How to Build a Simple Stone Walkway | Large Stepping Stone Pathway
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- This simple stone walkway was laid in a day using large stepping stones. I wanted to keep grass space in between each stone for a modern look. I also laid them directly in dirt with no gravel or paver base - I still think the pathway will hold given the stones are so heavy (70 pounds each!). This stepping stone pathway project can be done by a beginner - just dig up some dirt, level the area, and put your stones in!
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Possibly get a sub base of 5mm sand. (So, dig hole, tamper the mud, add sand, tamper that, then loose sand, then paver...) Also, depending on climate and usage, set the stones slightly above the grass line and after 6 months they will be below, from usage and rain and set well... All the best!!
what would sand do rather than doing it the way in the video?
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I agree, should’ve added some sand and paver. And to have set the stones slightly above the surface to allow for natural settling. But other than that, great job and these aren’t critiques but more so helpful advice if you plan to redo them in the future. Just to help ya out. Great job though, came out amazing.
Just a quick tool tip... instead of using a rubber mallet, or a sledge hammer, try using a dead blow. It's in the same section as the rubber mallets and sledge hammers... and looks like a cheesy hammer from a Thor movie because it's plastic. But, it's full of shot. Rather than bouncing off the block like your mallet or sledge, all of the force goes into the block. And like the mallet, a dead blow wont break your block like a sledge might. Dead blows come in a variety of weights. You position the block, get it almost level... then wack it a few times on the high side. That drives the block compressing the high point.
That is what I have and always called it "the weird mallet" lol. Glad to finally know what it's for and will definitely use it for my pavers. Thank you so much!
I just purchased stepping stones yesterday. I'm on here looking for a video on how to. And you go! I'm trying this.🤗
I lay pavers in mud -- mud as in mud pies. Mix the mud in a wheelbarrow to a nice mortar-like consistency, they lay down a mud bed with your trowel and gently lower the stone into it. Mash down the stone as needed to level it. The mud becomes flat dirt when it dries. This way you needn't repeatedly raise and lower the stone to get it level.
thats a tip for the record books brother, thanks!
Great idea!!
brilliant!
mud cement ! using nature
smart
Great idea! My stones are thinner. Can I use the mud paste or do i still need sand/gravel underneath? 🤔
My aunt always had the most beautiful garden and she had stepping stones. I always wanted some of my own.
I can't wait to try this, awesome video! And beautiful job
Wow, this is the perfect solution for me,simple ,attractive and within a budget,thank you so much
Thank you for making a simple video with simple steps!
U are such a warrior to do all the work. I know it’s tedious and back breaking but the end result is awesome! Great job!
I am jealous of your soil. Very unlike the sandy crap we have in Florida :)
Wow, I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.
Dollys/Handtrucks - that's what I use to move pavers/stepping stones around my yard. It saves my back and takes less time, and it's safer.
Thank you! I figured my two inch thick stones would need some base material and you confirmed that. And I was trying to figure out how to trim out the soil exactly where needed. Your paint trick was a real "duh!" moment for me, LOL.
I saw another video where a guy laid the stones exactly where he wanted them. Let them stay overnight and the grass underneath turned yellow. He had a yellow outline of where to shovel out dirt and grass. Food for thought.
I was two stones down and my back started hurting so came to see if I can youtube a quicker way to do it 😆 Great video, you have a strong and persevering work ethic , keep it up and hope your house turns out amazing!
I've been trying to figure out what to do with my backyard with pavers and you gave me the best way. Thank you very much. Great job
❤❤❤Perfect!! I needed this way to lay my 12•12 bricks on grass without concrete 😂! 🙏
Love those thick papers. Looks great!
I will measure the space, decide where the pavers will be placed, spray the grass, make the holes, place some mud inside the holes, and only then I will call the husband to bring the super heavy pavers. That way we will move the pavers to their permanent place only once. Great video! Tks!
To have had three kids you look amazing girl !! Nice work on your home. Your hubby is a lucky man.
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Well I did not expect this video to be so helpful... I need to reset some stepping stones in the yard and haven't done so before
Thanks Welcome to the Woods, I really needed this❤️
Nice work. Elevates the plain lawn and provides a more interesting, and practical, route to the fire pit 👍
4:30 I love your turtle 'wheelbarrow' ingenious way to improvise!!
in all seriousness this is great - way better than most of the yt tutorials about pavers and such and gave me lots of ideas for my own plans. GREAT JOB!!
Beautiful , straight to the point & so professional , have subscribed looking forward to many more great videos ...Thank You
Thank you so much! I'm so happy to have you as a subscriber Patricia!
The tough part about these kind of jobs is erosion... the stones will move, so you either have to always fix them or lay down some sort of foundation.
What would be a good foundation to lay for stones?
A gardeners edging shovel would have simplified your life. There is a reason they make so many types of shovels. And get a 10"x10" tamper - easier to use than your 2x6 and does a better job. What project isn't an excuse to get new tools!
This was great! Thank you. I don't know why all the other videos are so complicated... This was very simple and easy to follow
Another great project that adds so much to your home!!
Thank you!
Beautiful project nice result 👌👌👌 well done 👍
Nice job Melissa! As you were doing this I kept thinking a reciprocating saw with a Diablo root blade would have worked great for outlining the edges of each block. Regardless, they turned out great!
What a task! It turned out great. Thanks for sharing. I plan to do something similar in our yard.
“Everything that you remove needs a home” damn I felt that 😢
Love those pavers, but a flat spade would have been my choice for removing sod. BTW, that soil looks really good...so black and loose. You're lucky!
Very well explained. Turned out great.
Luv luv this
Came out really nice 👍
nice job. very labor intensive. Them some thick blocks
You're strong lady, excellent job, love It.
Nice, love those stones
Hi Melissa,
I sure have to say that is heavy work but at the end it looks fantastic I like how you spaced them out.
I like the suggestion of using a 4ish inch depth stone so you don’t have to put a base in first.
Wow! Proud of you.
Your beautiful, talented and tuff, you go girl.
Great job!
I wish I could move in fast motion like you. I’d get so much more done.
I am working on my japanese garden right now (In Japan) and i need to replace all the stepping stones which i had to remove to remove all the grass in the garden because the house had been vacant for years and this video already got me exhausted because these are actual stones from mountains and have irregular shapes on every side and there are 57 of them, and it is already getting hot here with summer approaching. The smallest stone is 10 inches in length, the largest one is over 3 feet and i will need three other men or women as tough as you, to help me move it or a crane.
I hope they dont sink when the rain comes.great job.
They will because she didn't prepare a base, just the same soil under there.
Kristine Bailey - I know - she needed some sand and dirt for a base
Last block wasn’t level with the other one either!!!
Hmm perfect..!..Welcome to the beautiful house
great vid thank you!
Thank you 🙏🏽 Great video!
Beautiful, beautiful. your stone came out good too 😛
I like how you jump rite to it , and no yada yada yada intro. You got your gloves and shoes
Lol
I found some shoes! 😅
when i have to cut around a paver... i use an old bread knife.. it gives me a straight edge.
Your efforts are well worth it.
Great job 👏👍
What are the best spades to use for this project? Excellent work and looks great. thanks for uploading
Very nice job young lady
Great video thanks 🇺🇸🌹🌹🌹
Nice, you could extend the same philosophy around you fire pit.
🤔That Would like nice!
Good job
This a great video and is very timely as I am looking forward to installing pavers in my lawn. Something I noticed in your video is the siding on your home. What type of siding is that, with the vertical strips? Looking forward to knowing as I am seriously considering replacing my old aluminum siding. Thanks so much!
It's 8" board and batten vinyl siding
A flat spade shovel and all purpose sand for the base of the stones would have made things easier for you. Nice job though 👍
Screen sand is the way to go under pavers. It stays put.
hi , i just subbed to your channel. such cool content ! any chance you could upload your videos in HD (1080p)? i've watched a few of your tutorials on my PC and it comes across a bit grainy... dunno if others have experienced this. anyhow, keep up the great work..
Good job 😊👍
I liked you method
Doesn't look like you've thrown out a hip or anything while embarking upon this adventure. Nice job!
"I came up with an idea to use spray paint"
Me: *doubt*
chalk is an easy and cheap way to temporarily mark the ground or anything really
that's quite some labor, i think i am fine walking on the grass. but great channel!
I'm thinking of putting glow rocks around the stone perhaps first pack sod then leave room for glow rocks. How could I keep glow rocks from disappearing into the sod or moving over time? Any suggestions??
Giving the rocks a more stable aggregate beneath like perhaps paver base will prevent them from moving over time.
The rough side should up face up and the smooth side face down, right?
Makes sense. I wouldn't want to slip on the smoother side. I was wondering how to incorporate texture into the stone
Indeed !!!!!!
No fill sand? Why are there so many "Tutorials" of people doing shit wrong at a basic level
Just curious, are you intentionally put your stones upside down?
Yes, I wanted the smooth side on top. I think they're meant to be optional which side you want on top.
@@WelcometotheWoodsBlog it does look better yet is putting the stones with the smoother side up okay for children running around the yard?
just sit them on grass ,they sink after a while, every brick or stone i landscape with sinks
What will happen, is the grass will QUICKLY start covering the stones and it's root system being shallow and on top of concrete blocks that get HOT in summer, it will do poorly and still look like "floundering yard". Constant maintenance trying to keep the grass off of the block "path:. I know because I have purchased two homes now where the pavers ended up completely covered and we wondered, why is the grass dying right here? Better to just sink railroad ties edge to edge or just pour a concrete walkway connecting to the fire pit.
Where can we buy that stones?
There should be a product tag in the description!
At starting the grass was at growing but at ending the grass was looking crushed under your stepping
Hate to say this after all that hard labor but to me that looks like something that should be removed for the obvious reasons
There are free CAD/ design programs you can download and create your design without moving 70 pound stones around. You'd miss out on all that exercise though. 😎
Can you recommend a free one for me? It might be useful on some of my future projects.
@@WelcometotheWoodsBlog I've had a little training in AutoCAD and use free NanoCAD because it is more familiar to me. (I forgot more than I remember) Other free ones are FreeCAD, LibreCAD, and SketchUp, etc. These programs can look intimidating at first but there are TH-cam videos showing how to use them and its not difficult once you get started. I had to make a handicap ramp and after drawing it up I knew how it would look, exactly what materials I needed as well as dimensions and angles before beginning. Good luck and keep doing what you're doing. It's really good content.
@@WelcometotheWoodsBlog There is a free online version of sketch up that you can start playing around with.
Do you need to put some gravel (stone #3) under the those square stones or not ?
yes, a crushed aggregate, 1/4 minus, or construction sand, to help drain and provide a stable base. Topsoil will settle unevenly as it decomposed.
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I couldn't even get my ex wife to cut the grass...
Lol. Made my day haha
My wife won't even ride in my Wrangler. She says it's too dirty and tall. 🤣
How about the new wife ?
@@zl1David shiiiiiiit….not sure I’ll ever take that leap again.
I wish you where my wife I like things like that 😔😕
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Oh so bad
Well, the video starts out saying, "How easy it was, then goes into how difficult it was can pulling out tree roots." Can't say I'm sold, especially since I don't have the luxury of shade in 110 degrees AZ.
You will be ok
!;-)
you will get worms handling that earth with no gloves
Soil, not dirt 😊
Are they not synonyms?
Welcome to the Woods soil grows plants; dirt doesn’t.
Same thing
I envy your husband. My wife is not interested in DIYing at all.
Love the shorts. I am talking about the short video! Get your mind out of the gutter. Geez
Not funny in the least
@@bostonpops33 Thanks for your 2 cents. Have a day
Why couldn't that man do the job?
Maybe because he’s not the one with the TH-cam channel
@@fettyguapo Ba-ZING-a!
Likey at work...duhh and she loves getting her hands dirty and seeing her work 💪❣️
Wierd pattern
weird spelling