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).
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.
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 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 🤙🏻
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
Forget the RoundUp - spread baking soda over your pad once or twice a year if you see anything growing, and it'll kill it and keep it dead without harming the rest of your lawn.
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.
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!
Next time, slope clay to outside edge corner. Put a yard drain in, under at lowest spot. Tie into the downspout. lay down a strong geotech fabric over clay, drain and drain cover and over wall. It locks all your rock in to avoid sinking. Weeps water under rock toward drain. And filters the drain cover. Not using fabric is why the rick sinks and people spend a fortune on adding gravel. It's not for weed control.
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.
Very well done. I really like they way you did the water spouts and how you tied the timbers together.
Awesome job! Especially with the thought of wet weather in mind to make the drainage a priority. Hats off!👍🤘
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.
That’s the greenest lawn I’ve ever seen!
Great approach to building a shed pad too - thanks!
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.
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
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 🤙🏻
Very detailed! Cheers to a job well done!
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.
Well done! The border looks great.
Very tidy job. Very informative too. Well done and thanks for posting..
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!
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!
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!
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.
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,
Hell of a job and all on your own! Good stuff
That border is looking clean 👌🏻
Looks great im in the process of expending my driveway with this kinda look.
Informative no-nonsense presentation. Appreciate it!
DIY'r like you - just retired and looking for ideas for trailer property I bought. Love this video and am now subscribed.
Thanks Thomas!
Great project! Fantastic job!
Thanks Paul!
Great! Looks awesome! 👏🏼
Clean out on the gutter is an excellent idea. Nice work.
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.
Well thought out and nice finish.
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
Same🥹 I'm in Knoxville 😂🙄
Great vid. Nice looking pad.
Gotta do this same project shortly. Great job!
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
Very nice. I'm gonna make a very small addition to my driveway.
Using a trailer to build a parking pad…to store the trailer. Love it!
That looks great!
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 project!
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.
Nice job well done good attention to detail
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
You said, "someday" not, "someday soon." 😂
Love this! Need to do it for my boat trailer!
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
That is some nice dirt!
Looks clean!
Very good job, thanks for sharing.
excellent job!
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! 🇺🇲
That grass looks great
You my man gotta nice parking pad !!👍
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.
Wow! Looks great
Very nicely done, sir.
Like the music and that you turned it off when you had something to say. Great job on the pad as well.
Forget the RoundUp - spread baking soda over your pad once or twice a year if you see anything growing, and it'll kill it and keep it dead without harming the rest of your lawn.
Thanks for the tip!
Clean out for the downspout was an awesome addition
Nice job!
Nice job brother 👍🏼👌🏼
Lol here I am, living in Rapid City, googling videos on extending my driveway with rock... And I find your channel.
Nice work on the pad and video!
Thanks!
Very well done 👍
Good job , well done 👍🏼
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.
Great work. Won yourself a sub!
Kinda funny. I clicked on your video and I use to live over in rapid. Great video
That's cool! Thanks for watching, Ryan!
Great job!
Loved it. Very nice video
Very nice job!
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
Damn fine work sir. I need to do the same project for extra parking so I will be trying to duplicate your masterpiece!!!
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!
Great idea.. good video
Looks nice 😊
Looks great.
Nice job, nice video!
Your grass tho 😍
I was wondering about the landscaping fabric, but you answered that question.
what did he say
You did a good job
Great job! You have given me an idea of what I can do with my side yard.
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.
Nice job ... very plan
you did a nice job looks good
Thanks!
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?
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.
Looks great! Instead of Round up -Pure cheap vinegar works great! And not toxic :)
So happy that soil got re-graded away after being initially dug. Really worried you were going to leave it a create a drainage issue in the process.
Great Job
I love projects like this....sometimes I just do stuff like this for no reason 😂
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!
Great job bro
Nice work
I thought this was gonna be home diy then he broke out a skid steer 😂
Me too, lol.
GOOD WORK!
Great work, wanna come over next weekend & help me 😂!
Great job
Next time, slope clay to outside edge corner. Put a yard drain in, under at lowest spot. Tie into the downspout. lay down a strong geotech fabric over clay, drain and drain cover and over wall. It locks all your rock in to avoid sinking. Weeps water under rock toward drain. And filters the drain cover.
Not using fabric is why the rick sinks and people spend a fortune on adding gravel. It's not for weed control.