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Dean & Derek How to do a Cobblestone Apron
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2012
- Building Cobblestone Aprons is tricky. See how we do it. Jumbo Cobble set like pavers for a great look at the beginning of a driveway.
Nice work, it's clean and gorgeous.
That looks kick ass.... nice job!
Thanks Charles. Best part of Cobblestone aprons is they can be any size (length and width) and they always add a kick ass look to any design.
Great background music..you rock..!
Lovey natural stone entrance only thing is change is the sand in joints to a cement slurry them weeds love the sand doesn’t take away from the beauty tho quality work 👍
Great work. I want to do this to my property but the price is to high. Now I'm doing an online course and hopefully do it myself.
Thanks Frankie...it's all about the prep!
@@DeanandDerek Hello Dean and Derek,any email adress where I can get in contact maybe. Need some information and maybe we can discuss. got a huge possible natural cobble stone project coming up in Namibia.
Nice work, im using broken concete now for my hardscape projects, it's free, more work but looks amazing if you take your time with it
Amazing!
I hope they live in the South because I totally can see a snow plow coming by and taking out the edgers!
Nice job. Where did you get such large cobbles?
HI,
Just wondering how deep the penetrates into the mix.
Looks like you have to soak it down pretty good but the method looks likes a good and simpler way.
Thanks
allen
I've got a couple of thousand cobblestones (gray and red granite) I intend to make a wood stove alcove out of most of them. I figure that a good burn in the morning and the stones will soak up the heat and give it off during the rest of the day.
Never seen poly sand used for the joints. 1000x easier....the line finishing tool looks the fanciest..
Ok
I'm kool to try this on the bottom of my sloping driveway which is in need of patching anyway...any chance I can get buy with half-depth cobblestones...I saw this mentioned somewhere but have to find them sold anywhere. This might reduce the cost of what looks like a 6 by 10' apron.
Great video! What size cobbles were used on this job?
Ben these were 4" Jumbo Cobblestone. We have used 3" thick as well. Thanks for watching and for the feedback.
Thank you very much for this presentation. I'm going to do something very similar in my back - my stones are going to be hand cut, and only 2 inches thick. How deep should my base be? And how deep should the dry mix be?
Bobby Lawsen Bobby the base should be a good 6 inches of compacted best material… Not stonedust. The dry mix of cement should be about an inch or so thick. This project is a good work out… Enjoy it.
@@DeanandDerek Need a definition of 'best material' vs 'stone dust'... Thnx
@@DeanandDerek Thanks for your thoughts!
It’s beautiful. I am going to do an apron of Belgium blocks in my driveway up by the road. What is the “best material” you reference that should be 6”? And you stated the Portland cement should be an inch? I’d appreciate clarification and confirmation on those two points. . I want to get this right since it’s going to be the first thing people see coming into my driveway. Thank you for making the video.
Nice work! Irritating music, but very nice work.
michael marrett definitely irritating.
Vengo de la cátedra de c1, no entiendo un chori. Traduzcan
Hi
sorry i meant the water.
Thanks
allen
I would have filled joint in with mortar and then wet it. Looks good tho 👍
Thanks for the comment.
And that curb edge? I don't see how you're keeping the dirt from migrating through it.
To keep dirt soil or mulch coming through any of the cobblestone border what we do is parge cement between the cobblestone so nothing can bleed through and make sure that the Cobblestone is set in cement or concrete as well
So what do you put down first? Or is that just the dirt from the lawn?
Any paving needs to be set over a compacted base material. Everyone calls base material something different around the country - dense grade, or crusher run or processed road material....for a driveway apron that needs to be thicker than a patio. Figure 10" of compacted base material...do not do the base in stonedust. The base materials I mentioned all have some crushed stone in them. Once the base is done then you add a "cushion bed" of a material for a few inches. In this video we used Portland Cement and then activated it with water. It secures the cobblestone in. Then Polymeric sand for filling in the joints. This project was done 11 years ago and still looks great today. We are in the Northeast with some of the toughest weather conditions. We hope these answers help you out. D & D
@@plymouthquarries160 how does the sand stay put? Why not cement in place of the sand?
@@Laguna2013 The Sand is a Polymeric Sand that has polymers in it. It is flexible and needs to be maintained. Cement here in the Northeast gets eaten up by the salt from winter salt trucks spreading near the street. Thanks for you comments.
rough as a bear's arse.
great ! I d like it ! One question: what is the material price for the stones per tonn or squaremeter?
8" base ok how deep was your dry mix For the stones? Thanks
Dry mix should can be an inch or less.
Gaps are the wrong size, should be bigger if it's supposed to catch gravel and smaller if not. Polymeric sand should not be used on a driveway and they should be bridge bonded in this application.
Thanks for the feedback been 7 years through some bad winters and still looks like new
@@DeanandDerek *"still looks like new"*
Thanks for the update.
@@DeanandDerek You must be one great guy to keep going back to the job site to check on your work for 7 years I want to hire you!
who is the guitar player
Nice job!!!!!! What ratio did you use on your base?
Base is a 3/4" crushed stone with a stonedust mix. 5o/50 mix.
how deep is the portland and sand- and what is the mixture?
The Portland is straight up... no sand...over the crusher run base.
Thanks for checking it out. Drove by this apron the other day. Solid even after all these years
Correction...we did a 2 sand to 1 Portland
@@DeanandDerek so the crusher run base iis 8- how deep posrtland and sand?
Roughly 2”
@@DeanandDerek Is there a need for a gravel base under the Portland sand mix? I know most driveways require a 6-8 inch gravel base under the sand? Is that needed with the cobblestone blocks?
Why bother with cement if you’re just gonna joint it with sand.
Even tar would’ve been better than sand
I can do that...... shouted every DIYer 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mid level DIY'ers can do this project.
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no music please!!!! wow!!!
pure botch!
Absolut unprofessionell! Shame!!!
Its polymeric sand not ploymeric 😂
Ha... we were never good at spelling... at least we didn’t do Polymetric... either way you know the sand... today we’d use an Epoxy Sand instead.
Hi I have a concrete base already. Can I lay the setts directly onto that or do I need the Portland cement and sand mix as well? What is the mixture ratio of cement and sand please? Thanks
Bs
Well Kevin, everybody has their opinions. Not sure why you needed to respond that way when this cobblestone apron is still standing today and in great shape. You may have a different way of approaching it but we were trained old school by my father back in the 60s and 70s. Best of luck with your business.