Easy DIY Wooden Walkway | Path To My Outdoor Kitchen | Part 10
Vložit
- čas přidán 3. 07. 2021
- Big thank you to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring this video! Check out all of the amazing Documentaries they offer here: curiositystream.com/Wilkerson. Use my code “Wilkerson” to sign up and pay only $14.99 for a whole year!
Sign up for a course and learn deck building from a pro! Check it out here: finehomebuilding.mykajabi.com...
Big thank you also to these Brands for sponsoring this video: Trex bit.ly/2ZUE6E6 Simpson Strong Tie bit.ly/3l9N2gB
In this video I'm showing you how I very easily built a boardwalk walkway to my Outdoor Kitchen. I built simple 2x4 bases and connected them together to make a path, covering them with Trex Transcend Composite Decking boards to match my deck. I find this method to be easier than a brick, stone or gravel path. Check out the video to see it all come together!
Subscribe: bit.ly/3gfe5YL | Website: wilkerdos.com
My stair projects: bit.ly/3dDoko3
Things I Used in This Project:
ISOtunes Ear Protection: bit.ly/2YuZBtr bit.ly/2Cf6OXP
Stealth Mask: bit.ly/3pYLGrm (use code APRIL for 10% off)
Crescent Chalk Line: amzn.to/2O2NLpD
Triton Track Saw: amzn.to/2u3FzLT
Trex Transcend Composite Decking: bit.ly/35QqHRf
Simpson Deck Drive Composite Screws: bit.ly/3jD2ipm
Simpson Screw Plugs: bit.ly/3xqxTOQ
Outdoor Kitchen build series:
Part 1 (building the deck): • How to Build A Floatin...
Part 2 (framing the roof): • How To Frame A Roof Ov...
Part 3 (adding roofing): • How To Roof A Deck | O...
Part 4 (building an outdoor fireplace): • How To Build An Outdoo...
Part 5 (wiring tips and tricks) • DIY Electrical Wiring ...
Part 6 (concrete countertops): • Concrete Countertops! ...
Part 7 (rain water collection): • DIY Rain Water Collect...
Part 8 (painting tips): • Paint Tips and Tricks ...
Part 9 (landscape lighting): • How To Light an Outdoo...
Website: www.wilkerdos.com
Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=257047
Instagram: / wilker_dos
Facebook: / wilkerdos
Watch more videos!
Shop Projects: bit.ly/2vSoEw2
Outdoor Projects: bit.ly/2Tma2kP
Most Popular: bit.ly/3du8kof
Want to support me? Support the companies that support me:
Triton Tools: bit.ly/2jaC0dD
ISOtunes: bit.ly/2YuZBtr
Armor Tool: bit.ly/2PjJuKJ
Welcome to the official April Wilkerson CZcams channel! I’m April and I’m the creator of Wilker Do’s. I am an obsessed DIYer and Woodworker. I'm not professional or have any training, so I just pick the project I want to tackle and figure it out step by step. On this channel you will find a variety of content like DIY home improvement, How-To’s, construction, design and more!
#AprilWilkerson #walkway #diy - Jak na to + styl
Big thank you to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring this video! Check out all of the amazing documentaries they offer here: curiositystream.com/Wilkerson. Use my code “Wilkerson” to sign up and pay only $14.99 for a whole year!
You are so talented April. Wish I had the strength and know how like you have. I like the way you explain everything. Everything you build looks amazing!
Just in time for the 4th
Well I made for you a shoe box!
Im going to find you.
When you got money to burn, it's perfect, simple, and easy...lol. But really, you did a great job, I absolutely love out of the box and no rules thinking as it pulls more on one's resourceful creativity and the challenge to bring it all together nicely as you have done here. With solar lamp lighting all the way down its path for night use, I imagine it would be gorgeous and maybe even romantic. I wonder if you are an Aries like me when waiting for something will just not do...lol.
For my eyes this walkway fits in the nature much better with the curves, than a really square/level concrete solution. Great job!
I agree, such a beautiful rocky spot. Totally fits in as best as you could want…
Agreed
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist” attributed to Pablo Picasso, and exemplified by April Wilkerson
That why I like her!
Never heard that he said this. Wonderful!
Not aware Picasso said that, but have always believed so.
The balance between a master-technician and what I call “higher octave creative” or creator can only be found with a great technician or master of his or her art who can let go of the mind chatter of training on what an artist SHOULD and shouldn’t DO.
Perfection being the absolute balance of the technical and creative; like the exact center point, but “poetic.”
Pool sharks call it “the shit,” and basketball players call it “the zone,” I was told.
Add it’s when a brain scan records an entire brain lighting up, like homeostasis, but not, and like “operating on all cylinders.”
😂 Not everyone knows to hold out for it and not everyone recognizes it when it happens. Such a loss to the world.
Sometimes exploring what makes the best art is an art in itself? 😂
Anyway, April W gets it.
Well said, @R. Craig Collins!! Rules are rules, but humans are not supposed to act like robots!! Great job April!! 👏👏😃
AMEN!!!! I found my long lost twin hahahahaha where have you been all my life ! Rock on 🤘 you are awesome 👏
Recently in a wheelchair at a young'ish age, and have been looking for ideas to get to future garden areas in my huge backyard. This style is perfect! I can add on rails where appropriate.
Instant Subscription!!!
Best wishes to you!
Man ! You put me to shame !! I better step it up huh !!! But good for you ! A lot of people can’t do anything now and just look at you ! Got me moving !! Thanks ! 👍💯🙏❤️
Another way, rather than handrails might be a footboard along the side of the walkway. If it’s tall enough, maybe 6”, it would keep the wheels on track and save you all those stiles and handrails.
I love this rule breaking thing! I was searching for how to make a temperature narrow boardwalk for my back yard from a small pool out of scrap decking I have laying around the back yard. I hate having the grand babies walking back and forth barefoot thru the mulch and stones. This is going to be right up my alley!! Thank you so much!!
LOVE how everything turned out!!! The sweeping curves make it much more beautiful than a straight walkway. Another great job April!
I love it April! It fits the environment perfectly and looks like it creates a great experience walking up to your outdoor kitchen!
Love how you shamed and framed up everything. Great job as always.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it. It looks perfect and you did a great job. It's what I've been needing to do at my cabin in the woods. Another huge advantage of this is if you want to run electric line from cabin to kitchen.
Honestly, wow. I just want to point out how well you have used your words while narrating your work. I feel like I’ve learnt so much. Thank you for being so bad ass at what you do! Cheers pal
No digging, no levelling compounds. Smart. Save a ton of work. Great results 😊👍🏻
April you work so much harder on your channel than almost everyone else. Thank you it's appreciated. You make this all look easy.
Building, especially something this large, is a lot of hard work but is so satisfying when finished. Thanks for watching.
As the saying goes: "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." It has served me well in my 55 years. Looks like you put it into practice with fantastic results! :)
I like the irregular shape, it gives the path character and fits in with the surrounding landscape.
You’d love my house then, lots of irregular “character.”
Lovely pathway … makes the property so much more useable when you’re not trekking over uneven ground.
Love it
That looks incredible April and it really fits the landscape. Absolutely love the kitchen and and walkway.
Love the end result! When you're working with such uneven ground you have to adapt and you did a great job! I hope we get to see the landscaping!
Looks great April. Sometimes we just have to do things " outside of the box " to get a great result. Love you. Thank you for sharing XXX
How timely and fortuitous this came up into my feed! I need a walk way, much like this, and was dread the convention. Truly appreciate you!
Amazing look. This is exactly what I was looking for to do a similar project in my back yard without the $$$ price tag. Thanks for the instruction.
As long as it doesn't bother you, it shouldn't bother anyone else. Great content, April. Keep up the good work!
I can’t believe you laid out all those boxes in 5 hours! You’ve got skillz April!
This looks wonderful and thank you for the fresh reminder that things don't always need to be done a certain way. Out of the box thinking and this really paid off.
Great vision for that project! Outstanding results & everything you did along the way lets it blend in w/ the environment perfectly!
From one non-conventional Builder to another, excellent work. I have something similar I'm wanting to do and you just made the process so much easier. I'll be following the same method. Excellent video
Love the Curiosity deal! Thanks April
It’s just perfect. I love the way you think and work. Smart, creative and out of the Norm!
The end result was beautiful! Enjoyed the video immensely and picked up all kinds of tricks along the way. Thanks!
LOL. Pirate April, "They're more like guidelines than actual rules."
Everything on this outdoor kitchen project looks beautiful.
Square is mostly necessary, yet not always necessary.
It just depends on the project. In this particular case, the only thing that needed to be square if you will, was the vertical which you achieved by leveling the frames left and right.
Great project April.
April, I can't remember how long ago I first subscribed to you, but I have always enjoyed your unconventional method of building and a lot of your projects have been replicated in home. Thanks for what you do and keep doing you.
Awesome! Thank you for still being along for the ride and sharing. And thanks for watching.
Cinder blocks vs treated woods will give me a long lasting assurance for longevity. Added elevation for a floating deck height while giving extra protection to the woods.
Extremely cool! I have a wooden walkway that is going to be demolished and I've been researching different ways to replace it. This looks so much easier than digging out, leveling and setting pier blocks. I had thought about using boxes like you did and now I definitely will. Mine ill be easier as it is a straight shot of about 60 feet. Yours looks great! Thanks for posting.
Easier sure. But put in a wiggle or two for interest!
It looks easier like you said but in my opinion it is the big flaw here. 4 or 5 storms later her walkway will be floating in the air, causing cracking noise and eventually damaging the structure just by people walking on it. You have to at least partially bury in the ground the leveling blocks unless it never rains where you're from.
Beautiful and Stunning. Hmmm April has become a mastercraftwoman.
I love your pathway! I have an area where I have been wanting a boardwalk. I'm a renter; and, I can see me picking up sections of walkway and putting them into the moving van.
Thanks!
So glad I ram into your videos. Absolutely informative and detailed enough for me as a DIY guy. Thanks
The walkway looks great. The curved design makes it look organic and tied into the heart and soul of your property. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Another great project April. All I'd consider would be running an 1/8" round over bit down the edges to spare miss-stepped ankles. Good job.
Great idea!!!!
Good job April. I really enjoyed watching your project take shape.
I love it, its nice when something fits with the landscape, instead of harshly goes against the natural forms.
Ein tolles Video :)
I need to build an over the landscape walkway which needs to be bare feet friendly. Thank you for showing your walkway build. The one you built looks exactly like what I need to build. I’m so glad you demonstrated your build. Thank you and happy 4th of July!
Just beware of Trex in the sun because it can get VERY hot. Our previous deck was definitely not bare foot friendly with a similar color Trex as in this video. Either another material is needed, possibly the lightest color of Trex (our new deck seems good so far), or you have to make sure it’s shaded.
@@lucasjw Thanks for the tip. I’ll try for closest to white I can find. Thanks again for the tip.
WOW, can't say how much I love this! Awesome job!
Love the natural ebb and flow of the walkway is very organic and looks like it was very intentional to not to disturb the nature around it. Am learning while building projects around my home and am looking forward to learning more from you.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Holy smokes, you have amazing skills. That looks like a pathway to paradise. Lol, sounds like a Stairway To Heaven.
April it looks great. Take care and have a blessed 4th of July and I'll see you on your next vidja.
Thank you for this video!!! I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to make my back yard look decent for years. I have a small yard with 2 big oak trees that have cracked and lifted a path & left large exposed roots in the rock hard soil. I think your idea may be the fix to my problems. I thought a level ground was a must. So excited, thank you! And I love this is done by a woman. I love my diy too :)
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing the video and ideas April, wonderful walkway. All of it making lots of sense.
My favourite tip for cutting curved pavers and decking: use a thin conduit or pvc pipe. You can tape it down wherever you want and its inexpensive. The boardwalk looks great!
Great idea
First time here. You are AWESOME, April. At 74, I spent a lifetime watching female 'know how' evolve. Watching you supports ALL women - gives our female youth a place to mentor...and realize that - I CAN DO ANYTHING I SET MY MIND TO. Kudos for your example and life-force. All that said - great project; you go girl!!! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words. Thanks for watching.
Brilliant! The finished pathway looks great. Many excellent ideas to streamline the work…No. 1 being no concrete. Thank you for this video.
Or gravel or dirt.
Perfection April, I love everything you do.
Awesome! I’m doing something similar but I used free pallets for the boxes.
This is absolutely beautiful work. I’d love to do something similar on our lakefront property, but I live in Northeast. With the ground freeze/thaw, I think we need deep footings to keep the path in place.
I wondered the same thing myself, I don't know if she is in a freeze zone. Footings would add quite a bit of labor to the project
Naw. Just shim up where needed after ground warms up.
Omg… you are a hero. Seriously, that’s amazing how you created a beautiful pathway with low expense… wow! Very helpful and beneficial to everyone who can’t pay contractors. You made it look doable for those of us who have minimal construction skills.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
Great work. Simple and elegant solution. Knowing how to work knowing the allowable tolerance is a great skill.
Really nice. Only thing I’d do differently would be a ramp other than steps. That whole kitchen looks great. Can’t wait fot the rest of the treehouse though. 😉
Yes, that would have made it wheelchair accessible.
@@danagovang2520 that wasn’t even the first thing I thought but it is a very good point. Just the fact that someone will have to carry stuff there a ramp would make everything a lot easier.
You've got to learn the rules to break the rules. Awesome build!
Lady, you are my new hero. I'm dying at that shot where you just bust up that rock! I am the same way, only not as cool. Thanks for posting this. I now have hope for birthday my project that was becoming overwhelming. Love all the creative solutions.
Looks awesome! love the tip about moving material as little as possible by setting up stations in proper sequence. Very smart!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Beautiful work!! The one thing that stuck out for me at the end, however, is that I don't think you mentioned applying sealant to the pressure treated wood after cutting it. Once cut, pressure treated wood is (usually) as susceptible to the elements as other non-treated woods. One should always be sure to seal it after cutting it. Thanks for posting this, though, as it's given me lots of ideas to work from for my back green.
Thanks for the reminder
I was wondering how long treated wood will last when used in this capacity. Would staining it extend the life?
I bought some pressure treated lumber last spring and was extremely lucky to get it both as there was a shortage and within a week after my purchase the prices tripled. With facilities opening back up, I'm wondering if supply has caught back up with demand yet.
Still probably a few months away. I think there's still a backup on the East & West Coast docks which will hopefully be dealt with soon.
@@BoomerKeith1 Got my fingers crossed.
@@maingun07 You and me both my friend! I need plywood sheets in the worst way but I'm not paying what they're asking right now.
I have been watching you for quite a while and just now noticed I hadn't subscribed, so now I am. You are a wonderful example to women who have always wanted to create with wood(me). I'm 73 years old, and love woodworking, so no matter your age,gender, create to your hearts content.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoy my Channel. Thanks for watching.
Looks great and I really like the way you dealt with the curves.
This is a really clever concept. My only concern is that, although treated, the structural lumber will not last as long as the composite treads. I've built planters out of pressure treated lumber and seen them rot within 2-3 years. I'd avoid actual ground contact with any of that wood.
They rotted because they are in direct contact with moisture
My concern if I built it here in Australia is white ants, termites would eat it within a year. Nice job though.
Love it! I’m willing to bet some random code inspector’s head is getting ready to explode right now though. haha
WOW!!! That is probably one of the most brilliant ideas I've ever seen!!! I have the exact same problem with uneven, rocky terrain at my ranch. I will certainly be taking your idea to heart when building my outdoor kitchen. Thank you so much for the great idea!!!
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
When I was a kid, I would spend weekends and my grandparents farm. It was just a little house, and they had a wooden sidewalk from the house to the driveway. Ofcourse it was in the 1970's and I don't even know if their was such thing as treated wood or galvanized nails at the time, just old barnwood, and whatever nails he had, but I always loved the look🤗 Thankyou for bringing back some happy memories of my Grandparents ❤
Thanks for watching and for sharing your memories with us.
Once I had the boards in place I would have left it as is. It was good looking and didn't need any ends cut off, but each to his own.
Too much overhang. Someone stepping on the end would break it and fall thru.
The way you swing that sledge hammer I'll bet you could ring the bell at the county fair and win yourself a kewpie doll on every try.
It has a professional finished look! Really looks great! Like it one hundred percent!!!👍
Pathway was awesome, April. Great job!!!!
The thing with traditional methods is learning and understanding WHY they became traditional methods in the first place. Once you understand the WHY, you'll be able to discern when it's best to stick close to the traditional and when doing so will be less important.
Id say this is closer to "traditional". I doubt they were pouring concrete and rebar in the 1800s
traditional is all about control. Someone came up with"traditional" in order to control everyone else. This kind of control is occurring right now with the democrats.
It looks great. One question? Why did u cut of so much? It looks like u cut off 5 inches. Could u have cut off less off the sides?
We love the composite board, you did a great job on that.
Wow. Thanks. All your ideas are very resourceful. Amazing. Great work
Im in a wheelchair and its really hard for me to go to out door events because most places door keep in mind not everyone walks we have a area like the one you recently built could you show or do a simple safe steardy wheelchair ramp onto your out door grill area if anything to show how simple it could be know its not needed but i think it could be handy to do and see
I second that request, many public event spaces do not put enough thought into accessibility issues, if any.
To make the area assessable to wheelchairs, I would attach the box to the deck so the walking surface will be flush, keep adjusting the height to slowly lower the height close to ground level and then make a transition from the ground to the walkway surface to be able to get a wheelchair across it. You can't use washed gravel or sand for wheelchair paths because the wheels will sink into the stuff; use 3/8 to dust crusher run smoothed and tamped into place and it will set up just fine.
April inspires me to not feel negatively stereotyped when I get creative working with wood and my power tools! These projects are not just for men anymore! I am constantly "engineering" projects in my mind's eye when I am in my yard. I use my Sun Oven daily in the summer and plan to build an outdoor kitchen area. Just cuz a single woman buys construction materials doesn't mean that she doesn't want a boyfriend! April helps smash the stereotype around females who do construction projects :) Kudos to this modern day trail blazer!
Came out BEAUTIFUL!! Looks like you built this project in the TX Hill Country area. I plan to build a few pathways as well. I live in the Brazoria county area, and we have issues with marshes that form in the yard after heavy rains. Sure would be nice to be able to walk through my yard without getting wet/muddy when this happens. I may raise the boxes up a little higher by attaching to 4x4" lumber risers cut to the desired elevation. What I appreciate most is how you dealt with unleveled ground, while preserving the natural landscape. Good job!!
Looks so good!! I've always wondered how it's made. Thanks for this!
I would love to make something like that... but I think in this climate even then best lumber or composite decking will get trashed fast.
Remember, composite and glass railings should never be in direct sunlight. They get way too hot in the sun. Not to mention the static electricity that accumulates on the composite.
I have experienced this on a two million dollar house that was wrapped in back with an uncovered glass railing on composite decking. What an absolute nightmare. It was pretty. Pretty useless unless the day was overcast. Not to mention the composite reflects sunlight as well as it absorbs it, so the entire deck was absolutely blinding and scorching.
@@skysoldier31 Live and learn, Eh!? Some educational costs even exceed the best college education...I should know!
@@skysoldier31 That's good input indeed. I have seen how hot they get as well. I did my deck but not before I figured out a good shade sail to keep the sun from getting to it.
It would be interesting to see how it looks in five or ten years.
If I spent this much money on materials, I would do a much better job with footings and attaching stringers. Makes you wonder who pays for this stuff?
Awesome! Great work! I was going to pay someone to pour a concrete walkway (partially disabled after a stroke). But after seeing your video I am going to see if my wife wants to tackle a similar project. Thanks and kudos to you!
Wow! This is so beautiful. 👌🏽
You are an inspiration!! 🤗
The process hurt my OCD soul, but you can't argue with fabulous results.
Still waiting to see what’s growing in that huge garden you built last year?
This looks amazing.. and when you smashed that rock up with the sledge, I was thinking a combination of "WOW, don't mess with this girl!" and "I wish I was that strong" lol Well done. You just blew that thing apart no problem.
Beautiful walkway and beautiful builder.
It looks fantastic! Some rules should be broken 👍🏻
You are awesome, and inspirational to all of us but I think even more so to women. Keep up the great work, love your videos. I want to be just like you when I grow up lol Dam I think I'm older then you ok I know I'am lol but It's never to late to learn. Happy Forth of July
Thank you so much!
@@AprilWilkerson Your Welcome ;-)
Top notch work! I need to do something similar in my yard, so glad this video show up in my recommended list.
Such a pleasure to see woman do a work with electric tools and hands. Proud of her.
Isn't the purpose of a boardwalk to not need to worry about the ground below? I don't think you broke a rule by not leveling the ground.
Can’t say enough “att-a-girl” while watching this. It’s admirable to see someone break the rules to make something fit their style and needs. ( would have left the boards uncurved at the end)
The ideas and solutions you present shows your abilities, your channel is great. Got to love it when a plan comes together
Thank you for your kind words. Thanks for watching.
This is exactly what my wife wanted me to do. I am laying down gravel from my house foundation out about 14 feet ending with brown presure treated 2x4's partially in the ground. It looks good with 3/4 Shasta grant ending at a dark brown edging. But she tossing in a walk way that meanders through several cedar pine trees, we live in the mountains, while I was working on the rock I was trying to figure out how to build what she wanted. I was thinking in standard ways of making a deck, she wanted nothing like it. My wife wanted what you made, but I hadn't seen your video yet. Thank god I found you! Ha ha. My nieghbor gave me a large amount of old painted redwood deck boards, what a treasure, once I removed the paint and ran the boards through a planer I got gorgeous boards. This will be the deck boards. Any way thanks for your unconventional building deck it's exactly what the wife ordered.
That's awesome! Glad you found it useful and thank you for watching.
PLZ for safety's sake: PUT YOUR HAIR UNDER A CAP when you SAW! Don't want to SCALP yourself by having your long hair get caught in the sawblade!
Agreed
I don’t wanna meet the guy who cuts a taper into every board to keep his spacing consistent.
I know a lot of guys who SAY they’d do that. But I don’t know of any who actually would.
Good, it not only would take longer but I don't think it would look any better. Especially if one is using composite because it will expose the inside which doesn't look the same as the out.
@@AprilWilkerson EXACTLY!!!
Beautifully done April love your persistence to completing your project.
Thanks so much!
Wow awesome. I wish I would have seen this before embarking on my 150ft walkway. Great stuff. Great finish. Great tutorial!