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thats exactly what i meant, i was tired when i typed it brain wasn't working well, thanks for the info.
I find laying concrete slabs harder, due to concrete being brittle compaired to stone. It dosent matter how gently I tap them into place I will always have one break on a job.
Gary has covered every point perfectly, the only thing I would watch out for is stone stains much easier than concrete, so be much more careful not to spill any muck etc. on it. And its much harder to clean off!
I prefer wet lay and as Gary says - a full bed of mortar. I have noticed a lot of driveways going down around here and 'I can see trouble ahead...'
The biggest thing to take into consideration in my opinion is the extra time needed to lay it due to the fact it needs individual bedding due to thickness variation. Of course that is irrelevant if your paving is well calibrated, but that too might have an 'extra premium' attached.
we install mostly indian stone these days as opposed to concrete paving, mostly because im not far from cowley stone and ac paving co who both import the stuff and i can buy per sqm exactly the sizes i require per product.
i lay on a semi dry full bed, and joint with a romex product, either rompox drain, or rompox easy depending on the application, both are very straight forward. and it is in my oppinon a great product.
as for time it takes, i find now i can lay the same speed as concrete but that took a while to get to that! and many rubber mallets! :)