Make a Geo Cel Grid that's Stronger and 1/2 the Cost. SAVE!

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Strong Geo Ground Grid! Make your own. Less than half the cost! Easy Diy! Stop getting Stuck in the mud! Save your Driveway from eroding. Total Cost, How To, DIY, Save $$, So Strong and So Easy to Build. No special tools.
Shovel, rake, Saw, Geo Fabric, 4 Inch Perforated Pipe,
Gravel, Stone
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@appledrains 11 ай бұрын

One of the Projects to solve Driveway Drainage! Seriously! Less than $50. Little bit of Labor, But I Promise it WORKS!

@MR-backup 10 ай бұрын

The real test will be when you do the whole driveway.

@FreeSpeechXtremist 9 ай бұрын

I love the concept I am thinking of using it at home it's a fantastic idea but your application is not the correct solution to your problem. Your problem is that a water course is trying to cross your road this solution will just move the soil erosion and silt deposition to a different spot. Your best bet would be to put a ditch and culvert pipe either side of the road you could still do this dig a small channel and run a culvert pipe along the side of your mesh grid. As I said I love the idea but not quite the correct application 20 years as a landscaper and I've never seen this before.

@roberthartzell7104 4 ай бұрын

Do you think this system would work here in North east Florida we have sandy soil?

@MommeeMadre1 3 ай бұрын

Well.... it was basically free for you because you used existing materials. Well done, you!

@cha-ka8671 3 ай бұрын

Isn't it tronger than that geocell ? That stuff is a thin plastic foldable product.

@OohMax 4 ай бұрын

Safety tip: never use your knee as a substitute 2x4 to brace something when using a reciprocating saw. 2x4s usually do not bleed as much.

@mkeyx82 4 ай бұрын

Nice tip. Makes sense. 2x4 might not like it, but what can you do.

@squidvis 10 күн бұрын

Stopped reading when I saw "safety" Just letting you know...

@ratracerenegade2023 2 ай бұрын

Perfect! I was just looking at those textiles of grid for RV pads! It's like 3K for a pad. You just cut my cost drastically!! ❤ it. Thank you

@flyingsodwai1382 10 ай бұрын

I'm giving a thumbs up for having real cut-offs.

@jfruser 4 ай бұрын

Florida, mannnnn...

@bigrob029 10 ай бұрын

i love this guy! would love to see this packaged up and sold... a bunch of bags of gravel show up with a 20' hose, a hacksaw, and a cassette with this voice over.

@mmac4047 10 ай бұрын

if you don’t cut all the way through the pipe and alternate each side it will leave a tab on each one connecting them together and use zip ties to connect them group too occasionally.

@RobertLBarnard 10 ай бұрын

That's a great idea

@j.r7872 10 ай бұрын

Excellent!!!

@InJusticeAustralia 10 ай бұрын

i don’t get it and really want to understand!

@theredfox27 9 ай бұрын

Think like a "Slinky". Slice 80% of pipe diameter. Only one lil piece connecting as you fold the pipe to the right, slice 80% open, then fold left, slice, fold, slice.... On and on, forever. 😂

@travelfeet 9 ай бұрын

I like it, though you'd need to flip 180 or turn the pipe 90 degrees for each cut, which might get tricky on a long piece. I am sure I would mess it up too and end up with a 3 dimensional pyramid of rings instead of a flat mat.

@metroplexchl 10 ай бұрын

Pure genius. Thank you for this. We've been looking for a cheap alternative to make a passable road on our property in the mountains of OK. This is just the ticket!

@terigoodwin7531 22 күн бұрын

Some developing countries cut the side wall off of old tires then fill with road base then either concrete or regular gravel.

@UAP-Gardens 11 ай бұрын

Awesome your still a beast at 67. I sure wish I had 30 minutes of your time for questions

@albudrow5436 10 ай бұрын

nice. i did my whole driveway 1500 square feet using old carpet for the cloth (free) and plastic pallets that i cut the feet off ($3 each) and connecter to each other with stainless steel zip ties. whole project with stone and gravel $720. 5 years later still working great . the only maintenance is to do a little weed killer each summer. BTW i actually got a permit and had it inspected and passed. they wouldn't let me have a gravel driveway and concrete and blacktop was way too expensive and required storm drain crap .... anyway they accepted a permeable driveway and i even made a brochure presenting the pallets as a commercially available product. they bought it LOL !

@jtmar157 5 ай бұрын

Which type of plastic pallets did you use?

@jaelburk3985 5 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a video of that

@sailorjohnboy 4 ай бұрын

That is hilarious about the pamphlet. That is a real Costanza move I love it

@bklynjoe12 3 ай бұрын

Could you please send info or pictures of plastic pallets? Thank you

@MMelanie963 2 ай бұрын

@@sailorjohnboysame here hahaha 😂

@JustineDodd 4 ай бұрын

Being a womble, living in a muddy quagmire 8-9 months of the year, I absolutely love this idea! Thank you for this video!

@russellmelling4098 10 ай бұрын

I have seen a similar idea but for a complete road. They used old tyres instead of pipe.[ they cut one wall off the tyre to make it easier to fill ]

@greggarrot8132 4 ай бұрын

I've used the recycle tire method a few times. On driveways that are real really sandy very muddy we keep one side to hold the material but drill holes in it for drainage and cut the other side put down tires open side up and fill full of rock

@dethmaul 2 ай бұрын

Good idea!

@tigq1430 23 күн бұрын

I came up with an idea like this several years ago for the front of the stairs outside. Leveled ground, heaviest plastic, chicken wire, gravel (decorative stone because it was on clearance) pack down. It's never moved and its been at least 5years😊

@mskmsk7174 11 ай бұрын

Mate! I'm from New Zealand and I can say without a doubt you'd fit in here easily. You're a practical genius with this little solution. I'm going to use it down the back of my property, can't wait to try it :)

@hikurukutai 10 ай бұрын

Same here bro just what I need

@Tonisuperfly 9 ай бұрын

Saaame! Definitely some kiwi ingenuity here

@MissCookie8260 2 ай бұрын

I'm thinking it would be perfect for the side of the house where we keep the bins. The mud and grass make it annoying to take out the trash. Crushed granite would look nice.

@mymai5859 5 күн бұрын

Yep... yep super boggy in NZ. Am pondering doing it for my Mum's unpaved driveway.

@USMC-Sniper-0137 5 ай бұрын

Just wait till I hire you to do a 24' X 200' driveway for me back in Flagler County cause I like that idea so much LOL!!!!

@tamiweber9409 2 ай бұрын

I want to try this in my 8'X56' outside dog run as a floor. ❤

@Mrmultikeller 10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad your channel was recommended! An incredible DIY idea and executed supremely. Looking forward to seeing more videos, old and new!

@MrTemplefugate 9 ай бұрын

Decades ago i saw an article in Popular Science or Popular Mechanics showcasing a grid product that had just been patented. You could tamp the grid into your lawn and drive over it without rutting the sod. I guess eventually it was called geo-cell. I like yours better...😁😁😁

@loumonte658 3 ай бұрын

Your imagination is gold. Hat's off to you Sir.

@420gzuz 9 ай бұрын

dude... CHUCK... you are the man! your DIY ideas are just outta this world, man! thank you for teaching me yet another valuable DIY skill as rain season quickly approaches and I anticipate some drainage issues on some freshly regraded terrain

@snort455 10 ай бұрын

brilliant! I have tons of scrap! KZfaq at its best! Im amazed you used had tools! Everybody i know thinks they need a tractor these days.

@AirplaneDoctor_ 11 ай бұрын

I found the same type of thing on my farm from guessing about the 1950's. It was made up of 8" long sections of old clay tile forming a large half circle and was where the entrance to a long ago demolished barn sat. Took me a while to figure out what it was but it apparently solved the water problem back in the day.

@Nilafila76 8 ай бұрын

1850s more like

@tealkerberus748 4 ай бұрын

All natural materials, no plastic, and still there and still working after all that time. I agree - more like 1850s for that style of construction.

@maryland9987 4 ай бұрын

Great info. Ty.

@user-un9jg6nv4u 5 ай бұрын

Dear Mr. Chuck, first just wanna say thanks for all your videos. My used house I bought three years ago was built over an old rice field so I wrapped the house in footer drains cuz our crawl space can get up to 80-90% humidity in the worst months. Anyway, just watched your DIY Geo grid and wanna say bravo! I might do this for my BBQ area. :

@ahmad0522 5 ай бұрын

I wish you long happy healthy life . Thank you for spreading the knowledge, Sir.

@PoM-MoM Ай бұрын

If you live in Florida do yourself a HUGE favor and do this project in Winter. In Florida is only 2 months. January and February.

@tdjackson4403 8 ай бұрын

Great video. Just what i needed for a place in my yard and a driveway extension. Thank you!

@MartinD9999 10 ай бұрын

I got this same exact problem in MS. Thanks for the info!!

@Tonisuperfly 9 ай бұрын

Ahhh this is excellent! I have heaps of this drainage pipe that I picked up for free. I was only planning to use the good pieces for drainage but now I can use the rest to stabilise my yard/drive/parking and garden path. Can’t wait to try it! I love reusing waste materials and solving problems :)

@marielindsay4720 6 ай бұрын

Would 2 inch sections work okay for a walkway? I want to make a pea gravel walkway from my driveway to my back deck stairs.

@russellstewart5414 4 ай бұрын

@@marielindsay4720it worked for me, that pea gravel is still in the same place 2 years later. It’s not all loose and wonky as before. We even washed the soil off the old pea gravel and added new as needed. One thing I learned is not to go nuts and start digging to the center of the earth. Just use a good quality flat blade shovel to remove grass and don’t disturb the soil or you need to compact it. But for a walkway with foot traffic it is fine.

@RobSchwabRandom 10 ай бұрын

An area near where I live, Troutdale Oregon, does this for cheap trails, pathways, alleys, and sidewalks alongside French drains or other drainage ways. There are areas there that have very poor soil stability. On managed forest paths they'll even sometimes do this, but most of the time they use natural materials that build better soil when they break down. The construction workers here do use the store bought methods when they're on a tight schedule, but use your method when on a budget or needing more structure, like a stable, high drainage base for pavers or heavy traffic wear.

@toritori5835 4 ай бұрын

What natural materials do they use?

@RobSchwabRandom 4 ай бұрын

@@toritori5835 Logs and living root system methods are what I've seen. They place cut logs in vertically, cover with layers of dirt and gravel; sometimes use a retaining wall of cob, logs, or rocks; then plant native trees and bushes along the sides. By the time the logs decompose, the roots move in to fill the gaps and hold the soil, while the soil mix is made to have good drainage.

@normbograham 13 күн бұрын

years ago, someone used tires, and stone, and $5 landscape fabric. They cut the sides off the tires, then covered with stone in the driveway. Working for 10+ years without any drama. Near their garage, where they were unloading cars. You cannot even tell where the soft spot was. They had previously just been dumping more and more stone every year, but it was not firming up. At the time you could get 2 ton of local stone, for $20-$25. They powerwashed their old stone, and put it back, then topped off with new stone.

@tjjoseph333 11 ай бұрын

Ya dont look a day over 50 Navy! Keep up the great videos Chuck. We are all so appreciative!

@rochellesims26 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely good job great idea and for 67 you get around way better than I do and I’m half your age. I just can’t stop picturing you going in circles in your driveway with your trailer on the back 10 times. Lol so funny but thanks for the good edited video. Great information.

@DarkangaelBrokenwing 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting I watched just to find out what a geo grid was.

@cdavidhord 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant! I love the Apple Drains channel.

@MFJLabs 9 ай бұрын

Excellent. thanks for sharing. Would be great to see an update after a few months of use. Thanks again. -- Frank

@williamscott9459 4 ай бұрын

Super work. I have been working in the same idea. Now my work won't be a test. You be well.

@Visigoth_ 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing (I'm in Florida and this will be very useful for dealing with low spots on the family farmstead). 🤔👍

@stephenrobb8759 10 ай бұрын

We used old carpet for a geotextile fabric. It worked great, even at the barn entrance over a cattle panel. Totally stabilized the soil, no more deep mud pit from cows and horses walking through

@InJusticeAustralia 10 ай бұрын

was that with rock over?

@martinmorgan9 9 ай бұрын

I've just used scrap carpet underneath 'weed membrane' before mulching to solve a weed problem. Now I know how to create an adjacent parking area, using. . . MORE scrap carpet of which I have an unlimited supply! This video and resulting Comments have inspired me!

@adrianabshire 4 ай бұрын

What a great idea! Thank you for showing this!!!

@mikepansini4904 Ай бұрын

One beach we stopped at in FL had similar soil erosion solution: geogrid. It was actually a diamond shape plastic/poly screen all one piece stretched to fit the area and cut like a chain link fence, ok geo-grid as you mention. Now I need it to work on a hill too. Thanks for sharing your idea.

@user-en7un3ln1b 11 күн бұрын

It was actually used first for hills to keep from washing away!

@uknowbass 2 ай бұрын

I’m going to do this on patches of my farm gravel road. Thank you! Great video

@bikesforkids. 10 ай бұрын

That's a awesome idea. I'm going to use this for my driveway

@ianbelletti6241 10 ай бұрын

Even better would be mixed grade, aka crush and run. The fine powder of crush and run helps lock it together. The pipe pieces would help stabilize it for your conditions.

@TimFegan 10 ай бұрын

Great video - I've been looking for an alternative to the pre-fab grids and this a nice alternative and something that provides greater flexibility in non-straight designs. Though, not sure this is cheaper. 100ft of this piping covers 33sq ft at $120 (homedepot), and GeoGrid covers 53sq ft for $127. However, if you stagger and space the piping elements 4" apart, then you essentially double the area, and in that case, it does become cheaper.

@brentonkelly3780 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your idea! Well done.

@honestly8015 10 ай бұрын

What a creative solution! Very inspiring. Thank you.

@gregsettle9725 10 ай бұрын

Genius solution for a long-standing problem!

@jaxonboys3366 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic job brother. Very informative. Thank you. I live in the lowcountry of south carolina. Got the same issues. I'll give this a try!

@danlah1303 10 ай бұрын

Your money saving ideas for the DIY’er are some of the best Chuck!

@appledrains 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MissSharon355 6 ай бұрын

This is genius! My garden pathway just got more doable!

@mrkrasker9609 11 ай бұрын

This is fantastic Chuck, thanks.

@BlackJacx1 9 ай бұрын

Good stuff, creative solutions. I found to save even more In Missouri I've used old carpet that people throw away as an underlayer on top of the super soft clay soil, and it stops the gravel from sinking and it's surprisingly tough and it's last 5+ years so far on a heavy trafficked driveway(occasionally add a little gravel in puddles; I'd guess I used half what you did in the same area of gravel and no pipe. Just throwing that out there.

@careyjohnston4176 9 ай бұрын

Very smart my man . Something that is attainable. I follow you because I live in an area near the Arkansas River in Arkansas and the soil is sandy . Whenever I try to dig a trench to move water it collapses and fills back with soil. Thank you for giving your expertise. Most appreciated

@SilvaDreams 9 ай бұрын

Florida is a mix of sand and fine silt, plus what is there is very shallow and sandstone just under it which has .lots of ground water and springs

@elainemurphy8793 9 ай бұрын

Chuck, this was fascinating. I had never heard of geo gridding. Great job! Be well. Elaine in NJ

@appledrains 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@marcdipaolo5142 10 ай бұрын

Great video...I would have never thought of that!

@noblephoenix6068 9 ай бұрын

nicely done. well thought out. simpler and cheaper 2 pockets cement mixed into the soil at same depth . that would stabilize the soil.

@stuartkorte1642 10 ай бұрын

Hello from the Big Bend. Looks like N. Florida. I will be using your idea around my new shop. I brought the geotiles for use at my current house. Works good but a couple hundred dollars for a 10x20 area.

@seals70 10 ай бұрын

Nice work. I’ll be copying this one!

@thomeedee 10 ай бұрын

Ingenious ! Love youre channel, methods and solutions.

@ruidadgmailcanada8508 10 ай бұрын

Great idea for inexpensive structure to hold the gravel together. Thanks for sharing. Get real friendly with your local drainage and landscaper and you could get scrap cut-offs free or silly cheap. Worked for me with PVC and conduit pieces from an electrician. Beats going into landfill.

@TheNativeTwo 10 ай бұрын

I worked as a plumber and we make tons of scrap abs and pvc all the time. would be nice to see a use for them. Mostly just go to landfill.

@Giacobbo88 10 ай бұрын

Nice idea! To help to keep the plastic tubes in position and the gravel too I would use a thin flexible copper wire through all the tubes in line.

@mymai5859 5 күн бұрын

I'd be concerned with any metal breaking over time & rising up to puncture tyres.

@les6516 Ай бұрын

Fantastic idea...thank you so much....take care

@rubenMarquez37 4 ай бұрын

Know everything make sense. Excellent job.

@bodyzoasispersonaltraining9186 11 ай бұрын

Heres your 100 percent recipe w gravel. 1 inch pea gravel. 4 inches track rock. 1 inch sharp 1 inch clean rock. Followed up by 2 inches of quarter or 5/8ths minus. Compact and enjoy a life long gravel road

@DocScience2 3 ай бұрын

If he had used any amount of gravel, it would not have been as bad, but I did not see any. Maybe he is not allowed to use lots of gravel ???

@Mike_Greentea Ай бұрын

Drugs are bad@@DocScience2

@Flippin_Crazy 11 ай бұрын

Cool. I live in Florida, so I totally get you.

@mmarte1622 11 ай бұрын

Great idea. Thanks Chuck.. I will be doing a similar project in the near future..

@leroyvandrie3611 10 ай бұрын

Great to see a demonstration on how to resolve such a “pain” every time I’m in the yard. I’ve had to wait all day for the ground to ReFreeze in order to get the Traction need to get unstuck. Lol!

@AlexeiTetenov 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@keithhooper6123 4 ай бұрын

Great idea,cutting up pipe.Never thought of that.

@Trav04Gsxr 4 ай бұрын

I use old tires with the sidewalls cut out. Tire shops love to give them to you for free. Works well on embankments as well as roads.

@rubenMarquez37 4 ай бұрын

Iron knees. 🎉🎉🎉 Great demonstration. Thank you mr. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@WhoDoUthinkUr 8 ай бұрын

Great Idea Ill keep this one in mind. Thanks

@appledrains 8 ай бұрын

It works

@xqxxy686 4 ай бұрын

If I ever have friends. And they come over to my house. We're going to watch this video and we'll have to take a drink. Every time he says geo grid and half the cost. 😅 Great video!! Thank you!!

@user-fi7rf8nk7z 10 ай бұрын

I had one of those spots on my property. We never could get it filled. Turned out there was an old septic system underneath it that kept the water from seeping out. Simple fix. Hug out the pipe and filled it up. All good now.

@karenbearden6198 9 ай бұрын

Great info, thanks!!

@flyfishing1776 10 ай бұрын

Totally outstanding 👏 👌 👍

@captaincrustyradio 10 ай бұрын

Great work! ❤

@bryanleverett2830 4 ай бұрын

Chuck, you should do an update video on this and how it’s doing

@davefieldhouse5119 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic idea my friend ❤

@heted1 11 ай бұрын

Great idea.

@tealkerberus748 4 ай бұрын

Here in Australia we have a perforated concrete panel product that is built for farm gateways and the ground around cattle water troughs and other places that get boggy and pugged easily. The holes through the panels allow permeability and infiltration and the grass can grow through whenever there's less traffic so the whole thing is very self stabilising. Also there's no plastic involved so you don't have all those plastic shavings in your work area from sawing through plastic, and you don't end up with a whole lot of plastic slowly disintegrating in your soil.

@maccjw 4 ай бұрын

I'm in your neck of the woods do you know the name of the product you mentioned, TIA

@miccullen 3 ай бұрын

So what is the name of this panelling?

@kwaynr1301 Ай бұрын

Gaddamn that's actually a great idea, way cheaper than buying it. Thanks man!

@appledrains Ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately probably remove due to the swearword. I hope that you can comment again!

@Jay_the_Caffeinator 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this idea!!! I have a 10x20 shed to build and extend my patio pad to make a screened in porch out of it for my cats. I was going to buy the geocells. But instead of gravel, I am going to pour concrete. That way, I really don't need rebar. I am really grateful for seeing this video!! 🙏 thank you.

@unionse7en 10 ай бұрын

why won't you need rebar?... just checking that you understand pouring concrete into this make shift geocell will be weaker than solid concrete or concrete with rebar. You would end up with isolated cylinders of concrete that are not joined together. What he did with the tubing sections and loose gravel is perfectly reasonable.

@Jay_the_Caffeinator 10 ай бұрын

@unionse7en the cylinders are not solid. I planned on using 2" tall geocell in my 4" concrete pad pour. The holes/slits in them allows the concrete to bond together. Instead of having isolated cells, as you suggested. If I am not mistaken, concrete just needs a fibrous type of structure to bond with. Heck, you could just pour it on top of grass if you so desired. I am no comment expert. I have a Naval mechanical background. But I see your point, I will research further. Thank you.

@NeonAvantium 8 ай бұрын

@Jay_the_Caffeinator a 10x20 pad will need fiber reinforced concrete mix, or rebar or the panels or something to give it tensile strength. Or it will Crack super fast. There's not enough connection through the perforations to give the concrete strength. There just no point if you're going to pour a pad over this geogrid type of thing. This is a system to keep the gravel from sinking or migrating laterally. And to drain water. None of which you should need under a concrete pad. This isn't a good geogrid anyway cause there's nothing linking the cells together.

@maxxcolt9458 10 ай бұрын

Vevor and Techno Earth also make similar products....looks more like plastic straps weaved into a honeycomb pattern so it ships (and stores) smaller but expands like an accordion.

@anneard1674 Ай бұрын

Folks might also consider old used carpet (free from carpet places) for the underlayment , I have had same carpet on my driveway 30 years for erosion control. but the drainage pipe cuts are genius ! I'm in FL also and one might check on ground concrete for filler...

@stubrakon9683 29 күн бұрын

Great idea!!! 👍

@jamespossible2601 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant solution.

@georgecook1374 3 ай бұрын

how about an update since its been 7 months. I'd like to see how its holding up after the fall, winter , and spring.

@BrianPhillipsRC 4 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@kylebrown3734 11 ай бұрын

A spry 67-year-old! Great job. Thanks

@leroyvandrie3611 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely one of God’s favourites! 🤷🏼‍♂️. I know you know what I mean! You are doing a real good job when folks reuse your work. I compliment you and see how generous you are by including US when you say, “ remember if you think of something, You Can Do It!” Thanks again n stay well!

@sonicfeathers2175 9 ай бұрын

Florida must have rubber crumb? Ever known a tyre to stay embedded? It looks good, no crunch, keeps on muscling it's way to the surface and never wears away. Even using your grid, it'd work out. I used it on training rings for race horses. After the 1st install, I couldn't keep up. And helps keep the dumps free of non-bio's...

@colfaxschuyler3675 10 ай бұрын

"At 67 years old..." Dude, you made my day.

@tombouie 10 ай бұрын

Thks & I still trying to figure-out a way to interconnect the short pipes into a grid

@puntabachata 10 ай бұрын

You can also attach the tubes with hog rings using a handheld hog ring tool.

@henrysmifth536 10 ай бұрын

Thanks chuck💪💪👍👍👍

@drumcrazy72 2 ай бұрын

Nice work. Nailed it.

@ithacacomments4811 2 ай бұрын

It worked reallly well....which is good.

@Luke-open-minded-sceptic 4 ай бұрын

good idea, I have seen tyres used for this on a larger scale

@vaughanellis7866 10 ай бұрын

I know this technique as 'Mechanical Concrete', I've used it on footpaths in the British Lake District that needed to be stabilised, and every thing ad to be man-packed to the site.