HOW TO LAY A FLAGSTONE PATIO: Using Gator Base Instead of Gravel
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2016
- Single mom, Rebekah Higgs shows how easy it is to use flagstone to create the perfect out door space. Her daughter who is 2.5 years old at the time (Lennon) gets in on the fun. Flagstone is heavy and levelling out the ground can take a lot of muscle, so Chris Little A local Halifax Landscaper from Neat Lawn Care is here to help with any issues that might arise and with rocky soil like we have in Nova Scotia, issues do come up!
In this video you will learn the proper steps to laying a flagstone patio that will last a life time, using natural stone that is easy to lift and lay even for those who are not used to hard, heavy physical labour.
We saved hours of heavy lifting by using Gator Base instead of Gravel as a base for our Flag stones.
Thank you to our sponsors, The Stone Depot, Stebran Resources and Neat Lawn Care for making this project possible!
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Amazing Job! We love that you worked smart and used the gatorbase! Job well done and your little helper did an amazing job screeding back that sand!
cutest little helper, you could't have done it without her (smile) This was a beautiful job done! Thanks, for sharing.
Thank you, for the kind words and encouragement!! Lennon's is getting so big now. check out my new vids and don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell to get notified when I post more! xo
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Great work! Looks beautiful! Appreciate you also showing the finishing touches (plants & lights). Your little girl is a super helper :)
Thank you !
I appreciate that!
Very nice, I am thinking that I would like something like that in my backyard. So pretty with the plants around it.
I just loved that little doll. Reminds me when my kids were that age and I always involved them in my stuff even had their own hammers and screwdrivers. Great job I'm going to subscribe
Thanks Frank! and thanks for subscribing. I think it's great for kids to get their hands dirty... even if it means a splinter here or a bump there!
I love it 💕 I have so many rocks around my trees and they do nothing, and I don't have a patio so wish me luck ✌️
It looks really good, enjoy yourselves.
thanks soooo much for this video. I have a small area I need to do for my tower garden to stand on and your video has given me hope and encouragement. This will be my first project. Thanks so much. Awesome video
Best of luck! let me know how it goes!
@@HEYMOMHEY The stuff you used is called gator dust ?
Nicely done. Little helper did an amazing job 👌
Thank you, she was just a tiny baby then!
Hi DIY Mom (HEY MOM) I'm Toby Nosike I'm gonna work with you and DIY. I love you talking about DIY of Lay a Flagstone Patio and I'm gonna love this patio are very beautiful because you build it and your crouch knee are my hero forever. And well done and beautifulliest and your little and big helper are my clever did an amazing and I hope you so pretty and cute with my new job screeding back this new sand, You're gonna my newest DIY Career Forever! I'm gonna love this you worked smart and used the gatorbase! Have you a geat enjoy my beautiful!
Very nice DIY video. With sweat equity the whole family can contribute and be a part of. I've switched tactics from a 12x10 deck to going with flagstone. Its easier - and with the price of lumber, its economical and will pretty much last forever. Thanks again DIY Mom.
Very. Sweet. Thanks for the helpful hints!
Adorable family. Awesome video.
Thanks so much, you are very kind!
Very. Sweet. Thanks for the helpful hints!
Hard work pays off nice job
Subscribed!
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Beautiful job , great informative video thank you so much it has helped me a lot ....🇨🇦
Thanks for the educational video. I learned a lot.
Thanks for watching
Great Teamwork...And, looks good!
Thank you!
Thanks for the tip on the Flex Lock , I wanted something to lock the stones in place so chair legs don't cause them to move.I had not heard of Flex Lock.
yes, it worked well!
Your not Supposed to use that that’s for interlocking you need to put mortar in those joints. That’s not how you do flagstone at all.
You are totally wrong. Polymeric sand (flex dust) is more than ok if you use the right kind. They make it to where i still bongs and hardens in up to 6” gaps. I am a landscape/ hardscaper and we use it. As do a lot of other guys I know in the industry
she points and goes "go on"! too cute!!!
She is adorable! so big now!
Bless her heart.
Good Job, Mom👍😊
Such a beautiful property! Nothing like having the house right next to Mother Nature. Great work with the project and very nice video!
Thank you so much!!
You did a great job.
Great tutorial, I've got my Spring 2017 project ready. Thank you.
great! let me know how it goes!
Q padre q ambos sepan trabajar en equipo ...yo se trabajar también con piedras y también con ladrillos 👌👌👌👌.....
Great job!
You did a good job!
Thank you!
Thanks DIY Mom! I wish you could have shown us how to install those lights too!
very easy! extension cord, 4, 2x2 sticks and some ceiling hooks... I broke a few bulbs so i recommend putting up the cord first and then adding the bulbs!
Nice job!
Beautiful things to teach your child how to do things that will last a lifetime she's so cute
Strong one❣️
Well done!
Thank you :)
Very impressive and looks great. One question do you think your little helper could come and help me carry those stones. Thanks for uploading
Try a long blade on a sawzall for cutting roots works like a dream. Won’t do much for boulders though.
Great video, in content and the way you shot the video. (Not too long or too short), good background music and of course a lovely family.
Thanks so much!
Good job looking grate !👍🤔🇨🇦
Thanks!
id like to do the same in my yard. Have you had any issues with the roots you dealt with trying to grow back and disturb the level-ness?
Impressive patio!! Did it stay solid and level in our climate?
Hows it holding up? I am working on a patio way up on a hill, id have to carry gravel 2 buckets at a time up a steep hill, so this looks alot easier.
Where did you get flex lock dust? No retailer seems to have it and their website doesn’t say? Is there a similar product at Home Depot or somewhere?
Good idea wanna do it on mine
What kind of flagstone is this?!!! I love it!
instead of flex lock you can use a moss mixture and by the next warm season it will be green and look more natural. how it was done in the old days
cool idea!
You did good :-)
Very good tutorial. I tried to lay flagstone (without concrete) on my small front lawn. Turned out terrible. I am planning to try this method. Instead of using the crusher dust, could I use sand? What is the gator base for? Is there something else you can use to bring the cost down? How many bags of flex lock did you use?
use cement board instead of Gators. thants what I'm going to do. 10 bucks a pop. 15 square ft each as oppsed to 13.00 each for 6sf.
Hi, nice job! How did you make the irregular stones look level at the end? How did you make all as a whole look completely flat at the end?
KarliNaty I put a little extra crusher dust under the corners that dip down to push them up. Or pull a little out if needed
does the gator base also work as a weed barrier? any idea how long until weeds begin (or will begin) to penetrate the patio? Looking to do a patio that will be lowest in maintenance once it's finished - thank you for the video!!
Yes the gator base and the flex lock should keep the weeds out!
Thank you. I’m doing a 14X20 patio and want to do that flag stone area for the fire pit....
Groovy! hope you had success!
DIY MOM we’re getting so many compliments with our selection of stones around the fire pit,thanks again!
HARD WORK!!!!!!
Very hard work. my body was so tired!!
Hard work builds character.
What was that black siding called that you used around the outside of all the stones before you put the flex lock on?
the gator base?
How long did this process take?
this video is great, I'm looking to do this project this summer! It sort of looks like you did it in one day, is that right?!
Dianna Grobstein
We have one very full day, and then one additional day to finish up the last step... but if you are doing a smaller area that doesn't require so much lugging of product you could do it in a day!
OK we tried this with a shovel and a tiller. Its taking forever to remove the sod. Did u use a sod removal tool? Also we have clay dirt and embedded rocks, so wondering if that could be an issue too
We just removed the sod by hand with a spade and shovel
Hi....very nice patio. Do you mind if i ask why you need the gatorbase product?
Probably don't need it but I'd imagine it would keep everything a bit more stable and neat
Hey Jason. You don’t need it to do this project, it just cuts out more labour of crusher dust and gravel and blocks the weeds from coming through.
Hi! I live in the same city as you, and am planning a small patio. How has the gator base fared over the past 3 years? Very nice job and way to go!
Thank you! Yes the Gator base is lasting well!
Thank you for this. Did you slope it for drainage?
Great work👍. I am jealous. I live in a townhouse and I wanted to do what you’ve accomplished but I ran into problems when I went to remove the grass. I cut my cable line twice at different times, they place them like three inches into the soil. So I have a booby trap backyard where I can’t do much🤦♀️😞😭
Nice po ate
thanks!
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Can I put flagstone over concrete patio
you could try!
almost 2 years now. how is the flex lock working out? (98 more years to go!)
It's holding up very well! no weeds!
DIY MOM 3 years update please 😊
DIY MOM do you have an update on how it’s holding up?
Crusher dust? Pressure Dust? Cant understand what you're saying. Wish you would have listed in description or flashed the word in your video. Thanks.
Why was crusher dust used instead of sand?
it is what is recommended for my climate, we are in Nova Scotia and have cold winters and humid summers!
Has I heaved yet from no drainage?
it's slopped on one side for drainage
Price range?
How is it doing 5 years later?
How much does this usually cost?
$500 for the stone
How many sq feet is your patio? Thanks
400
Diy mom and a full landscape crew
A little help sure makes a big difference. The 2 year old kind of slows things down.
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Anyone have estimates of costs here?
500 for the stone $200 for the crusher dust $300 for the gatorbase... then if you need professional help might cost more!
Might cost more if the professional help has labor fees. Some professional help might do it for free, - why pay them for their time, right?…. besides all that goes to keep a business running. Or, what do you think?
@@HEYMOMHEY FIRSTLY, awesome video! Where did you locate flagstone for $500? And the gator base....where do you recommend getting that?
Thanks in advance!
@@russellparker3887 thank you! The flagstone was in Halifax NS. The price may have gone up since 2016!
Was that kid drinking a Bud Lite Lime?
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Very nice until you put up those lights with only 2x2 posts, that won't last but a few months.
Haha, yeah I only had them up for the summer, took them down when we moved.
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I don’t understand why would would make a patio then put unedged beds around it? Lol the mulch is going to just wash away first time it rains
3:57 nope some future youtuber will buy your house and make a video called how to remove flagstone from your back yard. Sad but true.
Why did you use a gator base, I haven't seen that used in any tutorials? I would think that's a little more expesive
It is more expensive then gravel. But gravel is very heavy for me. With the deck being in a place that we have to carry the gravel too bucket by bucket, this was easier. Also the weeds don’t grow through it!
Yo give us an update
Hey I don't live there any more, but I was told it has held up well!
Do NOT use gator base if you live somewhere that has cold winters/ frost heave.
We have cold winters, I will let you know how it holds up!
Ryan, SUPER great point!!! I can totally see how frost heave could buckle the flagstone from the underside.
@@HEYMOMHEY Any updates on the frost? Living in Ontario
Jointing sands/Flex Lock products don't last. MAYBE 2 years and then time to redo.
Leave it to the pros lady
Lol
pas une belle job
Too many steps
Great! Now cut all those weeds up by the house.....
How to lay flagstone patio or how to make a movie about your kid ?...make your mind.
Don't get me wrong, she is cute af but this is not why im here.
It's both! we are a two person family, so we do almost everything together, that's how you make lemonade from lemons when you are a single mom! thanks for watching ;)
Rebekah Higgs In that case..you guys are cute af :D
And I will follow the channel for another reason than home improvement :P
the channel is literally called DIY mom, what did you expect?
Thanks Landon, Lol. I appreciate that Daemon recounted his comments based on my life situation! More videos on my page! xo
I'm very late but Daemon you need to get a life