DIY XERISCAPE BACKYARD PATIO: Backyard Makeover!!!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2018
- Over the 4th of July weekend we took on a new project to extend our patio. We decided to go with Xeriscaping ( not zeroscaping) instead of a deck. This allows us to plant more plants that are drought intolerant. In a future video we'll show you some of the plants we've been working on planting.
Xeriscaping was also WAY cheaper than putting in a deck and we're very happy with the results. We spent a couple hundred bucks on everything!
Materials:
The Tools We Use - www.dwightlife.com/the-tools-...
Stone Pavers - www.lowes.com/pd/Square-Gray-...
Sand - www.lowes.com/pd/QUIKRETE-50-...
Level Plank of Wood for Screeting
Landscape Crushed Granite - www.lowes.com/pd/40-Pound-S-M...
Weed Killer - Eco Friendly Recipe Here: www.dwightlife.com/healthy-bo...
Shade Sail - amzn.to/2YU0YRq
Tools:
Rake
Pickaxe
Square Flat Shovel
Level
Wheel Barrow
The rest of the rocks were already around our backyard when we bought the house along with the flowers and pots!
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Pro tip: turn the rake over to spread the sand, leave a 2” gap between pavers (you’ll cover more ground for less) and fill the gaps with pea gravel. Nice job 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the helpful tips, we'll definitely keep those in mind for future projects!
@@diydwight7980 my yard looks like yours. My side yard looks like yours maybe a little narrower and a little longer and my porch is rigjt where u put your new patio
Thinking about filling in with a ground cover like clover or something to crowd out weeds. Doesn’t gravel let dirt through?
Thank you, thank you, this is by far best project for me. You guys made it simple for me to understand, saw list of materials. It something I can do by myself which is so hard to find.
You're welcome!! We hope it turns out great. If you go with the extra large pavers like we did be careful, they're pretty heavy! Keep us posted on your progress, we'd love to see how it turns out.
Awesome job! Just the idea I needed, thank you guys
Thank you! We're glad you liked the video! Let us know if you end up doing something similar, we'd love to see pics.
That looks so good. That's how I want ours next summer
We're so glad you like it! We'd love to see pictures of yours when you get it done!
Awesome job
Thank you!
Nice job y’all made it look easy
Thank you!!
omg ive been trying to find the name for this style - xeriscape! thanks!!
Your welcome! It is a weird spelling and name. Hope you enjoyed the video. :)
Great job
Thanks!
Fantastic
We’re glad you like it!
Hey y’all how have these tiles settled? How did y’all get a slight slope away from the house for water drainage (if y’all did)? Would y’all do anything different? Do weed grow through? Lots of questions but a video update would be awesome just to update how it’s working out! I’m motivated after watching y’all work 💕🔥 thanks for sharing this!!!
Great idea for the video update! We'll work on putting that together over the next couple weeks. The tiles have settled a little, but not much at all. When we were leveling out the ground we pitched just a little off center away from the house to make sure water wouldn't sit and collect. Haven't had too many issues with weeds except for the grass trying to grow passed the edging we put in. If we could do anything different, maybe wait until fall? Haha, it was SUPER hot. Other than that, the only other thing would be maybe make it bigger. We could have gone out another 4 or 5ft and that would have been more usable for larger gatherings. Thanks for the awesome comment, glad you liked the video!
You guys inspired me
I am so glad!!
Great Video I do have a question @ 2:55 mark Why did you place a board and make a line Then proceed to place pavers over top of it Thank you for your help in this video
Hi Tom, that was a board we placed to keep the sand fixed and level as we placed the first two rows of pavers. Then as you see we placed that other board on the outside to hold the edge there as well. Once the first two rows were down the foundation was firm so we could pull up that first board and lay the pavers on top. We eventually pulled up the outside board as well and replaced it with metal edging. You can check that out in the updated video we posted!
We are in the process of extending our patio. Any tips on the best deal for the gravel and the sand? All this stuff truly adds up! Love your patio btw!
Glad you love the patio! Sand and gravel were definitely not cheap, we got our's from Lowes and Home Depot while they were running a sale. We also had a Lowes coupon that knocked an additional $20 off. I would also look at local landscapers and Facebook Marketplace. I've found some great deals from them and a lot of landscape companies will sell direct if you ask.
If you have any questions about along the way let us know! Good luck on extending your patio, we'd love to see pics when it's done. If you've got an IG you can tag us in a comment. :)
Nice job! Did grass/weeds eventually grow up thru' spaces between pavers, as I didn't see any application of weed-prevention fabric?
Thanks! We did not apply any under our pavers and to be honest the paving sand, pavers, and crushed granite have done an excellent job and to be honest the only weeds we get are from seeds blown into the granite. Super easy to pull.
Love this, how are the 24x24 pavers from Lowes holding up? Any cracks or bleaching from the sun?
We are considering no gaps in the patio to prevent tripping with kids and instead using polymeric sand, which also helps with weeds.
They have held up great, they still look exactly the same and don't have cracks or stains. If you look through our more recent videos you can find the update where we show you what it looked like last summer. ruclips.net/video/CHX9swOtBgQ/видео.html
Awesome job! I just want to do the same project yours but i am not yet decided to do it now, my reason is to do one like that is to extend my concrete parking bay beside of my garage, the end of parking bay was soil,if i do with that yours? does it hold enough the stone paver if i park my car?
Hey Sherwin, I’m not sure if it’ll hold a parked car without breaking the pavers. I know they make pavers for that type of use, so maybe you just needed stronger thicker stones. We only put furniture on ours and we haven’t had a single one break but when we installed them we had 3 or so break apart in our hands and we had to return them and pick up new ones. They can be kind of fragile.
Nice job! I’ve been wanting to do this to my back yard for a while. Since it’s been a little over a year, could you tell me how well they’ve held up so far? Since there was no ground packing or under framing, I was curious how the long term is going to hold up when I do this.
Hi Ashley, it has held up great, we recently bought a couple more bags of crushed granite to fill in the cracks but other than that it is in great shape! Weeds sometimes pop up but we spray them with a safe weed killer and pull them out to keep them at bay.
DIY Dwight Thank you for replying!! I appreciate everything and can’t wait to do this with my yard 😁
I live in San Antonio and I’m struggling because I wonder how this will hold up during Texas heat. Does it radiate much heat?
Hi @mmwalker5, It does not radiate heat at all. I can walk out on it barefoot. I believe that is because it is closer to white than black so it doesn't absorb the heat as much as asphalt does.
I love how your patio came out. I am starting mine in Feb. Just a quick question, do you know how much of everything you used? Sand etc. Thank you.
We're so glad you love it! February will be a much better month to do a project like that than in the heat of the summer like we did. That's a good question, we used 20 large 2ft x 2ft pavers, about 36 of the smaller pavers, over 20 bags of sand (each bag of sand covers around the same area as the large pavers) and probably close to 10 bags of granite. Honestly we really underestimated how much sand and granite we needed and had to make several additional trips to Lowes and Home Depot. In our experience whatever you think you need, add several more. You can always take it back if you don't end up using it, but it sucks to have to stop what you're doing in the middle of a project to get more material. Good luck and let us know how it turns out!!
Awesome!! Thank you so much, I will definitely come back here and show you guys a picture when its all done. I appreciate all the info.
Hi, just one more question. What are the size of the small pavers you used?
@@amberrey5282 2'x2'
What did you use on the sides to separate the pavers from the grass?
We used brown metal edging from home depot!
Hello looks nice what dimensions are the pavers?
Thanks! The pavers are 24in x 24in. Let us know if you have any other questions!
It looks fantastic, but you should have put cement around the edges to stop the sand escaping. And also, landscape fabric would have been helpful.
Landscape fabric definitely would have been helpful, but the sand isn’t moved much over the last few years. The dirt in our area is very clay heavy so there isn’t much room for it to shift and move around.
great job. I can't find those patio stones in my area.
Thank you so much! They're 24"x24", not sure where you're at but we can always help you locate some, if you want. :)
@@diydwight7980 I did not noticed you replied to my message.
the backyard remains unfinished lol. I am in Phoenix AZ :)
Do you happen to have a materials list for this project?
Hi Desiree, here are the materials we used. If those links don't work they are also under the video description. Just click "Show More"
Materials:
The Tools We Use - www.dwightlife.com/the-tools-...
Stone Pavers - www.lowes.com/pd/Square-Gray-...
Sand - www.lowes.com/pd/QUIKRETE-50-...
Level Plank of Wood for Screeting
Landscape Crushed Granite - www.lowes.com/pd/40-Pound-S-M...
Weed Killer - Eco Friendly Recipe Here: www.dwightlife.com/healthy-bo...
Shade Sail - amzn.to/2YU0YRq
Tools:
Rake
Pickaxe
Square Flat Shovel
Level
Wheel Barrow
You sound like Elliot from deadliest catch.
Thanks! I think... I haven't seen deadliest catch. I'll youtube Elliot and give him a listen. haha
I have a nice big yard with space on the side too. The side yard it's just sitting there looking boring..I want to use that space too..the side yard has a slope which iam thinking of removing or adding dirt to level. After that iam gonna lay down concrete to use that space too. However, now iam debating between gravel and concrete for the side yard space ( 15ft from house to fence and 60ft long.)...my only concern is gravel getting stuck under shoes and bringing it into the house...I have very nice plank vinyl flooring.. we won't be taking shoes off to go into house.
Totally understand the gravel worry. Our dogs bring it in sometimes but we haven't had any scratched floor issues....yet. Concrete is a great option just cost more. We chose this as an alternative to save some money. Love that you have a huge yard too, they are really nice ones you figure out how to utilize the space! Good luck with the project!
@@diydwight7980 sometimes is a problem to have a nice big back yard at least in my case..I don't know how decorate or where to do concrete and where not too. Lol
@@diydwight7980 by the way your patio looks so xool
@@futbol1972 haha us either sometimes landscape design is not our forte, but thank you!!
How much do you think you spent in total? Awesome job!!!
Adding it up, we were about $250 all in. We waited until the stones were on sale and then we got a coupon in the mail too that helped lower the cost even more.
Awesome,Where did you get those stones?
Hey what size pavers did you use. Was it 16x16 or 24x24
24x24! :)
Thank you for responding back to me, so now I know what we need to do for ours
How many bags of sand did you use
@@angerleanhammond1143 I can't remember an exact number but it was quite a few. Maybe 20...
Thank you so much i keep watching it over. We did the front and made a sitting area and we did it with 10 - 16x16 pavers and it turned out wonderful but the backyard is such a larger area.
What was the dimensions of the total patio space?
The main area was about 12ft by 10ft.The connecting part you see towards the end of the video to the left of the main patio extends another 5ft. so roughly 17ft by 10ft total and the last 5 ft taper in toward the house.
I don't have a you tube account and I don't know how to show you ours when we finish it
If you have a Facebook or Instagram account you can always tag us or you can email us. We'll respond to either! :)
Really like this idea, any way a materials list of what you purchased can be listed?
Glad you like it! We'll work on getting a list together and posting it in the description. We'll update you as soon as it's posted!
Hi Austin, we just put the materials list in the description!
@@diydwight7980 thank you so much!
I going to make a patio
You should, you won't regret it!
Without a 6" gravel base, or an alternative drainage system in place, water can roll back on it, causing damaging erosion. Most patio installers no longer use sand at all.
Thanks for the tip! We piped our gutter drains under the patio and actually went back and added a small french drain to help with drainage later. We haven’t noticed any issues so far with settling or drainage issues. 🙂
What was cost ?
Adding it up, we were about $250 all in. We waited until the stones were on sale and then we got a Lowes coupon in the mail too.
Very nice what is the estimated cost?
Adding it up, we were about $250 all in. We waited until the stones were on sale and then we got a coupon in the mail too that helped lower the cost even more. The coupon was for $20 off of $100.
I wished they had explained the process as they went along!
Thanks for the comment, it's definitely something we'll work harder on with our future videos.
Instead of playing music for the whole video, why don't you explain what you're doing instead? Kind of hard to guess what you're doing when trying to learn how to do it.
Definitely would've been a good idea. This was our first DIY video and we had no idea what we were doing, but hey it looks like it's done well. If you have any questions let us know.