I'm Ashamed

My fire pit area is a complete disaster. I'm going to try and rectify that situation as well as make some upgrades to the DIY pizza oven. Can I turn it into a bread oven? We're about to find out. I also make the ultimate upgrade with some sweet POLYWOOD Adirondack chairs. Thanks to POLYWOOD for sponsoring this video! Thanks for watching!
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[@HAXMAN]

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[@Stelly80]

Haxians! 😀

[@hazegrey406]

Your amazing

[@aXBlackDeathXa]

Do you have a promo or affiliate code or link we can use?

[@vonsarahh4260]

Thanks for the link and opportunity. Looks great

[@MStrickkk]

It's not working for me, lol. Good luck to you folks!

[@Kim-lg5sd]

"Haxters" would be a good name. It's a term we use around our house.

[@HAXMAN]

Awesome! 😃

[@MyClutteredGarage]

You beat me to it!

[@Dan1C]

Beat me to it too. Was going to suggest it be interchanged though with Haxstars 🙂

[@khalil8558]

Haxman & SONS CO. 😂

[@jarhead9690]

& Haxtettes

[@dhawthorne1634]

TIP FOR THE ROCKS: I have a mulch/rock boundary as well. I used river cobbles as a boundary and filled the stone up slightly higher than the level of the mulch to keep it out. To combat weeds, I rake a bag of water softener salt into the stone every spring and soak any survivors with agricultural vinegar. You have crushed marble. New, it is incredibly dusty, jagged and blindingly reflective in direct sunlight. I suggest using pea gravel so it's not uncomfortable to sit or kneel on.

[@KerryBenton]

I second all of this. When we bought our house we had the same jagged, bright, horrible rocks in a bunch of areas, and I've been slowly replacing it as possible with river rock which is so much nicer to even walk on, much less kneel on. And we're firm believers in salt and vinegar for weed control... it absolutely does the job on the weeds that pop up thru the rocks. Super cheap and a lot less environmentally questionable.

[@c.almond8240]

Friends could be call “The Hax-Pack”

[@LazyReptile23]

And any haters of the channel shall henceforth be referred to as “anti-haxers”.

[@auntlouise]

@@LazyReptile23 🤣

[@hazegrey406]

Haxman ,you take my depression away. I absolutely love what you do on here . And those accents are truly golden i love it especially the Aussie one

[@HAXMAN]

I'm so glad, thank you.

[@laraoneal7284]

Haze Grey. He’s not bad to look at either.

[@dawngraham17]

Thank you for this "follow up" video about adding a hinge door to the pizza oven! After watching the video two days ago of you making the oven, my husband now has three 55 gallon drums he's going to make into pizza ovens. He's on a mission now so thank you for giving him a great project to work on!

[@HAXMAN]

That's awesome! Thanks!

[@flipzout100]

Watching you reminds me of my dad, gusto for jumping into a project, the chair leg in the back, or the way his hair would curl up when it was too long. I turn 51 this year, and pops died in 2011 so these are good times for me watching these videos.

[@HAXMAN]

I’m so glad. Thank you

[@TrippyGang2000]

I'm not as old but same here, something about diy and family just goes hand in hand💯❤️🔥

[@MAGAMAN]

Everyone is complaining about plastic, but no one is advocating for making things out of metal and glass like they used to and would last for centuries.

[@timderks5960]

People want the durability of heavy, expensive, overbuilt things, and the cost and weight of cheap and flimsy things, and they want all that to last forever without any maintenance. I think the problem is the people, not the material.

[@Vikingwerk]

No no, I’ve been asking for metal and glass.

[@MAGAMAN]

​@@timderks5960 That may be true for some people, but anyone that uses tools regularly and relies on them for their job would rather pay extra for the tool and not have it fail in middle of a job, which can be extremely expensive, especially if you have employees being paid to stand around while the products are replaced. The problem is, you can't find quality tools like they used to make. They no longer exist. Companies like Irwin are buying all these old companies up and then shipping the production over to china where the tools are now made like garbage. It's the same for furniture. Try to find a place that sells furniture made out of real wood, and not particle board? It's nearly impossible unless you go with custom made furniture. I finally bought my mom a $300 coffee pot because I couldn't stand the taste of the coffee pot she was using and it leaked all the time. This was the 4th coffee pot she has had in the last few years because they don't last. Some of them didn't work when they were brand new. When it comes to hand tools, I am buying a lot of old tools off of ebay because they have lasted for decades and will last for several more decades.

[@missyk5307]

I love the idea of saving things from going to landfills (or even worse, going into and thus polluting nature) and instead choosing to make sustainable and sturdy patio/lawn furniture of quality with a long lifespan from recycled goods. Thank you for sharing your interest in Polywood, I'm happy they gifted you such great patio furniture. Now that I know of their sustainable ways, I have some patio furniture I'd be proud to own and know it didn't use any more resources and instead saved things from polluting nature.

[@missyk5307]

Oh, and the way society has become so disposable. I prefer things we can repair at home like my Pop Pop always did, of course after he rinsed the aluminum foil and darned his socks. People had more gratitude and appreciation for things. It is more important to WANT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, than to have more of what you want. People have grown this feeling of entitlement to have everything, the biggest house filled with stuff they don't appreciate and rarely use. I like Haxman's storage, all the scrap from previous projects or spare pieces he pulls out to build what he needs instead of going out and buying then throwing away. Respect to the handymen and handy women out there who appreciate what they have. Instead of trashing things that get thrown in a landfill and prefer to save it when you'll probably find a use for it. Reducing what resources nature gives us. Reusing what we can and choose to repair or rebuild and hold onto things that last longer instead of all the stuff that's been made so it goes to waste, making you buy buy buy more more more disposable junk. Good of such people like you. You're each a blessing and others should learn from the handy people, and hopefully younger ppl who still have parents and grandparents who can teach them gratitude and how to repair their flushy thingies in back of toilet instead of relying on calling a plumber or even worse throwing it away and buying more crap. Learn to fix the guts of your toilet tank, fix the ballcock. It's not that difficult! (Have you ever notice that plumbing sounds like all the parts were named by frisky teenage boys in the high school locker room?) Planned obsolescence, greedy corporations want money so they make things disposable so you will buy more of their disposable crap! The companies even make agreements that no one will make things much better so we have to rely on the disposable products The universe is watching... nature cannot survive under a pile of plastic and other garbage. I appreciate those of you who get it and do what you can with what you have, mostly those of you who reduce, reuse, recycle and upcycle

[@MyClutteredGarage]

I agree with "Haxters". I also think you should have a store so you can sell merchandise and other useful "Haxccesories" 👍

[@HAXMAN]

That's a fantastic idea Ed! 😁

[@michaelferrin2688]

Haxters is way better than Haxians

[@elizabethstephens6471]

OMG. Lol this thrills me.

[@polywood]

This whole project turned out amazing! Well done, HAXMAN!

[@HAXMAN]

Thanks so much! We love the furniture!

[@sarahmannluker7528]

What a cool project. I bet a round of stone on top of the barrel would help and also give a waterproof surface for the top. It would give you a work surface too.

[@donnakennell5111]

Great idea

[@bradleywolfe1188]

If you’re going to do commercials in videos that is exactly how it should be done. This is what I’ve been looking for so going to order right now. Love your humor and family and content keep it up.

[@MattTrump075]

Suggestion on the handle. Use one of those old wood burning stove spring handles and have it rotate with a piece of metal on the back to catch the oven to keep door closed. That way Itll have the same look as the spring handles you already have, the heat won't transfer as much to the spring on the handle, and you can operate the door and latching system with one hand leaving the other free to grab whatever Is inside

[@HAXMAN]

See. If I preplanned that would have been perfect. 😂

[@ronadkins8997]

Hax pack!

[@HAXMAN]

I like it

[@devdeque7846]

I have a fire pit like yours. Before I put down gravel, I laid out weed barrier mat with like a 2 inch overlap. Worked a treat. Just thought I'd let you know that existed. But I doubt you'd use gravel if you decided to redo your pit down the road.

[@colfrankslade]

Those mats are fine for the first year. Ours are 4 years old now and the weed battle was back on last year...worse than ever. They just grow on TOP and IN the mulch ...they don't need soil.

[@OHWhatsNext]

I like “HaxManiacs”. That’s my vote. Also, I have poly wood furniture on my front porch. It’s heavy but amazing. I first found it at our local zoo. There was a bench that I sat on and loved it.

[@HAXMAN]

It could work

[@dg09955]

What if instead of making another slab for the inside , make a larger one that fits over the top of the outside of barrel which would serve a two fold purpose, it make a very nice food warming slab and protect the top of the barrel from rust while helping to hold in heat.

[@threengcircus]

Polywood is the stuff right there. I've got their Adirondacks thay have been sitting out for a few seasons and they look brand new. 👍🏼 You are skilled but unpretentious and you don't take yourself too seriously. Keep it up brotha!

[@theresaconley5930]

"The Hax Pack" sounds good to me. Good job gardening Kim. 👍

[@Laurie_Tinsley]

I have a lot of the polywood outdoor furniture. I love the rockers. We have had them for 10 ten years now and they are still in perfect condition with no fading.

[@gregw9347]

Every time I see your pizza oven I think of the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 🤣The door just sealed it! And I agree with “Haxters.” Fit’s me pretty well.

[@Nox2024]

That was the best sponsered Ad ever. It felt like a natural part of the vid, and not something you flinged onto every other video. AAMAAZZING Work!

[@brettlyngstad]

HAKKERS. I know I am 😄 Regarding weeds, I use a mix of 45% strength vinegar w/squeeze of dish soap and salt water mix in 1 gallon sprayer. Works better than store bought herbicides

[@kevinw9077]

You are a craftsman. I appreciate you bringing that down to an understandable level. Don't go too far...

[@Mark_Nadams]

I use vinegar spray with equal amount of vinegar & water for our weeds. It is the same vinegar that we use for our chickens at ~1/4 cup per 5 gallons. No chicken has complained to me yet and the weeds die back pretty quick.

[@gregmann7936]

Hi Aaron, I'll gladly be one of your many Haxman friends and thanks for you videos and your humorous ways of educating me. Hartsville, SC Greg

[@-KingOfKhaos]

Thanks for the Polywood link! Showing the Mrs. these chairs / table now… since we happen to be looking for new Adirondack chairs currently for the pool 👍🏻

[@HAXMAN]

These are amazing. Kim backed over one in the car and all I had to do was pull two screws out, bend one piece back and put the screws back in. It was good as new. We’re going to get some more pieces.

[@earthling01]

Either the Haxfolk, The Legion of Hax, or The Hax-celent Ones. There you go, have at it. Thanks again for the good videos!

[@codydobbs4931]

HAXMANIACS!!! Because it's all kinds of Hax Mania around here!

[@johnlee7085]

Completely agree about the gravel and wood chips. We’ve been fighting that battle for a few years. Almost finished one phase of building a raised terrace with landscape timbers that has a cardboard weed barrier layer under several inches of wood chips. While using a larger piece of metal to make the door, it would seem like the perfect time to enlarge the opening. Turn the barrel upside down and direct pour the refractory cement into the barrel. Easy peasy. While I appreciate polywoods efforts to repurpose the plastic, at $600 for each set, I’ll continue to build ours from cedar and/or other outdoor wood. A light cleaning and penetrating oil treatment each season keeps it looking like new for a lifetime.

[@jdion79]

My pop died a year ago and my ma has dementia so I'm in charge of the homestead. We have a nice backyard here in San Diego and I went looking for outdoor furniture for my ma to enjoy the yard. Bro, it's tough out there. I'm not paying 6000 bones for outdoor furniture. The polywood stuff may just be the answer! Shoutout to the HAXMANIACS out there!

[@juanpolanco540]

I love these videos educational and comedic mixed into one. Keep up the excellent work my friend.

[@CraigRivest]

Loving your personality channel man, I've been binge watching all week. Definitely an inspiration to my own homesteading adventures. Keep it up!

[@stuntmanbillytv]

You're channel is by far the best for this kind of content. Most are either drug out, boring, or bad quality. I love that you bring everybody in on it too. Nice work!!! As a beginner in this lifestyle since now I can afford stuff, I will be watching all of your videos 😅😅😅 Also, what about Haxmites for us people??? 😅😅😅

[@lurklingX]

omg that chair in the beginning!! i jumped and laughed as you bowled over. that was so unexpected!!!

[@antoinetteryan80]

Congrats on your sponsorship! Furniture looks great!

[@TheBlindamerica]

You’re videos are great. Just found them. Entertaining and great ideas. Thanks. I will build this fire pit. Subscribed!

[@schuinfagner]

The monologue on this channels is worthy of an Oscar.

[@dhsbazooka]

Man you crack me up, when ever I need a laugh I watch your channel. I also happen to learn something. God Bless you and your family.

[@CaptainHowdy420]

We use our weed torch for the weeds growing in our decorative rocks and it's a awesome fast way to start the firepit...

[@annasophia6311]

The turquiose color of the furniture is really nice.

[@cherylhee9762]

All my finger nails break off this time of year. I call it spring break. Lol who ever said Hax pack I like that best. And beautiful chairs 🤩

[@adwhite804]

Piano hinge on the cool pizza oven/ baking oven door👍

[@TheSCTAdventures]

Absolutely love your videos and the way you approach them. We found you while building out fire pit. We have a small channel in the cruising community and we would love to have you on our weekly livestream to talk about your videos. Let us know if you are ever interested. Once again, love the channel!!

[@SainiBadwalUSA]

good build I build one with barrel fire bricks, insulator, ,venturi burner and much more. Will last me long long time. solid build and look very beautiful.

[@1wldnczyguy]

A big thumbs up, just for that opening! Now, I have to watch the rest of the video.;)

[@shermanhofacker4428]

Harbor freight weed burner also got used with some fire bricks to make a temporary forge to bend some steel bars for a little project!

[@SneakyFresh]

The Gathering sounds good

[@descalf]

OMG DUDE! Every video you are killing it! You are my source of entertainment (and... some knowledge). You are like Alton Brown from Good Eats and Tim Allen from Tool Time all rolled into one!

[@davidscales1464]

Another great video! entertainment for the Haxherd 🙂. Also thx for the promo on the Native products. Deodorant amazing!

[@etmike99]

Use your torch to take the weeds out, the same one you used to try the concrete at the beginning of video. Works great.

[@robertapples5950]

We "HAXFANS" sure appreciate you and your content! Keep on keeping on bro!

[@Andrew.D.Gillis]

Heavily salt the rock area to prevent plant growth.

[@HAXMAN]

Thanks!

[@rohlfing63]

Yep, spray that area down with some briney water and the weeds will not be happy

[@grandmadeb2412]

Interesting video. Cool ideas an I love make homemade bread. I shared your video with all five of my son's and my daughter. Have a blessed day. Grateful, grandma deb

[@HAXMAN]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@kimcrawford5153]

We love our polywood outdoor furniture. Never fades or cracks just pressure wash off.

[@HAXMAN]

Great! 😁

[@polywood]

Thank you, Kim!

[@MStrickkk]

I love Mark's accent. I would be thrilled to meet that man, he seems like an awesome person.

[@brtgrmwd1]

Haxamaniacs welcome to the Haxadome.in reference to the round fire pit area.

[@luish8056]

You’re hilarious and informative! Good stuff.

[@stanleykeith6969]

I would add a second 1/4 or a 1/2 barrel on top Adam and make it into another oven for the bread oven and you still could have it for pizza or anything you want. Great looking outdoor chairs. Glad to see the safety glasses. 😎🤓🥸🧐🤣🤣

[@HAXMAN]

😎 Thanks!

[@stacey8923]

I have some Polywood chairs around my fire pit. They’re amazing. Excuse me while I go and power wash all the pine pollen away. Great video.

[@st3v3stich]

The Haxman is better than the Taxman.

[@HAXMAN]

😁

[@st3v3stich]

@@HAXMAN I kind of like Haxmantology.

[@janetallen4013]

We have chickens and spray vinegar on our weeds, we do have to repeat but it's safe for the chickens

[@sirmi9868]

😂😂😂that ending on the chair

[@testbenchdude]

Haxsmiths immediately springs to mind.

[@djssquibbs3295]

hysterical, crazy, smart fun and motivational! I would use those rocks in a terrarium or in a fish tank or pond or filter or seomthing. saludos desde Costa Rica!

[@velvetstitching3631]

Dear HAXMAN family: I have been binge watching (yep!) your videos this afternoon while I was organizing all my fabrics (I'm a seamstress/craft sewer / quilter - thus I have alot of fabric and organizing can take a long time!) Anyhoo, I sure LEARNED alot today - mixed with laughs and chuckles at the good puns, range of accents, and facial expressions. So I decided to make a new KZbin Playlist dedicated just to HAXMAN vids! 👍 For those of us enjoying your immortalized videos (ie - your fans, followers, students and critics): How abt calling us: "Haxmanekkies" or "Haxmanites".... Thanks for the great videos. And keep up the good work y'all!

[@Mike_from_Canmore]

That plywood stuff looks nice.

[@Cockeyed_Den8213]

Team HAXMAN . I have had heavy duty aluminum chairs for over 30 years I do need to replace the straps on them but they are the best sitting chairs I have ever had and I wish they still made them. good luck with yours I hope they last a while for you. Take care stay safe.

[@HAXMAN]

Thanks! You too

[@Wam3Studios]

My PolyWood rockers and table stay outside in Nevada year round. 5 years and they look new. Great product.

[@HAXMAN]

Awesome! So glad to hear it.

[@polywood]

Thank you for your kind words and support!

[@jamesshriver7595]

How about Haxfans...I am definitely a fan of your channel...your wit and sense of humor are right up my alley...a lot of your projects are pure genius, but you give us the projects that aren't as well...you're humility and humbleness are especially endearing, and we all love the way you include your family in your videos too...yup, as long as there's a Haxman, I'll be a Haxfan for life, no matter what you call us

[@GIBKEL]

Something else that would be helpful for the artisan loaf would be to pour another refactory stone that would sit atop the chamber on the inside so as to get a more even heating from the top. Although I can’t remember how your heat/smoke/flame escapes.

[@justincostner5641]

The Hax Universe would be nice 😊

[@lechatbotte.]

I loved the intro. I want to build a pizza oven but it isn’t in the cards lol

[@joedurkin8953]

You know. I could sit and watch you or anyone else for that matter work all day.

[@wickster7154]

Love the channel! For the handle, you could cut off the end of a slag hammer and weld it to the door. Would easily help with the heat.

[@richardbrumfield2367]

Don't know if you get around to putting refractory above the pizza stone yet, but you definitely don't have to cast that one. You just need some refractory bricks & some of that expanded metal to hold it up. All youre doing with the upper one is providing heat reflection, no need for a super smooth surface.

[@sageosaka]

I was hoping to see some bread made!

[@bennoble7161]

You can make a good weed killer that is friendly for animals. Which is made with molt vinegar and dish soap . You spray it onto the weeds and it kills it pretty quickly. You can also sprinkle salt onto the spot as well to help it along

[@bethkrager6529]

The guara look beautiful!

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you!

[@williammeadors3451]

Just a tip on the herbs, the mint will spread like crazy and choke the rest of the box if not kept in check…learned from experience🤪

[@s.wilson5199]

Nan, Indian flat bread, would probably be perfect for the pizza oven with no more needed.

[@MrsAlex-ti8ks]

Love my flamethrower! Weeds, watch out!

[@TheMrbazooka]

Top Job chap 🤘

[@jamesredfield74]

The best and most satisfying thing to get rid of weeds in rock or your driveway is a propane torch. They use camping stove fuel tanks, they are hand held and it so satisfying burning the weeds. No chems or back breaking pulling.

[@michaeljamesreed9054]

Thanks for another great video, brother. God bless.

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you. You as well

[@itsmestevieg81]

Hi I’m Stevie G, if you’re worried about your chickens and you want to get rid of the weeds. Try mixing up an extremely concentrated pool salt mix along with some liquid dish soap in water, keep stiring it every now and again over a day or two until the salt has diluted. Then put it into a spray pack and spray it all over the area where your pebbles are and no weeds will ever grow there again (nor anything else so make sure you don’t want a garden there in future).

[@MAGAMAN]

Love your sense of humor. I was going to suggest just burning the weeds int he rock are. I learned that from my neighbor now that I'm living in a much more rural area where people tend to park in their front yards.

[@HAXMAN]

Thanks!

[@jimthompson9992]

Your Polywood furniture looks like the pool furniture we have...and I LOVE it!! Awesome stuff!! I can so relate to the gravel problems...we have the same situation here on the Outer Banks! Did anyone use the name HaxManiacs??? Or maybe the Hax Army??? But anyway always enjoy your content!! Great way to start the day! Heck, a great way to do lunch and dinner too! Oh, and bedtime!! Take care, be safe and God bless!

[@ReeseBadman]

We are your Haxmaniacs. 👍

[@arthurknox7143]

Thanks for posting. Just found your channel and instantly subscribed. Great content and entertaining to boot! BTW LOVE the music bits at 5min and later on☺

[@vnvnation1234567]

lol came to say the same thing about the music.

[@davidruhnke929]

Maybe spread Preen periodically to prevent weeds from even germinating and watering it down into the rocks so the chickens wont pick it up.

[@krysium]

Hahaha. Your life is like mine. Honey do list: Redo pool deck w composite wood Extend pool deck Clean up fire pit Put down erosion fabric by the lake Finish charcoal maker/50 gallon drum Extend chicken coop, w concrete floor And more. Keep building brother!

[@reeldeepchannel6479]

Two Bolts,Two Nuts! Get the hole lined up straight! That’s what she said…brother you are classic🤙🏼

[@bryceparisien36]

They had some very nice poly wood chairs at Costco the last time I was there for 140 a chair

[@ChrisHiblerPinball]

The PolyWood furniture is very nice. We love ours too. Be careful fella...perhaps you should hire a stuntman for those kind of chair disaster scenes. Or...just get one of the kids to do it. Ya...that's the ticket!

[@HAXMAN]

I dialed back my original plan for that joke in the interest of being able to walk afterwards. 😂

[@susanneschauf7417]

Great, but it's healthier to use firebrick instead of cement. It is also available in powder form 👍🏻👌🏻

[@teddyj3026]

Haxigans! That way you can always open with “Welcome back again Haxigans.”

[@hamburger512]

New Haxman makes for a good day

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you!

[@ranchodiablaacres3967]

4:27 - I think you've come across a new video genre here -- Weed Pulling Therapy. These three weeds pulled up, roots intact and the sound they made were very satisfying to watch. More please. 😂

[@HAXMAN]

😂

[@MJADoingStuff]

Great video again you two!!!😁👍We are thinking Haxthusiast but that might be a tongue twister. Have a great weekend 😁👍🚜💨🍳

[@HAXMAN]

Easy for you to say Mitch. 😄 Thanks!