The explanation of the deck support/patio movement explained the problems with my old backyard patio..... that and tree roots!

The videos where you go into detail (the more the better) and educate us are by far my favorite and what originally made me "hit the subscribe button" ---- Ive been watching for years and feel like you use to help us learn alot more so it was quite enjoyable to have one where you taught us again. Thank you.

Cant thank you enough for the in depth explanations to everything you guys do. You have helped my Dad & myself BIGLY! God Bless!

Your channel is by far one of the best online learning platforms, great content

If I could subscribe again I would, your videos are superb and your knowledge and work ethic are inspirational. Wish we had people/companies like you in Britain 👍 🇬🇧🇺🇸

If you haven't done yet i would like to see a flagstone video. Love your videos

I gave compression compaction a try today on a small scale with our compact track loader, very effective

Hey Dirt Monkey I appreciate how you been keeping the series together, thank you sir.

Job is lookin awesome!! 👍👍

Good video as always sir. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You guys do amazing work. Very scientific calculation and procedures.🤔

Awesome content, THANK YOU!!!

First class prep is why you shine

Good tips on the pavers! I’ve got an older paver patio where the edging is working up and I’ve got to go back, remove it and replace it with new. Big job for a homeowner but worth it to save the thousands in labor I’d have to pay! I’ve use the polimeric sand and regular sand. It’s a LOT MORE expensive than just sand, that’s for sure, but it sure stays put and blocks weeds longer too. Also, for power washing paver patios, if you use the disc washer it is less likely to get a straight on burst and create a cavity that u spoke of. I’ve used it for years a d haven’t had one problem there. Great series, LOVE IT!!

Looking amazing. Can’t wait to see the next one. Brilliant work and thanks for sharing this with us take care and Hope you and your crew and family are doing well and hope you all have a good week.

You’re awesome thank you for the professionalism that you and the guys bring to us god bless thank you

Love these Stan!... Enjoy watching what I use to do for a living...

Hello beautiful birdie you sound sooooo happy

Great video very helpful

Love the explanation of grades and drainage ! 100 percent agree ! such a nice project !

Gosh you know your stuff good vid and information.👍👍👍

You call it a rabbit hole! I call it a diagnostics tool! Thanks!!

Thanks Stan, looking forward to the next video.

Good video.

Patio looks great, everyone takes pride in what they are doing.

Hey Stan. Didn’t here from you all last week. Hopefully it was a good one. Mine was a struggle as always but this week is going to be great. I was talking to a buddy that’s works for an excavating company and I asked if they needed someone else to help with stuff. So my buddy asked him and he said maybe so hopefully he will. I am really hopeful that he does because not only do I want to work, I can run equipment and do manual labor with out complaining. I’m crossing my fingers that he wants me to work. Chances are low so I’m not going to get my hopes up. Anyway duck opener is this weekend and so is homecoming but duck opener is more important than football and girls right now lol. Have a great day Stan

Great job on the wall too.

Very nice work. Like how you use the metal rods to set the height to screen the sand with the 2x4. Fast and easy.

Just saw Stanley driving through Mora!

Great video Stan I love to see how other landscape companies install their patios. Lots of good poly sand these days is good for around 15 years. Lots of advancements over the years

Love your videos. Keep up the great work 👍 👏 💪

Professional!

Great video again! My birds are answering your bird while I'm watching this.

Hope you are having a great day! Just got home from a long one today! Hope you are doing well! Awesome video!

Good stuff.

Great video Stan lots of great information 🇺🇲

I swear in all the paver videos I’ve watched no one talks about to they actually get the base level I understand the strings and levels but never talk about how they set the screed rails and make it so precise

Very cool

Great video as usual. How do you transition from overlaying concrete with pavers to pavers on stone base with sand bedding course. This example is around a fiberglass pool with a 3' bond beam. The coping and the pool deck pavers will be thinset on the concrete, and then have to transition to stone base with a sand bedding. The pool deck with extend 10-12' from the waters edge.

Great video Stan keep them coming, you have amazing guys working with you. One suggestion maybe you could do a video about getting your equipment ready for the winter season. Again great video stay safe.

Hey Stan! Project looks great. Thanks for the video

Awesome info man! Enjoyed it!! Look forward to meeting you at GIE this year!

Great vid like always thank you again

Thanks for the video OG 💪🏾

I like the video. Interesting to listen to how others do things. Most is fairly standard as far as guidelines. I personally hate the plastic edging. I only do concrete pour in place edging. Ive had to fix or rip out so much plastic edging because its lifted up due to our adverse whether here in upstate NY that I wouldn't use it. I think many times its installer error and they don't sink or secure it right but seems to be a common problem here. I also do a lot of reapplication of polymeric sand and I like it. Looks good, lasts longer but I agree that when the time comes to reapply it there is more work involved as far as getting out of the joints. If you use a little wider swath on the power washer it usually removes it no problem. Your more an expert than me for sure but I just go by what I have seen and done for a while. Good videos though I like seeing the step by step process and logic behind it.

Looking forward to the Consruction of the Rounded Paver Patio Addition!

Love the Videos Stan

Great info on this vlog. Thanks Stan!

Stan footers are designed not to move that is why they have to be below frost line here in Pa 3’ I would guess where you are at least 4’ if they move that deck will break away from side of house the homeowner would have to worry more about that then a few raised pavers. Project coming along 👍

Stan is there anyway you would do a prize/giveaway to spend a day with you and you're crew? I feel like anyone including myself could learn so much from you guys, love these videos!

Definitely keep in the voice overs

I'm rarely surprised by what is water permeable after seeing a poured concrete slab have DOZENS of gallons of water dumped on it in less than 30 seconds and the water passed right through the slab rather than flow away as a river on the surface... First time I saw a demo of it shocked the Hell out of me...now it just amazes me...

Nothing wrong with u talking during the video helps us learn more about what's going on

Great videos as always Stan. Just throwing it out there though I really like the longer videos from KZfaqrs. Like start to finish the whole wall or whole patio/sod even if it’s a hour long. Obviously whatever is easier for you I still like the vids!

Recycled material is generally called that wherever you go. Each region has different classifications on material so keep in mind the specs for your area. Here we'll call it Recycled B gravel, for Dirt Monkey it's Class 5. Just ask the pit you're hauling from and they'll generally know what you want.

Love the videos

Instead of using sand use crushed limestone it won't wash away like sand does underneath a paver

This is one big of a project

I’ve only used polymeric sand for decades and never had a problem!?! It’s the way how you grade and form your pavers

Thanks for another informative video Stan. I always learn or refresh my memory from these. I was wondering if in this modern day and time if we should saying "On the same screen"? I say on the same page too lol

It's been so hard to get pavers up in the Northeast. Ordered six months in advanced and still had issues getting pallets. Just finished a 3,000 sq foot driveway!

If your ever in Crosslake with avs and you want to rip up a yard your than welcome to stop by lol.

~~Sure,now you tell me. Recently cleaned out poly sand just over 2yrs old. Fortunately, wasn't/isn't huge area but enough to be annoying though.

No railing around the edge of the retaining wall? Maybe that's coming up in another video ....

Always following these paver videos with interest. A bit of a gap here from excavation to leveling base? I wanted to see how you prepared the subgrade. I'd love to see the "rust-weld" theory proved somehow. It seems the plastic edging is only held sideways by the shear resistance of the stake, and if it's all rusted the stake loses it's shear strength and even the strength to hold the edging down

LEGEND!!!!!! You covered so many tips and tricks in this video, I learnt heaps. Always good to know how to pave. What trade did you do? How do you know so much? Just experience I guess

I had no idea John Travolta was knowledgable about landscaping

here to help

The paver/footing tip: now I get why every paving job circling footings is always wonky.

What if I was putting stacked stone around the columns?

Great video, THANK YOU, what is your thoughts on adding base bare concrete mix to the paver sand base @ like 1 shovel to 4 of sand ? to add bonding to the paver sand?

You had the footings and paver movement reversed. The footings will stay in place since they go down below the frost line, the pavers will move up and down with frost heaves.

Quick question @10:00 why didn’t Blaine run the packer parallel with the wall of the house any benefit doing it the way he did or he just did it that way?

Stan check out victory outdoor services channel. He's a cool version of you.

Stan you must of taken a big nap after this video from all of the talking you did , you must of been exhausted!

I can not find a rubber compactor pad that will fit my Harbor freight Central Machinery Plate compactor. Can I lay 3/4" plywood sheets down on top of my pavers and then use my compactor over it?

My boss and I install septic systems, and we've been having issues getting tanks, chambers, and bell end pipe.

I like that ASV. I run a bobcat s220 and a T770. What is the HP of the ASV

I know this is an older video, and was wondering how to reset pavers after pergola footings were excavated in the paver field?

Thank you for the video! Are you guys using permeable pavers?

What maintenance does non polymeric sand require and how do you prevent ants or weeds from invading your patio paver sand?

Stan 👍👊

What do you recommend for a filter fabric? Living in Tennessee, I have a lot of clay.

I'm confused on the grading of the top surface of the patio now. In the video you said you put a slop to the sub base but only a small level on the top. I was under the assumption that you need at least 1/8" drop for every linear foot of patio - is that not the case?

Any pros out there have thoughts of doing a patio with pavers over a well? Have an area we’d like to put a patio but I don’t know about digging down and compacting with the well there.

Hey stan, Im a fan. Im curious where youve got your information on polymeric sand. The gator sand that I use up here in Canada has a 25 year lifespan. Not only does it stop weeds, it makes the patio lock as one. We have literally had to use a jackhammer to get some chipped pavers out because the polymeric is so strong. Im not sure why you think it only lasts 3 years. No hate.

Stan, have you done any patio's using #1 stone (pea gravel...NOT pea stone) as the paver base instead of sand? Seems like here in the Northeast the trend has changed to that...always great video's by the way!

Class 5. Crushed concrete!! How small are the particles, and what's the percentage of other materials mixed whit? I used Crushed concrete, instead of 53s and i didn't liked the way it compacts..

Maybe if this gets enough likes we can do a colab together!

I know it would be more expensive in the short term, but why not replace the class 5 base material with a concrete slab of equal thickness... Shouldn't that prevent uneven settling of the pavers?

Great video series - do you typically seal the pavers, too? I had a patio installed last year and already have some staining on the pavers and wondering if sealing would help prevent that. Thanks

Awesome project! What are you're thoughts on polymetric sand for flagstone instead of pavers?

At 3.42 Stan you explain why you Didnt go out past the line of post footings. I get what you explained. But the question I have is, if you were to tie all the concrete footings together in a foundation or a hob that the pavers were to front up against. Would that freeze thaw cycle disturb that type of design. Aussie Jeff.

You should be using stone dust to keep ant's and weed's

What's a good permeable fabric?

Is there any cases you would use stone dust instead of sand (1 inch) under the pavers? Where I live (up north, Canada) most people seem to use stone dust. Would it be because of cost or ease of use for example? Also, I have lots of ants, does that make any difference? I was planning to do it the Dirt Monkey way and use sand anyways. But just want to double check.

Say you do have to put the pavers around deck footings, how much space do you want between the footings and the pavers?

I don't know if you can help me. I live in the central valley in California. I'm trying to have a paver patio 13 × 28 , 380 square ft installed. I'm getting quotes from $15 k to 6k. What should be a fair price ?

Good Evening Stan. How the day going. Lemon Sparking water today. Hby?

I noticed you marked your patio outline with orange paint. I thought that was reserved for communication utility lines.