I really learned something. I thought urbanite was what Han Solo was frozen in during Empire Strikes back. Love the ideas. Love the glasses. Love the braided pony tail. Love that you are on TV...
You are adorable. I did this at my old place and made like a French courtyard. We had a fire pit in the middle so we began by placing the stones in a circle around that and spreading out. We filled the cracks with dry mortar, then sprayed it down. It just looked so cool, and we would get many compliments on it. Going to be doing it again at my new place only on a much larger scale.... And like you say, it is a ton of work especially in the heat but the results are so worth it and the price is right. 👍
Great video , watching in from Ireland and you gave me a great idea for my greenhouse wall with the urbanite .. glad I saw your video as inspired now to go for it and then add some erigeron karvinskianus to the wall too ... new Irish Sub
Great for retaining walls , often delivered free. I get mine from a local driveway contractor who is happy for the free dumping. These can be be built much higher than 2 or 3 ft with a leaning back batter . It also needs good support behind . That is a depth of some hard fill, rubble etc ( not dirt, which can wash out ) packed in behind. When building a dry wall ( no mortar ) I like to have a range of thin bits to poke in here and there to stop rocking. It can be quite a challenge, obtaining enough of this material. Save thinner pieces, broken tiles are also an option. Building the wall is easier if you strive to keep each layer level and raking back at 90 degrees or so to the batter. Sometimes you need to chip bits off to make better fits. This work is physically demanding so get some bars ( I use old metal water pipe with a squashed end because its light ) and develop easy ways of moving big bits of this heavy material around without lifting. I have been building these walls for years on my property, one over 4 metres ( two on the go at the moment ) I hope this info from my experiences helps someone.
Indeed! How about a 26 ft long gabion wall with really really old concrete? When you say "labor intensive" you ain't said nothing! Between finding the rubble, moving the rubble, stacking the rubble....took me 3 years, but it's the only one I know of, and it does look super cool. Now using cut slabs from a highway demo to build a real retaining wall. Each cut slab is 8 in thick, about 4 ft long and maybe sometimes somewhere around 12-16 inches wide. Looks really groovy!!!
They all look great. I was pleasantly surprised by the first arrangement ( Topo art...). The end result all ways turn out great. The cement filled retaining wall looks like stacked, I'm used to seeing running bond. I Know, ...it's art, ...looks very nice. Some very great ideas. Great job Sara. Are you able to make longer videos?
Hi mike thanks for the feedback! I am trying to make some longer videos. Honestly I am still figuring out youtube so if you have suggestions please let me know :)
@@sarabendrick7252 don't know too much about making the videos, I'm just am avid fan of construction and Landscaping. I've seen videos ranging from few minutes to a few hours. So I think it's how much you want to edit. I usually watch 15 - 45 minutes... your videos are very artistic. Thank you.
One wants a drainage plane behind the wall to carry off the water to minimize chances of failure. Improperly drained walls fail and there are plenty of examples here on YT with details on correcting the errors. Water pressure behind wall, bad. Escape route, good.
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Yay! Sara is back!
Thanks!!! LOL
I really learned something. I thought urbanite was what Han Solo was frozen in during Empire Strikes back. Love the ideas. Love the glasses. Love the braided pony tail. Love that you are on TV...
haha I should know what youre talking about shouldn't I lol. Im the worst at movies!
Wow where do you get all of those ideas? You turned a plain looking landscape into a beautiful place to relax.awsome job Sarah.
THank you!! :)
You are adorable. I did this at my old place and made like a French courtyard. We had a fire pit in the middle so we began by placing the stones in a circle around that and spreading out. We filled the cracks with dry mortar, then sprayed it down. It just looked so cool, and we would get many compliments on it. Going to be doing it again at my new place only on a much larger scale.... And like you say, it is a ton of work especially in the heat but the results are so worth it and the price is right. 👍
Great work! The attention to detail really shows through in the final product.
Hi Sara! Cool tips. Nice seeing you!
Thanks for the ideas
Of course! Thank you for watching :) 🙌
Nice job! You are a landscape artist!! The false flagstone path w/ dg is a great idea
Great video , watching in from Ireland and you gave me a great idea for my greenhouse wall with the urbanite .. glad I saw your video as inspired now to go for it and then add some erigeron karvinskianus to the wall too ... new Irish Sub
Just saved my broken concrete!
Awesome! Love hearing that! :D
Great video! Thank you for the ideas.
Subbed. Absolutely 💯 love this and needed it.
Great for retaining walls , often delivered free. I get mine from a local driveway contractor who is happy for the free dumping. These can be be built much higher than 2 or 3 ft with a leaning back batter . It also needs good support behind . That is a depth of some hard fill, rubble etc ( not dirt, which can wash out ) packed in behind. When building a dry wall ( no mortar ) I like to have a range of thin bits to poke in here and there to stop rocking. It can be quite a challenge, obtaining enough of this material. Save thinner pieces, broken tiles are also an option. Building the wall is easier if you strive to keep each layer level and raking back at 90 degrees or so to the batter. Sometimes you need to chip bits off to make better fits.
This work is physically demanding so get some bars ( I use old metal water pipe with a squashed end because its light ) and develop easy ways of moving big bits of this heavy material around without lifting. I have been building these walls for years on my property, one over 4 metres ( two on the go at the moment ) I hope this info from my experiences helps someone.
Indeed! How about a 26 ft long gabion wall with really really old concrete? When you say "labor intensive" you ain't said nothing! Between finding the rubble, moving the rubble, stacking the rubble....took me 3 years, but it's the only one I know of, and it does look super cool. Now using cut slabs from a highway demo to build a real retaining wall. Each cut slab is 8 in thick, about 4 ft long and maybe sometimes somewhere around 12-16 inches wide. Looks really groovy!!!
@@shannonmikus550 Good for you. Good to find ways to keep the weight off the body , those slabs sound heavy.
They all look great. I was pleasantly surprised by the first arrangement ( Topo art...).
The end result all ways turn out great. The cement filled retaining wall looks like stacked, I'm used to seeing running bond. I Know, ...it's art, ...looks very nice. Some very great ideas.
Great job Sara.
Are you able to make longer videos?
Hi mike thanks for the feedback! I am trying to make some longer videos. Honestly I am still figuring out youtube so if you have suggestions please let me know :)
@@sarabendrick7252 don't know too much about making the videos, I'm just am avid fan of construction and Landscaping. I've seen videos ranging from few minutes to a few hours. So I think it's how much you want to edit. I usually watch 15 - 45 minutes... your videos are very artistic. Thank you.
@@michaelmaker8169 Great thanks for the feedback, yes I am trying to shoot for 10 min videos in the near future :)
Very helpful!
Really top stuff,very sensible,strong,cheap,recycling.
I am a professional handyman,built sandstone walls, brick paving ,etc
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Where do you get it ?
I picked up some on craigslist for free, you can always hit up a landscape contractor. They'd be happy to take it off your hands.
One wants a drainage plane behind the wall to carry off the water to minimize chances of failure. Improperly drained walls fail and there are plenty of examples here on YT with details on correcting the errors.
Water pressure behind wall, bad. Escape route, good.
Yes I completely agree! For this small wall we have voids in the concrete for water to move through!
Can you stucco urbanite?
Saweet
Thank you 🙌