In this video I expand the parking pad next to my garage to accommodate my new larger utility trailer. Follow Our Black Hills Home on Instagram: / our_black_hills_home
This seems like one of those projects that you regret starting after about 20 minutes; but now you're committed and just finish anyway. Then glad that you did it because it's a huge improvement ☺️!
PRO TIPS: 1) Don’t level the timber coming away from the house. Have at least a 3-5 degree slope to encourage water run off. (Remember that was the reason for removing the concrete). 2) Always place Geo Textile frantic before placing stone or gravel. 3). Place the the stone/gravel with a grade that slopes to the lawn. 4) Place some type of bumper to obstruction to protect your roof from being backed into by trucks RV’s etc.. Your houses’ over hang is just begging to be damaged. Keep making videos with great content.
Very nice job. Having done landscape construction for the last 24 years I can say your process is pretty damn straight. No corners cut, nothing overdone. Gutter clean out is a nice addition. Lack of fabric is probably just fine. Rebar in the timbers is a necessity, if it’s a high dollar job (or my own house).
This was a well done video. So many demo videos are padded with filler that makes them way longer than they need to be. The pad looks great as well. I want to build one like this to store a camper trailer, and it will be much like what you've done.
Great job! Just remember, anatomically speaking, it’s easier to pull than to push! When you’re raking or spreading material to pull back instead of push forward. Helps with grading and saves your body too. Really good looking product at the end!
Great job! I like your comment "made it bigger in case I get a boat someday". I said that 30 years ago when I expanded my driveway. But still, no boat, never got the money for one but hey I can still keep dreaming...LOL.
Nice job. I’m originally from Rapid City (actually Hisega) so I subscribed just so I can get a glimpse of the hills every once in a while. My Grandparents still live in the Black Hills and I try to get back there every so often. Gorgeous area.
Great project man, I’ve just bought a new travel trailer and need to build a parking spot with a convenient black/gray water dump site nearby. I’ll combine your method (with your nifty timber frame indeed) along with a sewer pipe rerouting tutorial to execute my project successfully. Gotta love home improvement fellas 🤙🏻
I had a gravel pad similar to this before. Rather than using roundup for weed control I bought a weed dragon torch from harbor freight. Whenever the weeds started to pop up I’d just toast them real quick. I found that if I wet the gravel lightly first it would steam them real good. Great addition.
Came out great! Nice work! Agree plastic weed barrier is a waste of time and money. It will tear and the weeds will come through. Also the plastic will get brittle over time and you’ll have a mess of plastic bits laying around. The thickness of the gravel and rock should keep most of the weeds down. And yep, roundup is the way to go for the stragglers you’ll get.
Really nice work through with the whole project. Some would just put a weed barrier and then the top level of gravel. You brought it to a whole other level and it will show in 15 years when it is still going strong. Once the pressure-treating has dried you should seal it with something, either a sealer or a homemade version of used motor oil and diesel.
Professional work done by home owners is always a pleasure to watch 👍🏻 well done! (Your videos are just the right length, being a fossil a little less loud music would be alright for my tastes 🤷🏼)
Can we just admire how healthy his dirt and grass look. That dirt he hauled away looks like perfect farming soil. This is def not located in Tennessee. Lol
Thats a valid point @YellowDrops. However, both of our properties slope towards the lot line and then down to our backyards. The neighbors yard has a pretty steep slope running from their house. It would take a massive amount of rain to flood that ditch, and reach their basement. If that happened we all would have flooded basements. I plan on doing the same thing on the other side of my house. There isn't as much of a slope, and our houses are less then 15' apart. In that case, I will run it away from the house towards the road and my back yard.
I built an RV pad. I'm a little concerned that all the moisture from the ground will still elevate through your pad. On my pad, I put a plastic underlayment to prevent all moisture and plants from affecting the underside of the RV. The whole was on a slight slope to help with runoff. It's been 11 years, and it's in perfect shape. The underside of the RV has remained reasonably dry.
Our Black Hills Home, nice job and great video! Question is about winter/freezing temperatures and preventative measures for the PVC pipe that’s buried and downspout damming?
I have to pick fun at you. Seeing you out there with the shovel and wheelbarrow is funny. I get the shovel but you had a engine powered wheelbarrow called a skidsteer sitting in your driveway fella! It looks good regardless though!
Thanks for sharing. Nice video. Be sure to seal those cuts! I just put a 4" PVC downspout diverter system in and used a Y connector at the tops for the clean-out. Good stuff.
Nice video! You mentioned "gravel" and "rock" in the video. What type of stone did you use for base and on top? Or was it the same stone? Also, how deep is each layer? I've been doing research online and some are saying to put 4-6" rock as a base and then smaller stone on top. What are your thoughts on that?
Great video! What’s the damage? To the Benjamin’s. Rock and rented equipment included. If you don’t mind sharing. I was thinking of pouring concrete. This has me thinking otherwise. Great job!
This seems like one of those projects that you regret starting after about 20 minutes; but now you're committed and just finish anyway. Then glad that you did it because it's a huge improvement ☺️!
Haha you are spot on!
🤣 right
😂yes...
😂
Exactly, I wanted to do this years ago and my wife resisted. Now I told her I’m doing it . She said fine that would be great?
PRO TIPS: 1) Don’t level the timber coming away from the house. Have at least a 3-5 degree slope to encourage water run off. (Remember that was the reason for removing the concrete). 2) Always place Geo Textile frantic before placing stone or gravel. 3). Place the the stone/gravel with a grade that slopes to the lawn. 4) Place some type of bumper to obstruction to protect your roof from being backed into by trucks RV’s etc.. Your houses’ over hang is just begging to be damaged. Keep making videos with great content.
Awesome job! Especially with the thought of wet weather in mind to make the drainage a priority. Hats off!👍🤘
Very well done. I really like they way you did the water spouts and how you tied the timbers together.
Very nice job. Having done landscape construction for the last 24 years I can say your process is pretty damn straight. No corners cut, nothing overdone. Gutter clean out is a nice addition. Lack of fabric is probably just fine. Rebar in the timbers is a necessity, if it’s a high dollar job (or my own house).
Thank you, Jason! That means a lot coming from someone in the trade.
Very nice. Looks like a clean, quality job.
Great approach to building a shed pad too - thanks!
This was a well done video. So many demo videos are padded with filler that makes them way longer than they need to be. The pad looks great as well. I want to build one like this to store a camper trailer, and it will be much like what you've done.
Thanks T K!
Nicely done! Glad I found this video
Very tidy job. Very informative too. Well done and thanks for posting..
Very detailed! Cheers to a job well done!
Was going to suggest a better downspout drainage system and then magically in the next frame you had done exactly what I would have done. Bravo!
Great job! Just remember, anatomically speaking, it’s easier to pull than to push! When you’re raking or spreading material to pull back instead of push forward. Helps with grading and saves your body too. Really good looking product at the end!
Thanks Samuel! I will keep that in mind on my next projects.
Well done! The border looks great.
Great job! I like your comment "made it bigger in case I get a boat someday". I said that 30 years ago when I expanded my driveway. But still, no boat, never got the money for one but hey I can still keep dreaming...LOL.
Thanks Jimmy! That's all we can do is dream, and it doesn't cost anything. Haha
That’s the greenest lawn I’ve ever seen!
Nice job. I’m originally from Rapid City (actually Hisega) so I subscribed just so I can get a glimpse of the hills every once in a while. My Grandparents still live in the Black Hills and I try to get back there every so often. Gorgeous area.
Same here! Rapid City is my adopted hometown. Lived in Rapid Valley for several years. We still get back every couple of years.
Great project man, I’ve just bought a new travel trailer and need to build a parking spot with a convenient black/gray water dump site nearby. I’ll combine your method (with your nifty timber frame indeed) along with a sewer pipe rerouting tutorial to execute my project successfully.
Gotta love home improvement fellas 🤙🏻
I had a gravel pad similar to this before. Rather than using roundup for weed control I bought a weed dragon torch from harbor freight. Whenever the weeds started to pop up I’d just toast them real quick. I found that if I wet the gravel lightly first it would steam them real good. Great addition.
Thanks for the suggestion! I might have to get one of those torches. Sounds like a lot more fun than roundup.
@@ourblackhillshome7556 Watch out for rocks popping from the heat. A friend nearly lost is eye doing that. No joke.
Came out great! Nice work! Agree plastic weed barrier is a waste of time and money. It will tear and the weeds will come through. Also the plastic will get brittle over time and you’ll have a mess of plastic bits laying around. The thickness of the gravel and rock should keep most of the weeds down. And yep, roundup is the way to go for the stragglers you’ll get.
Thanks Michael!
That border is looking clean 👌🏻
Using a trailer to build a parking pad…to store the trailer. Love it!
Hell of a job and all on your own! Good stuff
Informative no-nonsense presentation. Appreciate it!
That's a really nice job. I need something like this next to my house for my trailer as well
@Zain Isaias if you gotta hack your gf, she’s not your gf, Why are u with her? Move on,
Really nice work through with the whole project. Some would just put a weed barrier and then the top level of gravel. You brought it to a whole other level and it will show in 15 years when it is still going strong. Once the pressure-treating has dried you should seal it with something, either a sealer or a homemade version of used motor oil and diesel.
Thanks!
DIY'r like you - just retired and looking for ideas for trailer property I bought. Love this video and am now subscribed.
Thanks Thomas!
Looks great im in the process of expending my driveway with this kinda look.
Great job. Looks like you thought of everything.
Even thought of making friends of a guy with a skid steer before doing the project. Lol
Clean out on the gutter is an excellent idea. Nice work.
Great project! Fantastic job!
Thanks Paul!
Nice work! You're lucky to live in such a beautiful area. take care
Thank you for posting this information -- thumbs up. 👍
May God bless you and your family.
Great vid. Nice looking pad.
Great! Looks awesome! 👏🏼
Gotta do this same project shortly. Great job!
Well thought out and nice finish.
Nice work. Looks great. TY for the video
I need this for my RV... sadly, I don't have that much space! Well done, sir!
Me too! But sadly I don't have an RV... Or a house... Or a truck.
Very good job, thanks for sharing.
Professional work done by home owners is always a pleasure to watch 👍🏻 well done! (Your videos are just the right length, being a fossil a little less loud music would be alright for my tastes 🤷🏼)
Thanks Brad! I really appreciate the feedback.
I just finished making an L shaped driveway at my cabin. 15 yards of soil, 15 yards of 3/4 crush in a wheel barrel. Great feeling when completed
Can we just admire how healthy his dirt and grass look. That dirt he hauled away looks like perfect farming soil. This is def not located in Tennessee. Lol
That looks great!
Very nice. I'm gonna make a very small addition to my driveway.
Lol here I am, living in Rapid City, googling videos on extending my driveway with rock... And I find your channel.
You my man gotta nice parking pad !!👍
Great project!
Nice job well done good attention to detail
Love this! Need to do it for my boat trailer!
Looks clean!
Nice work! Also had to subscribe when I saw you're located in the Black Hills. I spent nearly 15 years at Ellsworth.
Thanks Chris! And thank you for your service! 🇺🇲
Like the music and that you turned it off when you had something to say. Great job on the pad as well.
I manage an equipment rental store so you're definitely my kind of guy!
@huntstrong great maybe you can tell me what that yellow thing he was pushing over after he wet the pad is called.
@@WorstCowboyEver It's a plate compactor or some may call it a tamper.
@@huntstrong5397 or jumping jack
excellent job!
That is some nice dirt!
That grass looks great
I like the way you ran the drain pipe onto the neighbors property so it floods his basement. Nice.
You must be the neighbor!
Thats a valid point @YellowDrops. However, both of our properties slope towards the lot line and then down to our backyards. The neighbors yard has a pretty steep slope running from their house. It would take a massive amount of rain to flood that ditch, and reach their basement. If that happened we all would have flooded basements. I plan on doing the same thing on the other side of my house. There isn't as much of a slope, and our houses are less then 15' apart. In that case, I will run it away from the house towards the road and my back yard.
Wow! Looks great
Nice work on the pad and video!
Thanks!
Great job! You have given me an idea of what I can do with my side yard.
Kinda funny. I clicked on your video and I use to live over in rapid. Great video
That's cool! Thanks for watching, Ryan!
Clean out for the downspout was an awesome addition
Easy do it yourself. All you need is some spray paint, some rocks, a pick up truck, flat bed, and Cat C3.6 104HP Bulldozer!
Easy!
Nice job brother 👍🏼👌🏼
I built an RV pad. I'm a little concerned that all the moisture from the ground will still elevate through your pad. On my pad, I put a plastic underlayment to prevent all moisture and plants from affecting the underside of the RV. The whole was on a slight slope to help with runoff. It's been 11 years, and it's in perfect shape. The underside of the RV has remained reasonably dry.
Great work. Won yourself a sub!
Very nicely done, sir.
Great video, looks like you do this type of work for a living 👍👍👍
Thanks Eric! I actually don't do this for a living. I just really enjoy working on my own projects around the house.
Nice job, nice video!
Loved it. Very nice video
Good job , well done 👍🏼
Nice job!
Our Black Hills Home, nice job and great video! Question is about winter/freezing temperatures and preventative measures for the PVC pipe that’s buried and downspout damming?
Great work, wanna come over next weekend & help me 😂!
Great job!
I was wondering about the landscaping fabric, but you answered that question.
what did he say
Very well done 👍
Looks great! Instead of Round up -Pure cheap vinegar works great! And not toxic :)
Damn fine work sir. I need to do the same project for extra parking so I will be trying to duplicate your masterpiece!!!
Very nice job!
I have to pick fun at you. Seeing you out there with the shovel and wheelbarrow is funny. I get the shovel but you had a engine powered wheelbarrow called a skidsteer sitting in your driveway fella!
It looks good regardless though!
I love projects like this....sometimes I just do stuff like this for no reason 😂
Great idea.. good video
Looks great.
Thanks for sharing. Nice video. Be sure to seal those cuts! I just put a 4" PVC downspout diverter system in and used a Y connector at the tops for the clean-out. Good stuff.
Really enjoyed the video, great detail. Does your drainage just go to the yard and end their?
Looks nice 😊
Nice job ... very plan
Your grass tho 😍
you did a nice job looks good
Thanks!
You did a good job
Looks great, do you mind sharing the cost to make that pad?
Well done! How has it held up thus far? Especially over winter?
Nice video! You mentioned "gravel" and "rock" in the video. What type of stone did you use for base and on top? Or was it the same stone? Also, how deep is each layer? I've been doing research online and some are saying to put 4-6" rock as a base and then smaller stone on top. What are your thoughts on that?
I would have given this video a like if you had answered this question about the gravel and rock.
Great video! What’s the damage? To the Benjamin’s. Rock and rented equipment included. If you don’t mind sharing. I was thinking of pouring concrete. This has me thinking otherwise. Great job!
Looks nice, was thinking of doing the same for my trailer. What was the total project cost? Not sure if I missed it in the video.
Forget the rock driveway.... How about doing a video on that green grass you got. .... looks good 👍🏻
Ha, thanks for noticing! Maybe I'll do a lawn video this summer.
Adding some stain and preservative to the underside of your border might be a thought great job !!
looks nice.
how much deep did u cut the top soil.
How will u prevent plants from growing tru the rocks ?