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How to build a backyard paver patio all by yourself!



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0:00 Intro
0:40 Stone selection
1:04 Clearing the old patio
1:40 Planning the dig
3:40 Digging sod and clearing roots
4:28 Adding a slope, “grading” the dirt
6:50 Compacting the dirt and touching up the wall
7:20 Add weed barrier
7:52 Add leveling sand
9:56 Laying paver base panels
10:46 Laying paver stones!
12:23 Cutting edge bricks and placing edge restraint
13:39 Applying polymeric joint sand
14:40 Activating polymeric joint sand
15:18 Cost break down and Before and After results

Construction Stock footage Video by Александр Копейкин from Pixabay
Digging graphic and Side Sand graphic from Brock PaverBase
Pallet Brick Graphic from Can Stock Photo by Altsha
gravel pile Image by OpenClipart-Vectors From Pixabay
Truck Image by Speedy McVroom from Pixabay
Home Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabay

23 Comments

  2. R

    10k for few guys and couple days of labor? I'm in the wrong business

  3. All Points Organized

    Looks good, good job. FWIW. I learned about that plastic edge restraint here about 6 months ago. The main weakness with the plastic frame edge is, it'll last six to seven years maximum,and then warping and drying out of the plastic will occur. I didn't know that until the company that I bought my crushed concrete sand from told me about it and it made perfect sense. When plastic is exposed to weather, sun heat & cold over time, it contracts and expands and eventually cracks and breaks down. I sure like the quick ease of that plastic edging, but opted not to use it because it won't last decades & still look solid.

    I'm right in the middle of my 2nd patio project. I built one just like this 23 years ago, and there was no shifting or settling at all, to date. In this case, my second paver patio, I used about 6 in average of very small river rock which compacts well. Unlike 3/4 minus, smooth river rock drains much better and compacts very well too. For my current frame, I used treated lumber, held in vertically by 24 in, 3/8-in rebar. My patio is 24, by 12. Treated lumber size: 2×12, 4 pieces.

    I accounted for slope as well. I used U-shaped heavy duty nails to pound, and secure against vertically, to 24 inch rebar, in to the treated lumber frame, every 30 in., on the inside and outside of my treated lumber frame. Incredibly strong and permanent.

    Not using a rock base, will eventually allow the soil to give way, as soil is far less stable, compatible than compacted stone.

    I also, used a rubber mallet and pounded, compacted in each paver individually for compaction against the concrete sand atop the rock base below.

  4. Alex Silva

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A GREAT, DETAILED,IMPRESSIVE VIDEO!!! I want to do this in my back yard and REDO a bad job done before us. You really showed me the RIGHT way to go about it and reaffirmed my general estimate on cost for a self build. I certainly don’t have 10-15K to spend on it but am super willing and ready to do the job myself. Thank you again so much for such a detailed step by step!!! ❤

  6. Steve_Urchin

    Me watching this knowing that by the time im old enough to own property with a backyard the economy will be too broken for me to exist,

  12. Daniel Gerber

    I work on pavers at my job and how much are you really saving? Between the labor work itself , the rental of machines, bagged sand, and the time you spent to do this, also all the material, you aren’t saving much because most ppl don’t have time to spend a week or more doing this type of work

  14. Ham B

    I have watched many pavers patio videos here but this one definitely toped them all off. Very meticulous and thorough job. Well done!

  15. Carrie Creative

    I just bought my first house and it's over 100 years old. This is invaluable. You make it look doable! Thank you for sharing.

  16. Andrii Batyrenko

    Great job!!! Thanks for sharing this video. I'm going to DIY my patio. Let me know what is the size of your patio? Thanks.

  17. Will Smart

    2 lil tips for DIYers. With the extra cost of paver pads could've gotten a mini bobcat and gotten base and stone layed and tamped in a day. Also saves your back from digging and lifting and will make short work of the roots. Instead of cutting the brick at end that skinny… Cut the last 4-7 bricks smaller to have a wider brick at end. Won't be as noticeable and worth extra time to make perfect at end of project.

  21. Sgt USMC

    great video!! after I saw this video and I started my patio lets hope it turns out like this or I will have a big ass 4 inch hole in my yard.

  22. Jay Naido

    You have done excellent job. I have just spent $9k (£7.5kGBP) but my contractor didn’t do a good job. If I have seen your video before, I would have done by myself

  23. Sun Flower

    Great job, very nicely done. Thank you for sharing.

    Please wear a mask and gloves when working on projects like these.

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