DIY Gravel Driveway Part 3 / The Carpenter's Daughter
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- So I have finally finished working on our gravel driveway. We've seen all seasons during this project.
We worked on and off over the last 3 months as we both work full time. But, we so proud of ourselves and I think it roughly cost us about £1300 - I'll tot it up properly soon and leave a pinned comment when I know for sure ;)
If you have any questions about it, then feel free to ask below and I'll try to answer asap.
Also, if you're unsure about how much gravel and subbase you need, then there's a lot of driveway calculators online. Here's a random one for you: decorativeaggregates.com/pages...
This is NOT sponsored build.
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases made through links.
Also, I am in no way a professional, so if you'd do anything differently, then comment to help anyone else who wants to take a stab at it..
Our gravel was bought from Atherstone Landscapes: www.atherstonelandscapes.co.uk
For my Yorkshire friends & followers, Decopak (up North) has the same supplier: www.deco-pak.co.uk/product/gol...
Things Used:
Concrete Gulley Surrounds: www.selcobw.com/concrete-gull...
Wickes Frostproofer
Small Compactor: hire.travisperkins.co.uk/hire/...
Large Compactor:
hire.travisperkins.co.uk/hire/...
Golden Gravel: www.atherstonelandscapes.co.uk...
Drop bolt (Dad's woodyard)
Steel pipe: Screwfix
Hilti Hammer Drill: geni.us/mzO92FO [Amazon]
Club hammer: geni.us/JTVl [Amazon]
How to Start this Plate Compactor: • How to start a Honda e...
Ear Defenders Toolstation
Have fun doing and saving while learning ;)
Music at end: Nkato - Chill Soul Rap Instrumental: / chill-soul-rap-instrum...
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Here's my complete gravel driveway parts 1, 2 and 3 here: thecarpentersdaughter.co.uk/gardening/diy-gravel-driveway-video-diaries/
Fiancé now I'm 💔
My little project for our new house in Thailand, cant wait to get started , well done on a good job
love your work ethic, sleet or snow, get it done. no power tools, handsaw the sleepers too. amazing how many helpful DIY videos on youtube require you to have every tool in the book. well done, looks great btw :)
Your videos are truly amazing. Just watched all three parts to this and I can honestly say that I was glued the whole time. :-)
Amazing . Well done. I love your videos and your grafting.... A massive inspiration to everyone looking at DIY.. :) hard work pays off!!!
Nice job and lots of useful little tips there. Thanks for taking the time to film it too 👌🏼🏴👍🏼
This gravel project is really inspiring and useful that I ended up doing my back patio and put down some stepping stones up to the patio door as well! One thing I would have done different though is cement the gravel into that recessed drain cover (a bit like how you did with the drop bolt pipe) , reason being is because in case it needs to be accessed in the event of a blockage the gravel doesn’t move around in the tray and potentially fall down the drain and cause a blockage. The DIY patio slabs videos and bungalow renovation are also really good too!
Greetings from southern Indiana, USA!
It both amuses and amazes me how similar methods and materials are when we're on totally different continents. Keep up the good work and videos.
Thanks +BossmanEight :)
What I found really good with your videos is the lack of playing to the camera and trying to be funny as so, so many do these days. You just got straight into it and kept it clear, to the point and informative. Well done!
Great job. This is great as I hoping to buy my first home soon so want to try do as much work myself as I can. Keep them coming.
+scott mclean :) hope I can inspire :) It's a very rewarding process and nicer on the bank account 😄
Well done. You have given me confidence to try it out myself.
Absolutely love the sound clip from Calamity Jane, Doris Day!!
Me too 😍😍😂😂
Fantastic job. Such a good progression. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks +sachae321 :) I love the jobs that get the biggest impact and don't cost a fortune 😊
This is brilliant - thank you. Real world DIY!
What a grafter, I need to send my missus for some training I reckon 😆
😂😂
Excellent. Love it. Hard graft. Great job. Have a daughter with 9 children who comes from the same mould as yourself. She will take on any DIY job and put men to shame.
I love your videos, we've been quoted between 6 and 8 thousand to do our drive and the space seems similar to yours. I just need to convince my husband I can do this myself. I have secretly bought a compactor so I can do work as and when between the children's naps. Thank you for giving me my self belief back. I'm practical but since having children i feel like I'm not capable anymore.
I live up North as well Teesside to be exact, but I recognise the snow, we got it the same time and it still hasn't completely gone, leaving a nasty wet slippery trail. well done for working in the bitter cold, I have been tucked up nice and warm with no thoughts of going outside.
+John Fithian-Franks Lol... Sounds perfect 😄 it soon keeps you warm working outside 😀 Thankfully it's all cleared today, so on to some extra plate compacting for good measure!
Looking good, I’ve gravelled my driveway but want to extend and can use some of your tips to do this, your doing a great job and keep the videos coming.
Thanks :) Next time I ever have to do this, I'll be taking other peoples' tips on board about splitting the bags while they're hanging from the crane ;)
Amazing work and effort! What I would do differently (and this is because I’ve done the same after laying over 4 tones of cotswold) is to put some form of gravel grid down. Whis I had of done that to begin with. Oh well. 👍🏼👍🏼
Great job with a nice looking top surface of stone!
Great job, you’re videos are informative and interesting to watch.
Thank you +Dave 1976. With a bit of luck, I can encourage help others save money too ;)
Well done what makes things get done is vision and motivation 👍
Job well done 👍🏼 just done a similar project myself last summer to add a gravel driveway, so much more beneficial
Thanks +Dom Stevo 😊 so glad we did it ourselves. We were originally quoted £3.5k and up to £5k for block paving.
Rain, Snow, Cold, Nothing can stop this woman, Congratulations, Great work.
Thanks you :) Sometimes you've just got to plough through it (pun intended) 😄
I've had builders at mine that would have been off at the first sight of rain.....never mind snow.
Hmmmmm,I better start thinking more about DIY.
Excellent furry hat. You and Colin did a great job there ;-)
Colin smiled :D
Great job vikkie that 1st whacker looked absolute pants compared too the 2nd one you could see a difference straight away a great job well done and I love the colour 😉👍
Thanks +BIGBOY'S DIY :) I definitely won't be hiring that diddy thing again 😄
You have inspired me to do my own driveway..Thankyou xx
What a nice looking front yard. I will be doing my front yard also soon in Malaysian weather
Looks fabulous and great detailed video
Thank you :)
Nice Job! Everyone out here in the desert rocks their yards. A few well placed pots and you're done. Easy, simple and beats not having to mow the stuff. lol Although, picking up after the dog is slightly more challenging.
Thanks +Joe Worden. Yes, we'd much rather have it this way to park the cars as we're by a main road :) I can image the dog mess being difficult 😄
certainly not afraid of a bit of hard work! cheers for the vid
Thanks :)
Great job !! Such good videos from you !! Thank you !!
Thank you +august 😊😊😊
Just discovered your channel atherstone landscapes is just down the road for me use them all the time found this series off videos very helpful project coming on in January I think
Very nicely done.
A handy tip for when you are getting materials delivered by the ton bag. Lay down a couple of 8x4 ply sheets. When the driver cranes the bags over the sheets slice open the bottom of the ton bags letting all the material fall onto the ply. Its so much easier to shovel gravel & sand when its not in the bags.
Thank you +Michael Tricker! Hopefully this can help someone who might be researching on doing their own drive 😊
Just to see this kind of work done by a nonprofessional is, indeed, very encouraging. Now, that I’ve seen it...I may give it a go myself.
Thank you.
I have a look every time I pass your house just to see if your doing another project
I’m in Ansty and renovating my own place .
Seems just what you need! Perfect job. 💅
Thanks +Stephen Sumner :)
And it looks fantastic
So full of life. Bravo.
I wish I never watched this because now I feel like doing exactly the same thing lol... got so much respect for you, well done 🖒
Love how you sorted your downspouts
Me too +StreetMachine18 😄 I'd have never heard of them unless my father mentioned gulley surrounds.
Great job, love it, I love your videos x
Thanks so much & so happy you like them too 😀
This has been really helpful! Thank you 🙏
Great job , that’s the way to do it , save yourself a four tune and you have that value back straightaway on the value of your house 👍
Wow!!!..you are an amazing woman anyone would be lucky to have you. 👍
Great work 👍
Looks great Vikkie! 😍
Thank you so much Sophie :D
It's looking good!
Thanks +Andy Pugh 😀
Looks great. I really prefer this color over the others you had.
I also noticed to changed your hair color. Cute.
Thanks +Joseph Erwin :) It might've been the lighting. I had my hair done just before August when we went to France the first time :)
A little tip, to get the compactor to work better lay a bag of sand or gravel on top of the machine and that make a hell of a difference
+John Fithian-Franks thank you... I think I might try that in a min 😄
Hi loving the channel as I reeeaaaally need to start tackling my garden and house plus I'm on the hunt for a van to convert also.....why don't you try resin bond stuff in the drain lid to keep to stones in...not needed I know plus it will make it heavier when lifting off as there stuck
Thanks for the idea. I originally wanted to use resin bond all over the drive but was worried I'd do it wrong lol
This is amazing! I’m trying to make a level parking pad on a left to right slope for my travel trailer in our rv park. We want the sight to be level and accessible enough that we can just park it without having to relevel it everytime. We’ll probably need a small retaining wall but the sleepers looked great! Would they hold as a retaining wall with gravel?
got to love a girl who doesn't mind getting stuck into the big DIY jobs :-)
+Garry G 😊 Life's just too short to worry about girly things lol
Been watching your videos a while now, noticed the 01827 on the gravel and thought, no way you’re local ! I’m from Tamworth. Keep up the great work guys. 👍
Thanks +Barry Floyd, yeah, not that far :)
What a lovely job ! Well done 👍 🍻
Cheers +Pauly H 😊
Lovely job Vikki.
Thank you +Dave Williams 😊
Great job!
well done you have done a great job there
Thanks so much +Darren Harlow 😀
Wow nice job keep up the good work love the video's
Thanks +jacko g, I'll keep on trying 😄
An amazing job! You are an inspiration and have inspired me to do mine.
I have a few of questions. How’s the drive looking now? Is there anything you would have done differently?
Do the stones escape and make a mess on the street/road?
Many thanks
Thanks! There's the occasional escape but not enough to bother sweeping. The only thing I'd say is that we put too much gravel down (maybe two tonne too much at a guess) as it didn't compress down that well. My father-in-law also confirmed this, but we can reuse elsewhere down the line.
Looks very smart hard work paid off , we have a gravel drive unfortunately we live on the back of a wood in chesterfield so leaves are a pain and its gone muddy but I don't have a pressure washer maybe that would help xx
Thanks :) It's worth a try! Might move of lot of the gravel though?
You’ve inspired me here in San Antonio Texas!!! I had gotten a $10,000 bid for my driveway I’m doing it myself!!!
Respect the graft. As Alex Ferguson said, "working hard is a talent."
Looks Great!
Cheers 😀
I live in Atherstone!
Love your work
Thanks so much :) We nearly bought a house in Atherstone! We only never went ahead with it as the internet at this particular house wasn't strong, but it's a lovely place!
Great job, looks very nice. I was amused that you went from a Never under estimate a woman song, to Benny Hill...
hehehe... too funny not to lol
i did a driveway using gravel mats (called nidagravel in belgium). that way you don't need to compact and the gravel stays in place better
Thanks +tofke314, I looked in to them and was told by other DIYers we wouldn't need them is we're not on a slope. I was also was worried about them showing.
Congratulations. Lots of hard work! The one thing that would have made this perfect would be to add a stabilising grid on top of the sub-base before spreading the golden aggregate on top. This prevents the decorative aggregate from working down into the sub-base and keeps everything looking nice and level without wheel tracks etc. For a driveway that size it wouldn't have added much to the cost either.
Thanks +R Down. For a while, we really wanted them but was advised in a DIY Facebook group that it wasn't needed if the ground was fairly flat and was also worried about them being seen.
Doing some research before I do mine. Going to do the same apart from buying about £200 worth of gravel retention grid's. To stop any gravel being pushed onto the pavement.
Job well done pal. 👊
Thanks Martin :)
The dog 🐶 was the main star. So cute 🥰
you did a fab job👍
Thank you :)
You should have bought a 40 quid 3' or 4' landscape rake, would've saved you a ton of time and would be useful maintaining the drive for years to come
You should have got the trucker driver to hover them just above where you want the stones then slice the bottom underneath it. That way you just need to rake it out
That would have been PERFECT! hahaha
Thats cheating!!! Lol! I use that idea too!
I was just about to comment and suggest to do just that!
Even if the aggregate or material isn’t where you want it, it’s always easier and quicker to shovel it from a loose pile of than from inside a bulk bag.
Love the videos and keep up the good work! 😁
Also, for anything that's too far away for the grabber, get them to stack the bags. Then put a barrow next to the bags and slit the top bag, the contents then just slide into a barrow, saves shoveling.
Thanks +Mitchell Dorman :) I'm definitely doing this next time 😄
Hi, looks great! hows the drive holding up? im about to put my top layer off 50mm on top of the mot, just a little concerned that the 2 might mix after a while of driving the cars on/off turning the wheel etc..thanks
Hi, great videos. One question, and forgive me if you mentioned this and I missed it, how deep did you make the different layers? We have a gravel driveway but I want to widen it so need an idea of how much soil I should remove and how much hardcore etc I should lay. Thanks
Use gravel mats, holds it much better and uses less stones. Easy to lay also
What a bloody good gal you are.
Getting stuck in.
Absolutely brilliant you are.
Hope you had a nice bubble bath after lol
Smash that snow!! A great end result 😀😀
Yeah... TAKE THAT snow!!! It kept coming back 😕 I haven't got time for it lol
The Carpenter's Daughter "ain't nobody got time for that" 😂
Superb work:)))) brawo!!!! Looks PRO
Cheers 😊
I like it! Great hat too.
Thanks +Al S and it was a gift from Hans 😄
Great job I’m doing my front garden into a already have on but enough for one car so going to turn my garden into extended driveway did you think about using eco grids that you can drive on
Oh the Benny Hill theme song just made my day. Thx
Haha, love that tune :D
Great work
If anyone is watching tbis and has old slabs , brick , block copncreteetc. Don't get s skip Get a Crusher. Make your own hardcore. No skip cost, no mot cost, no wheel barrowing stuff to the skip only to barrow more crushed stuff back. Saves money, and effort with barrowing. Crushers have tracks so easy to move around.. Great video and fab finish
Well done Love.
Fantastic video as always, how did you work out how much top gravel to use per sqm? Looks like you got the perfect thickness
How have you found it over time driving on it for ruts?
well done its lovely now xx
Thanks so much 😀
Those concrete gutter/drain guard things came out awesome, how are they holding up on top of the bricks?
Great to see a female doing jobs like this.even if we do need a bit of a lift here and there watching this makes me believe I might be able to do this on my own drive.
Well done👍
A great video, Vikkie and it looks like you've done a superb job. Colours appear to work well together. :-)
Thanks so much Olly :) Just needs a few planters and maybe a hanging basket or two now :)
Looks fantastic, although I do think the lighter colour would have given a better contrast to the brick of the house but perhaps I'm just biased against those golden coloured stones, had them out the back for years and hated them, I just think they look dirty. Anyway well done it looks very professional and saving money is always a huge bonus too
Thanks +Jack :) I loved the colour far left of the samples - they dried paler too the next day but my father in law advised us not to as they'd get dirty very quickly. And the moment we reversed on to the gold, we dirtied it from the grass verge which made me realise he was right. If that darker one everyone preferred stayed that colour, I would have gone for that instead (it was the cheapest) lol but looked like subbase when it dries :(
great video, thank you. Can I ask why you took the concrete up? couldn't you have gone across the top?
Seems like no one mentioned the dog, so I will. That is a great looking pup you have...well, 3 years on...I hope you still have.
I really enjoyed your driveway videos. I have inherited a badly laid gravel driveway. If I could afford it, I would replace it. In the meantime, how would I go about levelling a 3 metre by 0.5 metre strip at the end of my driveway? The drive appears to be gravel on top of clay/dirt. Thanks.
I did the same with the front of my drive, BUT MISTAKE , you do need a weed cover material ,to stop any weeds coming through the gravel ,I used CAUSTIC SODA in a watering can ( good plastic ) of warm water, to keep the weeds down , Cheaper than any weed killer .
Super job done!! I like your videos you are really descriptive. What is your daytime job?
Thank you! When I'm not doing DIY, I'm actually a food blogger at tastefullyvikkie.com 😊
Thanks! How is the driveway when it comes to shoveling the snow? Do the stones get tossed and shoved all over with the snow?