Visit Portage Park in Chicago and you’ll understand why so many people speak so highly of the flagstone. This place has decorations made with slabs. The castles of England, Wales and Scotland have sufficient quantities of this wonderful stone. So really, the correlation of the slab with modern architecture is not surprising at all! But with that being said, much of the popularity of slabs stems from ancient times, when contractors used this type of stone to build walls, buildings, castles, and much more.
Slab is also known as flat stone. The multitude of uses for slabs is obvious when you know that they are also used in cemeteries. These stones are used in cemeteries to make monuments or tombstones on top of a person’s grave. What people didn’t know about the slab was that it is also known as the Pennsylvania Bluestone.
Flagstone is not a rare stone, it is something you could easily buy in a city near you. The types of slabs available can vary depending on the part of the country you live in and the type of stone the supplier stocks.
Did you know that you can easily use flagstones to build beautiful patios and walkways?
One of the interesting aspects of the slabs is that they barely permeate water. This makes them an excellent product to use on patios and walkways. More importantly, they don’t actually conduct heat over the surface of the stone. Walking on a flagstone walkway would be a memorable experience.