An assessment is the value placed on a property by the town or city's assessor's office for the purpose of determining the property tax due. An entire town will be assessed during a 4-12 month period with values determined by a team of qualified assistants after viewing properties and interviewing owners.
We originally planned to lay the patio on a gravel and sand bed with the joints filled with sand. However, the guy doing the landscape design said we need to mortar the patio if we plan to use it for entertainment purposes, such as having a table and chairs on it.- Use a level religiously for the base layer and laying the rocks. -- Make sure you have a frame to contain the sand or it will seep out. -- Have a base layer of sand at least 2 deep. Flagstone rocks vary in thickness and you need the sand to adjust heights to get them all level.
Applying the Mortar. Mortar can be applied over the sand base layer before laying the first course of stone, but you might choose to lay the first course directly on the sand and start with mortar for the second course.Scoop mortar from the bucket onto a mason's trowel and slap it on top of the stones.atural stone is often laid in a dry stack style without any mortar, but mortar stabilizes the stones to keep them from falling off the wall. Mortar is not always necessary, but it is especially useful if the wall will be used as garden seating or for other load-bearing tasks.