Love how you’ve kept true to salvaging materials over the years. When I explain my projects to friends and admit where I got most stuff from they call me resourceful and things like that, but it should really be the norm. So much stuff goes to waste.
Hi Keith. Once again, you've done your viewers a favour with the paving project. I think you must be one of the hardest working guys in the UK. All t h e best mate! Don
Great job Keith. I do a lot of jobs with free stuff and reuse. The good thing about this approach is that if you do have any breakages, mishaps, or dubious quality work or finishes, I always think that at least I didnt mess up brand new materials that i bought with my hard earned cash. 😊 Nice one mate.
I love to watch you improve the appearance and the value of your home as well as solve problems that you encounter. I especially love that you make use of free and recycled material. It's like the icing on the cake to me. Thanks for the video.
Love the ethos. Your imaginative application of a repair / reclaim / reuse attitude is inspirational, and I learn something from every project you undertake. This particular task is one I find less appealing, but I find watching you tackle these helps me prepare for when something similar can't be avoided.
A long time ago, here in the US, there was a chef who had a show called The Frugal Gourmet. The fact that you spent so little, you probably could start a show called The Frugal Landscaper. And congratulations on finding the green!
This video has been extremely useful in helping me assess my own skill level for doing a similar job. I love that you are recycling materials and reusing what you already have. Good work!
I've been watching your stuff for years and I'm never dissapointed. I can't say the same for my 7 year old daughter though, she was hoping for a fleeting glimpse of Mickey and Hazel. (She got hooked on your videos when you started the catio series). P.S. The brief shot of your brother laid face down on the slabs made us both chuckle. Nice touch.
I live in an apartment, have no intentions of buying a house, but still I love watching these kind of projects you do! Love that you make do with reused stuff and the things you got instead of buying new. The green pavers was a surprise, never seen green ones before!
That's amazing Keith, to get all that done for £20, Kudos to you for all the effort tracking materials down and doing all the physical work to transport them, and also to your bruv for helping you out ! Thanks also to PD equipment "hire" for supplying the whacker ! I feel your pain (literally) with those slabs as we have both types throughout our garden and the 2x3 particularly are really heavy. I've noticed recently some builders merchants only stock the 2x2 now due to handling concerns ! Despite this they are great slabs and the only option if you are going to park anything heavy on them ! I love your delight at the colour and it's just so great that they somehow came out alternating colour !
I actually removed 11 of my 50 year old patio stones ( 24" x 30" and 80 lbs each ) that were worn down and flipped them upside down, cleaned them up, and turned them into a walkway farther back in my back yard. Even though they look 'old style' and a bit worn on the bottom, they still look pretty good and will be painting them soon.
the staggered white/green almost has a mediterranean feel to it. you love to see someone reuse old material and saving a buck while sparing the environment
Top Tip. That break in the slab. I've had it happen a few times over the years. And found that if I used waterproof PVA and clamp it with Sash Clamps (I'm a woodworker) then leave it a couple of days, It works brilliantly. Especially if you mortar around the slab. Mine still having re split in 20 years. Well worth trying. Jamie aka The Worcestershire Cabinet Maker
Good job. Back breaking work though. I did something similar a few years ago when a neighbour was getting rid of his slabs. I must have ferried 30 plus 900 x 900 x 50mm slabs on a wheelbarrow from the other end of our street to my house to build a patio & to widen our driveway. Not sure I could accomplish that sort of work anymore though due to aging knee & hip joints.
It is with great pleasure that I watch your videos. I love the way you solve problems and how good ideas, ingenuity and recycling really produce great results.
as I been binging ur channel for a couple months now this video was particularly nice as I know exactly each and every project you sourced ur free materials and it really turned out to be a lovely one.
Another cracking "waste not want not" project 👍. I find that reusing can through up extra challenges, such as transporting and preparing, yet the fact that you have to use what you have always makes the project more interesting and gives a greater sense of satisfaction ☺️. Keep it up sir.
Satisfying results at the end. I can appreciate how much effort goes into laying slabs especially those big old 3 x 2 slabs I laid some with my dad once and manoeuvring them saps your energy.
Top notch job Mate. And what a transformation! Just goes to show what you can do with second hand stuff, a little bit o' skill and a hell of a lot of know-how and Big Bruvver!
Looks great! I hate to be negative but using cement for the joints will only lead to the cement cracking and chipping over time. I believe "thinset mortor" might be a better choice. Oh well, time will tell us many things. Good luck!
Wow fantastic job Keith, looks good around the edge of the garage and free slabs can't go wrong. Those 900 x 600 slabs weigh a ton , I've been using 600 x 600 and that's no fun. Amazing all the materials and you only spent £20 ,bargain well done and a good job mate take care 👍
this is what we SHOULD to be doing to be green; I'm sure I'd find if we were ever to chat that we're on much the same page. Get yourself a Trailer sometime if you can, my little 4x3 is old and rusty and I was given it for nowt but it's a fabulous additional tool; carrying everything from garden waste to sofa's to engines! Ideally one with an openable rear AND front board (like mine)
Im going to add that like others have commented. Love the way that you reuse things. You did an lovely job with that as well. I actually suspect that you would benefit from having a cement mixer.
A tip, put the cement and sand in together then mix without water. Dry it is easier to mix into a homogenous even product as it is lighter and breaks up clumps better. Then add water/plasticiser to finish mixing.
I extended the patio on my new build, I followed the wonky existing paving and did a 'shallow' sub-base. Sometimes good enough is good enough. I do plan on a full garden renovation but not for a good few years.
Thanks Keith, I currently had a lot slabs around the shed just laying on dirt and I should probably look at cementing them down. I’m not very luck with finding free slabs on the marketplace. Keep up the great content.
Got to love a marketplace freebie 😁 I've got 60 of the 450mm square slabs that I picked up a few months ago. Going to be doing the same thing down the side of my workshop
I must admit, whilst watching this video, I was thinking: I'd have power washed them slabs before cutting/placing them up 😂. Hindsight, what a beautiful thing 😅. Well, everything worked in the end 👏. And at a very reasonable price ❤
I was looking forward to learning from this video. What I learned is that there's no way I can afford all those tools and materials for my backyard walkway. I'm going to have to keep it simple. Good thing is, my walkway doesn't abut the house.
Looks OTT to me for a DIY job. I've laid paths and small patios in my garden directly onto the soil and they're still OK after 10 years. But the soil in my area tends to be sandy-loam which is perhaps why I can get away with this.
You can’t beat free stuff. I actually put off some jobs knowing that eventually I will come across exactly what I need FREE someday. My wife is not as keen has to be said. 👍
Really good work and video, glad that the slab colours went well too, thanks for your time making this video mate, I have a smaller project to make myself and your video is really helpful.
Great video, I'm planning on re-laying my garden path which has 30x30 concrete tiles. But I'm not sure what is better to do to get less weeds, either laying them really tight or leave a gap between them of 3 to 5 mm and fill up seems with concrete or cement. Any tips?
I hate it when life throws you a curve ball, like when you took all precautions to make that cut and yet it still broke. I think if I were to do a similar project, I'd lay stone/pebbles over a weed membrane... what do you think of that idea?
As someone who recently f'ed up one of my slabs that I don't have spares of, I am curious how that patch job went. If it went well I'll definitely do the same for mine.
Im wondering which cement you use for the mix, we only have B & Q shop here. Thanks, for making this video as im looking into getting a dmall area slabbed for bins.
Concrete does not like internal angle and angles less than 90 degree. The stress flowing through the slab induces a crack at the change in width. Cutting two smaller bits either side of the water box would have been better. Looks good at the end.
I was just thinking, “aw, it’s a shame he didn’t pressure wash the wall and remove the algae to compliment the new pavers.” Then you did! Bless you. And how lucky the slabs were laid in that order. It honestly would have ruined my day if they turned out to be laid in a less-pleasing way. 😆
Another can be tricky job that you made look easy and explained really well - thanks Keith. Do you have a link for the concrete screws, i seem to be looking in the wrong place for these and never sure if what im looking at is the right type - cheers
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Love how you’ve kept true to salvaging materials over the years. When I explain my projects to friends and admit where I got most stuff from they call me resourceful and things like that, but it should really be the norm. So much stuff goes to waste.
So true!
those free slabs were definitely meant for you. keep putting your thoughts out there. she listens to them.
Hi Keith. Once again, you've done your viewers a favour with the paving project. I think you must be one of the hardest working guys in the UK. All t h e best mate! Don
Thank you!
Great job Keith. I do a lot of jobs with free stuff and reuse. The good thing about this approach is that if you do have any breakages, mishaps, or dubious quality work or finishes, I always think that at least I didnt mess up brand new materials that i bought with my hard earned cash. 😊 Nice one mate.
I love to watch you improve the appearance and the value of your home as well as solve problems that you encounter. I especially love that you make use of free and recycled material. It's like the icing on the cake to me.
Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much!
Love the ethos. Your imaginative application of a repair / reclaim / reuse attitude is inspirational, and I learn something from every project you undertake. This particular task is one I find less appealing, but I find watching you tackle these helps me prepare for when something similar can't be avoided.
A long time ago, here in the US, there was a chef who had a show called The Frugal Gourmet. The fact that you spent so little, you probably could start a show called The Frugal Landscaper. And congratulations on finding the green!
Florida resident here, I remember the Frugal Gourmet ! That show was a Hoot!
This video has been extremely useful in helping me assess my own skill level for doing a similar job. I love that you are recycling materials and reusing what you already have. Good work!
I've been watching your stuff for years and I'm never dissapointed. I can't say the same for my 7 year old daughter though, she was hoping for a fleeting glimpse of Mickey and Hazel. (She got hooked on your videos when you started the catio series). P.S. The brief shot of your brother laid face down on the slabs made us both chuckle. Nice touch.
I was expecting a guest appearance from Stuart (ProperDIY). 😃
All I can say is WOW! This all worked out so beautifully.
Thank you so much!
I live in an apartment, have no intentions of buying a house, but still I love watching these kind of projects you do! Love that you make do with reused stuff and the things you got instead of buying new. The green pavers was a surprise, never seen green ones before!
Hey how come no intentions of buying a house. ? I’m in the same position as you would be nice to know why :)
That's amazing Keith, to get all that done for £20, Kudos to you for all the effort tracking materials down and doing all the physical work to transport them, and also to your bruv for helping you out !
Thanks also to PD equipment "hire" for supplying the whacker !
I feel your pain (literally) with those slabs as we have both types throughout our garden and the 2x3 particularly are really heavy. I've noticed recently some builders merchants only stock the 2x2 now due to handling concerns ! Despite this they are great slabs and the only option if you are going to park anything heavy on them !
I love your delight at the colour and it's just so great that they somehow came out alternating colour !
Thank you! I hate laying slabs but it was well worth the time and effort. I really should have asked Stuart for his cement mixer too!!! 👍
I actually removed 11 of my 50 year old patio stones ( 24" x 30" and 80 lbs each ) that were worn down and flipped them upside down, cleaned them up, and turned them into a walkway farther back in my back yard. Even though they look 'old style' and a bit worn on the bottom, they still look pretty good and will be painting them soon.
the staggered white/green almost has a mediterranean feel to it. you love to see someone reuse old material and saving a buck while sparing the environment
Top Tip. That break in the slab. I've had it happen a few times over the years. And found that if I used waterproof PVA and clamp it with Sash Clamps (I'm a woodworker) then leave it a couple of days, It works brilliantly. Especially if you mortar around the slab. Mine still having re split in 20 years. Well worth trying.
Jamie aka The Worcestershire Cabinet Maker
You work magic as you reuse, remodel and reduce waste. Smart improvements made 😊
Great job. Love how you show your mistakes and how you rectify them. Love this channel.
It's my favourite channel
Thank you!
Good job. Back breaking work though.
I did something similar a few years ago when a neighbour was getting rid of his slabs. I must have ferried 30 plus 900 x 900 x 50mm slabs on a wheelbarrow from the other end of our street to my house to build a patio & to widen our driveway. Not sure I could accomplish that sort of work anymore though due to aging knee & hip joints.
It is with great pleasure that I watch your videos. I love the way you solve problems and how good ideas, ingenuity and recycling really produce great results.
Make projects around the house without costing a fortune is the way to go 💪🏼 turned out very nice 👍🏻👍🏻
as I been binging ur channel for a couple months now this video was particularly nice as I know exactly each and every project you sourced ur free materials and it really turned out to be a lovely one.
Awesome, thank you!
Another cracking "waste not want not" project 👍. I find that reusing can through up extra challenges, such as transporting and preparing, yet the fact that you have to use what you have always makes the project more interesting and gives a greater sense of satisfaction ☺️. Keep it up sir.
Satisfying results at the end. I can appreciate how much effort goes into laying slabs especially those big old 3 x 2 slabs I laid some with my dad once and manoeuvring them saps your energy.
Always enjoy the videos, but today my wife happened to be sitting in the room while I watched. A quote from her for you "What a great guy" 👌
😅
Top notch job Mate. And what a transformation! Just goes to show what you can do with second hand stuff, a little bit o' skill and a hell of a lot of know-how and Big Bruvver!
Great job, nice to see that I’m not the only person who cleans gravel to recycle it.
Looks great! I hate to be negative but using cement for the joints will only lead to the cement cracking and chipping over time. I believe "thinset mortor" might be a better choice. Oh well, time will tell us many things. Good luck!
Wow fantastic job Keith, looks good around the edge of the garage and free slabs can't go wrong. Those 900 x 600 slabs weigh a ton , I've been using 600 x 600 and that's no fun. Amazing all the materials and you only spent £20 ,bargain well done and a good job mate take care 👍
£20! And what a fantastic job. So glad the order of the green slabs worked out. Recycling at its best 👌
this is what we SHOULD to be doing to be green; I'm sure I'd find if we were ever to chat that we're on much the same page. Get yourself a Trailer sometime if you can, my little 4x3 is old and rusty and I was given it for nowt but it's a fabulous additional tool; carrying everything from garden waste to sofa's to engines! Ideally one with an openable rear AND front board (like mine)
Top job mate, the bungalow must be so happy you have arrived after so many years of low maintenance and now it's getting a full body makeover 😅
Then when baby brown comes along it'll be trashed again!! Just my house and my kids 😟😬🏴👍
Fantastic, Keith! Really great work! 😃
Looking forward to the next project you mentioned!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Just subscribed! Love the result by only spending 20 quid! My kind of way of reusing what's available.
Im going to add that like others have commented. Love the way that you reuse things. You did an lovely job with that as well. I actually suspect that you would benefit from having a cement mixer.
Thanks! Yes, Stuart at Proper DIY has one, I really should have asked to borrow that too!
So much useful information for amateur diy-ers, taking notes before I start on our patio
Less than £20. Brilliant. You’re so up for a challenge too. Those giant pavers would be so exhausting to work with. Radox bath that night I imagine!
Can't wait!
great job keith! got me motivated to finish my paving job…maybe 😂
A tip, put the cement and sand in together then mix without water. Dry it is easier to mix into a homogenous even product as it is lighter and breaks up clumps better.
Then add water/plasticiser to finish mixing.
I extended the patio on my new build, I followed the wonky existing paving and did a 'shallow' sub-base. Sometimes good enough is good enough. I do plan on a full garden renovation but not for a good few years.
Nice job! I always use spare cardboard to make accurate templates when having to cut something close. With no room for error.
Amazing mate, great to see & make of a video with proper DIY - Excellent results.
That's not a bad bit of slab laying, Keith. Well done on lucking out on both the colour and the order.👍😁
Hats off to how you loaded those paving stones out of your van. 👍
I screamed "WHAT A LUCK!" When I saw the white and green pop out 😂😂 good job! 💪😎
Wow great job! How quickly can you pressure wash the flags after laying them
Thanks Keith, I currently had a lot slabs around the shed just laying on dirt and I should probably look at cementing them down. I’m not very luck with finding free slabs on the marketplace. Keep up the great content.
Got to love a marketplace freebie 😁 I've got 60 of the 450mm square slabs that I picked up a few months ago. Going to be doing the same thing down the side of my workshop
😂 I love how you managed to get lucky with the laying of the paving colours!
I must admit, whilst watching this video, I was thinking: I'd have power washed them slabs before cutting/placing them up 😂. Hindsight, what a beautiful thing 😅. Well, everything worked in the end 👏. And at a very reasonable price ❤
Great job well done. I enjoy watching your videos with my wife.
Thanks 👍
I was looking forward to learning from this video. What I learned is that there's no way I can afford all those tools and materials for my backyard walkway. I'm going to have to keep it simple. Good thing is, my walkway doesn't abut the house.
Looks OTT to me for a DIY job. I've laid paths and small patios in my garden directly onto the soil and they're still OK after 10 years. But the soil in my area tends to be sandy-loam which is perhaps why I can get away with this.
Nice! Loving the fact that most of it was free too.
You can’t beat free stuff. I actually put off some jobs knowing that eventually I will come across exactly what I need FREE someday.
My wife is not as keen has to be said. 👍
❤ love your video which I have discovered from down under 🏁🇦🇺👏👏👏🥂🍾
Awesome! Thank you!
Really good work and video, glad that the slab colours went well too, thanks for your time making this video mate, I have a smaller project to make myself and your video is really helpful.
Glad it helped
amazing job and so resourceful. could I ask how long this took in total? hours or days?
This was great. Trying my hand at it myself at home and this was fun and helpful
Always wet the back of the slab before laying with water and a brush mortar wont dry out so quick then
It's absolutely amazing that you lucked out with the color order 😂, it looks great 👍
Hello, good video. Would you follow this approach to laying down pavers if I need to install a shed on top?
Did you use the same 5:1 sand to cement ratio for the mortar between the slabs as you used for below the slabs?
Awesome work! I did a bunch of stone work in my back yard last year and I also found a bunch of stone for free / cheap
Great video, I'm planning on re-laying my garden path which has 30x30 concrete tiles. But I'm not sure what is better to do to get less weeds, either laying them really tight or leave a gap between them of 3 to 5 mm and fill up seems with concrete or cement. Any tips?
Oh, I like this guy. I am looking for slabs in marketplace too for a new project.
being colour blind is horrible. Those green slabs look the same colour as the others to me! Great job!
First visit to this channel, certainly won't be the last. Great job 👍
Looks great. Even better is getting to re use things, plus save a few £££ 👍👍👍👍
Awesome job mate! Love finding the free stuff for projects like this!
Thanks 👍
WOW !! Great Job!! That was a lovely Green stone, I love green, but I haven't seen the green paver stones here in US. !!👍👍👍
You had me at ‘reuse’.
nicely done. Love to re-use old materials.
Wonderfully resourceful. Nicely done too. You’re awfully close to that busy road. How’s the noise transfer? Your pavers look great!
Just what i need, path envy. Nice job Keith 👍🏼
Well it not only turned out well mate but quite neat in the process Keith lol
Great video chap 😉
I hate it when life throws you a curve ball, like when you took all precautions to make that cut and yet it still broke. I think if I were to do a similar project, I'd lay stone/pebbles over a weed membrane... what do you think of that idea?
Did you get all this done in a day?
Great job it gave me a few ideas for my own job fitting slabs thanks
Keep up the great work
Love your attention to detail, really great job!!
You did a brilliant job there and for 20 quid .... NICE
you should have put some sort of weed barrier before laying the slabs, in no time you will see greens popping from every crack.
As someone who recently f'ed up one of my slabs that I don't have spares of, I am curious how that patch job went. If it went well I'll definitely do the same for mine.
When it has fully dried out I'll probably post an Instagram pic 👍
That's my kind of diy, cheap or free ,even better
Thank you. A great video. Enjoyed watching you do it. I reckon I might have the confidence to try it sometime.
Wow ! Looks great 😊 loves those projects that cost very little, love to recycle. Hmmm looks like a good timber storage area 😂😂
As long as ive been subbed to you it still boggles me how you don't have more subs
Thank you!
What a nice way to end the video, Keith. Are you enjoying your new camera, what did you go for in the end?
Im wondering which cement you use for the mix, we only have B & Q shop here. Thanks, for making this video as im looking into getting a dmall area slabbed for bins.
Thanks blue circle I think it's called
Thanks for this..grandma making walkways that keep breaking...I didn't level or use sand!😢 thanks for the knowledge 🎉❤️🤗🥳I subscribed and liked🎉
Concrete does not like internal angle and angles less than 90 degree. The stress flowing through the slab induces a crack at the change in width. Cutting two smaller bits either side of the water box would have been better.
Looks good at the end.
Nice work. Just the sort of cost I like.
I was just thinking, “aw, it’s a shame he didn’t pressure wash the wall and remove the algae to compliment the new pavers.” Then you did! Bless you. And how lucky the slabs were laid in that order. It honestly would have ruined my day if they turned out to be laid in a less-pleasing way. 😆
Another can be tricky job that you made look easy and explained really well - thanks Keith. Do you have a link for the concrete screws, i seem to be looking in the wrong place for these and never sure if what im looking at is the right type - cheers
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Good job 👍 I can't beleive your bro was laying down on the job though 😂
🤣 no one else seemed to notice that!
I always use a dry sand and cement mix for 3x2 slabs, surely to heavy for a wet mix
That little section so much better with concrete
Love these projects mixed with your wood working ones!
Thank you! Cheers!
Love your videos watching all keep it up.
Hope you are well
Good job Keith for 20 quid, what can ya say, have a nice day Mate !!!. 😀😀👍👍.
Thanks, you too!
You can score both sides of the block before hammering it for a cleaner cut