diff --git a/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/General.cpp b/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/General.cpp
index 3e109896b8..76f6634f92 100644
--- a/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/General.cpp
+++ b/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/General.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "string/convert.h"
 #include "scenelib.h"
 #include "command/ExecutionFailure.h"
+#include "PatchIterators.h"
 
 namespace patch
 {
@@ -419,6 +420,31 @@ PatchNodePtr createdMergedPatch(const PatchNodePtr& patchNode1, const PatchNodeP
     return newPatchNode;
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+
+// Returns true if all the elements in the given sequences are equal
+inline bool isEqual(const PatchControlIterator& sequence1, const PatchControlIterator& sequence2)
+{
+    // If the iterators are invalid from the start, return false
+    if (!sequence1.isValid() || !sequence2.isValid())
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    for (auto p1 = sequence1, p2 = sequence2; p1.isValid() && p2.isValid(); ++p1, ++p2)
+    {
+        if (p1->vertex != p2->vertex)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+}
+
 PatchNodePtr createdMergedPatch(const PatchNodePtr& patchNode1, const PatchNodePtr& patchNode2)
 {
     constexpr double WELD_EPSILON = 0.001;
@@ -439,6 +465,19 @@ PatchNodePtr createdMergedPatch(const PatchNodePtr& patchNode1, const PatchNodeP
 
     if (patch1.getWidth() == patch2.getWidth())
     {
+        // Row dimensions match, compare the first and last row of this patch to the 
+        // first and last row of the other patch
+        SinglePatchRowIterator patch1FirstRow(patch1, 0);
+        SinglePatchRowIterator patch1LastRow(patch1, patch1.getWidth() - 1);
+        
+        SinglePatchRowIterator patch2FirstRow(patch2, 0);
+        SinglePatchRowIterator patch2LastRow(patch2, patch2.getWidth() - 1);
+
+        if (isEqual(patch1FirstRow, patch2FirstRow))
+        {
+
+        }
+
         row1 = 0;
         row2 = 0;
 
diff --git a/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/PatchIterators.h b/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/PatchIterators.h
index 71a2bfe5e0..ca73b85526 100644
--- a/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/PatchIterators.h
+++ b/radiantcore/patch/algorithm/PatchIterators.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PatchControlIterator
     // Moves this iterator forward by one step
     Forwarder _forward;
 
-protected:
+public:
     PatchControlIterator(IPatch& patch, int row, int col, Forwarder forward) :
         _patch(patch),
         _row(row),
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class PatchControlIterator
     PatchControlIterator(const PatchControlIterator& other) = default;
     PatchControlIterator& operator=(const PatchControlIterator& other) = default;
 
-public:
     // Post-increment i++
     PatchControlIterator operator++(int)
     {
@@ -121,11 +120,11 @@ class PatchControlIterator
 };
 
 // An iterator traversing a single row of a patch
-class PatchRowIterator :
+class SinglePatchRowIterator :
     public PatchControlIterator
 {
 public:
-    PatchRowIterator(IPatch& patch, std::size_t row) :
+    SinglePatchRowIterator(IPatch& patch, std::size_t row) :
         PatchControlIterator(patch, static_cast<int>(row), 0, moveToNextCol)
     {}
 
@@ -137,11 +136,11 @@ class PatchRowIterator :
 };
 
 // An iterator traversing a single column of a patch
-class PatchColumnIterator :
+class SinglePatchColumnIterator :
     public PatchControlIterator
 {
 public:
-    PatchColumnIterator(IPatch& patch, std::size_t col) :
+    SinglePatchColumnIterator(IPatch& patch, std::size_t col) :
         PatchControlIterator(patch, 0, static_cast<int>(col), moveToNextRow)
     {}
 
@@ -152,4 +151,76 @@ class PatchColumnIterator :
     }
 };
 
+// An iterator traversing a the given patch column-wise, iterating over
+// one row after the other (which are optionally constrained to [startRow..endRow])
+class ColumnWisePatchIterator :
+    public PatchControlIterator
+{
+public:
+    ColumnWisePatchIterator(IPatch& patch) :
+        ColumnWisePatchIterator(patch, 0, patch.getHeight() - 1)
+    {
+        assert(patch.getHeight() > 0);
+    }
+
+    ColumnWisePatchIterator(IPatch& patch, std::size_t startRow, std::size_t endRow) :
+        PatchControlIterator(patch, startRow, 0, std::bind(ColumnWisePatchIterator::moveNext, std::placeholders::_1, patch, endRow))
+    {}
+
+private:
+    static void moveNext(PatchControlIterator& it, const IPatch& patch, std::size_t endRow)
+    {
+        auto nextColumn = it.getColumn() + 1;
+        auto nextRow = it.getRow();
+
+        if (nextColumn >= patch.getWidth())
+        {
+            // Advance to the next row
+            // If that doesn't succeed, just leave the indices out of bounds
+            if (++nextRow <= endRow)
+            {
+                nextColumn = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        it.set(nextRow, nextColumn);
+    }
+};
+
+// An iterator traversing a the given patch row-wise, iterating over
+// one column after the other (which are optionally constrained to [startColumn..endColumn])
+class RowWisePatchIterator :
+    public PatchControlIterator
+{
+public:
+    RowWisePatchIterator(IPatch& patch) :
+        RowWisePatchIterator(patch, 0, patch.getWidth() - 1)
+    {
+        assert(patch.getWidth() > 0);
+    }
+
+    RowWisePatchIterator(IPatch& patch, std::size_t startColumn, std::size_t endColumn) :
+        PatchControlIterator(patch, startColumn, 0, std::bind(RowWisePatchIterator::moveNext, std::placeholders::_1, patch, endColumn))
+    {}
+
+private:
+    static void moveNext(PatchControlIterator& it, const IPatch& patch, std::size_t endColumn)
+    {
+        auto nextRow = it.getRow() + 1;
+        auto nextColumn = it.getColumn();
+
+        if (nextRow >= patch.getHeight())
+        {
+            // Advance to the next column
+            // If that doesn't succeed, just leave the indices out of bounds
+            if (++nextColumn <= endColumn)
+            {
+                nextRow = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        it.set(nextRow, nextColumn);
+    }
+};
+
 }