How to Install Cobblestone Driveway Edging | Ask This Old House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, This Old House mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner keep her driveway from washing away by replacing an old, ineffective brick edging with big, bulky cobblestone.
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Mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner solve a draining issue-literally. Every time there is heavy rain, the homeowner’s driveway washes away. Mark shows her how to replace the existing brick border with cobblestone driveway edging to act as a retaining wall to add function and style.
Difficulty: ⅖
Time: One weekend
Cost: Around $25 per linear foot
Where to find it?
Mark works alongside a homeowner to raise the sinking driveway edging. Ideally the red brick edging acts as a barrier and helps to maintain the gravel driveway, but overtime grass or moss can grow over the edging, allowing water and gravity to pull the loose gravel over the edging.
Mark starts with demoing the brick and prepping the trench using the following steps:
1. Starting at the top of the driveway, demo brick using a shovel. (Mark suggests starting
from the top to allow gravity to help make the demo easier as you move down)
2. Dig out the trench 2-3 inches wider than the edging material (cobblestone 9”x5”)
3. Hand tamper the trench to level the dirt
4. Add 3-4 inches of gravel (depending on grade)
5. Mix concrete using a concrete pre-mix
6. Pour enough concrete to lay 5-6 stones and smooth out with a trowel (work in sections to incorporate the rebar)
7. Lay the rebar horizontally in the trench to reinforce the cobblestone.
8. As you lay 5-6 cobblestone down, pickup the rebar and secure it with tie wire
9. Add back the dirt to fill in the sides of the trench
Mark Tip: Leave the space between cobblestones unfilled. By doing so, water can pass through the spaces without disturbing the material. If the spaces are filled with concrete, the moisture will work its way in and expand over time until it cracks.
Cobblestones supplied by Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc. [www.cavicchio.com/]
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They look awfully clean and happy. That would indicate there’s an army of workers and a concrete truck around the corner.
Lmao, I was looking at her knees in those yoga pants thinking, "Those things would be completely shredded if she did all that work". The guy is very clean too considering all that concrete work.
went from tiny little notch in ground to a 1 foot square trench one frame later at 1:36. I cackled.
Bill Burr is talented at everything he does.
Cobblestone is also known as Belgian block. Back in the day, many were brought to the States because they were used as dunnage on ships that had little to bring here when importing things from us, so the blocks gave the proper buoyancy so that the ship wasn't too top heavy. It also had a market here for landscaping.
I worked at the now defunct Lancaster Stockyards in the end of it's existence, and we had lots of these for the open area walkways between the rows of cattle pens. It was a way to keep these areas cleanable.
That single bag of concrete they mixed really went a long way
Also they breathing all the dust in 🤦🏽
Haha yeah if you mix it right, you only need one bag to set a whole retaining wall 😂
It would be a really long and boring video if they really showed every single bag of concrete being mixed don't you think?
@@saidtheblueknight just don't pretend like you're mixing it all with a couple of shovels...a homeowner not knowing any better would need like 50 bags and be completely overwhelmed
@@kent223 Makes it seem like they did it all in a couple of hours. Pulling the old bricks and digging the trench could take a day or two if you are doing it on your own.
The end result looks good but I dislike that they make it look seem like an easy diy project. Working with cement and no mask is ridiculous as well.
That house is amazing!!!
"What's the difference between concrete & cement?"
Him: coughs
My previous house I put in a cobblestone driveway, all dry laid. Solid, straight, enduring. When I sold the place the next owner paid a contractor to tear it out and replace with a generic concrete driveway. Oh well...
Were you in the northeast, where you have to use a snow thrower to clean snow?
Them standing in that cloud of cement dust with no mask haha
Wow the really look good
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Came here for the comments. Not disappointed.
Soldier course is a good option. What are you doing with the old brick? It's worth a pretty penny.
Mark took it
That soil would be a dream to work in. Mine is closer to concrete than soil... You literally can't dig with a spade after a rain storm
Mine is like digging into potters clay with 1/2" root running through at random angles.
And the concrete magically cured instantly
Won't that opening in the cobblestone edging cause the runoff to drain off the driveway and down the grass hill?
Water will go between all of the cobblestones, over the entire length.
You mean where Mark is standing at 6:20? Yes, that will be washed out when it all come running down as the cobbles get clogged up over over time and can't shed water.
@@jej3451 Only if you are out there doing periodic cleaning to make sure the gaps stay open at ground level. Leaves, decomp, mud runoff, grass overgrowth, etc, will clog them up over time.
Looks great.
I’d love to know how much of the actual work they did, that’s a long driveway.
He probably a lot, her probably little, a couple of laborers, probably most.
@@ThatGuy-ii5et
Yeah. It would be nice if they included the actual time frame it took to get it done.
They did not dig that trench by hand. Lol
@@mcswain69
Nope, and certainly not alone! Haha
Does it matter? The purpose was to show you the approach.
Looks great but man that's a lot of back breakin work.
This guy is a pro that’s on tv and that’s more of a reason to have on mask and glasses and show these home owners to work smart by taking care of their lungs and eyes . This guy should no better🤦🏽
She kinda reminds me of Jen Nowata
Mark from TOH ur during my favorite kind work concrete luv the edging with bricks but not fan of painting a house dark color hope owner's going change exterior of the home in future.
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How many inches was the cobble stone sticking out from the ground?
Befor the pea gfravel, looked like about 8 inches
Wow !!!!! Nice job 👍!!!!In my basement I have some air conditioning ducts, half of it is laminated and I think the other half is covered with Absvesto. I'm not sure how I can remove it and put it back. Can I do it myself or do I need a specialist to remove it? thanks for your response and greetings from Ohio 🇺🇸 .
I would never mess with asbestoes myself.
Are they enormous and cylindrical ducts, the ones that you believe are covered with asbestos insulation?
Have it tested for asbestos. Then have it removed by licensed professionals. Do not disturb it whatsoever. If you value your health.
Cancer is not cool. Don’t be cheap, you only live once!!!! Get professionals and have them do it by sealing the area and then their machine makes the contained area air negative so no dust goes into the air and it all falls to the ground instantly. Then get a professional cleaning crew as extra precaution to clean up a hazardous area!!!! Might cost 10k but your life is priceless
Whatever you do, forget about the “put it back”. When it’s removed then take it to the appropriate asbestos disposal ways. Buy something new without asbestos. If you’re not ready for buying new stuff then just don’t touch it until you can buy new stuff. If it’s soft flexible material then don’t touch it at all as the asbestos particles in such material are not “glued” in place in the material. So if you start twisting and throwing it you’ll be seeding some nice lung cancer which pops up over 20 years. Get a pro to remove it.
Good job guys ,Mark you should really be wearing a mask and safety glasses also explaining to these home owners the Benifits of wearing them. Cause it’s a pain when you get concrete dust in your eyes and even more dangerous how it shorten your life when you breathe this in . Mark a lot of home owners watch you on tv and if they saw you always wearing proper PPE they will always follow the leader , stay safe and keep these DIY projects coming. 😎👍🏽
How do we call?
First go outside, then clear your throat and start calling "Mark! Mark! Mark!"
@@titosrevenger You must say it with the appropriate Boston accent otherwise the Genie will not appear.
U should wear mask around cement (silica) for viewers to be safe especially because people are dying all the time from lung issues post covid
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No ppe
Why not use mortar?
Doesn't have strength and will crack apart. Mortar is for smaller joints.
Yeah but what about mortar between the stones??
This cobblestone edging won’t be featured on Ancients Aliens.
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Mark with the harbor freight rubber mallet
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A horrible fright
Captain Hook said he wants his tool back.
Arrrrrrh
Matt I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.
Belgium Block, not cobblestone
She stayed too clean. No way she and he dug the whole driveway together. No way.
No eye protection, no dusk mask, no gloves?
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Anyone else think the house was weird. So dark, the garage doors, oddly shaped.
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Where's your mask dude? That concrete is dangerous stuff to get in your lungs!!!
chris I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.
Drove past some state road works taking up the top couple inches of cement with jackhammers on a short bridge surface. No masks. Man their heads were engulfed in that resulting dust. They're sure going to have issues later on as they no doubt do this all the time or often enough,.
That is way over engineered for something that is going to be heaved in a couple seaons
You did it without any safety no gloves and no mask it is not good
Yeah and there could be cristalinne silica in the cement which is Extremely harmful and carcinogenic.
Aw no gloves? Little baby afraid of boo boos on your little fingers 😂
I’m sure the two of them did that entire job by themselves
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That would take two people at least a week at 40 hours per week each
Y'all know you should be wearing at least a simple dust mask while mixing cement by hand. Y'all should be ashamed to teach these caviler attitudes to people who don't know any better.
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3Dilettante I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.
OH! He's talking about a different kind of edging. Nevermind.
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That's a depressing -looking house
It needs a light color for the trim work to brighten it up. I would suggest white.
@Daniel R no one really cares !!!
@@davidbrydon3124 You sound depressed. When Scott’s white trim painting is on you’ll become more positive 😊
First comment
I bet you’ll get the gold trophy. I got the silver for being second for this old house!!! Congratulations 🤡
@Daniel R That’s the most written reply on “first” comments on all TH-cam. I think the “first!” followed by “no one cares” conversation must have been written 10 billion times on TH-cam. It’s dull 🥸
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU
@Daniel R thanks 😌😌
@@terencemerritt 🥰🥰
Hate dark color homes
So a lot of information missing here. How deep is the trench? How long is the cobble stone. How much concrete base? How tall is above the driveway?
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