In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to lay a bluestone patio. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)

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Time: 2 to 4 days for the average-size patio
Skill level: Hard. Moving heavy slabs of stone is never easy.

Tools for How to Lay a Bluestone Patio:
- plate compactor, rental item used to tamp pack material
- rubber mallet, for pounding bluestone into setting base
- 4-foot level, used to level bluestone slabs
- pointed trowel, for smoothing cement setting base
- wheelbarrow, for mixing stone dust and cement
- shovel, for moving cement and pack material
- rake, for smoothing pack material

Steps:
1. Spread several inches of pack material across patio area.
2. Rake the pack material smooth, then tamp with a plate compactor.
3. Mix seven parts stone dust with one part Portland cement; add just enough water to hydrate the mixture.
4. Spread enough cement mixture to set three or four stones.
5. Set stones onto the 4-inch-thick cement setting base and tap them down with rubber mallet.
6. Continue spreading the cement setting base and setting stones, making sure to slope the patio away from the house.

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