How To Setup Your Halloween Tombstones

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How To Setup Your Halloween Tombstones

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Күн бұрын

If you live in an area where wind is a problem and you need to windproof your tombstones, or you’re just looking for a simple, low profile way to keep your tombstones upright, this is the video for you. In this video I’m going to show you our favorite way to windproof your Halloween tombstones.
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@pauldinehart9059 3 жыл бұрын

I have been using rebar for 15 years now we have 14 mile an hour winds today not a wiggle out of my stones

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Good to know this works even in high winds.

@Timetravel1111 Жыл бұрын

Paul what exactly do you use cut a piece of small rebar stick in the ground with the hammer 🔨 and then stab it into the Styrofoam??

@sklikizos Жыл бұрын

I realize this is years after your initial post, but I *just* put two gravestones up this morning. Then, an afternoon tornado warning sent 70mph winds through my neighborhood. Had to take the kids and dog into the basement. But the gravestones are unphased. Thank you for this incredible idea.

@haywardhaunter2620 3 жыл бұрын

A template is a great idea. All my tombstones have unique spacing requirements for the rebar, which makes it a pain to set or rearrange the tombstones. I would also recommend, whenever possible, drill before you carve and paint your tombstone. A drilling oops before you've done all that work won't feel nearly as painful. In some areas, it's harder to find thick foam for tombstones, so we resort to laminating a couple layers of thinner stuff. You can notch channels out of your two layers and glue in the PVC as the same time you glue your two layers together, thus avoiding the need to drill altogether.

@jeffpicken5057 9 ай бұрын

LOVE this approach. Your comment at the end about not having mounting material on the back and making easier to stack is spot on. I've got a sheet of plywood glued on the back with eye bolts that hold the rebar, but I need two eye bolts and long rebar to accomplish this. By putting the glue IN the whole, rather than on the PVC pipe, you're pushing the glue into the hole instead of the hole pushing the glue down the PVC pipe. This is a great method for mortise and tenon joints in woodworking, also.

@derpaderp6642 Ай бұрын

Dude u rock. This is saving me so much time and materials. I really appreciate it.

@Dandoright82 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to see what he uses. It’ll help me from having to steal real tombstones for my display. My back can’t take it anymore. 😂😂

@melissadeville1703 2 жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 😁

@halloweenhotspot2487 2 жыл бұрын

Is this guy a genius or what!!! Thank you so much

@olganix568 2 жыл бұрын

I used this method when I initially made my tombstones. It worked ok, but wasn't ideal as I had to pound the rebar into the ground. Once, I actually raptured a pipe in our irrigation system. Needless to say my husband wasn't happy.... So I had to come up with another way to anchor my tombstones. I used long landscape fabric staples and pierced the tombstone at the base and each side, parallel to the ground. I left about and inch of the staple to stick out from the side. Then I used two more staples to anchor the tombstone to the ground, incerting them though the first staple and into the ground at different angles. It's quick and easy and the installation is super quick.

@VanOaksProps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@olganix568 2 жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps No, thank you! Your videos are awesome! Can't wait to try some of these technics this year.

@Hellaslair 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! This is much better than what I had done before years ago. Loved the template idea too, so smart. Will be implementing this on the new props this year, Thanks for sharing the idea and how to!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ToilandTroublesDIY 3 жыл бұрын

Another good one! This is the first tutorial I have seen suggesting using a template for marking out the PVC and the accompanying rebar. Well done!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! It’s a big time saver especially if you like to change your mind and want to try different tombstones in different locations.

@TheLordUrban 2 жыл бұрын

I find that affixing long wooden stakes to the back works well.

@patbo3577 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your help, I wish I knew about how to anchor my stones 15 years ago when I started making grave markers. I had to go back and add pvc pipes to my old Stones. That being said, please do a video of building pvc pipe's into stones as another option.. I personally build my flat stones out of a 3 one inch layers of foam. The middle layer I cut out slots for the pvc pipe's. I also create much larger tombstones that are 3 to 4 feet wide and 4-5 feet tall & really have to preplan the staking system. I use a combination of scary lady videos and Davis graveyards approach to my staking system. For the staking jig I cut 2 boards with holes and spaced them about a foot apart from each other with 2x4's at each end & I leave a length of PVC pipe between the holes as a added guide. That helps me make sure each stake remain's parallel to each other, Even if the ground is not level. I figure and there's lots of haunters who struggle with staking system's.

@mlpjmc 3 жыл бұрын

This is the method i use but with only one pipe in the center of the tombstone. No need to mess with a template and I've never really had to bother with them twisting in the wind anyway. Thanks for the video

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@susanowen1709 2 жыл бұрын

Me: hits "play." Music: Begins Husband, after three notes: "Oh, are you watching another one of your Halloween videos?" Love this one - simple, and full of useful tips. I might have thought to drill holes & use wood dowels, but rebar? Making (and labeling!) a template? Tensioning the rebar by positioning it on the inner part of the template holes? Lining the tombstone holes with PVC? Nope, would never have occured to me. Watching it I was all, "Oh, of course! That makes so much sense! Why didn't I think of this?" Many thanks!

@VanOaksProps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

@RiotDemon 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I saw this before starting to build my tombstones for next year!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a big time saver.

@GrimwoodHollow 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Derek, and great tip! All of your videos are so impressive, professional, and yet so simple and accessible to anyone! Really well done buddy! Thanks for always sharing and teaching! Cheers🎃👍

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys!

@GregoryHaynes 2 ай бұрын

Perfect Derek!

@VanOaksProps 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

@hewster1 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Wish I could utilize this method. I've tried similar in the past but I live in a valley and it just shreds tombstones. I end up having to trace and cut the tombstones on plywood and glue it to the back. I then just screw in small garden fence posts to the tombstones and hammer them in from there.

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great method, too!

@ellasscraps7734 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent thank you so much

@costumesforalloccasions 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait Derek!

@LVCRFT Жыл бұрын

WE LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

@VanOaksProps Жыл бұрын

I love your music!

@jmax5105 2 жыл бұрын

Such great tutorial videos and explanations! Thanks for sharing all your tips and tricks, absolutely love all of these tips, THANK YOU!

@shanedavis5799 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. This is the exact same method I use. And I mean EXACT. A 2x3 template and rebar. I use electrical conduit for my hole reinforcement. My yard full of tombstones all use the same template. With the rebar tilted just a bit I can even raise up the tombstone a couple inches off the ground if I need to.

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's a great method. I kick myself for not using it sooner.

@jasoncarbone5553 3 жыл бұрын

Another amazing technique to share. Thanks as always!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@JDJD-hg9hu 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Fantastic channel Stay happy healthy and fluid

@horses2by 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea thanks for sharing 💀🎃

@shannahbanana 2 жыл бұрын

I am so terrified to drill into my tombstones but this is by far the best way to secure the tombstones I think.

@tomahawk3216 3 жыл бұрын

Thats how I do mine. Thanks for sharing

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

You bet

@KandiceC 3 жыл бұрын

As a fellow Californian, I cannot thank you ENOUGH for this video! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.

@KerriGilpin 3 жыл бұрын

Nice thinking using a template! Great video!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@sarahjohnson1435 3 жыл бұрын

Great tip, thank you!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video!

@SingleAngel101 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Florida and we have lots of rain even during the Halloween season do you have any videos for whether proof Halloween outdoor decorations?

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

This is the only one currently.

@SingleAngel101 3 жыл бұрын

Okay and where can I purchase that waterproof stuff?

@vickiechandler3112 Жыл бұрын

for my tombstones.....i have never waterproofed them...i used the same thick insulation foam he uses in the video, and just use cheap acrylic apple barrel brand paint from walmart (the non gloss 50 cents a bottle kind) i have some from over 17 yrs ago that still look good (snow, rain sun wind) .....last yr was the 1st time i had to just touch up a few edges. if the foam had not been blue or purple you would have never noticed the wear...a few had green foam and looked pretty cool and weathered so i left them be but only took me like 2 minutes a rombstone to touch up the others.

@wshnlc 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! Where are you getting 2” foam in California?

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

There’s a few places. Foam mart, Haunters Foam, and a supply company out in Ontario who’s name I can recall at the moment.

@akelly2113 3 жыл бұрын

I can't help but think this might have to be from my wind comment on your rocking tombstone video. 🤣. Great video thank you

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Quite possibly!

@Stiff_Richards 3 жыл бұрын

amazing. Keep them up bro!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ghostcityshelton9378 3 жыл бұрын

Even though my very little miniature GraveYard will stay inside I want it as protected as possible...Thank you!!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@ghostcityshelton9378 3 жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps I have a hand made spooky wooden two story house that is white with a red roof. I dripped hot wax all down on it and stuck on some plastic greenery on it. Makes it look creepy. Insulation tape is alittle bit on the windows, a sgin saying; " Stay Out!" with green lighting inside. I'm waiting for my second Jason then will maybe make a short video with pictures making it look like the Jason's are alive. I scored and got a REAL COLLECTORS JASON DOLL with some of his skeleton showing in spots and the best quality one !!! The thing will probably take forever to come. They have gone for $600. In the past and more which I think is crazy. But they only made a small number of them. When I bought mine there were only 2 of lesser quality and one best quality left....They really wanted to sell them so I got mine for close to $100. --- Not bad .

@TheFilmOrchestra 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, did you also make that incredible Master Gracey tombstone behind you? I would love to see more on that!

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

I did. It was a commission piece I did around the same time that I was making this video. Its since moved on to it's new home, but if you want to learn more about how I make my tombstones you should check out this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6txdNSd3d2UeYU.html

@pandresa 2 жыл бұрын

honestly I just get a shovel, drive it into my yard in a line the same width of the tombstone and about the width of the head, use the shovel for leverage to peel back the turf, and wedge the tombstone into the gap. I find it looks more natural because it's actually wedged into the ground.

@VanOaksProps 2 жыл бұрын

I love that. How do they do in the wind?

@pandresa 2 жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps when the wind is strong enough, the bottom of the tombstones are still in the ground. the rest of the tombstone, however.. yet to be found.

@pandresa 2 жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps walmart tombstones.

@brualiomaximo1 3 жыл бұрын

Genius 🤩

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@elizabethlovett4318 3 жыл бұрын

My store bought tombstones stood up to wind fine with the stakes they came with but they still suffered from the wind in a way I doubt this helps much with: when the wind couldn't blow my tombstones away it simply broke 2/3. I don't like foam tombstones at all.

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of the issue is with the type of foam and thickness. Most store bought tombstones are made of EPS (bead foam) and are roughly 1" thick. So they're at a deficit before you've gotten them home. Using foam like the kind I did in the video will definitely improve your odds, since it's expanded (XPS) foam and is 2" thick. So it's dense and rigid.

@TroyKristoffer 3 жыл бұрын

This topic is on my episode list for when I launch my channel too lol. I wonder if our methods are similar.

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

How'd we do? Same approach?

@MasterRobinHood 2 жыл бұрын

Great project! I'm curious, what diameter size of rebar did you use in your 1/2 inch pex pipe? The smallest I can find is about 10 mm, which won't quite fit inside 1/2 pipe

@VanOaksProps 2 жыл бұрын

3/8" x 12" rebar inside of standard 1/2" PVC, not pex.

@BitchspotBlog 3 жыл бұрын

You haven't seen wind. We will routinely get 65-70 mph gusts. This year, I had a couple of background tombstones set up like that, I went out one morning and the PVC was sticking through the front of the tombstone and the tombstone was flat on the ground. A couple of years ago, we had 85 mph gusts and half of the neighborhood replaced their roofs. My new roof is hurricane-rated for a reason. :)

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately tombstones can’t be saved at winds of that speed.

@BitchspotBlog 3 жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps They can, it just takes a lot more than rebar. Most of my tombstones are mounted on 50lb bases that absolutely do not move in the wind.

@vickiechandler3112 Жыл бұрын

@@BitchspotBlog wow.....50 lbs...how the heck do you store them? i'd have to find a new place other than stacked on top of the cabinets in my garage...lol

@rollerbearded9696 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!!!! Where did you get that hat?

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

The hat is a blank New Era baseball cap and the patch comes from Creepyco.com

@saliston 10 ай бұрын

how long is the rebar?

@VanOaksProps 10 ай бұрын

Roughly 14-16”

@suzanx 10 ай бұрын

I don’t get it. If you drill 10” deep and you have 20” pvc, how is that sitting flush?

@VanOaksProps 10 ай бұрын

You cut it into two pieces. Drill two holes.

@amandamacias1790 3 жыл бұрын

Ive been wantint to do this but I have some dollar store sandwiched ones. Would this mess up the beaded foam?

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Dollar Store tombstones are typically beaded foam and are a bit more fragile than pink/blue foam. Hollywood Haunter has a great video on using Dollar Store tombstones that might be helpful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdZzdMmZvdq1nmQ.html

@Alexanderfuentes1589 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see it already i my out. Lol and they reining in Florida almost every day to

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

The wait is over! What'd you think?

@Alexanderfuentes1589 3 жыл бұрын

Another great info video 👌✌️

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

@@Alexanderfuentes1589 Thanks!!

@cjamberite Жыл бұрын

How thick are the tombstones in this video? It seems the template is a 1x3 but it looks like it sticks out beyond the foam thickness in the video. Are the tombstones actually 2" thick? I'm trying to make sure this will work with the PVC and bit sizes shown for a 2" thick foam.

@VanOaksProps Жыл бұрын

It’s 2” foam.

@cjamberite Жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps Thank you. Super helpful. I think you also sell finished stuff on Etsy too?

@VanOaksProps Жыл бұрын

Yep! Vanoaksprops.Etsy.com

@cjamberite Жыл бұрын

@@VanOaksProps awesome I'll check that out too! I assume that PVC you are using is schedule 40?

@VanOaksProps Жыл бұрын

That’s correct.

@Brownpantslad 3 күн бұрын

I want to do this but I'm scared of hitting a gas or water pipe 😢

@VanOaksProps 3 күн бұрын

It's definitely important to know where those things are before doing this.

@CANNcommaR 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Question why do you only use one hand?

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

My left hand is different from my right as a result of a rare birth defect so I do everything right handed so that it doesn't distract from the learning.

@shanedavis5799 3 жыл бұрын

I never would have noticed. So many times people are using the other hand to hold the camera.

@VanOaksProps 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Using both hands also has a tendency to block the camera from being able to see, unless you film from the front.

@costumesforalloccasions 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it said waterproof.lol