How to Install a Stone Walkway

Things You'll Need

Instructions

1

Prepare the area by digging out a trench where you want to install your stone walkway. Save the dirt. The trench needs to be deep enough to accommodate the stones so measure the stones and then dig accordingly. You may choose just to lay the stones in the trench.
2

Lay the stones into the trench. Start at one end and fit the stones as closely as possible together. The stones will be slightly odd shapes so they will not fit together perfectly. Just do the best you can with the stones you have.
3

Cut the stones for a better fit. Use a pencil or chalk to draw a line on the stone and then trim off the unneeded piece using a brick hammer.
4

Continue laying stones and cutting and fitting stones as needed until the trench is done. At this point, walk on the walkway to make sure none of the stones wobble. If any do, tamp them down in place or fill in the wobble with dirt that you removed from the trench.
5

Finish the installation of stone walkway by adding dirt to the joints where the flagstones come together. Wet the walkway and dirt with your garden hose, then fill in again with more dirt.