Laying a Brick Patio

Last year, I held an open house for a seller of mine. A prospective home buyer was visiting and made a comment that the back patio looked terrible. It had round popcorn patio blocks with stones in between and was overgrown with weeds. She thought a brick patio would be much nicer. I told her that if she purchased the home, and the bricks, I would lay them. She bought the property and completely remodeled it into a beautiful villa. She called me recently to take me up on my promise. I've now laid the bricks for her. Of course I thought it would be fun to videotape the job. The camcorder malfunctioned near the end - but it got completed and turned out well.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• siestashawn
• sarasota
• timelapse
• brick
• patio

[jasonbies]

No forms, the patio isnt low enough below the screen door, no base material, and leveling by hand, you got to be kidding me? No pitch for runoff? Dude, who taught you how to do a walk?

[SiestaShawn]

@jasonbies Guess what, the patio still looks great after four and a half years - there you go...

[SiestaShawn]

Hi everyone - I am obviously not a bricklayer - I'm an artist/realtor and I thought it might be fun to make a music video of the project - sorry if it offends the real trades people who know how to do the job properly - have a great day!

[strongback71]

DO NOT! use this example, horrible installation.

maybe a compactor? go to an ICPI recognized manufacturer and view some installation pdf's.

[Bpasky01]

I am a Hardscape Contractor in Pennsylvania. This is by no means a recommended method to install a paver patio. Lowes youtube videos are closer to the industry standard than this joke of an install. Please do not follow this video as a instruction video for your patio. It will fail within 6 months to a year. I know Florida does not have any issues with freeze thaw but there needs to be a minimum of 4 inches of compacted granular base with a plate compactor (NOT FOOT STOMPED).

[ElChile2010]

it looks great man,funny ending shawn,keep it up

[MicheleMorland]

This is what i'll be doing this weekend. All by hand and I'm a woman.... this is something that i can do now with the help of this video, and it is superfluous to hire a contractor and pay hundreds of dollars for 80 sq feet of simple bricks. Thank you very much for sharing how you did this, it is easy to understand and i loved the way you used the 2x4 with the level for each row to make sure the bricks and sand were level. i'm in siesta key, FL and it's too dang hot to get too complicated. LOL!

[Detroit8V92tta]

Looks good to me, well done!

[jazmanjef]

Come on contractors; admit it; sometimes a $300 job gets it done in place of your $1,300 job.

[Runner152]

@jasonbies its a brick patio. It's as simple as that...

[robdog15001]

Looks good to me...still good after four years? Even better. Good Job.

[chrisair85]

horrible

[fcharlesp]

Well, i was looking for something easy and that could encourage me to get start here in my house and this video was awesome. Great video! Francisco Peinado from Brazil.

[Van88E]

haha thats what im doing right now everything by hand i dont need complicated machines just a level and a shovel all you need nice work