Re-leveling and weeding our patio
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Using my vacuum patio stone lifter contraption to lift all the patio stones, re-level the sand and gravel, take out weeds and add additional barrier to weeds, then new sand in the cracks. Hopefully this will stay weed free without pesticides for a few years.
I was wondering if you were gonna do it. I copied yours pretty much exactly 1:1 and it's freaking brilliant. I relined against water infiltrations in two days, it was a breeze.
His is a copy of other similar devices
I like how Matthias mentioned how he took his time and at one point he said he would continue tomorrow. It shows he's genuine and it breaks the illusion a lot of handymen on social media create where people are under the impression that they bang out a project in one day.
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I like how this guy always do things his very own way
He copied this. There have been similar devices on the market for a very long time
@@rd-ch1on are you pointing the fact that m wandell is not the inventor of vacuum?
@@SimgoWood No. There are numerous other devices that have been around for years that use vacuum to lift various things including various types of pavers. A simple YT search yields many examples
Not always to great success. He made some odd scrapper for remove varnish from his wood floors so he could refinish them. He really should have left that one to professionals.
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Matthias acquired the crushed stone by repurposing an old boulder.
Video on how he did this soon to be released.
My wooden stone crusher experiments did not go well
genius idea to use a shopvac like this. i really enjoy watching your stuff!
That was quite the slope to the house! I was going to say polymeric sand is the go to for filling the gaps and stopping weeds, but if you're planning on lifting some in the future it can be a pain. Those are some thick patio pavers.
I can see Makita hitting the market next year with a fancy vaccum lifter. And after two years they'll update it to use batteries.
batteries would be great, that extension cord is annoying, and the vaccum is annoyingly loud
@@matthiaswandel Yoda will show you how to do it ruclips.net/video/C9tnUnjBG5g/видео.html
These vacuum devices have been in use for a long time. This is just a neat copy
I'm always so impressed with your enginuity! My grandpa had a 4th grade education, but was an engineer at heart. People would comes from miles around to his farm which was more of a junkyard as the years went by, and Grandpa would piece together a contraption using things like, "a set of garage door springs, stored in the bus, 2nd or 3rd seat from the back on the right, and a piece of steel plate leaning against the 1st post as you go into the barn from the South side...". I love watching fabricate and immediately employ your gadgets! Good on you, young sir!
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If you mix salt in with whatever you put between the cracks, it will suppress the weeds.
i just layed about 30 of these pavers....and i wondered if there was a tool for helping facilitate the job and low and behold.... great work !
Wow your kids are growing like weeds Matthias! Love the homemade tools. Great video thumbs up.
they are growing indeed, but I think the weeds are faster
@@matthiaswandel I have kids growing out of the cracks in my driveway. Will your contraption lift 10' by 10' concrete slabs? Sorry, I mean 3 meter by 3 meter slabs.
@@milesparris4045 yes it will, just up scale Matthias's model a little.
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All sand is not created equal. Do not use play sand, it will not lock. Use crushed sand, which is sharp, jagged, and locks together.
You take one look at this contraption and say no way thats gonna do anything but cause more hassle. Then he lifts up the stuck pavers with ease 😮. Now im interested in seeing just how much weight it can actually lift.
Test it!!
Atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi. You might get 4 or 5 psi with a shop vac. With an area of 18" x 18", that's over 1000 lb.
Hi Matthias, the weeds doesn't actually grow in the soil beneath the stones, at least not to start. Yes bigger ones may connect roots, but its not usually the starting point. What usually happens is small seeds gets into the dirt lines between the stones, and its plenty for weeds to grow. So the plastic below wont do much, but the stones you used will likely compact and make it harder for sure. Great stuff!
we use a lot of pavers in nz. generally we use a paving mortar (coarse sand and cement) which we sweep in and then give a light watering. holds the pavers nicely and prevents weeds.
That method doesn't work here in Canada because of the freeze thaw cycles that happen multiple times per week during winter
@@rd-ch1on Polymeric sand absolutely works in Canada.
Sandbox play-sand is a decent alternative to paver locking sand. It holds its shape and expands a little when wet, which keeps water from getting too deep between the pavers.
Play sand doesn't expand when it gets wet.
@@milesparris4045 I agree, for most values of play sand. polymeric sand, or IIRC some form of Masons sand. Big box stores have it.
The way pavers are usually done is to first make a border around the entire area, then fill with gravel and then sand. Next, compact the area. Without the borders the sand and gravel 'leak' out but with the borders you get a nice compact bed.
Yes! And for easier leveling, they put some pipes in the gravel or sand and use a plank to level the gavel between the pipes. After that you remove the pipes and fill the gap.
Wrong. Border, then base which is compacted, then sand which is just screeded to the desired slope and NOT compacted, then the pavers, then more sand which is vibrated into the cracks.
Glyphosate 360 on the cracks once a month or 2. No more weeds. Or just burn the weeds.
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This is amazing. Ive done my patio front and back of my house with these 2x2 ft flag stones and yes they are heavy. This is such a quality idea. Thanks for sharing.
Hey buddy I love this machine!
I am concerned about the plastic it will indeed reduce water intrusion but reducing water on one side like this can also cause foundation damage as the ground doesn't swell equally.
I found the stone bases wobble and become uneven in time. Sand is nice as it "flows" around the paving stone fully supporting it from all sides. You could fill the gaps with torpedo sand, or play sand, it won't have the removal issue while preventing intrusion of pine needles and debris.
Yeah, I'd rather put something water permeable too
Pressure-washing the patio-stone top surface will clean them up nice, almost like new. Little late now as loose material between them will fly out in every direction.
I think thats obvious. Won't help with sagging though.
Regarding the plastic under the blocks to keep the weeds out: Nope. The spaces between the stones fill with debris, and the seeds of the weeds grow atop of that, but what it may prevent is anything from spreading laterally underneath, but I doubt that is going to be too effective either. It may help in preventing a large amount of erosion by dispersing the water into a larger amount of gravel below. I do think your upgrades are a HUGE help, and a great job of fixing the issues!
it makes for a longer path for the roots mostly. I don't expect it to be a permanent solution.
Works super well. Must keep that project in the back of the head, might need it.
Quite possibly the most amazing thing Mattias has ever built. It's simple but so effective.
He just copied devices that have been in use for a long time
@@rd-ch1on You've said that at least 3 times in this comment section. Do you enjoy spending your day telling people how they're not nearly as inventive as they think they are, because it's all been done before? The fact of the matter is he built one, and did a significant amount of problem solving to do so out of stuff that he essentially had lying around. What have you built recently?
Just a simple Solution of strong vinegar poured onto the weeds will Kill them should they start growing in the cracks again. Or taking boiling hot water and pouring it on the weeds that grow up through the cracks.
boiling water sure didn't work. Dandelion roots go way down.
@Charles Brainard , do u mix it with water? If so, what part? Vinegar that is.
Great idea, it reminds me of a Grabo. I had bad luck with building equipment, but I am very good at customizing it. But I will copy the cart.
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yes, izzy plugging those grabos all the time kind of inspired me.
They have stuff called polymeric sand which you can put in the cracks between the pavers, it has some sort of glue in it which is activated by water.
Honey, is the neighbor vacuming his patio again?
You might want to use Polymeric Sand to seal the top of the lines so you have a better barrier for the weeds, it took 7 years before grass seeds finally planted them self's in my patio.
themselves
Re weeds sprouting in the cracks, again the solution lies in chemistry.
we have small kids.
Awesome video. Why not use polymeric sand between the joints? So it’s easier to reset when/if it settles more?
I didn't use polymeric sand so it's easier to reset when/if it settles more.
Sharps vs. rounds. Sharps will lock together, especially when compacted. But rounds never will. This is why round river stones are reserved for gardens, and utterly useless on driveways. It's why your AWD get stuck at the beach, and in riverbeds.
looks great, and that vacuum lifter is really cool too
That contraption works so well that it was until near the end of the video before I looked closely enough to see it wasn't a commercial product. Man that's great.
Polymeric sand is great for keeping "organic crap" out from between the pavers.
Hi Matthias wandel . You are doing very well. Have you ever tried to make concrete mixer from wooden material?? I'f not , please plan that
that rock is what is normally referred to as structural fill aggregate. It's the sharp corners that allow the rocks to interlock and provide the support you're talking about, and it's certainly the best way to handle things. if you grade the land properly, you can even provide subsurface drainage since the water can flow down through the gaps in the aggregate and away from the house to either a slope or using drainage tile. Now we need a good ASMR pressurewashing video of you brightening up those pavers!
Hello.. how incredible your machine... In the next videos you can leave the subtitles option enabled please. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
I agree! Please use closed caption for hard of hearing and foreign individuals who enjoys ur video. Closed caption is same as subtitles.
This is an amazing machine and I really need one because I have a patio like yours but it's twice the size
Pre-emergent herbicide between the stones should help with the weeds :-). Preen works great!
Preen is OK for a season.
@@1pcfred Run an experiment; preen only half those pavers, and see what happens in a year :-).
@@hmspain52 I've already used Preen so I know what happens. It's good for a season.
Looks great.. I love your ingenuity, that vacuum lifter is a awesome idea !
vacuum lifters have been an awesome idea for quite a while
Wow, I love you creativity, you're really cracking!
Have you given thought to patenting the vacuum patio lifter? I feel like you can do really well with it
Look for Grabo and it is already there.
This guy is the definition of work smarter not harder
Nice work, your patio stone lifter made an easy job of moving those stones. Without that you would have gone a different route.
That's fabulous Mathias, I get 3 crops of weed a year and flag stones are on quite a slope, each weigh at least 100 pounds, I have a bad back so. Who knows.. but maybe not.. lol..
Oh how's it working out now 2024.. thanks 👍
Use a product called TOTAL CLEAR, in a black bottle the big box stores have it, I will keep the weeds from growing for years on my patio cracks
Don't know how you feel about herbicides or if they are available to you in Canada. But, Pramatol is used in the states to stop plant growth for several years. Sprayed down before you plant your pavers and there's not plant growth for 5 or more years. Between the cracks would work and those cracks will collect enough material for plants to start growing. Pramatol would stop that.
Or a small bottle of RoundUp, or anything hippy-dippy safe home DIY type.
Didn't enemies used to salt their victims territory in days of old.
People complaining about this being a problem are crazy. Every 2/3rd time you mow the lawn, spend 20 minutes cleaning out the cracks, power spray or scrape and apply some salt, herbicide, etc. If you don't want to have to do that, then fill the joints with something and check once/twice a year.
I would recommend filling the joints with sand mix (sand & cement mix) it will make weeds unable to grow in between and it will help secure the stones. It will make lifting the patios stones (with your machine) impossible in the future (they will still be able to be lifted if you start from the outside) but usually when you do a stone patio you compact the sub surfaces ALOT to mitigate settling and build it with the intention of NOT redoing it 😊.
Food for thought from someone who has built his share of large stone paver parking areas and small block patios (I personally just pour concrete now it’s soo much less working on your knees)
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Thank you based upon your example I built my own using an eBay Probst head and a vacuum valve along with a tyre air compressor inflator i.e suction is created in the valve as the air rushes through. Thanks again for sharing.
Precisely. but does it dissolve? I have the idea, right or wrong, I don't know, that glass, when smashed and ground back to about sand size is still glass, and as such does not support plant growth, where it is not wanted between patio stones. just sayin...
What was your reason for not using polymeric sand in the joints?
I agree with your reasoning for not renting tools.
Based on comments on my first patio stone lifter videos, its not worth the trouble.
Why didn't you pressure wash the tiles though they were out?
Here in Belgium, we usually put a mix of 1 part cement/ 10 parts sand under this kind of stones.
1-10 wtf, leehigh is like 1-3 ratio
@@guwop2234 1:3 is a mortar/concrete like ratio; 1:10 is called “stabilisé” here (probably short for stabilised sand) and is used slightly moist; it hardens out over time but is fairly brittle (which doesn’t really matter in this case since the tiles distribute the pressure). Stabilisé is also used as the bed when putting drainage pipes underground.
I had water coming into my basement but I worked out it was groundwater coming up because of the weight of surface water outside, and because the idiot who concreted the basement did the two end areas to the top of the footing and the centre area to the bottom of the footing, which I didn't understand for the longest time. The only solution was to bead a hydrophobic compound around the footing in the centre and then pour concrete to fill that area. Once set, water rising would meet the compound causing it to expand and harden to fill any crevices.
the gaps between pavers is usually filled with polymeric sand, or just any old sand mixed with cement powder, you sweep it in and then water it down
Damn dude, I would have just sprayed them.
Matthias wanted to grade the patio some too.
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That lifter is crazy! And clean stones always look so nice.
Best way to control weeds is to squirt into the cracks once or twice a year with a solution of water and salt. As much salt as will dissolve. I’ve never had weeds on my patio since I started this.
Should have left that crusher dust in there, a good mix of fines to coarse will really lock in and resist movement.
Thought was a vibrating compacting from the thumbnail image... didn't think was a jumping jack. Would be interesting to see what you come up with for a plate compactor and/or jumping jack compactor.
In the U.S. we call the 22A or similar "road base" and is typically what the dirt roads and base of other roads are made out of with the roads having more design considerations. Interestingly, can get the regular 22A and recycled crushed concrete 22A in some spots.
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Should have used polymeric sand between the pavers but that lifting device is genius.
A $25 weed burner from amazon will let you stay on top of any weeds in the cracks as soon as they show up, and no "chemicals" to harm the environment/pets/kids.
All I want to know is where the hell are you that you need a Jacket right now?
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Next time the weeds come back just burn them with a torch. No poison. Safe for kids and pets.
Spray vinegar and dish soap a few times during spring and summer. It helps with weed growing.
The trick to no weeds is keeping after filling in the gap between the stones with sand. It sweeps in nicely but washes out during the rains.
Great vid, really showing how good the lifter is. If you have to do it again, might be worth making a half sized lifting plate thing for the half ones.
probably just adding a strip across the middle-ish might be enough
You want the stone dust, this is why you should consult an expert
Just looking that up. They say stone dust can really improve the soil. Perhaps you should consult an expert.
@@matthiaswandel I'm saying you want the stone dust in the gaps, it will help keep water out. By removing the dust water will now reek havoc. Good luck.
Very clever. I wonder if this is from a commercial product for the idea, or if it is original. Too lazy to look it up. If it is original and not patented you might look into doing exactly that.
I wonder how professional contractors of landscaping would get on with woodworking?
Get some Preen and sprinkle it into the cracks. In theory Preen stops weeds from germinating. It only seems to last about a season to me though. Glyphosate is your friend when it comes to weed killing.
G'day from down under. A tip i have is to drive a few pegs into the ground all around. Use a level across the tops of them to set the heights you want. Then you can fill up to the level of each peg and remove as you go. Voila.
Neighbour must think he LOVES vacuuming
Matthias Wandel: For some lazy reasoning I get satisfaction watching you do hard work. 🙂
I'm surprised you didn't make your own compactor....
Is the next video about repairing the deck columns? 7:34
Polymeric Sand works very will between joints.
I know they sell expansion joint material for driveways and such. You should be able to find similar, though I expect a cheap source would be any souce of rubber 1/2" thick or so that you could cut to width/length and press into borders.
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wow...that machine really sucks...but in a good way...lol.
I'm watching this in Winnipeg on July 17 where the dewpoint is north of 27C - I'm dying seeing you wrestle those blocks wearing a jacket!!
Why don't you fill the gaps with sand? (Love the video.)
Sand is better for roots than rocks
Brilliant lifting idea. I hand laid sandstone pavers of similar size some years ago weighing over 20kg each. Would have loved to do it that way. Well if i ever need to remove and level i will certainly be doing this trick. Great video as always.
Not his idea though just a neat diy version of someone else's device that's been around for a long time
care to share a link?
I don't like renting tools either. When I have a project that needs a specific tool that I don't have and probably won't use after the project is done I'll buy it used. After the job is done I sell it and usually get close to what I originally paid for it.
Btw, your patio looks a lot better. Good job!
I love 😍 this machine. I have also issues with my back. I will also build such a thing. My brother in law has a company that does a lot of terrace construction. I wanna see his reaction on this machine.
Man you should build these things for a living. There might be a market.
Compressed sand is more stable than crushed rock long term.
this is the definition of "work smarter not harder"
The wise man built his house upon the rocks
The strips of plastic used as a weed barrier likely won't help since the majority of the weeds won't sprout from the dirt below. The weeds will typically sprout from the littlest amount of dirt at the surface of the paver, and their roots will grow down to the barrier. By that time, the weed is locked in and thriving.
Instead of stone dust between your patio blocks, try glass dust. Niagara recycling? (Will check later.) The stone dust will eventually be part of the earth, I think, whereas the glass dust, having been fired, won't. (I think.) I believe the glass dust is more inert.
stone doesn't rot. if it did, there would be no sand.
I’d make sure your drainage next to the patio is cleaned because the water flow path is changed because you’ve added plastic which will stop water going into the ground. But otherwise pretty good
Looks nice. A good tip: When weeds are starting to grow between the stones, throw boiled water over the plants. It will kill the plants.
Boiling hot water or just boiled water?
@@benkasminbullock Boiling or pickling vinegar
Maybe pour some borax between the gaps. Enough borax will permanently toxicify the fill.
Since you noticed how much better crushed rock is at locking together than sand is here is a fun fact. Railroads use a similar crushed rock to support train tracks, it's called track ballast and it is very highly regulated for the shape and size of the crushed rock pieces.
You should invent a mini compactor, Matthias. Paving/tiling without one is usually a mess down the track. A tile only has to rock a tiny little bit for it to dig out both corners.