze thaw cycles around here. Flagstone moves as one solid piece because you set each stone in a proper bed, not just tossed on sand like the big box stores tell you to do.

max_schmidt775d ago

Feel you man, flagstone has that natural character no amount of concrete can fake.