How to Build a Concrete Mow Strip for lawn and Garden
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- How to build a Mow Strip for a Lawn and Garden, In this video we build and finish a concrete mow strip, this is a great DIY project to outline your yard and make it stand out! Hope you all enjoy and dont forget to LIKE,SHARE,SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT!
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I did this to planting areas on the front of my house. No wood to rot and replace, no plastic that breaks. 10 years on the concrete border and still looking good. I will use your radius corners method when I do the back yard, makes mowing so easy. I also used a better grade of bagged concrete as well, worth every buck. I also like the trick of cutting down the edger! Thanks for the info!
I love that you guys put tarp on the driveway. Goes to show that you care about your work.
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Such a simple way to make a huge difference on your curb appeal. Nice job.
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You guys put out some great material. I’ve learned so much from your videos. They’ve given me the confidence to tackle all my home landscaping projects; 10’x18’ shed concrete slab, 30’ CMU planter bed, curved retaining wall, driveway patch, sprinkler/sod installation, and more to come. The professional tips you provide on methods and tool selection have been so helpful in giving me long lasting results.
Great
Glad it helps
GL
I learn alot from Sir David as well,...he teaches people the DIYer's easy solutions that can be done without to much effort.!!! Thanks Again Sir David Odell
as someone that likes concrete, and uses it in their work every once-in-a-while, I really like your commentary of why you are doing, or how you achieved your work. It helps in the work flow confidence in my future projects.
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I really appreciate the video. My wife and I want to do this between ours and the neighbor’s house and we’ve never done this. Hiring a company is hard because most have a minimum and a small job like this is not worth their time. You really explained it well.
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Im in Canada, thé winters are brutal and I honestly love you channel, I’ve been learning a lot and some of your technique have withstood our crazy winters
Thats surprising
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No matter what you do, you do Superb Work.
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I cant stop watching your vids..... plus the voice is magic
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Enjoy
Would have been nice to see the finished product with no forms and the rock fill in place.
Yes
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Thank you for sharing. its better to post with our without the end result than not to post.
I agree, I'm pissed watched specifically to see the end product with the landscaping all put back...whats the point of this? what does it look like finished? Thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my life Odell
@@nevetstrebornosredna could've shown nothing you ungrateful.... Person
Bob has a point and he's giving good feedback to Odell so ya'll need to relax.
This is what I did to my lawn makes mowing so much easier and it looks good as well.
i agree!
I don’t see how it makes it easier to mow
I concur
@keith cunningham you still have all of that since theirs still concrete right next to the yard. and that can almost be completely alleviated with having the yard at the same height of the concrete. i never have scapling issues with my yard, all i need to to is edge the yard for a nice look but thats also completely optional.
Nope, not really, I do lawn service in Fl and some of my customers put this on their borders only to crack after a while because there's no rebar into the ground to keep them in place when a mower goes near them.
Starting to think RUclips is reading my mind, was just talking an hour ago in the garden about this as our wood edging is all rotten, next thing this vid is on the home page! Excellent job and very helpful, thank you for posting, All the best from the UK. Subscribed!
maybe ALL the landscapers are thinking about edging/mow strips rn
That is awesome!
I'm so glad RUclips recommended this to me...Amazing work!
Thank you very much!
I always watch Odell’s projects for good tips I’ve definitely learned a lot from his videos and I use them in my business can’t go wrong with this guy he knows his stuff
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Expert craftsmanship and professional workmanship. Well done!
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I'd hire you. Its the little things you do. The thoughtfulness you put into the jobs, that I've seen which make a difference to me. (tarp on the street, collars around pipes, type of concrete you use for each type of job, accommodating the homeowner's change request, etc.)
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This is exactly what i was looking for. Didn't realize it was called a mow strip.
I'm looking for some pointers. I want to build a wood fence with this underneath connecting the posts together for the length of my fence. Yard is about 100x50. That way when i put my fence kick plate down, no animals can get underneath, or grass growing under the fence.
My ground is very wet most of the year. I live in S. Louisiana, and it's a low area. I dont know how this would affect such a long, narrow stretch of concrete.
Love you videos. Lots of great info.
landscapers call it curbing lol
Make it 6"s deep and 18 to 24" at the post
@@OdellCompleteConcrete thank you for your quick reply. Exactly what I was looking for!
Very nice! The quality of work you and your team do is exemplary, thanks for another great video.
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Love watching your videos 🙏🏼 thank you .I used to work construction with my father and brothers as little kids . And my uncles Brady Bunch family .I miss those days👍👍up
SOunds like fun
I rarely take the time to leave any comments to videos,unless there really bad and can use some constructive criticism or if they are really good and want to thank them.....your videos are amazingly precise ... efficiently done ...easily understood...a wealth of knowledge...Thank you
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Thanks I should have known the best video for the concrete thing I was looking for was Odell
Good point
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Thank you for your time and thank you from the south of mexico !! Blessings
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did you ever finish it? be nice to see what it looked like.
I hate plastic lawn edging. Never crossed my mind to use concrete, this is a very cool idea.
Solid
Good job! It's satisfying to see a PROfessional do an outstanding job. It's even up to my standards. LOL
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Thanks for the tip with the motor oil. I'll try to be careful to not get it on the grass. I hope the tip I have for my garden sprayer works OK.
Sure GL
Just use virgin oil instead of harming the environment with motor oil. Please stop using motor oil! A single drop of used motor oil
can contaminate a million
drops of water.
@@Amok2806 You are right. I did some research, and silicone spray will also work. Very easy to control.
Beautiful job! As usual.
I had Bermuda grass.
Ground Clear got rid of it! 😀🍾
Awesome
🤩😶😍🤩😋🤣😗😗😏🤗😚😎
5:01 the sign of a true artisan is that they create their own tools to perfect their trade
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Nice work men. Also like the ole chisel and level trick for your joints!
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Done like a REAL PRO.
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Love it! Thanks for the recommendation on the mix.
Our pleasure!
odell complete concrete We can't do curbing like that here in Maine, we have too many freeze/thaw cycles in the Winter. I wish we could, it's a great idea! Nice Video
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I put these under my fences, it’s a lot of work but what a time saver when I have to work the fields
Yes it keeps it clean
Thank you for uploading this particular project video. You've given me the solution to hold back a gravel border next to my driveway. I kept throwing stones when I was snowblowing and wondered how I would solve it before next winter. (from Nova Scotia, Canada)
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If I learned anything from this video, it is that I now want to go see a concrete mow strip in action. Also, I guess I learned how to make one too.
Get it on
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I hope we have someone in North Florida who does this nicely because I plan a moving border and (on another vid) a fence base. Tired of rotting bottoms on my wooden fences.
The way to go for sure
Nice job! Love the curves!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for the video, think this will work for a spot on my yard👍🏻 9 minute video, told my wife to give me 20 since I don't do this everyday 😉 😅😂
Makes sense
Good job, just did something similar but 8" wide, I'd be nervous with one this narrow, 6" might be a good compromise, I went 8" since I'll be joining up to an 8" retaining wall. Time to order up 240 bags of 60#, gonna be hurting after using my mixer that long. Cheers everyone, gotta love concrete work for us weekend warriors!
Get it on
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Never heard of anyone using motor oil. Thats a first for me. No one crys about that staying in the soil? Looks good i like the smaller slabs with the rock around it.
No worries, its a good way to use your resources
David, about this method of constructing a concrete mowing edge,
There is no stabilization of the beam below ground level and it rests on top of the soil, albeit below lawn level on the lawn side.
I presume that gravel chips/other material will be used to stabilize it from the other side, as the video concludes with the form work still in place?
For any above soil level concrete beams, I would have installed at least one central 6mm rebar along the entire length of the edge and driven 10mm rebar rods into the soil to 20cm depth every 2.5m or so. This to prevent any possible cracking along the course. The cost would have been marginal but garanteed the product over 20 years.
However, I still prefer a mowing edging constructed from face brick set on a 100mm concrete foundation of 25mpa. In this case the final edging is built on a concrete foundation set 10cm below soil level and does not require any reinforcing.
After the foundation is floated, the bricks are simply positioned 'edge to edge' onto the foundation using a cement/water paste. This is incredibly strong and all one needs is a builders line for managing alignment.
Once perfected, this method is very quick. It does not require the installation and de-installation of any form work and is far less labour intensive.
For me, using a clay face brick is a far stronger and attractive solution and I have a personal dislike for painted contrete
Great work David and crew. I was pleased to see you used a radius on each corner - makes mowing so much easier! It lools way better also. Cheers from Australia. 👍😀
Yes I concur
@@OdellCompleteConcrete is it necessary to add rebar and did a trench?
Great video, as usual. Thanks for showing us how it's done.
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Seriously…. I was waiting for you to pull the forms!!!😡
I hear that
That's nice. I like the space between.
Me too
Oil ! Thanks for the tip man , great work. 🇦🇺
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Really like your videos. A nice enhancement would be to revisit the job sites once they are complete and "grown in" to show your contributions and the end beauty. If you were in Southwest FL, I would contract with you. First class!
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Wow! Very impressive work. Well done.
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I'm glad i found this video. I'm wanting to do something similar, but with a bit more depth and the concrete formed to run the lenth of a fence. My idea is I'm wanting to put up a privacy fence, and have concrete poured out inbetween each post in a similar fashion like you've done in this video to deter my dogs from digging out. Any suggestions on how deep and wide you'd recommend while taking considerations for times of the year when frost is prevelent?
2' deep 1' wide
Ha. Been telling my wife for 28 years we should have done this to out midwest yard. Moving to the southwest now so it doesn't matter. Guess she won !
never to late
Looks great, the whole project is creative and different. Nice job!
Thanks a bunch!
Are you the guy resting on the shovel? You'd be the type to say "we". Ive dug ditches with the best and we never said "we". Great instructional! Appreciated! 👍
probably not but its possible
Your a concrete craftsman 😀 Great videos.
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This was a nice project, love the curv's , i think most people go in strait line's but this look great, great job :-)
I concur
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Thanks man I learn something every time or every video
Glad to hear it
I just have a couple of questions, because the curb is only 3.5" deep, do you have to use rebar? Also, the spacers that are used for the radius, did you leave those in there? Thanks!
Well done 😄😃
Appreciate
I died laughing when you said Mobil one synthetic.
It works like a charm
Some people buy form oil to make stripping the forms easy. Diesel will work just as good, put it in a pump sprayer
Wow brilliant job 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Many many thanks
very nice. Im fixing to do something like that to my 2 trees that i have
GL
Excellent 👌 Job man. Good 👍 Job
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You spray motor oil on the forms?? I'm surprised you don't ever have issues with overspray and plant death. That stuff is really toxic for vegetation. Is this an idustry standard practice?
NOTE: Not trying to come off as a jerk. Genuinely curious.
Yes it works great
I’ve been appreciating your videos. Great attention to detail. Just subscribed. 👍
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I know homeowners want what they want. Had it been me? Instead of that loose stone between the slabs I would have had the contractor put concrete back in between. Poured in place with pea gravel instead of crushed stone in the mix, then before curing brush/water off the loose paste to give you an exposed stone finish. No tripping for the ladies wearing high heels, and no putting the stones back in place by homeowner. Win/Win.
I've did that to
love the work man always awesome to see an honest hearted man doing good work and sharing with others to inform and improve others. ive watched your videos many times but never subbed but i will today.
Right on
Thats the spirit.
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Great to watch the process. Would you recommend this project before or after a lawn leveling project plus a big tree/stump removal??
Before is best
Odell Complete Concrete thank you
Nice thank you. I am from Fiji lsland Labasa
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I just subscribed. Excellent work. Two thumbs wayyy up.
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Keep those videos coming!! Great job man
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Would a single rebar help to prevent cracking or push up in the future? I enjoy learning from your videos! Thanks for your effort and time producing them.
Steel would rust in the narrow area. Fiberglass rebar would work though
The Sustainable Texan Yea , some #3 or pencil rod would help keep it together . Nice curb.
Thank you for tell use what the corners made with. also can you teach more of what things are and whats happening, we can see she whats happening just fine. hope that makes sense.
Recycled plastic
We are having big issues with concrete here in Northwest Indiana. My Father is in a battle with his contractor. Contractor blaming severe pitting on road salt........but then there are huge cracks far away from the roadway that cannot be blamed on salt.......too lengthy to explain but there are multiple issues going on. They poured in the winter, something happened obviously, it's not the sale. By the way, they blamed the cracks on "settling" even though it was only less than two years from pour.
SOunds rough
cooking oil would have been better with the grass and plants about , i did a big job recently and all the crane hydraulics were filled with fish oil in case of hose bursts , it was installing a big water turbine in a sssi zone.
I like whale sperm better for that.
What's the point? Other than the flowers and the bushes which need the borders, the area between the walkway and the driveway will still get weeds and tall grass that will grow in their unless you lay down a mortar flooring, then fill it in with the rock.
Not likely
What is the difference between laying down that border by hand, as opposed to a mow curb installed with a machine? Thx
One has rock in the mix and one has sand.
So when building this type of mow strip you don;t need to compress screenings for the base or add rebar for strength? Is this true of all curbs mow strips?
Depends on the surroundings
Can you elaborate on that? Do you mean on the environment freeze/thaw cycles etc.?
Why do you bother answering if you don't give any relevant information?
Just add wooden finials or whatever you want to the top to give them a decorative look.
Sure
Good job Odell!
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The concrete God at it again🤙🏽😎
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Do you recall what size those square concrete pavers the homeowner had in place, they look way bigger than 24” x 24”
Thanks - your stuff is the best
4 x 4
What kind of material did you use for the radius
One piece of feedback, why not use a level instead of a block to level your form? If you're going to go to the effort of leveling, why not use a level? Just wanted to share that thought...
Would you ever consider doing a truck setup walk around?
yes that would be fun
This looks really good
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Thank you very much for the video. Wish we could have seen the final product without the molding. Also I had a couple question. I noticed that some stakes were in the inside rather then outside as most of them were. Any particular reason? Other question was about towards the end of the video when you made a line every 4 feet or so to divide the sections. How deep did you go in with the tool ??? THANK YOU AGAIN !!!!
1/2" deep.
The inside stakes came out while the concrete was wet.
Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!
Looks cool I don't know, something different thanks man 😎
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Don't think much of the owners taste in the use of rock filler but your work on the mow strip is great.
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I've watched this video a number of times. I've wanted to pour a mow strip around the fence line of my backyard for the longest time. I'm curious to know how the homeowner finished everything. Wondering if David or anyone has gone back to take some money shots of the truly finished product.
The best shots are at night when all the ground lights are on
You guys do really nice work but those strips and gaps with rock in them that the customer wanted looks lame.
Custom
It is a very nice looking piece of work but will it not get caught by te lawnmower .
NO
Imagine watching a video without seeing the end result... oh wait
boom
You saved 9 minutes of my life, thanks ✌️
I was waiting for it
I wonder how many years before it cracks and deforms. Especially being in a frost line area.
I just removed the one I had in my yard.
This is Southern CA.
@assassinlexx As a big proponent of gravel underneath concrete, and other ideals, I really don't think this particular job needs anything special. Yeah maybe it'll crack in 20 years. I bet it won't crack before year 6 tho.
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Probably cracked in 6 months.
So for all of you that are saying its going to crack tell us how you would of done it
I like it.
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Nice work👍🏻👍🏻
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could you give a ballpark time of how long until you can take forms off the curbing to do the finish trowel work (1 to 4 hours later?)
We just finish the top.
The forms can come off anytime
Concrete edging by a machine looks better and more consistent and no forms
Yes but not as strong
@@OdellCompleteConcrete what about the machines that feed steel wire within the curbing? Excellent job btw, looks fantastic.
Nicely done
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David, if you wanted to have lights inside the strip for an added effect. Would that A: comprise the concrete? B: have any recommendations or thoughts on how to do it? C: Have you done anything like that before?
The Owner put ground lights in the gravel
Looks good !
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Looks good thanks for sharing
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