Your pattern is called basketweave. Gorgeous bricks. Great find. Looks awesome.
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! That makes sense it looks like a basket pattern. 👍🏻
@ike79332 жыл бұрын
You can just sweep dry mortar mix into the cracks, and wet it down afterwards…we do the same with deck posts and fence posts ….just put the mix in dry , Its hard as a rock from the moisture in the ground within 24 hours.
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try that out! :)
@RandomDudeOne Жыл бұрын
Or polymeric sand.
@GameOver321 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@dthorne46027 ай бұрын
If you put level boards on the sides, you can just screed straight across the top and save hours of work making it level
@SimonSaysDIY7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@aliciazhang79792 жыл бұрын
Wow you are so ingenious!
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😁
@sam-and-angela2 жыл бұрын
Great job! Looks awesome with the brick and nice and neat with the concrete block border. Awesome!
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! 😁
@brendabaxter92972 жыл бұрын
As always, your projects are awesome! Love watching your channel because nothing you do is "shabby"! 😄❤
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! :) Thanks so much!
@annaibarra34479 ай бұрын
I am so happy I came across your vlogs. I have been putting building a small tool shed, maybe now a greenhouse, to house my yard tools, I also had a huge pile, a pallet full of bricks left in my yard when I bought it. Yeah, for me. I feel that I can possibly do this. Thanks for the useful tips. I wonder if by chance instead of mixing the mortar up, if trying the dry mix in between the bricks and adding water on top? Saw someone laid a small concrete pad with this method. But hey, any excuse to use a power washer, I am there.
@SimonSaysDIY9 ай бұрын
Yeah, you should try it! Good luck with your project. Thanks!
@DanielinLaTuna Жыл бұрын
I’ve done a brick patio, but I finish sand between the bricks for two reasons. One is site drainage. The other is that cement/mortar between the bricks ultimately separates and cracks form in which weeds invariably will sprout.
@dthorne46027 ай бұрын
Always but a tarp in your truck bed when you are getting a load. No cleanup required
@SimonSaysDIY7 ай бұрын
Great idea!👍🏻
@user-em6ie2be7x2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips on Brick Laying as well. I can build that brick walkway my mom always wanted.
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks! :)
@otakelblanchemanor06592 жыл бұрын
I believe it called basket weave pattern. Looks great!
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I can totally see that now! It resembles a basket pattern! 😁
@heycuz58412 жыл бұрын
Good job !
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@PatronFabian Жыл бұрын
Hmmmm. Very awesome. I wanted to make a deck but after watching this I might just make this patio cause I have a TON of brick just here.
@dthorne46027 ай бұрын
Better to make your grout crumbly and damp and brushing and packing it into the joints, runny grout is weaker and more likley to stain the brick. Once joints packed you can start sponging right away.
@SimonSaysDIY7 ай бұрын
Thanks for this tips! I’ll have to try that.
@peteJoseph-x3h2 жыл бұрын
A surrounding footing under the border would help it to stay in place.
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😁
@patrickhannaATL Жыл бұрын
Do you recommend landscape fabric? Attempting my first one at home. Looks great!!!
@SimonSaysDIY Жыл бұрын
It wouldn’t hurt! And it would help limit the growth of weeds.
@OurPastSecrets3 ай бұрын
Americans will use bricks for anything except their houses 😂 useful vid thanks
@SimonSaysDIYАй бұрын
Thanks for watching! 😁
@waask4963 Жыл бұрын
That border is so high, where's the water going to run off? Under the house?
@SimonSaysDIY Жыл бұрын
Yes. Any excess water runs under the shed but you would want to probably leave a few gaps in the border if you can’t drain off to one side like that.
@pithygrapefruit9 ай бұрын
Why try to pressure wash the sand off instead of brushing it off before gardening it?
@reaper-sz5tm10 ай бұрын
If you ever have to do this again, use lemon juice to clean the mortar off
@jackienuchols94254 ай бұрын
Basket weave pattern.
@SimonSaysDIY4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@peteJoseph-x3h2 жыл бұрын
Bad idea, dry mortar swept in would have been much easier.
@SimonSaysDIY2 жыл бұрын
I will have to test that out some time. Thanks! 😁
@EARTHKEENING4 ай бұрын
After putting dry mortar what you do next ? I like your idea more because I want my bricks to look shiny and nice with no contamination of mortar .