![]() ![]() They should fit snugly together so as to not let any gravel slip through.Installing bricks on the driveway is one of the best options for shorter driveways. Set the stones into the trench one by one, taking care to make sure they are level with each other and are straight. This is more critical than you would think! Then move the stones out of the way and use the pick axe to dig a shallow trench wide enough to nestle the stones into the ground. Use two spikes and a string to get a straight line for your edging. We did quite a bit of stone swapping to get the edge just right. Lay the stones out the way you want them. Lay about three-fourths of the gravel, then stop to work on the edging. Since my patio was oriented against a fence, we dumped the gravel close to the fence, working our way back to the front of the patio. My dad and I then shoveled the pea gravel into a wheelbarrow, wheeled it to the patio area, dumped it, and spread it out. The delivery truck dumped the pea gravel onto my driveway in a giant heap. It absolutely can! We poked holes in it for drainage so that the ground beneath the patio wouldn’t harden under the patio.Ī wheelbarrow is your friend here. I researched first to make sure that it can in fact go under a gravel patio. ![]() Typically this is landscape fabric, but we actually used a giant painting tarp that cost about $15. When you have the gravel on site (in this case, in my driveway), smooth a weed cover over the prepared patio site. My dad did an incredible job fitting the edging together perfectly! So far I’ve had no problem with grass getting in or pebbles getting out. To get the curve around the tree’s roots, we wedged a few small rocks together. The edging goes all the way to the end of the fence and we put a shade bed on the other side of the existing patio. That’s right, my fire pit patio had the horrid green edging and my stamped concrete patio had no edge at all. The Austin stone cost about $70 for 40 feet, enough for the edge of the new patio and my existing patios. It should be noted that since completing this project in November, I have also laid new sod under the trees. You can see here what a total mud pit it was back here. Plus, my dad built the garden beds in my courtyard with Austin stone and I thought if I used it for the gravel patio, my yard would look more cohesive and less like someone built it piece by piece over four years. Now there are a lot of cheap options out there for trim such as the horrid green metal edging we’ve all stepped on by accident if you wanted to build a patio for less than $200, but I decided that Austin stone would really class up the pea gravel. Plus, I think it looks great! I sprung for delivery (at $45, it was worth it) so we just had to get it from the driveway to the patio. There are certainly fancier gravel types than the pea gravel I chose if your budget allows but I loved how the pea gravel felt under my feet. One and a half tons of gravel cost me just $160 – a fraction of the price had I bought it at a hardware store or nursery! Had I known that I could buy gravel for so cheap, I would have finished out my backyard ages ago. She quickly calculated how much gravel we’d need for a 40-square foot, 3″ deep patio. This is my best tip! I was pricing out bags of gravel like an idiot until my dad insisted we check out Classic Rock Stoneyard. No fancy tools are required, just a pick axe to loosen and remove the grass, and a steel garden rake to smooth the area.īuy gravel wholesale. This project is definitely doable for beginners. Assuming you still have grass, use a shovel to clear the area of all grass and excavation. I lucked out because my grass had died under the trees where I wanted the patio. So ugly that I don’t have a single photo of it and sadly, I didn’t think to take a true “before.” Trust me it did NOT look this cute the year before I did this project. For your reference, here’s how bare the yard was before this project: Old view from my fire pit patio.Īnd that’s before the grass totally died under the shade of the tree. Now, here’s how to build a DIY patio for less than $300. That’s what I did with my first yard too. If you want a private oasis but don’t know where to begin: just begin! Transform your yard piece by piece, plant by plant. I always intended to finish out the back with another patio but I’m on a budget and my yard had to be done piece by piece. I have since added a large vegetable garden, an herb garden, tons of roses, trees, and flowers, and I redesigned my courtyard last spring. ![]()
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