How to DIY A Flagstone Patio - 7 Easy Steps!

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Brandon Tran

Brandon Tran

Күн бұрын

Join us on an exciting journey as we guide you through the step-by-step process of building a beautiful flagstone patio in your backyard! Get ready for some hard work, but the end result will be worth it. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button for more DIY inspiration!
How much did it cost to DIY a flagstone patio?
* Tennessee Flagstone - 3.5 Tons - $1000
* Gravel Road Bond - 2.5 Tons - $150
* Sand - 2 tons - $100
* Pea Gravel - 1 ton - $50
* Stone Delivery - $150
* Resin - $100
* Plastic Edging and Spikes $150
* Random Small Tools $100
Grand Total $1800 and a few weekends later
Materials you are going to need
* flagstone
* gravel
* sand
* 2x4 or 2x6
And here's the tools you need.
* shovel
* grinder with diamond blade
* circular saw with diamond blade
* tamper
* level
* string
* string level
* stakes
* gloves
* safety glasses
* respirator
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Stone Patio Architecture
00:45 Step 1 - Design and Plan
01:28 Step 2 - Map Out Your Edges
01:44 Step 3 - Excavation
02:33 Step 4 - Install the Base Layer of Gravel & Sand
03:30 Step 5 - Laying the Stone
06:50 Step 6 - Edging and Leveling
08:43 Step 7 - Fill The Joints
10:16The Big Reveal
#flagstonepatio #flagstone

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@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for stopping by! I hope this helps your DIY project and wish you all the success! Share your story! 🎉
@geoffhazel2
@geoffhazel2 10 күн бұрын
it was JUST what I needed to do my little patio in the lawn, Thanks for a great video!
@everxdreamer
@everxdreamer 19 күн бұрын
This is the BEST video on DIY flagstone. I’m doing a path (not a patio) but every bit of this video is going to help. What a huge job you did, and stayed smiling the whole time!!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 19 күн бұрын
Awesome! Thank you. I hope your project turns out amazing! I just helped a neighbor and installed a flagstone path. It turned out nice!
@rsnake95
@rsnake95 4 күн бұрын
Good job 👍🏾
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 3 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@rickstokes2239
@rickstokes2239 18 күн бұрын
Doing a flagstone deck under a pergola I’m building and this is perfect. Thank you so much.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 18 күн бұрын
Rick that sounds amazing! Funny that we are also lookin go at pergola designs. We plan to build a custom one over this patio :) . Cheers to your awesome project! It will be amazing!
@kevinlombardy2388
@kevinlombardy2388 Ай бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to make this! Solid advice and great skills. Watching you hump those buckets full of sand and gravel to the backyard made me want to buy you a wheelbarrow!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Thank you! And yes I’m due for a wheelbarrow :) I was not efficient with the buckets.
@LifeDIY
@LifeDIY 24 күн бұрын
@@BrandonTran I have a gorilla brand cart that has been so useful for this. It can handle all kinds of terrain. Once you fill it up, pull it along to the site, you can pull a lever and dump it out. It's great if you don't want a traditional wheelbarrow.
@lorilandwehr803
@lorilandwehr803 11 күн бұрын
That turned out absolutely beautiful!!!!!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 11 күн бұрын
Awesome thank you!
@suzicowie
@suzicowie 21 күн бұрын
Excellent video! Thank you. You are a good teacher.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 21 күн бұрын
Wow thank you! I’m so glad it was helpful. I hope your project turns out amazing!
@alivanis696
@alivanis696 2 ай бұрын
i am the first one to thumbs up this video!!!!! Thank you for the video.. I am from Texas.. doing some landscaping.. i subscribed to your channel a long while back .. the day i need the guidance , your video popped up .. thanks again .. stay blessed
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 2 ай бұрын
Oh the timing is amazing hah! We lived in Georgetown TX for 5 years. We loved it there. Moved for work. I got yard of the year in my TX neighborhood, good times! What do you plan to joint fill with? I’d go with mortar after testing it out on another pad. Looks a little better! Good luck!
@rosiegold8562
@rosiegold8562 Ай бұрын
Awesome job, Brandon! I’m working on mine now and like the gravel idea. Thanks!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Thank you! Oh that's exciting! How far along are you? This took me a while to complete. A few weekends at least hah. Best of luck!
@monicamestas7566
@monicamestas7566 Ай бұрын
Beautiful. Nice work -- great narration and detail.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I wish you the best for you and your landscape!
@JJones-ng2mz
@JJones-ng2mz Ай бұрын
Nice Job Brandon. Great video and great work on that patio!!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Awesome thank you!
@furyofbongos
@furyofbongos 12 күн бұрын
That's an interesting way to deliver flagstone! Around where I live they have a forklift at the back of the truck and will place the pallet where you want it.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 11 күн бұрын
I just had 2 pallets delivered to another project and same drop off style. I would prefer a forklift because it creates more work. I had to re-stack 6000 pounds of stone.
@annshr9917
@annshr9917 23 күн бұрын
Amazing job you have done! 👏👏👏 I am going to follow your video to do the same job with my patio. Thank you!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 23 күн бұрын
Amazing! Best of luck on your project!
@annemariemt5681
@annemariemt5681 2 ай бұрын
Nice video. educational, no crazy music. Really appreciated the channel.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 2 ай бұрын
Wow such nice words :) thank you so much for stopping by and watching!
@SIBXCDA
@SIBXCDA Ай бұрын
Very well done (informative to the Nth degree.)
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Wow thank you so much for the kind words! I hope your project turns out amazing!
@SIBXCDA
@SIBXCDA Ай бұрын
@@BrandonTran You’re welcome
@geoffhazel2
@geoffhazel2 10 күн бұрын
"Yeah, drop those stones right on the street. A few broken ones will save them some time. "
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 10 күн бұрын
Yep :(
@jcfox16
@jcfox16 10 күн бұрын
When he was adding sand he was doing the salt bae pose. Sand Bae 🎉😂
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 10 күн бұрын
Right on ;)
@YodaKnows1977
@YodaKnows1977 2 ай бұрын
start with a tarp on the concrete so little or no damage
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 2 ай бұрын
Are you talking about my porch? That is a good call. I am going to be enclosing the porch and it will have a wood floor soon. But for anyone who cares about your porch, this is a great suggestion!
@SuchaCaligrrl
@SuchaCaligrrl Ай бұрын
​@BrandonTran - No, he is talking about the public road 🤦‍♀️, where the truck grossly dumped all that stone.
@LifeDIY
@LifeDIY 24 күн бұрын
I am in complete awe of what you created here, and in record time. This is so much more work than people realize! Yours turned out so much nicer than what I've seen created by pro hardscapers. Is this your profession?! :) Would you do anything differently if you did this again? I hired someone to do this same project, yet larger, in my back yard for a patio with a fire pit in the middle, and he was a professional landscaper and assured me he understood the style I was going for, based on photos I provided. All the materials were dropped off. I believe he made some mistakes with the grading and he started working super fast and got much of it done in one day, which is insane. So I went out there and there were gaps as large as my foot - no cutting any pieces at all, no attempts to make things look cohesive. He was kind of just throwing things in place, working as fast as possible with putting in little thought to it. So, I paid him for the day and let him go. He way overcharged me too! I was then left with this massive project to redo. Fixing and adjusting the gradient and fixing the leveling on the pieces has been a lot of work. I'm finally finishing it up now, more than a year later. My flagstone looks so different from yours and I wonder if one was manufactured and if mine is just natural. Mine appears to have way more inconsistencies with some pieces being several inches thick and some being way thinner and lots of variation and differences which makes leveling a bit tricky. In the beginning my son and I were hand-chiseling to cut pieces and now I'm to the point where somehow I can just find pieces that fit decently well, though my gaps are larger than yours and mine look much less perfect and neat. I am still really happy with the results and nearly done. It's hard as there are tons of mosquitos out now, so I try to work on it at 5 AM when it's cool out. I'm close to being done with the patio, but plan to make walking paths later with left over stones. Sorry for the long comment but I am so impressed and in awe of your skills. I want to ask your advice. I was planning to purchase polymeric sand, until I saw the brilliant method you used. With polymeric sand, you need to get a plate compactor to get the product deep to the bottom of the stones. With your method, it isn't necessary? Maybe I missed it, but when you used the easihold, did you only apply it to the top of it? Or, did you do one layer of the aggregate gravel, then apply some easihold, then another and more? I just want to make sure my flagstone is nice and secure as I have some smaller pieces being used in between some larger ones. The edge of my area is more organic and not cut. Do you think it might be a problem as the pieces could possibly move slightly? I could adjust some pieces to use really large or heavier ones on the outside. Thank you!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 24 күн бұрын
Hi Holly! Thank you for stopping by! Yes I would do something different, I would use mortar as the joint filler. I built a small stone pad on the side of the house in front of the crawl space door. There I used mortar and it is holding up great. I can still scrape out some of the gravel and install mortar if I want at some point. For now it's good enough. No, this is not my profession. I work for TWDC as a software engineering manager. This was my first flagstone patio project. I just did some research and went for it. Wow what a story dealing with your flagstone patio. Sorry that didn't work out for you. I learned that, working with flagstone is an art form. It takes patience to get the pieces where you want them. Everyone has a different expectation of the gaps, joints, and level of perfection. Flagstones are hard. I did have a lot of variation in the depth. 1" was the thinnest to 3.5" for the thickest. The polymeric sand is definitely easy to install and will work fine. Many any the comments recommended I just go with sand. Gravel would be a good #2 choice like I did. My ultimate #1 choice today if I redid this would be a mortar. Even though it's not installed on top of concrete, it's holding up great. All 3 of these come with pros and cons and I can tell you like to make the best decision as much as I do. Good luck in the rest of your patio project. Once it's done you can forget about the past and move forward enjoying the space with your family :)
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 24 күн бұрын
I just applied 2-3 coats of easihold on top. It’s very liquid so it sinks fast. 3 coats made it very firm. If you apply it in layers as you described it would be stronger in theory.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 24 күн бұрын
Definitely larger stones on the outside help hold it in place. Some experts suggested mortar as an edge restraint. I tried it and it works well. You don’t need a straight edge like mine.
@LifeDIY
@LifeDIY 24 күн бұрын
@@BrandonTran Thank you so much for all the great tips here, Brandon! I really appreciate it. I showed my son some of your video earlier and he was also impressed. We are finally ready to get this done and you made it seem much more manageable. I saw your other video clip regarding having to buy new stones. I think my stones might be similar to your first batch. Some are fine to use but some of mine have layers and they break apart really thin. Thanks for sharing that tip regarding mortar! This is a good idea. I look forward to your future videos and projects. You might want to post some of your projects on Instructables. Thanks again!
@geoffhazel2
@geoffhazel2 10 күн бұрын
Pro tip: get some knee pads. They move with you. No need to ruin a good chair cushion.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 10 күн бұрын
I know right. Some knee pads would have helped save my knees and back!
@joshuamcguire4832
@joshuamcguire4832 3 күн бұрын
Collar shirt for hardscape work?
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 3 күн бұрын
I think the patio turned out nice! Next up I need to make a spot for the grill!
@salsanjazz4388
@salsanjazz4388 4 күн бұрын
I noticed you didn’t put a barrier. What was your reason if i might ask?
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 3 күн бұрын
Great call out. Go for the textile fabric if you like. It separates gravel from the clay so that they never merge. It’s an ultra long term strategy. But if you need 200 year longevity then go with a concrete or mortar base. Concrete will last longer.
@PammieD
@PammieD Ай бұрын
Love the video! What area of the country are you located? I'm in Michigan and landscape supply places are recommending 6" of gravel rather than 3" due to frost.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Hi Pammie, Thank you! I’m in Asheville NC. The more gravel you throw down the better. 6” of gravel you may be able to drive on it :) it will help not worry about it. We do get a freeze every year but it’s done in 1-2 days typically.
@PammieD
@PammieD Ай бұрын
​@@BrandonTranThank you!
@xeldee5083
@xeldee5083 16 сағат бұрын
Do you think it will be a good idea if i did a one inch thick gravel base instead of 3 or 4 because gravel is very expensive
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 14 сағат бұрын
It’s going to move and get wavy if you do that. Gravel should be cheap. It’s $50 per ton. I wouldn’t cut corners there on the foundation :)
@xeldee5083
@xeldee5083 13 сағат бұрын
@@BrandonTran Oh okay, can you tell me where you got your gravel
@mariaszpura2119
@mariaszpura2119 Ай бұрын
Deck
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
You certainly could install a deck.
@yamahschector
@yamahschector 7 күн бұрын
What the heck was with that delivery
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 7 күн бұрын
That’s their standard practice as wild as it seems. I would love a forklift
@annzhang30
@annzhang30 3 күн бұрын
This is too hard for me😢
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 3 күн бұрын
Hi Ann! It is not easy for sure. There’s strategies to accomplish this. Spread it out. Buy a wheelbarrow. Team up with someone to help. I hope you are able to reach for your goals and find a way to achieve it. Let me know if you want to chat through ideas. Take care!
@geoffhazel2
@geoffhazel2 10 күн бұрын
Pro tip: Invest in a wheelbarrow!
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran 10 күн бұрын
I would love one. I have no where to store a wheel barrow. One day!
@SuchaCaligrrl
@SuchaCaligrrl Ай бұрын
Holy cow my neighbors and city would be pissed if I had a truck just come out and dump stone on our public roads like you just did. This is what not to do people. Be considerate of your tax dollars, after all you paid for those roads. Protect them and keep them nice and clean.
@BrandonTran
@BrandonTran Ай бұрын
Totally! Don’t do what they did. This is a base layer road. So the final road layer has not been installed yet. Coming soon. But you make a great point, most would have a final road so a fork lift would be optimal.
@itzOLE3
@itzOLE3 Ай бұрын
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