How to DIY Install the Ultimate Gravel Path

[@CharlieDIYte]

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[@Viewer765]

What’s it like for weeds how much gravel needed per square meter

[@Viewer765]

Do you have problem with leafs or weeds

[@MrManningata]

As a highway engineer, I approve of your methods. Kudos as always Charlie.

[@guijggujji6627]

Place help me

[@colingoode3702]

Looks great Charlie. I did something similar but on a smaller scale down the side of my house to create occasional access for the 4 new wheelie bins our council has decided we now need! I used a heavy duty 600 x 600 interlocking square grid with weed membrane & 10mm gravel. No MOT or sand but loads of tamping down with a heavy steel tamper. I looks OK with the slightly pinkish B&Q 10mm gravel, quick to lay (even on slightly uneven ground) & easily takes the weight of the bins & a fully loaded wheelbarrow.

[@jamiegleave7620]

Fitted this when laying my driveway. It's great. The gravel doesn't migrate onto the road ... the only downside is that the gravel does crumble into the hexagons after time and the dust, and any general crap washed off the road, fills them and makes a great starter for small weeds and grasses to get a hold (despite matting beneath).

[@andynormancx]

I was wondering what you’d do about weeding. Presumably no chance of using a hoe, as you could with just the same depth of loose gravel.

[@guijggujji6627]

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[@Youtube_ban_me]

im convinced this is the way for my project

[@nigelbullock9039]

Charlie, another brilliant video. So many practical and smart ideas. And of course a great result.

[@carllamb6711]

Great job Charlie I think it looks in character with your house

[@davestarkie9977]

As with last years path i give is the landscape architects seal of approval ha ha!! These grid systems are great, i have used them in my designs for public car parks. The mesh can be made from recycled materials and even the higher grade plastic systems can take the weight of coaches and fire engines. I suppose the only thing i could think of is in larger schemes with poor drainage soils you may need to consider installing french drains / soakaways underneath to prevent pooling and long term movement. I have done this (where needed) on some of the car parks i have designed.

[@hgvmatt6710]

Hard work certainly pays off.., your place is looking lovely 👍

[@capitalinventor4823]

The gravel paths look wonderful. Thanks for a wonderfully detailed video explaining how you made them. I'd love to replace my asphalt driveway with gravel but it's not really an option in my part of the world. In most of Canada we get a lot of snow in winter and the gravel would be picked up when removing the snow. It would be especially dangerous if using a snow blower (snow thrower). That's why most places here have asphalt with a minority using stone pavers. Somewhat off topic but the plastic devices to hold the gravel in place reminded me of a project that I completed earlier this year. I have a little area in front of the steps to my main door that is covered in small paving stones. They had become uneven over the years due to water eroding the soil underneath in a couple of fixed locations. I fixed the water issue last year. This year I lifted the stones, dug up the base, and filled in and compacted below. When replacing the paving stones I used paver base panels from Brock (but other companies make them. I don't know if you have come across them these before. They require less gravel in the base which is good for the environment and saves time. If the erosion in those locations should happen for some reason the paving stones above won't move because they are supported by the panel, which won't move. I thought you might be interested in knowing about the panels, if you don't already know.

[@sonyvaioboy]

Thanks Charlie I’ve literally just completed a path around my house yesterday. I used your last video as guide. I opted for a more heavy duty grid that interlocks as I may want to drive a digger or? down the path one day. I also opted to put a weed barrier on top of my sand layer due to my grid not having one like yours. I can not wait to see the finished garden it’s looking amazing already!!

[@CharlieDIYte]

Sounds great what you've done. Are you pleased with it? Thanks. Yes we're getting there on the garden. It's been a long slog that's left me rather broke but sometimes you've got to do these things 😉

[@guijggujji6627]

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[@andyc972]

Looks great Charlie, the grids are a must of course on a slope, even a fairly shallow one like yours, but well worth it even on the flat to avoid the shifting you usually get with a gravel path !

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks Andy. Yep, I should probably have explicitly mentioned that.

[@guijggujji6627]

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[@bobmarley9712]

Hi what is he condition​@guijggujji6627

[@gavinparry5426]

That rear garden looking good Charlie. Great channel.

[@guijggujji6627]

My mother's condition is very bad. I need a lot of money for his treatment, I am a poor man. Father dead Please help me pass on. I live in Bangladesh😪😪😪🙏🙏

[@EppingForest304]

Great video… looks easier & cheaper to diy than block paving or patio slabs 👍

[@guijggujji6627]

My mother's condition is very bad. I need a lot of money for his treatment, I am a poor man. Father dead Please help me pass on. I live in Bangladesh😪😪😪🙏🙏

[@claireleung5716]

Hey, these interlocking square grids sounds great. I just might try that. Thank alot Charlie.

[@CharlieDIYte]

I love them!!

[@Mike_5]

Glued down Pea Single is always the way forward and plastic octagon membranes and much more fun to the process too!

[@mercycarv5433]

If you glue it then you ruin the fun

[@RS-Amsterdam]

That looks like a million dollars. Excellent job and explanation.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Aw thanks mate and good to hear from you. Must be one of my longest serving / suffering viewers, for which I'm very grateful 👊

[@RobsRepairs]

Cheers Charlie. Love your content. Been watching for years but just looking to do gravel work 🥰 thanks for the tips

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks mate. These gravel mesh grids are great. Love mine!

[@wobblyrampack9655]

Looks great! Didn't know that mesh existed.

[@CharlieDIYte]

I tell you mate, use it once and you'll never go back!!

[@MartiA1973]

Faultless solid information; thank you

[@fattoamanowoodwork3638]

Neat good man, thank you for this. Always so informative, always couple of gems to pick up

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks mate, I appreciate that 👊

[@mountainman8775]

Thanks so much for all these tips

[@CharlieDIYte]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment 👊

[@patrickflanagan8008]

Another excellent tutorial and a wonderful result. Thank you so much.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks so much Patrick. 👊

[@jyoung9181]

another great video. always a pleasure to watch!

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks, really appreciate that 👊

[@gavinparry5426]

Get a collab done with Darren Hibbert Lawn expert for a great finish on your grass etc. Would make a great video/series also Charlie 👍

[@thelennyw]

Thanks for your videos. I built a similar drive and terrace. The supplier of the grids claims the ones you used for the drive (and I used) can take up to a 3T lorry, which in the meantime it has. I do wonder about the need for the weed matting, as the only issues I've had are from seeds landing on the terrace and managing to grow. The fabric on the bottom of the grid should block any weeds from growing from below. We also used them to do a small terrace in another part of the garden and just laid them on some tamped down, evened out earth. Works a treat two years later, and very cheap (I used a coreten steel sheet boundary.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks. I think these grids I used are really for paths - though you're probably right that they can take a car. You'd just have to make sure the gravel coverage was good as tyres would munch the plastic if it came into contact with it - my wheel barrow certainly did! It's a great system though isn't it 👌👊

[@thelennyw]

@@CharlieDIYte From the manufacturer's specs, one important aspect is that gravel has to lay ca. 1cm above the top of the grids in order to avoid UV degradation. With this in mind, it should be impossible to come into contact with the grids themselves. With proper filling using suitable gravel (we used washed gravel from the local river -- the Elbe -- 8-12mm), the stabilisation grids provide only lateral (ie horizontal) stabilisation. The vertical stabilisation/support is provided by the gravel and underlaying (we used our old roof tiles compacted and mixed with recycled concrete -- saved £€s twice over🙂) As you say, they are really great, albeit that they appear expensive when one first sees the price (we pay ca €10 per m2). That said, our terrace/drive is ca. 200m2 all in, so we were able to do the lot, gravel included, for about €3k, which dwarfs any other paving solution. Two notes for those that have read this far. Should you lay anything like cables/watering hose between the grids (I've done both) use some kind of anchor to hold them down. They have a habit of raising themselves. And, should you need to clear any of the grids to access something underneath, the best way is with a leaf blower.

[@kingcal53]

Saved for future use. Great video.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks 👊

[@PaulSouthport]

Love your channel, super helpful, thank you! I also loved your performance in Guardians of the Galaxy 3 as Master Karja!

[@guijggujji6627]

My mother's condition is very bad. I need a lot of money for his treatment, I am a poor man. Father dead Please help me pass on. I live in Bangladesh😪😪😪🙏🙏

[@prosoftdatauk]

Great job! I'd always recommend skipping the weed barrier layer. This stuff always fails eventually as there are plenty of weeds that will penetrate it and then leaves an environmental hazard and is a huge task to remove. After a painful removal project from under my driveway, I'd gladly see it banned.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks mate and good point re the weed matting. I don't know how it works anyway given how loose the mesh structure is. 👊

[@bobmarley9712]

Can you explain please

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Good work Charlie! Thanks for always sharing with us!💖👍😎JP

[@justlookingaround9834]

I was looking for a different texture for seated area under my pergola/pagoda, I think this might do the trick.

[@TheIcebon]

Hi Charlie, liking the grids, did you find the grid showing through in places over time? Thinking for driveway bit have seen some which you can see the grid showing where stones have moved

[@suj1945]

Nice one Charlie

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks 👊

[@pumpkinhead456]

Well done Charlie, looking forward to seeing how the rest of the work is going. If you have time, feel free to spam us with vids and we can help pay fir the work 😊

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks so much for that. Yes I should have produced more regular updates. If I'm honest I've been finding it a bit of a struggle to do the vids and project manage all the work.

[@pumpkinhead456]

@@CharlieDIYte I bet, it's a lot to take on and still care for the family and do all the other things life dictates. You'll get there!

[@DMFP93]

Would appreciate some detail on M^2 area, and cost of project. Thx. Good video

[@Pavlo_S.V.]

Well done, looking great! What kind of weather do you have during winter? How would this kind of driveway behave during rainy, snowy, icy winter that goes in a circle with +3°C during the day with rain and -3°C during the night, probably it could be difficult, close to impossible to manage a snow cleaning on that kind of surface? Thank you!

[@craigholdsworth4631]

This is just perfect for what I want to do, could this be used straight on top of block paving I wonder 🤔

[@You-are-right-but]

Great stuff

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks 🙏

[@MS-yy2dh]

looks good

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks

[@yosemitebandit]

very nice!

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks 👊

[@monkeyboy8424]

Very helpful video. I'd like to see a follow-up video after the stones have settled. Can you provide a link to the Ryobi (?) chisel you used. Thanks.

[@markosborne5510]

Good Job 👏How’s kitchen renovations going?

[@danielcookeb90]

Hi Charlie, where you get a lot of leaf debris come the autumn, and you are considering gravel paths, due to the nightmare of trying to get them up, have you ever considered an epoxy, or similar, to stick the uppermost part, to keep them in place? Down the sides of houses, and similar, where brushing also brushes away the gravel? Especially after it has all settled? Another great video.👍👍

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks Daniel. Funnily enough only yesterday I got the leaf blower out on the path. The stones are just heavy enough to stay in place allowing you to blow all the leaves off it. I'm not a big fan of resin particularly after using a resin grout on my patio and watching it go black already and fail in areas.

[@barbaragiardelli5560]

OMG i loved this video!!! Thank you so much! I actually love the color of the "cheap gravel you used as based! May i ask the link of the product? thank you ssoooooo much ^__^

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks. There's no link as such. It's just something you can buy from your local builders merchant or DIY store. For a big path you'd want to buy bulk one ton bags.

[@SamYoungnz]

Very interesting. I was wondering about microplastics as the honeycomb plastic sheets break down though...?

[@CharlieDIYte]

They shouldn't really break down that much 🤔

[@SshaZzA]

Hey can you confirm this could be layed on a tiles / concrete driveway then still lay the gravel sand ect and it will still efficiently drain, would you recommend using a weed mat even with a tiled/concrete courtyard . Thanks in advance @charliedite

[@geoffreycoan]

Interested to hear what experiences you've had with weeds growing in the gravel. I've had two gravel driveways, the first was gravel on top of weed proof membrane (no grids), the second just gravel on hard ground (again no grids but also no membrane). My experience has been that weeds grow abundantly in both and it's a frequent job to pull them out. Most of them grow in the upper layers of the gravel so the membrane is doing nothing, but we do get tap roots growing through it. Overall I don't think the membrane adds anything and if I were laying a path I'm not sure I'd bother. If the weeds grow in the grids and through the grid membrane then they'll continue through whatever is below. Wondering if the grids themselves and holding the gravel in place reduces the weed growth?

[@guijggujji6627]

My mother's condition is very bad. I need a lot of money for his treatment, I am a poor man. Father dead Please help me pass on. I live in Bangladesh😪😪😪🙏🙏

[@georgeanastasi7729]

Great tips as always. I'm looking to do this next year after i build a retaining wall so will be coming back to this one! Is it worth lightly tamping the gravel after laying?

[@guijggujji6627]

My mother's condition is very bad. I need a lot of money for his treatment, I am a poor man. Father dead Please help me pass on. I live in Bangladesh😪😪😪🙏🙏

[@bluetech2809]

Would those gravel grids provide rigidity to poured concrete (assuming I don't want to bother with rebar) or am I barking up the wrong tree?

[@JasGawera]

Do you have issues with leaves collecting on the gravel then turning into compost as they break down? Guess you can't sweep then up, maybe a blower would work if you get them before the rain?

[@davidthompson8153]

Very useful. Can you lay these on a concrete drive?

[@CharlieDIYte]

Yes. The only issue is drainage but if it's already draining well then that will be fine

[@davidrhead8740]

hello love the vids,in your silicone videos,what was the spray that made it easy to remove silicone.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks David. MultiSolve from CT1. It's brilliant stuff. This is the vid I used it in kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ21f4GidreLla8si=gzY9b_UDziMcGgw8

[@SuzyJarman]

Hi, great video 👍 Quick question: did you not need to hammer in anchor pegs? I didn't see you do that.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks Suzy. No pegs required. The gravel keeps it stable.

[@derekclark7545]

where's the update on the solar installation, please

[@NovemberBaseball]

can this be done over asphalt?

[@angelonorton]

Do I need mot and or sand if I’m putting gravel over concrete base ?

[@CharlieDIYte]

No you can lay the grid directly onto the concrete

[@dannyjf9064]

Can I used these for a shed base? Fill the holes with concrete?

[@CharlieDIYte]

Neat idea but I think that would be a waste of money. Better to shutter it around the perimeter.

[@Youtube_ban_me]

man this guy got a great set of hair

[@joemariani7248]

Hi Charlie, path looks great! Might be an obvious question, but is the path still permeable? The weed matting is the bit that makes me ask

[@CharlieDIYte]

Yes it is completely permeable. I don't know if you saw my dog shower video but I've been pouring water into the old path for a year now and it just goes straight through. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4faoGeVas-lhqMsi=FEPyvy_4_dGvK8Yi

[@1x3dil]

Hi Charlie. Having used the black stuff you can for a base for a summer house I was very impressed by it’s performance . Now seeing use this different product , which uses a similar technology, got me thinking . We have a concrete path around our house which is looking very shabby, although it a few cracks and places where service been cut through it . Having said all that it’s structurally sound , so my question is do you think it would work in such a situation as in putting on top of the concrete . Obviously I would have to install a barrier on the open side as you did on first project . Any thoughts my friend . Kind regards as always 😀👍👍👍

[@1x3dil]

Just reread my comment ,which I confess didn’t make much sense even to me . The back stuff is the plastic squares that you fill up with gravel, the same principle as the material you’re using . Along with various missing words I made a complete mess of my original comment . But maybe you will be able to make some notion of my question . Kind regards as always

[@guijggujji6627]

My mother's condition is very bad. I need a lot of money for his treatment, I am a poor man. Father dead Please help me pass on. I live in Bangladesh😪😪😪🙏🙏

[@josephcox295]

When is the next video

[@allthegear.noidea]

Is it suitable for sloped driveways and parking cars on?

[@CharlieDIYte]

💯% for parking cars on. As for sloped driveways I think it would be depending on the gradient and your ability to butt the grids up against something at the bottom. To be sure, give Nidagravel a call.

[@kevh9497]

Great... just what we need, more plastic in the ground.

[@t190uk]

Let me guess, your a Stop Oil Protester? 🙄

[@kevh9497]

@@t190ukNo, not at all! How does it feel to have guessed wrongly? And it's "you're" not "your" in that instance, at least make your incorrect assumptions grammatically correct.

[@t190uk]

You got me there eco warrior! 🥱

[@kevh9497]

@@t190ukJust call me Dave Angel!

[@canary444]

Great video, but delivery of that gravel grid is over £115, seems a bit steep. Nearly half for price for the product itself. Shame, was very tempted especially with your discount code.

[@clivesmith023]

I completely agree. Extortionate delivery charges !

[@davidboskett5581]

You said your first gravel path was over engineered and I would say your second one is also. I live in NZ and the plastic grid is quite expensive and therefore did not use it. .I have laid a blue chip gravel parking area and paths just by putting geo-tech cloth over the bare top soil a free draining silt loam .After 12 months I am very pleased with it.The beauty about my method is the gravel stays relatively loose and is 4'' deep so weed seeds dont germinate in it and you can always rake it so it has a smart appearance. You have laid a path that would stand up to motor traffic and is not needed just to walk on.

[@kevocos]

By the half arsed way they built houses in new zealand none of what you said surprises me🙄

[@davidboskett5581]

You are like many people who leave comments on YT. You lack the intelligence to say something constructive. You dont have to agree with what I said but you seem to know little about basic physics.

[@gavinhay6627]

So it's plastic ?

[@CharlieDIYte]

Yes.

[@rossMIE]

The grids are very expensive.

[@Trebor2024]

3:32 Yet another builder fails to protect themselves and others from the dust caused by cutting brick materials! Silicosis is a real and significant risk which slowly kills you.

[@TC-io1pu]

So true 😢 my father had issues with his lungs and was the cause of his death

[@uncapabrew4807]

Too much work 😂😂😂

[@MSBKYT]

I have skill for wood working,wood carving welding.... etc Are you hiring helper? 😊😊😊

[@lukeshepherd9529]

Should have just stabilized the soil like on Proper DIY and saved yourself £££.

[@Fritsvrolijk]

This crap kils your car windows Thanks

[@JamesWRDunn]

What are you talking about? This is a path for people not cars... Are you worried he is going to walk on his path and then kick stones off of his shoes at peoples cars?

[@BillDyehouse]

Anything that requires putting plastic into ground is bad, sorry

[@moldyketchuphead]

Plastic grid, plastic underlayment, sorry I'm out. Those are definitely not things we should be putting in the ground.

[@sugarpuff2978]

This.