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This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner install a bluestone patio in an urban backyard.
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Roger helps a homeowner install a bluestone patio in an urban backyard. The bluestone that Roger used for this project was natural cleft bluestone in 18"x24" and 24"x36" pieces. The bluestone was purchased at Martignetti Enterprises [martignetti.us/].
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Small sledgehammer [amzn.to/2mRpV21], to pound in wood stakes
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Bluestone slabs
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Polymeric sand [amzn.to/2m3nfy6], to fill the joints between the bluestone slabs
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@theopiner402 5 лет назад

Joe wasn’t afraid of some hard work, that was nice to see.

@tborg9173 3 года назад

Always come to see the “comedians” make the same old Boston accents jokes. Never disappointed. Also enjoy the “experts” telling how TOH has no idea how to do it. Classic.

@iamamish 3 года назад

Definitely a continuing theme

@RossMalagarie 2 года назад

Yeah they did good but how I would have done it......😂👌

@slicktype001 5 лет назад

Roger is an absolute savage. 40+ years in the trade and still no gloves. His hands must be hard as a rock!

@a.ortega4505 5 лет назад

U mean hard as a wok

@giannu 4 года назад

dad hands

@osabouri 5 лет назад

PACKHS HAHRD AS A RAHHHHK

@godbluffvdgg 4 года назад

:)...Roger when he was still healthy and vibrant...Good luck to him...He's a big strong man, I hope he can recover...Good health to all the TOH guys, even Good ol Bob...I've been watching these guys since Norm was Bob's carpenter and before Tommy came in...They've been though so many changes...I'm in the trades too so when Norm and the boys get together and rib each other It's very endearing...

@は私です彼の名前 4 года назад

Does anyone else watch these videos and think to themselves “Wow, what a pain in the *ss.”?

@iamamish 4 года назад

Beginning of video: "Oooh, maybe I'll use bluestone for my walkway" End of video: "Oh hell no"

@robertf6344 3 года назад

My back cries out every time I see Rodger and stone work.

@qaz3000 3 года назад

With that attitude you must not get a whole lot done.

@vladtepes97 4 года назад

i bet the neighbours appreciate all the extra rain water flowing under the fence into their yard,

@fbksfrank4 2 года назад

Rodger will be back for next week show!

@Self_Supremacy 6 лет назад

These guys accents kill me.

@bobbg9041 4 года назад

Your's kill me!

@atz123ify 4 года назад

7:50 "Now I'm a little bit high which is what i want to be." I said to myself "Me TOO!!!" Then i remembered that anybody working in the lawncare/ landscape business is probably a little bit high at any given time during the workday..... You have to be to make the grudging tasks of the trade more bearable.... LOL!

@gilesjohnston2876 6 лет назад

That homeowner reminds me of that guy from full metal jacket in boot camp..

@ashleyfalcon125 5 лет назад

Giles Johnston LOL the one that was driven crazy & blew his brains out all over the latrine? Yeah.. he kinda does, doesn’t he? Poor dude. Smh.

@paultonner7277 4 года назад

Private pile

@SurfacingvG 4 года назад

LMFAO imagine “PRIVATE PYLE I SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 14” FROM THE DECK”

@justjacqueline2004 9 лет назад

I now know why I pay for artisans to work on my home.

@nunurbuisness5877 7 лет назад

I would have cut the railing off that deck and build a step down deck where the stone was placed

@mini_worx 4 года назад

Would have been much easier and the space would have felt much larger. Missed opportunity.

@lambanmartyr 7 лет назад

Wondering the type of polymeric sand used. We only have 1 type available at our local Home Depot. And yeah the comments are loaded with know it all do nothings. GFY

@slicktype001 5 лет назад

lambanmartyr - This is not HDepot brand. This is professional grade that can be purchased at stone yards.

@tombryan1 4 года назад

Home Depot. Where the unlicensed contractors shop.

@barackobama5304 2 года назад

Looks like Sakrete

@juliof970 5 лет назад

I've watched this video over and over and I can't find where the musicians are playing in his yard.

@kenchall6503 3 года назад

They are off to the side off camera because of copyright laws.

@joshuareidsound8985 3 года назад

It’s a union thing.

@paulmariani2850 7 лет назад

0:49 - "they put it on a sar"

@LostMySauce 3 года назад

As is custom, This Old House shows the final product for 0.2 seconds

@rico4658rico 6 лет назад

Poly sand is so key to this patio. Do NOT joint the joints with mortar

@YadaYadaYadadada 4 года назад

Those stones are expensive. Like 30 bucks for one stone last time I checked

@stickshiftt9127 3 года назад

Huge Mistake!!! He should've put a conduit around those cables!!! If that line ever fails the communication company will have to break up his patio

@Embermist69 3 года назад

The cables all ready have a conduit/pipe around them.

@Mr650414 6 лет назад

Great tutorial Roger!!

@chudgo081793 7 лет назад

why not just use sand and gravel? easier to handle compare to that concrete thing.

@AErney51 5 лет назад

jes g Sand will settle causing the patio to settle If your gonna do it do it right or don’t do it at all

@approots 2 года назад

Unreinforced concrete will crack and settle as well - especially that weak mix. A good compacted base is key. As mentioned, the concrete was to ease the leveling of the stones as it is liquid until it sets.

@KevinBolsajian 6 лет назад

When he dumped the gravel out of the wheelbarrow I thought it was gonna hit me through the screen

@AndrewJJ-0114 5 лет назад

You should take off your 3D glasses then.

@godbluffvdgg 9 лет назад

Looks like one of those jobs that seemed to be a great idea and would look nice, but once you start doing it you would be like...WHY THE HELL DID I AGREE TO DO THIS? Too labor intensive, WAAAYYYYY TOO EXPENSIVE for the house.

@JoeOutdoors 6 лет назад

godbluffvdgg - Actually, the house is way too expensive for what little you get and the neighbors right on top of you. Four A/C units!

@FirstLast-tw1qf 5 лет назад

Actually there a team of laborers just off camera

@TeeJay_757 5 лет назад

The only work they do is what you see on camera for the most part. They sub the job out and then step in to film it. Sometimes the subcontractor is in the video but most of the time they're not.

@bobbg9041 4 года назад

Tell the Wife that! you'll get the same response from a BRICK WALL!

@JuanCarlos-ez5yn 5 лет назад

but more importantly my wife will love it. I like that phrase.

@barackobama5304 2 года назад

He "thinks" his wife will love it. Might be in for a surprise.

@TheJrmelo11 6 лет назад

you cant spray so much water on the poly sand itll seep out a fine mist works better let it dry and do it again

@jpraz5381 6 лет назад

Why does this guy need 4 air conditioners?

@bradleyjacobson 5 лет назад

Could be a multiplex? or perhaps for different zoned heating and cooling? That's a question for Richard.

@aoisy4811 5 лет назад

Too hot in hell

@davec.3198 4 года назад

Multiple units right next to each other. Townhomes. After all, he removed 100% of his grass for this patio. Good move in my book.

@robertswift6101 7 лет назад

nice,a million dollar patio with a 2$ looking rotted fence,but otherwise good job.

@JC-vz9wq 5 лет назад

@7:56 same! lol

@nofurtherwest3474 6 лет назад

holy cow that's a lot of work

@pheeshankar4731 4 года назад

Yeah !! No kidding...wow!!👍🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦👍!!

@kaisar2411 6 лет назад

Mix em together with wada

@EPICSOUNDTRAX 5 лет назад

exactly -can you translate that for me, please. This guy is amazing but I am completely clueless what he is talking about so what is WADA.

@advancekashmir9846 3 года назад

@@EPICSOUNDTRAX water. Lol

@latafairam 4 года назад

That patio will outlast that crappy old house

@bobbg9041 4 года назад

That patio will make a good foundation for the new house they build there in 100 years.

@uhg0 9 лет назад

3-4-5 rule, that's Pitagoras, Nice!

@CheeseBae 5 лет назад

I'm here for the mocking of the New England accent.

@rage9278 5 лет назад

Justin boston accent

@Luckingsworth 4 года назад

New York City alone has 3 distinct accents associated with it.

@juliosantos9289 4 года назад

Cmon man enough with the hateful comments! You can add whatever you want to your home that makes YOU happy. Chillax.

@BaeLasso 7 лет назад

beautiful stone pavers, ugly house! does not deserve this paver, lol

@catsohooten2157 7 лет назад

I Flahriduh it's all sand so how do you know when you hit sand that someone put there as a wahrning?

@JetSkiBuyFixPlaySellChannel 7 лет назад

Use red danger or yellow caution plastic warning "tape".

@MikeM-pk6zq 4 года назад

Lmfao

@patrickfarrell6638 4 года назад

How much would a patio like this cost? Nice work.

@davec.3198 4 года назад

I bet just the material is 5k.

@iamamish 3 года назад

@@davec.3198 I was pricing it out recently and it's not that bad, but it is expensive. Homeguide says a 10'x10' patio with bluestone, installed is around $2500. Materials are probably around $1k. Home Depot has pallets near me for about $600 (that's for 48 sq/ft, so double that roughly for the 10'x10'). It sounds like bluestone varies in quality quite a bit though, and I'm not sure how nice the stuff in the video is.

@Imacat12370 День назад

0:10 "I got the hard part done..". Little did he know the harder part was yet to come.

@jb60135 6 лет назад

It's a home away from your deck

@scotttovey 5 лет назад

"This way a hundred years from now, they won't hit that line." Yes they will! You can run those lines through cast iron pipe encased in concrete, call MISS-DIG, and have them exactly marked showing where they are, and someone will hit those lines. It's human nature to miss and/or ignore all the warning signs.

@gmrrnracr 5 лет назад

Well then whoever is digging is an idiot! Not Roger's fault Hes minimizing risk

@chrissanford8467 4 года назад

@@gmrrnracr There are careless folks out there but not everyone's an idiot, no need to be quite so negative.

@gmrrnracr 4 года назад

@@chrissanford8467 Good point sir! Thank you

@s1dest3p 3 года назад

"It looks better than anything I could ever imagine" Ok TOH, chill out

@Jemalacane0 5 лет назад

Would laying a rural blue stone patio be different?

@ashleyfalcon125 5 лет назад

Gammareign 😂👌

@paddlefaster 4 года назад

6" risers? Just wouldn't cut it in Massachusetts.

@samsngdevice5103 4 года назад

Why would anyone want to do all this hard work?

@Embermist69 3 года назад

Pride in your work, something that can stand the test of time. Also something that you can talk about when someone's ask about something you built.

@EoRdE6 5 лет назад

"sand is a universal warning symbol" yeah I live at the beach I wouldn't get very far with my digging if I stopped Everytime I hit sand...

@garynoel3482 4 года назад

Love This old house!!! Question - in a previous video on "how to lay a bluestone walkway" , it was suggested that the stone dust/portland cement mixture should be 12:1, in this video the suggested mix is 9:1. Is there a reason for the difference? Thank you in advance for any advice or help. -G

@skippymagrue 4 года назад

I really don't know, but a patio has a lot more weight because of furniture and other stuff maybe? Hopefully someone who really knows will answer.

@Darkseid001 5 лет назад

private pyle builds a patio then goes postal

@burchds84 3 года назад

11:59 It looks better than anything he could ever imagine

@Ghoppa32 6 лет назад

What if you live in Florida lol , allll we have is shitty azzzzz sand....

@lanceoa 2 года назад

Roof downspout pointed right at the ac condenser unit 👀

@skippymagrue 4 года назад

I hope he made his fence and grass as nice as the patio.

@AnonymousY356 6 лет назад

Do you have any plans to visit Toronto coming summer?

@akllls617 7 лет назад

a bluestone patio for a town house .. really

@rucksacks 2 года назад

Roger is the GOAT

@Superman-xr1oh 2 года назад

Why does the homeowner have 4 AC units!?

@JimDean002 4 месяца назад

I'm just glad they remembered where the fiber optic lines were when they were pounding in the little metal dividers. That could have ended badly

@83Nachojr Месяц назад

R.I.P. Roger you will be missed

@2icelollys1goat 7 лет назад

Brilliant video

@Lady.Jade.of.the.Storms Месяц назад

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m gonna miss you, Roger!!!

@cna5018 Год назад

Jesus. Try harder to be from Boston

@miker6516 10 месяцев назад

Every time I watch one of these I feel glad that I live in the civillized metric world where we also don't call a liquid 'gas'

@toddmacomber7469 4 года назад

Who was mixing all that cement? That’s the hard part.

@kirktitgen6395 4 года назад

Jose and Hector.

@dritan4728 8 лет назад

What are you Mason I never see you for that is that is so wrong

@cincyguy-fu8lf 3 года назад

It’s cool they use a sawr to cute bluestone

@josephtrimm6463 2 года назад

4 ac units hate to see that Electric bill

@marty9660 3 года назад

168 thumbs down on youtube, same video 0 thumbs down on facebook.

@Maxid1 9 лет назад

My back yard is sand. I live near the beach.

@godbluffvdgg 9 лет назад

+Maxid1 My cat likes wet and dry food! Oh, I thought we were doing arbitrary statements...

@Maxid1 9 лет назад

+godbluffvdgg They put sand on the electrical conduits to warn people to stop digging if it anyone was ever dig in the yard in the future?

@godbluffvdgg 9 лет назад

Maxid1 So you have nothing but wires under your yard...You better not dig!

@liskaerik 9 лет назад

+Maxid1 that's why you call *8-1-1* before you plan on doing any digging.

@onecrazywheel 8 лет назад

+Erik Liska And it's the law too. Not a thing to think you need to do. It's a requirement.

@samsngdevice5103 4 года назад

You dont need to put down the caution tape, no one will ever dig up this crummy tile. If anything, put a warning sign in the street that you wont be able to sleep because of the endless sirens as heard 6:00 .

@olgaegomez2875 11 месяцев назад

some plants and divide the patio with a nice little fence. ready..

@danilovillamil45 7 лет назад

Look good Mr Roger

@willdurrant4487 5 лет назад

Same mixture to add bluestone on top of existing ugly concrete slab?

@michaelbates7898 3 года назад

Remember: you don’t have an accent until you leave home.

@buddyclark116 6 лет назад

crusher run

@uhoh38125 6 лет назад

dude I love this approach!!!

@Yaketyyak21 6 лет назад

A hundred years from now they won’t know what a cable is.

@EoRdE6 5 лет назад

I suspect underwater data cables aren't going anywhere nor are fiber lines running to cell towers... Nor are power lines.

@patricklamborn2944 2 года назад

Isn’t stone dust (limestone) corrosive to pavers?

@SmuggiNOLA 2 года назад

You should always take and do things when you should.

@microphonixvirtualstudio1634 4 года назад

I do not like your advertisers yelling at me!!!!

@aprev039 Год назад

Haaahdens up 11:08

@Austin17070 6 лет назад

7:53 Roger's a little high...

@albertleppo8139 6 лет назад

Me too Rogah

@georgewashington938 4 года назад

urban patio? that sure seems like a racist name.

@mikedoe6585 5 лет назад

Polymeric sand does not age well. The first 1 to 2 years might look good, but after that, the top of the Polymeric sand starts popping off as chunks. Then the look of the patio, becomes an embarrassment ! ( Been there, Done that).

@avi4826 3 года назад

Refill the holes and respray?

@TMAC80 5 лет назад

How do I figure out the ratio of stone dust to cement mixture? Nine parts of stone dust to one part cement...are they shovel fulls? What are the nine part measurements? Sorry complete newbie and need to fix a bluestone patio

@chrissanford8467 4 года назад

Any measurement you like (cup, shovelsful or bucket) it doesn't matter, the ratio will always be the same - though I think they're talking shovelsful here.

@mazenockaili4193 3 года назад

Would it be possible to use the urban blue stone on a wooden deck structure? And that is instead of the decking boards?

@gangisspawn1 3 года назад

Only if you compact 3 inches of stone dust over the framing.

@deounb 9 лет назад

Cheers!

@speedingpenguin 3 года назад

7:55 me too, Roger. Me too… 😄

@DevPatel-ko1eu 6 лет назад

Just do concrete

@pmorse3653 4 года назад

these vids are ahhhhhhhsum!

@yaminipatel2054 4 года назад

Roger is the best person

@beautifuldayzee5942 5 лет назад

What the heck - this is a 12 minute video, and you get to the end, and the video doesn't even show the final result of the entire patio. I need to see what the whole finished patio looks like, from a distance and close up. Not happy.

@avi4826 3 года назад

Do you need a permit to create a paver patio or a permit to dig that deep?

@tylerrudat3 2 года назад

@jonassalas6937 5 лет назад

@7:17 thats what she said

@jayspropertymanagement414 2 года назад

Joints crooked

@comedy_gold1 5 лет назад

Imagine how much money they wasted

@fisherman2359 4 года назад

Got the hot pot done

@surinderkaur983 2 года назад

Love this job

@SaltySparrow 4 года назад

what happens if they have to repair that line?

@brandonwc 3 года назад

Low voltage comm line. Probably fiber optic running through. They would never dig that up, just pull the bad cable through the conduit from the street.