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Construction Kev!
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Добавлен 10 фев 2014
Hey I'm Kevin, A landscaper, stonemason, hardscape specialist, and instructor at Hardscape Canada Training Inc. and the Pacific Horticulture College! I work for Integral Design + Build in Victoria BC doing my part to build custom homes as well, so i'll be sharing a lot of good info from some of the best carpenters in the game too!
I am happy to share with you my hard earned knowledge and show off all of my tips and tricks to help you with your projects!
See all of our full length courses and info at www.hardscapetraining.ca
I am happy to share with you my hard earned knowledge and show off all of my tips and tricks to help you with your projects!
See all of our full length courses and info at www.hardscapetraining.ca
Build a custom railing with carpenter George!
Custom railing details from George’s perspective! See what it takes to create a beautiful railing update for a home renovation from a carpenter’s perspective.
#carpentry #build #construction #woodwork #builder
#carpentry #build #construction #woodwork #builder
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How to update railing posts!!! Carpentry details with George!
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I’m very lucky to work alongside some top notch carpenters at Integral Design and Build. As I learn what I can from their processes, it becomes clear that the level of detail required in the carpentry game is something to strive for in the landscape as well! Using similar techniques but utilizing different materials, require the same skills to achieve excellence! #carpentry #build #construction...
A look at prepping for pavers with a 30 YEAR HARDSCAPE PRO!
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Rick with Integral design is one of the most talented and experienced hardscapers in the world. I have seen first hand how meticulous and accurate he is with pavers, utilizing his years of hard work to make projects absolutely amazing. Check it out! #pavers #construction #hardscape #masonry #build #concrete #custom #home
How to strip concrete forms using simple bars and pipe! Modern Custom Build
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Concrete forms coming off of the wall is a VERY satisfying part of a home build! Check out how the carpenter at Integral Design like to make it happen! #build #builder #construction #concrete #carpentry #custom #home #finishing #footings #skills
How do you demo concrete?
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Dealing with concrete demo can be a huge pain, until you figure out how to efficiently cut and break it. Learning the balance of your time between saw cutting and hammer/chiselling or jackhammering will depend on the density of the concrete. For slabs often using a large sledge and wedging underneath it with smaller pieces will produce larger liftable chunks and reduce cleanup time, instead of ...
Why is foundation waterproofing ESSENTIAL??? Take a look at the process on this custom build
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A key to any new build is ensuring the foundation is impenetrable and ready for backfilling. Using modern methods on top of classic ones like tar on the concrete that is to be buried, we add insulation value, and a physical membrane that stops water from sitting against the building using a dimple board/ air gap. Understanding the inner workings of what is in the ground is key to establishing f...
Pour concrete foundation walls with some carpenters!
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Concrete pours like this are a great show of organization, clear communication of duties and making sure to order the correct amount of materials! All of these things are huge facets for any landscape project! #construction #carpenter #concretepour #concretepumping #trowel #fyp #carpentry #construction #footings #concrete #build #builder #skills #finishing #truck #custom #builder #home
3 knots EVERY LANDSCAPER should know!
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With these three essential knots, you can easily and quickly setup and take down string lines like the professionals do! #knots #stringline #strings #landscaping #landscaper #construction #masonry
How do I PREP FOR SOD???
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Sod preparation can be tricky. Take a close look at some professional methods for creating a perfect lawn that drains well and will create a beautiful usable yard! Setup string lines and make sure the level is flattened VERY well, then roll it to ensure an ideal amount of compaction, rake it out again! Then we carefully lay and overlap sod, cutting it in, raking it to fluff it up, and make sure...
The process for pouring concrete footings! Custom build action!!
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The process for pouring concrete footings! Custom build action!!
Battery cut-off SAW Battle!! Stihl vs Dewalt
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Battery cut-off SAW Battle!! Stihl vs Dewalt
Excavation progress on The BIG build! #construction 🚧 🦺 💪🏼
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Excavation progress on The BIG build! #construction 🚧 🦺 💪🏼
How to cut a tricky notch in pavers!
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How to cut a tricky notch in pavers!
How to install a CONCRETE BORDER for a paving stone driveway!
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How to install a CONCRETE BORDER for a paving stone driveway!
Do you screed your final road-base layer?? You SHOULD!!! Paving prep the professional way.
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Do you screed your final road-base layer?? You SHOULD!!! Paving prep the professional way.
Flagstone setting action! CHECK IT OUT!
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Flagstone setting action! CHECK IT OUT!
How to use Corten Steel in the landscape?
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How to use Corten Steel in the landscape?
What is polymeric sand?? How do I use polymeric sand for paving stones?
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What is polymeric sand?? How do I use polymeric sand for paving stones?
Lighting landscape steps from above!
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Lighting landscape steps from above!
Using a SPIDER CRANE to build stairs!
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Using a SPIDER CRANE to build stairs!
Have you ever tried to finish concrete?
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Have you ever tried to finish concrete?
How to build a modern retaining wall using Belgard’s Melville Tandem modular blocks!
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How to build a modern retaining wall using Belgard’s Melville Tandem modular blocks!
How to install a modern paver patio! #pavers #diy #landscaping #hardscape #patio #pathway
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How to install a modern paver patio! #pavers #diy #landscaping #hardscape #patio #pathway
EVERYTHING you need to know about MORTAR!! How to mix, types and much more!
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EVERYTHING you need to know about MORTAR!! How to mix, types and much more!
The best HARDSCAPE TOOLS to improve efficiency and make your job SO MUCH EASIER!
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The best HARDSCAPE TOOLS to improve efficiency and make your job SO MUCH EASIER!
Landscaping ideas using natural stone!
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Landscaping ideas using natural stone!
How to split large boulders! Using ‘Wedge and Feathers’
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How to split large boulders! Using ‘Wedge and Feathers’
How to make a DRY RIVER BED! River rock tips and tricks for the perfect DIY landscaping project.
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How to make a DRY RIVER BED! River rock tips and tricks for the perfect DIY landscaping project.
Nice ams simple... brings out laser level 😂
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Have a question I’m stumped with as I’m building a paver patio. I’m making a 14x14 patio and connected is a pathway from my driveway that is about 13 ft away. The issue I have with my slope that I’m stuck on is my driveway is the same height as my starting point at my house and they run perpendicular. Does it make sense to slope the pathway towards the patio from the driveway for that 13 feet and then level it off and continue my slope away from the house? This is my first time doing anything like this and can’t wrap my head around it. So my walkway would slope down right around 1.75 inches and meet the height of the patio slope and then level off and the patio would continue to slope away from the house. Any opinion helps very much as I’m trying to figure out my depths.
True indeed. Good luck with your business
Thanks for the great corner idea!!!
0:45 thats called a clove hitch
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Lots of preparation and it may be the most important part of the job I cannot stress how important this is for sheading water less pain on you feet cleaning and the list go on
Couldn’t agree more!
hey, very nice video. So in short, could you please give me a general idea of WHAT possibilities there are, in terms of what you can chisel/cut out of rocks? Lets say I go pick up a bunch of natural boulders/stone of varios sizes.. what are some possible things that can be built? ( I have a background with tiles.. I love working with concrete/stone, I dislike wood. I also love landscaping, so I want to see what projects can be done for free or near free $). Judging from this video, I guess bricks can be made, so that means I could eventually build some walls. I am assuming, (unfortunately) that flagstone CANNOT be made from natural stones found in the wild... can they? unless, is a concrete saw all you need, and you make slices? But anyways, yeah.. could you give some ideas please that can be done if you have the rocks/tools/time. Thanks, meanwhile I will google of course.
Dude is showing like 10-12 lights and only four conduits ... daaa
You refer to a "lift" about a hundred times without defining/describing it. Just a heads up for future videos as it leaves people lost unless they know that term, which is tricky to find on the internet to define for regular folks.
Hey I appreciate that. A lift is simply referring to a layer of gravel.
How far apart should the string lines be?
Depends on the height and length of the wall. You just want to set up strings wherever you see that you would find something to work up to helpful. There’s no hard rules!
I love this video, rock walls are so creative and good for the brain. Thank you for sharing the level line. Does the dry mortar set firm and does it resist the elements of freezing?
Hey thank you! Yes indeed it does, just be mindful that wherever water may enter or accumulate it has the chance to freeze and cause cracking due to expansion
Question for you on the subbase. I’m doing my own patio and am a little hyper focused on the slope. Does the dirt have to be a perfectly flat, sloped surface or if it has a little bit of variance can it be made up with the road mix? Trying to make sure I do it right and am new to this. Thanks!
Most polymeric sand requires at least an 1/8 spacing between pavers. For this project would regular sand be a better choice?
Amazing work. The strings are my downfall.
so that is what a "simple' laser level looks like? You should see the one I bought for $5 from the Chinese store.
I’m sorry, this is not really clear. If you’e attempting to explain this for beginners, pretend you’re trying to teach a child. I couldn’t relate the info to sloping, it only showed strings lines 1 & 2” below the top line, but how does that cause a slope. Please give more detail & close up of everything. Sloping for dummies would be good. Make step by step from placing the stakes to creating a slope.
Here you go! ruclips.net/video/cyI-giTZtlI/видео.htmlsi=qx_GtSZGdk2qfBXv
You make this look way too easy😂. Nice work.
One of the best videos showing how to do it I have ever seen.
Old vid so not sure if you'll still see comments, how did you ensure that each stake was at the same height originally? Going down from the top by X inches will only matter if they're all starting from the same height....is that where the laser level came in? Without a laser level what is the best alternative?
Hey you just need the stakes to be close to the final height, you are actually using a marker to make a line on the stake that denotes your height and where to attach the string to. You could use level a string with a 4 or ideally 6’ level all the way around and use that as your initial height, then do you slope calc and drop the lines on the side you want to slope to. It’s not as accurate as the laser but definitely still works!
@@HardscapeCanada Thanks! A 4' level is what I thought you'd recommend. I'll give it a shot like that, or maybe pick up a laser level. I was able to find one on Amazon for under $100.
Excellent video
Excelent video
Simple and straight to the point, good stuff. 👍🏾
How do I calculate how much base gravel I need if I know my square footage and inches I want in depth.
Hey you can use the square footage multiplied by decimal feet of depth to get cubic footage.I usually use the Google search bar and type in “your amount” convert to cubic yards. Once you have this number it is wise to add 20% when ordering to account for compaction. For example: 10 x 10’ square patio = 100 sq ft. 100 x depth (of 8”= 0.666 ft) = 66.6 cubic feet. Convert to cubic yards = 2.467 or 2.5 cubic yards. X 20%= 0.5. So add that to total and you get 3 yards.
cutting the channel into the rock was really insightful. I figured the steel was scribed.
Background music disturbs and annoys.
I been doing alot of research on making a paver patio for my walkout basement, currently I have a deck and it's rotted because no sun ever hits this area. If I replace the deck wood it will just rot again in a few years it rotted in just 10 years treated wood and maintained the stain. Anyway, what base would be best for this type of condition? If I do sand it will stay moist and become a breeding ground for skeeters. I was thinking crushed stone, but not sure if it would be as easy to prep.
Do you need to anchor the wall to the ground? Or is the weight of the stone sufficient?
A dry stone wall remains the best option. It’s a time honored tradition that has stood the test of time. No mortar, steel or PVC drainage pipes required
You're an excellent teacher!
Hey thank you so much!
Very good…well presented.
I thought you were going to end the video by saying “okay, talk to you later, love you, goodbye” lol 😂 Jokes aside, it was a good video. Got a subscribe from me. I started my own landscape company and try to keep watching videos to learn every little detail from how others do stuff.
Haha I’ll do that on the next one!!! Awesome glad you got some value out of this. Thanks for coming along
@@HardscapeCanada lol I had a feeling you’d find humor in that.
Very nice work, I enjoy the visual of a nicely assembled stone wall, but I cant watch past 4min .. way to much vocal fry... It's horrible when women use it, but as equally horrible when men use it..
Very nice!
For flagstones is thinset or cement mortar better? Also what was that dry looking mortar you put down for the base and to level out the top? Thanks!
Hey! Usually it’s more economical to use a cement mortar to bond to a rough finished concrete pad, and I like to use a thin set like Kerabond to butter the back of each piece for extra bonding power
@@HardscapeCanada I have a concrete footer for the leading edge of the steps but the rest is 4+inches of very small compacted gravel. I was thinking mortar between the front of the stone and the concrete but not sure is I should use mortar between the stone and gravel.
What type of drill bit did you use
I use a carbide tipped drill bit for SDS drills like my Hilti hammer drill I use in the video. Sizing will vary depending on the size of your wedges and feathers
@@HardscapeCanada Thanks! Appreciate the info.
I think that it's a good video, Pretty informational.... But I must say, While informative it was hard to watch. A little more pep in your step and excitement I think would do wonders.
I appreciate the feedback thank you
Great video and Great info, very useful! Thank you !!!!
Excellent video Kev.. I am new to this, but lucky enough to have a customer who isn't too picky. First jobs are like teaching tools. One question.. What do you put under the stone you are cutting ? ie.. Wood, or a sand base , or on another rock...? Looks like you frequently use a sand base , but thought I would confirm and ensure one method is better than others .. Thank you.
Hey yes that’s the best way to refine your skills! So the biggest thing is just to make sure the piece is steady, and when you are striking it, that it is rattling and moving other parts of the stone as this may cause it to crack. It doesn’t really matter what you have underneath it, as long as the piece is steady so the energy you are striking with it hitting just that portion of the stone
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They both look good
Wow, that is beautiful
Someone please answer this. So you have a level line on perimeter. What about the middle or interior area? How to you find level based off the perimeter level strings?
Once you set your perimeter lines to the appropriate slope, ideally in one direction, you can setup secondary lines anywhere for the middle using the heights of the perimeter lines as your reference
@@HardscapeCanada thank you very much. So maybe one through the middle of the rectangle? And the 2”x4” should reach enough to level the whole area? Is there a good video or source that displays this?
@johnwilkins3995 hey yes checkout the same video above one more time! Skip to 1:25
@@HardscapeCanadasuch a help, really thanks. Gonna give this a try myself bc too expensive and I need a patio.
What kind of fabric do you use if the soil isn't load bearing?
Depending on the soil type, a geotechnical cloth is ideal. I prefer to use a non woven one to allow for positive drainage
@@HardscapeCanada thanks!
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this is the trickiest part for me to understand, slopes ... is there a "slope class" or a "laser leveling class" I really belief that these are the skills that separate a good hardscape/landscape company or crew from a regular beginner crew.
Agreed! That’s exactly why I made this online course module: hardscapecanada.thinkific.com/courses/siteprep
I trying to do a walkway from my patio to my driveway but the side of my house slopes pretty good what do you guys recommend on what kind of landscaping to go with concrete or pavers etc.
In Ohio where I live I prefer using a 1/2" bedding stone as opposed to bedding sand. And I do not compact the sub soil. I lay down a 2 ish inch layer of 3/4 stone and compact that over the sub base. Compacting a clay sub soil can lead to water not permeating as well. Love the video!
Nice thank you for sharing! Always interested in how people in different locations do their thing. Probably a different soil type for the sub soil then here I can in Canada I can guarantee!