Give you thumbs up immediately when I packed the gravel down with your truck oppose to renting frm home de. Or Loews. Tht was genius. Also get another thumbs up for taking on this project by yourself. SALUTE
What a great job.......I enjoyed watching the process and learned a lot. The only negative comment I have is the music I had to listen to while watching the video :)
This turned out amazing, hats off to you fine sir for your hard work! I want to do this in my backyard so bad but worried about the leveling part ... I suck at it. Lol also, people: leave the man alone about the music, I thought it was entertaining like watching a video game. You know what would be funny next time? Jumping up & down in parts of the video after completing a step and then later, edit in gold coins 😂👌
Wow, what an incredible amount of work to do entirely by hand, by yourself. Kudos to you my friend. I would have given up or broke down and rented some equipment (or rented some friends)!
Looks great, I laid one years ago in a similar way but regretted it because I should have bedded the slabs down on concrete. I didn’t do this and after a while they came loose and uneven so I had to take them up and lay they back down on fresh concrete. I also used a vibration plate instead of a truck to compact the substrate!
Wow! That was a lot of work by yourself. Really enjoyed watching this and I love doing projects like this myself too. Great job and thanks for sharing!
Man that music went so hard, while I was switched over to another tab I forgot it wasn't just a music video. So when I heard thumping around in the speakers I thought someone was breaking into my house. Good times. haha
I like to final outcome of the hard work you put into this patio. You cut those pavers like a pro. Hopefully, it won’t settle to much on you over time especially with the change in weather patterns now.
Compacting the gravel with your truck…never seen that before. I would have laid down some weed barrier before dumping that gravel. I’m doing a similar project in my backyard, just 3x larger. Great job.
great video! honestly I am doing pavers now and would rather just pay someone. It's not hard, it's just awful to get straight and move all the weight around.
Great video. Did you happen to blow the sand off before wetting? I'm about to give this a shot this weekend and was wondering? The directions I've been seeing show it being blown off. Thanks for the video! A+
Yes, you definitely need to blow off all of the sand on the surface of the pavers. Once the sand gets watered down, it will stick to the pavers and won’t come off
Great Job! How much do you think is reasonable per sq ft if I have a contractor charge me just for labor. He is suggesting having sand below my 4 inch concrete so that any concrete cracks do not pass on to the pavers!
Thanks for the video. About to try my own this weekend. How does the pattern work on the modular pavers like yours? Did you drop them randomly? Looks great!
I thin layer of dust like that actually doesn’t really need compacted. Although, After you set the pavers in place, it is a good idea to go over the top of the pavers with a plate compactor to settle everything into the dust.
Very nice! I'm getting my brick patio paver done this week. Started yesterday and will be done by Saturday hopefully. My video will be done on Sunday. I believe I got the same brick as this one in the video. If I have to guess...is your brick Yorkstone? I got my from Menards with the small, med, & large ones. Again good video and very nice job. Looks sweet! Lets get grilling!
Thank you! I’m interested in watching your video and seeing how it turns out! I actually used Techo Bloc pavers but I’m sure they are all very similar. Good luck with your patio!
Here is the video of my patio: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3xbUL-bq0n8.html I'm actually like disapointed in my video. I accidently deleted like 4 mins of my video of the beginning process but it's all good. This is actually phase 1. In a few weeks I'm going to add retaining seating walls. So be on the lookout for that. Hope you like my new patio. Have a great day!
I loved watching the process of your beautiful patio. this is exactly what I want, off the stairs of the deck. I have a few questions, what did you cut the pavers with,? what kind of saw is that? also, I was always told to put paver edging at the ends I guess to hold the pavers together; and I didn't see you using any or did you? do you not have to use those? I would prefer not to use them but if I have to I will. Also, how many square inches is that patio,?
Thank you! I used an angle grinder with a diamond edged blade attachment to cut through the concrete pavers. I did put black plastic paver edging along the open end of the patio. I guess I just didn’t put that in the video. I would definitely use it to make sure all sides of the patio are secure. The patio is 300 Square Feet
@@RandomAdventures thank you very much for responding. Angle grinder looks very easy to use too. That’s the size o want too. Thank you, you made your project very easy
Bwahaha 🤣 he said "im gonna run my truck over this a bunch of times to pack it down" I was like.... yeah right! And he did it haha I am thoroughly impressed 👏 👌 😄 😎
Great job. A bit of advice on filmmaking...MUSIC. Make it something that enhances your video. I had to mute these long sections with the arcade music blasting. Otherwise, your video is great!
Nice man. But a few things. Stone dust should never be used under pavers. It causes a lot of issues. Stone dust holds moisture and moisture under pavers is never good. Plus can allow for efflo to pull through on the pavers.
Hmmm…Limestone (CaCO3) vs Sand (SiO2)…not so sure you’re right. Similar particle size. Difference is that after it gets wet, Limestone will form a hard agglomeration…naturally as it would since its a component of concrete. OTOH…sand…Silica (SiO2) is fully oxidized and will not react with water and so it can move in a severe storm event…especially if edges are not completely secured. The Limestone will mot move. I think you are partly right…but also thinking that Limestone is better. I live on a mountain side have used Limestone tailings on a down-geade spot off my driveway before I poured loose decorative brick nuggets. That was years ago and it hasn’t moved yet. And if dig down an inch or so to the Limestone…it has form a crust. So…you’re going to put 1” of Sand or 1” of Limestone as a skreeting layer before you lay tiles. And I’m thinking that the Limestone fines may be better choice.
@@donaldbass6737 I know I’m right. I do this for a living. He’s laying pavers not tile. Two completely different things. I do not use sand when I screed for pavers I use #8 chip stone which is a clean stone that has no fines and allows water through. Stone dust is a disaster waiting to happen when it comes to pavers. Once again pavers not tile. Two completely different applications. Stone dust holds moisture which can cause efflorescence for years after installing pavers on stone dust. Also In a freeze thaw climate when stone dust holds moisture under the paver and freezes and then thaws it allows movement in the paver surface. Everything I am stating is fact, this is all taught in ICPI classes. ICPI mandates all acceptable practices in the hardscape industry.
@@tomdavis728 if you’re saying that stone dust is okay you’re completely wrong in so many ways. Crushed limestone is not just stone dust if you were knowledgeable you would know that. There’s many forms of crushed limestone
