DIY Patio And Fire Pit Seating Area 

Thanks!

Thanks

Haha Tractor was at a friend's house during that part lol

my dad was old school & always used roofing felt for landscape fabric lol

Thanks

How do you do that?

Make sure you wear a mask with the Roundup.

Not level at all. Just gotta dig more!!!

@@PatriotDIY it’s pretty level. I live in New England and any time I build something like that, I have to build retaining wall too. They don’t have many level yards in my area. That’s all.

Held up great!

I got it from Facebook marketplace

Easier to clean out the pit!

@@PatriotDIY make sense. Thanks!

To be honest, he's not sure what kind of gravel, but as far as how much, it was an arm and a leg.

4 inches. And no, not necessary but they do create a nice barrier to keep grass out of your rock and rocks out of your grass! And they look nice

Home depot

Had one 15ton truck load delivered. Used about 3/4 of it for this and used the rest to fill in around my shop

No sorry, bought it from a local person off marketplace

Dimensions

No, just keep it sprayed with roundup

I use a flame king propane torch to get rid of weeds around our fire pit.

@@ZombieAcid Well done SkittlyDoo, Roundup is toxic, terrible for everybody; including the environment 👍

I just got regular driveway stone. Not sure on size

Not sure, it was an outdoor set from home depot

Facebook marketplace. But most landscape suppliers can get it

To bed honest I'm not sure. It's typically used in driveways

That looks like 3/4" blue stone crushed

Lol yes about 200 acres of woods....

And an army brigade?

Bought mine locally on Facebook marketplace

A couple but nothing that can't just be easyly pulled or sprayed periodically. None in the areas that have fabric

You could, but that would put your patio above ground level, just depends on what you want

@@PatriotDIY Many thanks for the reply.... I am currently working on a similar project and researching on youtube. Thanks for posting the video. It was very helpful.

Not sure, got it off marketplace

Get a smokeless fire pit...or better neighbors 🤣

2nd hand from Facebook marketplace

I believe it is around 20x20'

Thank you

Regular driveway gravel

Cracked My thumb a few times too! Lol

@@PatriotDIY 👍😉

@@PatriotDIY You did a great job pal. Just wished you lived close by so I could get you to do mine. I got a bad back, so I guess I'll never be able to put one of these in.

it came in 2 pieces

@@jonburrows2684 And like Tony said it's now three!

20 x 20 I think

@@PatriotDIY thank you! I’m using your video as inspiration for my own fire pit build!! Thanks

Do you know how much gravel did you use and the size of the rocks? Thank you in advance!!!

it looks like an arm and a leg, but I'm not sure.

My guess they have about 15 to 1800 dollars material in it and I would guess about 4500 if they had an outside contractor do it

The goal here was to me at or just above ground level. You could go on top but you may end up 4+ inches above the ground.

If you want to know something bad enough it doesn't matter how it makes others feel, brother. 🙂

another main reason to remove the grass is to eliminate grass or weeds from popping up through the weed barrier. In my experience that stuff is junk and pointless since it breaks down over time and weeds just poke right through. Now imagine your beatiful gravel with grass and weeds poking through in patches. Do it once, do it right! 😊

If you're going to do it that way, use driveway lining fabric instead of weed barrier. It's a couple mils thick and will hold up a lot better over time. One other reason you want to dig out the grass and topsoil is that it's really loose and compactible so you're probably going to get some spots that sink

That would be nice but for one thing grass doesn't provide a good base for a patio. You need a fairly solid foundation underneath. And to make a foundation like that requires height, about 4 to 6 inches. You'll need a few inches of base gravel to provide a good platform for the top layer of gravel you want to use which will also be a couple inches thick. So if you leave the grass you'll end up having to build the edges up to suit the height of all your layers. You'll have a patio that sits 4 to 6 inches above the ground with a few layers of brick or pavers along the edge. It'll look like a fancy sandbox rather than a patio.

Same here. Bad back is preventing me from doing this myself.

I have a bad back as well guys, failed back surgery, fusion, the works. You don’t have to do it in one day. I’ve been doing mine for 2 weeks lol. I do a little at a time. Good luck and best wishes!

Ummmmm. A shovel?

@@PatriotDIY Really? A zero-turn with an aerator, a four wheeler with a trailer, a truck and trailer, a tiller, and a tractor. Is that what you're calling a shovel @9:07

@harleyburton2413 really? Lol the aerator and tiller was just to loosen my hard ground, you don't need them, it can be done with any aerator or no aerator at all, you can use a wheel barrow instead of a trailer or tractor, and yes...a shovel. If you were expecting me to do it with just my hands im sorry i dissapointed you! I'm pretty sure a saw a video of a couple Indian kids building a pool in the jungle with just a stick....maybe thats more your speed?

@@PatriotDIY Look, I think you've got a little more excited about my comment than is warranted, but while we're here, yes, you could do it with less. In fact, you COULD do it with your hands if you wanted to, but my point stands. Your DIY channel has equipment that isn't standard for the DIYer. And when someone makes a comment on a video where you are using a tractor a fourwheeler and a 4x4 and your response is "a shovel?" you may be out of touch. Use what you have. Do what you want on your channel. Heck, choose to contract it out and video that. It's your channel. BUT, don't get upset when someone notices you have more equipment than the majority of us. I still truly don't understand how that comment upset you even.

@@quebirt 👍

Trying to show people how anyone could do it...not everyone has a tractor

Borrowed the tiller! And the rocks could be moved with wheel barrow!! Just saying! I did shovel thousands of pounds of dirt though!! Lol

It's been fine for 2 years now, edging has stayed exactly where it's supposed to be. And yes the concrete under the fire pit makes cleaning it out super easy. I never claimed to be a professional landscaper/hardscape installer, but what i did works, and has held up well for us. If you think It should be done different awesome...get out of my comment section and go do it.

Well listen to Mr effing perfect who has nothing on his channel as far as this type of work! Go crawl back into mommy and daddy's basement

Says the @themegabitgamer lol. Some people just have nothing but rude in them… sad.