In this video I expand the parking pad next to my garage to accommodate my new larger utility trailer. Follow Our Black Hills Home on Instagram: / our_black_hills_home
This seems like one of those projects that you regret starting after about 20 minutes; but now you're committed and just finish anyway. Then glad that you did it because it's a huge improvement ☺️!
PRO TIPS: 1) Don’t level the timber coming away from the house. Have at least a 3-5 degree slope to encourage water run off. (Remember that was the reason for removing the concrete). 2) Always place Geo Textile frantic before placing stone or gravel. 3). Place the the stone/gravel with a grade that slopes to the lawn. 4) Place some type of bumper to obstruction to protect your roof from being backed into by trucks RV’s etc.. Your houses’ over hang is just begging to be damaged. Keep making videos with great content.
Very nice job. Having done landscape construction for the last 24 years I can say your process is pretty damn straight. No corners cut, nothing overdone. Gutter clean out is a nice addition. Lack of fabric is probably just fine. Rebar in the timbers is a necessity, if it’s a high dollar job (or my own house).
Nice job. I’m originally from Rapid City (actually Hisega) so I subscribed just so I can get a glimpse of the hills every once in a while. My Grandparents still live in the Black Hills and I try to get back there every so often. Gorgeous area.
Great project man, I’ve just bought a new travel trailer and need to build a parking spot with a convenient black/gray water dump site nearby. I’ll combine your method (with your nifty timber frame indeed) along with a sewer pipe rerouting tutorial to execute my project successfully. Gotta love home improvement fellas 🤙🏻
I had a gravel pad similar to this before. Rather than using roundup for weed control I bought a weed dragon torch from harbor freight. Whenever the weeds started to pop up I’d just toast them real quick. I found that if I wet the gravel lightly first it would steam them real good. Great addition.
This was a well done video. So many demo videos are padded with filler that makes them way longer than they need to be. The pad looks great as well. I want to build one like this to store a camper trailer, and it will be much like what you've done.
Great job! Just remember, anatomically speaking, it’s easier to pull than to push! When you’re raking or spreading material to pull back instead of push forward. Helps with grading and saves your body too. Really good looking product at the end!
Came out great! Nice work! Agree plastic weed barrier is a waste of time and money. It will tear and the weeds will come through. Also the plastic will get brittle over time and you’ll have a mess of plastic bits laying around. The thickness of the gravel and rock should keep most of the weeds down. And yep, roundup is the way to go for the stragglers you’ll get.
Can we just admire how healthy his dirt and grass look. That dirt he hauled away looks like perfect farming soil. This is def not located in Tennessee. Lol
Really nice work through with the whole project. Some would just put a weed barrier and then the top level of gravel. You brought it to a whole other level and it will show in 15 years when it is still going strong. Once the pressure-treating has dried you should seal it with something, either a sealer or a homemade version of used motor oil and diesel.
Professional work done by home owners is always a pleasure to watch 👍🏻 well done! (Your videos are just the right length, being a fossil a little less loud music would be alright for my tastes 🤷🏼)
Great job! I like your comment "made it bigger in case I get a boat someday". I said that 30 years ago when I expanded my driveway. But still, no boat, never got the money for one but hey I can still keep dreaming...LOL.
Thats a valid point @YellowDrops. However, both of our properties slope towards the lot line and then down to our backyards. The neighbors yard has a pretty steep slope running from their house. It would take a massive amount of rain to flood that ditch, and reach their basement. If that happened we all would have flooded basements. I plan on doing the same thing on the other side of my house. There isn't as much of a slope, and our houses are less then 15' apart. In that case, I will run it away from the house towards the road and my back yard.
I built an RV pad. I'm a little concerned that all the moisture from the ground will still elevate through your pad. On my pad, I put a plastic underlayment to prevent all moisture and plants from affecting the underside of the RV. The whole was on a slight slope to help with runoff. It's been 11 years, and it's in perfect shape. The underside of the RV has remained reasonably dry.
Forget the RoundUp - spread baking soda over your pad once or twice a year if you see anything growing, and it'll kill it and keep it dead without harming the rest of your lawn.
I have to pick fun at you. Seeing you out there with the shovel and wheelbarrow is funny. I get the shovel but you had a engine powered wheelbarrow called a skidsteer sitting in your driveway fella! It looks good regardless though!
Thanks for sharing. Nice video. Be sure to seal those cuts! I just put a 4" PVC downspout diverter system in and used a Y connector at the tops for the clean-out. Good stuff.
