How to Build a Brick Patio | This Old House
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In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to build a brick patio. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.)
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Cost: $1,000 to $2,000, for an average-size patio
Time: Two to three days for an average-size patio
Skill level: Moderate. Prepping the site can be exhausting, but laying the brick pavers goes pretty quickly
Shopping List for How to Build a Brick Patio:
- Brick pavers [amzn.to/2MRsgXe], used to create patio surface
- Graded base [amzn.to/2MP1tek], for forming sub-base for patio
- Sand [amzn.to/31v0R0C], is spread over sub-base and on top of patio
- Plastic edging [amzn.to/2Ig56W4], used to create border around brick patio
Tools for How to Build a Brick Patio:
- Shovel [amzn.to/31Isofg], used to excavate the site
- Nylon mason's line [amzn.to/31x0N0n] and stakes [amzn.to/2MOHc8v], for stretching layout lines across patio
- Plate compactor [amzn.to/2XbaOB7], used to tamp down soil, sub-base and brick pavers
- Garden rake [amzn.to/2Ihd41k], for spreading sand
- Hammer [amzn.to/2KhAu95], used to tap in spikes that hold down the edging
- Masonry saw [amzn.to/2IghKEy], used to cut brick pavers
- -Screed and screed rails [amzn.to/2XdUTBU], for establishing proper screed height of sand base
- Wheelbarrow [amzn.to/31v0vat], used to transport material
- Push broom [amzn.to/2MOCRT3], for sweeping excess sand from patio
Steps:
Take up all old bricks and paving stones from the patio, then use a shovel to remove 7 inches of soil from the area.
Run a gas-powered plate compactor over the area to tamp down the ground.
Spread out 2 inches of graded base, then compact the area.
Stretch nylon lines across the patio 3 inches above graded base.
Lay steel pipes, known as screed rails, in place 2 inches below nylon line.
Spread sand over the entire area.
Pull a screed along the rails to remove excess sand.
Fill in low spots with more sand and screed the area again.
Start setting pavers in one corner of the patio. Drop pavers into place, don't slide them.
Continue installing pavers, making sure to stagger the joints between courses.
Install plastic edging around the perimeter of the patio.
Spread ½ inch of sand over the bricks.
Run the plate compactor over the patio to vibrate the sand deep into the joints between the pavers.
Use a push broom to sweep excess sand from the patio.
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“Plenty of blu taarps!” Awesome.
Thank you, great video. No extra useless advice or talking. Straight to the point! Myself and others alike appreciate videos like this.
love the realism. the weather never holds up when you start working outside :P
Loving the brick pattern. Used to enjoy watching the lads laying the brick sidewalks when I was in engineering. Great to see it being done. Thanks.
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing
Good job. Stinks that it rained.
Good work and a nice project. Thank you.
Wow very good job :)
Great job, thank you for sharing !!!
👏 👏.👌 💯 ,good job s, nice paving, 👏 👏.👌
Looks great!
great video
@dabhandconstruction527
5 жыл бұрын
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When hammering in the spikes into the retaining edge, angle it so that you're pressing the edge towards the pavers instead of pulling it away.
Great guys always learn something for better life
@dabhandconstruction527
5 жыл бұрын
If you want to see more transformations, check us out Chandana
👍 Thanks.
This looks really involved with lots a steps.
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
Yep
Good job guys 👍
I miss this guy
@dinoradja2980
22 күн бұрын
The best on the show IMHO
Thanks for showing us how you cut the pavers.
@torkdork69
5 жыл бұрын
Madd Dogg take a measure of why you need it or simply make a mark on the brick. Pull out your handy angle grinder that has attached to it a diamond saw blade(tile mans blade) and proceed to cut like butter.
@prestonorrick4317
5 жыл бұрын
@@torkdork69 Angle grindah.
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
Yep, or you can score and hammer
very nice
That home owner experienced true level that day and when she stepped away she realized everything is crooked and reality is poison.
For non-freezing climates, this is an easy, practical way for homeowners to do their own brick-paving.
@NitaSedai
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed....sand has a tendency to mix with the dirt as a part of the freeze and thaw cycles. And eventually, after that happens, the bricks are no longer level
@BKILLS186
10 ай бұрын
@@NitaSedaithat’s why you use gator dust instead of sand duh
@BKILLS186
10 ай бұрын
This sounds like East coast USA which is definitely a freezing climate. What would you do?
@Quesoguapo
10 ай бұрын
Yeah its weird that they use gravel with fines and dont use polymeric sand? Im in wisconsin and we use like 7 inches of clear gravel and then screed 1/4 inch clear gravel to lay the bricks on and then sweep in sand that has glue in it
Is that the same way as I use the bigger square bricks for a 10×10 patio for a steel gazebo
That's odd. I didn't see any mention of a "pitch".
3:06 well done !
BLUE TAAAPS
I AM A huge fans and me and BoB is a huge fane .👍🏻🤟🏻👉🏻🤛🏼✌🏻🤚🏻🖐🏻🖖🏻🤘🏻
Blue tawp
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
What about it?
@santinofierimonte8967
4 жыл бұрын
Jon Clash its tahp not tawp. He’s from Boston. Tawp would be a NY accent.
He looks so happy here. Makes me sad knowing how he is know :(
@drew5211
4 жыл бұрын
Dr Din what happened?
@DDWES
4 жыл бұрын
drew5211 ill health
@fbimaxtowfor8300
2 жыл бұрын
:(
THAAPS
Can someone tell me what stops the sand from washing out of the joints when it rains?
@tonyames967
4 жыл бұрын
Polymeric sand 'sets' after the first wash with water.
@NitaSedai
4 жыл бұрын
Or how about frost heave? Or freeze/thaw cycles...doesnt the sand beliw the pavers gets mixed with the dirt below? I mean, it would settle into the spaces between the rock and then mix over time, right?
They don't say what to do with the 2inch pipe anyone have any ideas I'm sure they remove but how do you keep the space for the pipe from falling once removed
@ja8898
3 жыл бұрын
pull it out and fill in the gap with some left over sand. Smooth it out with a trowel.
3:10 Blue Tahp.
What was that long tool he was using to make it all even? And how long was that?
@johnwoodhouse4153
3 жыл бұрын
It was a two by four piece of lumber
That rain helps
@1:03 Are the rails sitting directly on the base material, or was there some sand placed underneath the rails to put them right at 2" below the line?
@AS-cu2rd
4 жыл бұрын
Papoochee depends. Base is sent it with less accuracy. Rails are set via stringline so you may have to raise it with the sand
a hoff an inch of sand?
How much would something like this cost?
Is he from Boston
2:35 How can you patent something that people have been doing forever?
@stepaushi
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, he said "pattern" haha.
@3:06 Mothernature tried, but he was one step ahead.
Why remove exactly 7 inches? How do you determine that?
@a.j.henderson7406
4 жыл бұрын
Paver height, sand & rock depth combined
@ginnylynn7300
4 жыл бұрын
They wanted the patio to match the entranceway steps in height
What type of materials you used under the patio
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Uhh... try actually _paying attention_ to the video all the way through.
Why sand? Why not limestone screening? Is screening for big pavers and sand for small little brick pavers?
@PrimeSuperboy
2 жыл бұрын
it's probably concrete sand
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
@@PrimeSuperboyyep
Sometimes sand sometimes stone powder....:why?
@Dave-lr2wo
4 жыл бұрын
sometimes is why
why didn't he put plastic/or weed cloth between the gravel or sand to keep plants out?
@christianhelser
4 жыл бұрын
also, how did he cut the smaller bricks? I'm sure they had a wet saw on hand.
@jtblatt1988
4 жыл бұрын
Weeds are going to grow thru 7 inches on stone and brick lol?
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
@@jtblatt1988got eem
So why not use polymeric sand? Besides the fact that it’s a bit pricey...
Note to self.........; 0:53 - 2:16. The MOST important part of re-laying the patio in your own back yard.
As a professional hardscape company owner almost everything in this video goes against what we do. One need minimum of 6" of granular 'A’ as base, plus 1" of bedding/concrete sand, running on 1" pipes...
@lexluther8370
7 жыл бұрын
Kourosh - Do you have any videos? In the Spring I need to reset pavers I have that are sagging. It's a small area so I was going to pull up all of them because it is holding water.
@AbarSimorgh
7 жыл бұрын
Lex Luther Hi Lex, I don't have any videos uploaded on KZread. What I would recommend you to do is to follow ICPI guidelines for concrete pavers installation. Make sure you have proper slope for drainage.
@lexluther8370
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for replying
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
Not in a subtropical climate
PLENTY AH BLUE TAHP
I personally would hate brick but it came out good! Must be hard to get it so leveled and straight
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
Brick is timeless
2:17 …….. where’s the rigged plastic edge rail? Is it not needed there?
The sand you used is way to thick to fill the gaps in the block paving. You should have used a finer sand to fill the gaps instead of regular sand.
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Um, no, you _want_ a coarser sand because its job is to act like little sharp wedges that lodge in and stick to the sides of the pavers with plenty of locking friction. Also: "way to thick to fill..."? Oops, didn't you mean "way toO thick to fill..."?
Elmuh Fudd
I just came from another video where Rogah is saying you can't lay bricks on sand because it doesn't pack down hard. WHAT IS THE TRUTH ROGAH?
Why don't you tamper the sand also and then set the pipes in the sand great work guy's.
I came heeyah for the accent.
thank god rogah boughat his blu tahps
Aren't you supposed to use stone dust?
@moonblink
6 жыл бұрын
stone dawst?
@joewellindowd5664
6 жыл бұрын
You’re gonna teach this old house?
@migueljusamazin
6 жыл бұрын
Welcome to earth Everyone has different method to doing stuff
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Um, Roger already showed you to use the stone dust. It's part of the mixed-grade pack.
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
I beat you to it, Andy.
Blu tops
One tiny girl was making the brick floor by ourselves. See the effect of her work: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZnqduLuCkZuZlLQ.html
anyone know what's the name on the song in this video? thanks
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know the name, but I'm pretty sure that it's nothing more than the theme music for Ask This Old House for the specific range of seasons.
@elfridpuntiel9059
5 жыл бұрын
Used Shazam lol
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
Chiodos - If I Cut My Hair, Hawaii Will Sink
Bwot plenny a bloo TAHPS
dis string line stots at ar baseline
don't have a plate compactor...
@jtblatt1988
4 жыл бұрын
Rent one numbnuts
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I feel like I've seen this recently.
@Engineer9736
6 жыл бұрын
Maxid1 Probably a minute before you wrote this comment
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Yep, what Richard said! Also, yes, you saw it on TV recently.
There are NO videos of laying a brick floor over a cement walkway. whats up with that? I am about to wash down the walk way, brush some concrete glue on, mix my mortar with a little additive and lay the brick down like pavers, maybe I will butter the edges of each brick or maybe I will just lay the brick down and grout it like tile, idk. does that sound good to you?
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Because people don't make cement walkways. Maybe the hardest kind of walkway that has cement _in_ it is a *concrete* walkway.
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As a professional hardscaping company, that installs 2-5 patios a month every year, this video goes against everything that our company does. (At least in freezing climates) We never ever use sand for patios, and replace at least 10 patios a year that have been constructed with a sand base. In fact, we use all clear stone (no fines).
@iamaGod357
8 жыл бұрын
+Matthew Parmley What do you use instead of sand?
@carmensowell6448
6 жыл бұрын
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@tutekohe1361
6 жыл бұрын
Here in Western Australia, sand is perfect - no freezing weather
@paultrigger3798
5 жыл бұрын
Just curious, how does that work? How do you level to a fine degree with clear stone?
@IndepenisDay
10 ай бұрын
This is perfect for me, southwest florida
Last episode they said never to use sand
@nunusknees2928
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's what I thought too
. a العجائب الآيات في القرآن..
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
العجائب الآيات في القرآن.. b
Hard to understand with his Speech impediment but thanks for the videos anyway, cheers! Keep rocking trooper! :-)
Ive noticed it seems 90% of your customers are single women, why do you think this is so? Its really confussing to non-americans that there is such a powerful correlation. Any reasons for this? This Old House
@sawyermoe2348
7 жыл бұрын
they need to hire better actresses and better script writers
@Engineer9736
6 жыл бұрын
allnamesarepicked Where did you get that information? They only talk about building the patio. Why are you recording that information anyway? Sounds like you’re a creep
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
They don't use actors, dumb sawyer.
This is REALLY a crap job, unless it is meant to last for one summer only.
Wow this guy has to get off KZread what he is showing people is all wrong and it will not last for very long your lucky if u make it one summer without it moving
@AbarSimorgh
8 жыл бұрын
I agree with you
@robertswift6101
8 жыл бұрын
yep i know,that wont last very long
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Jonathan, our _what_ is lucky if we go through one summer without it moving??
That accent is so annoying.
@troubledsole9104
8 жыл бұрын
+meedily what accent?
@manalto1343
8 жыл бұрын
+meedily I bot plenny of blue TOP!
@troubledsole9104
8 жыл бұрын
I was being facetious - he is from my neck of the woods.
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Meedily, *your* accent is so annoying.
@HelloKittyFanMan.
6 жыл бұрын
Well, Sole, even if you hadn't been facetious, the "what" question is a good one, because _everyone_ has an accent. (If it's noticeable only depends on what culture the listener is from.)