You should stop trolling. Disclose you are really Kai's minion in disguise. This is not copying anybody's video this was on my own property I shot my own video, nowhere did I mention fair use, as it is my own video for my own use. You're just an immature ignorant person along with Kai, who trolls other channels with this nonsense. I actually feel sorry for the pathetic joke of a life you both must lead that you feel the need to leave false testimony comments like this on everybody's videos with all capital letters. What Toxic Teds you are. In the wake of that condo collapse, you have trolled every video on it with hate, and false testimony, with no regard for the dead, just to amuse yourselves like little school girls. Shame on you. I know you think you are funny, ha ha, but In Proverbs 6:17-19, God gives us a list of seven things that are an abomination to Him. “Haughty eyes, a lying tongue..." and one day he'll be going ha ha to you.
Interesting top comment. Speaking about the patio. Whoever did it prior, did an EXCELLENT job. After 27 years it held up exceptionally well. New pavers look good too.
Just like brick driveways, I'm not a fan of paver driveways. Maybe because those I have had to suffer over the years weren't installed properly or maintained, IDK, but I have to say this is the prettiest paver driveway I think I have ever seen. Love the colors and pattern. It really stands out and goes well with the home.
With so many lazy, scammy, druggie, shady, unprofessional, understaffed, under-supplied, under-prepared, under quoting and asking for more, and generally just bad... It is good to see a plan come together in the end with a professional crew and a professional job. It’s beautiful.
Nice....I am planning to do something the same but a different style. I am glad I came across this video first that came up and mr.jeff explains on every details. Driveway came out really nice and beautiful. I live in south san francisco california and the weather is great. Might need few things to protect the driveway surfaces and other things might not. This is exactly what I was looking for and been thinking about changing driveway. To redo the original driveway with concrete is not ideal when later in time will crack and split. Nice driveway to your home and my home is exactly like yours.
Gotta say that the old driveway is actually in pretty good shape (minus the oil stains) and looks like, after 28 years, it held up well. It's a shame to have to replace because of oil stains, but I get it. I would have done the same. To bad you had an incompetent inspector.
Yes the bricks of the old driveway were physically in good condition. The perimeters were starting to sink into the edge of the driveway, and the oil stains no matter what we tried and no matter what companies we've brought in over the years with acid wash and everything else, nobody was able to get rid of the oil stains. Tried every remedy people suggested over the years. The homeowners association was really getting on me about the driveway stains and I had no other option but to replace the driveway. But I did get 27 good years out of it.
The driveway looks pretty amazing. I can see why people stop to ask about it. When I was a younger man and my back had less to say, I laid my fair share of patios and walkways, but nothing like this. Visually stunning.
This is SUCH a Florida driveway...I love it! Jeff, out of curiosity, is the sealer just for parking cars on it? If it was for the backyard, I assume it wouldn't be necessary.
The sealer protects the surface against stains from oil drips, brake fluids, other liquids, fruits, etc. I always seal all my bricks even the back patio
More like such a typical HOA BS waste of money "ugh, your driveway has OIL on it! You must replace the driveway". That'd be the day! If there's an HOA, just say "NO WAY". NEVER buy a house in an HOA if you like simplicity and quietness in your life. HOAs are nothing but a PIA
@@gorak9000 They did not force me to install a new driveway they simply said clean off the oil stick ass. But we could not get them to come off and I wanted a new driveway for a number of years anyway so I replaced it.
Dang we just realized you’d just put up a new Very educational and easy to understand video. And you did a great job spending the time to actually edit. 🤣🤣🤣 guess you can’t troll a troll. Karma
I stopped using water years ago. Got tired of the mess it makes and the residue it leaves on the pavers requiring the extra step of washing it off. That being said you're comment is a good one for most diy'ers in that they probably won't take the proper health and safety precautions when dry cutting.
Right these are concrete pavers not standard brick pavers, so the concrete can be sealed right away, whereas the standard bricks you do have to wait a couple of months for the efflorescence
This is my first time to this channel and I guess he pinned it so it's at the top in capital letters saying you should stop copying other people's content and using it under the Fair Act use or whatever it's a very good thing you sent a rebuttal because I wasn't going to subscribe or like the video because of that comment that comment seem pretty bold as though they knew that what they were talking about that's a deep ass troll so I'm really glad you said something so now I'll subscribe and like your video I'm sorry you got falsely accused I'm sorry I almost fell for that false accuser but I tried to do a little research and test the spirit because you know where's the test of spirits right and I'm just grateful you might have to do that with every video honey you might have to do it because God forbid you lose people because of some ignorant asshole who has nothing else better to do
There are jerks out there on every video that every you tube creator publishes. Just a lot of immature people with nothing fruitful going on their lives, so they waste time on this nonsense.
The driveway looks great. The installers did great work. One thing that is concerning is that you should never dry cut. A saw that distributes water to the blade should be used, or someone should be pouring water to the pavers that are being cut to greatly reduce the silica dust. I didn't see anyone using PPE when pavers were being cut so everyone, including Jeff, was breathing silica dust. I wonder how the installers' lungs will work in the future. I hope that someone makes them aware of the damage they are causing and do the proper steps to be safer.
Completed Driveway looks beautiful, but I thought that was the point of having pavers…? If you have broken or stained pavers you can just replace those particular pavers and not have to interrupt or replace your whole project!? Majority of your old driveway was still in great shape; I hope you gave those pavers to a place like ‘ReStore- Habitat for Humanity’. Thanks for sharing all the steps and beautiful driveway and walkway.
I stopped them from carting off more bricks, and posted them on craigslist for free. Guy showed up in 30 minutes with his pickup and tool the rest away to re-use. You can insert new bricks if you have them, these are 27 years old. I wanted a change and these newer bricks with the small diamonds were just the pavers to do this job.
@@jeffostroff If you can find people that don't know the woe's of being in an HOA - there are fewer and fewer of those people around all the time. As people experience them first hand, they learn to stay away. I specifically spent extra time looking for a house without an HOA - 2 houses down the street from me, there is one, but the little corner I'm in has NO HOA and NO CC&R's on the deeds because the developer never set one up / instated that crap on the deeds. The houses in the NON HOA section are better maintained than the ones 2 houses down that have an HOA, so I don't buy into this bs that HOAs improve property values. An HOA in an area not that far from me is run by a total bunch of Karens, and people requested to have basketball hoops so their kids had something to do during COVID last year, and they refused. You own the house, and some Karen won't let you have a basketball hoop in your own driveway for your own kids to use?? If you like your life being dictated by little power hungry HOA nazzis, then they're great. Most sane rational people find them irritating beyond belief.
The inspector lol. Like they really care. It’s all about funding their position (with other people’s money). Inspector was probably picked on as a kid and now he/she is knowingly or unknowingly getting back at society…
Pretty interesting. I found you when you were doing videos of the Miami collapse. I don’t know why I want to watch a driveway video, although my driveway is horrendous. Maybe I’ll be inspired to fix it. Anyway, you make it interesting. Thx.
Those Pavers remind me of my Cutting board 😂 They somewhat make me dizzy. Not waiting two hours for sealant to dry is why this sealant will fail sooner than later.
You can’t use that pressure washer after you put the polymeric sand down it blows all the polymeric sand out of the joints. Yes your pavers are clean but now there’s no more polymeric sand where it needs to be. Yes your pavers are sealed
@@jeffostroff I've got almost cold sweat by watching fingers, hands and feet that close to a saw blade in this video. An involuntary amputation waiting to happen.
Painting old pavers is really not the solution it looks really bad somebody on our street did it and it was terrible and it just makes the driveway even slipperier when it's wet
What I want to know is why a guy would complain about the former contractors on a paving job that was excellent. Then in the next minute complain that an inspector actually wanted you to remove all the pavers so he could check base depth. Did you know how deep the base was on the sidewalk? Don't do half the job and complain that an inspector doing his job is OCD. Oh and I've never seen anyone cut paver that are already on the ground. The cuts just aren't straight when cut on the ground. Thats why saws have flat tables. There's also plastic borders that are secured with big spikes that are used to retain the edges that work at least as well as the cement as ground moves and concrete doesn't so it breaks
Hey Jeff - a question. I will be doing a small patio on the back of my condo. It will be 2- 20” pavers wide and about 20-20” pavers long. Do you think I need to have the vibration machine for this small of a job? I do think that the polymer sand will be a good choice, but not sure I want to invest in the vibration machine for such a small job. If there something else I could do instead to get it all in the cracks? Again, it will be 20X20s so not nearly as many cracks to fill as you did. BTW, beautiful new driveway!
You need to find some way to vibrate it, you buy a tamper from home depot, $30 and but a board down and down and tamp the board to cause vibration. Are yo on the first floor? not a good idea to add pavers or tile to upper floor patios
@@jeffostroff ok I can do that. My dad has a tamper so I can borrow his (I was going to use it anyway to tamp down the sand before laying the pavers). And yes, this will be on the ground not in a balcony. Thanks!
Great reason to avoid HOAS. The owner had to spend thousands of dollars at a moments notice because someone else couldnt stand the oil spots on the driveway they dont own. Hopefully they actually fixed the car. Otherwise theyll just have to do it all again
@@jeffostroff I had a celebrated career in an old 5-diamond, high-rise hotel in Chicago in which roaches were, once-in-awhile, falling from the ceilings, crawling across floors, and etcetera. 😐😑 I believe I saw the grand-daddy of the roach-world there, one day. 😶 We had exterminators, of course. 🙃 When they're outside, I say: please, leave them be. 🙂 “Do not despise the creatures because they are minute…, doubt not that in these tiny creatures are mysteries more than we shall ever fathom” ~ Charles Kingsley PS: I loved the paver design your family selected❣ A friend of mine has been in the concrete business since 1981, and since he fancied-up his drive, two neighboring properties ordered his skills on theirs. Thank you for inspiring others, Jeff.
It could be, I put a craigslist curb alert out and one guy in a pickup showed up and took some, but the contractors really want to remove with bobcat, get it out of the way, and dump truck removes it
i dont like surfaces where there are small bricks, it's not even. asphalt on the other hand is a little too dull and ugly. so i like something in the middle. i like it most where there are very large plates. if i walk in city and have chance where to walk i chose bigger plates. best is to pour concrete and then cut it into large pieces to prevent cracking and to enhance visual appeal. looks good too.
Also inspectors can make or break you, I've seen 2 show up on one of my jobs and get into a full blown argument over their opinion, and on other projects they've been super helpful and very easy to work with, memorize the good ones so you know when you see them if your screwed or not.
This inspector cost us 5 freaking days! He shows up on Thursday, leaves the note. Not in on Friday, they call Monday 7AM to get on the inspection docket for the day, and he shows up the end of the day Tuesday. My blood was boilng.
This is all great...unless of course, you live in a State like our WISCONSIN and have to run a snow blower or plow over it during our 4 months of snow each season!
The driveway looks great and the video was excellent. A couple of questions. I have found that using small area pavers can cause eventual uneveness when something sits on the corner of one of the small pavers. Not a tire, but something smaller that can apply pressure in a small area. Even though the sand is compacted, it can still give. Have you expereinced any unevenness? How did they finish out the perimeter. I saw the mortar/cement for the soldier bricks. It did not look like there was much room left for topsoil and sod though.
yes, all edges had just enough mortar to hold it in place, then grass is brought up on top of it. A few of the pavers have developed a bit of lippage between pavers, and no sand is perfect, and can still shift a bit underneath from rains
Me and my dad started out working in Idaho and it made us take extra step when laying pavers, we would always lay them on top of 2 to 3 inches of cement that had rebar inside and never had any issues in many years it seems like overkill but I've continued to use similar methods in California where we are now, I don't like avoidable call backs by cheeping out on labor or materials.
I really don't know what to say that driveway looks absolutely amazing the old one the 27-year-old one and you couldn't get the grease stains out right you tried so I'm wondering what if you went to some kind of auto parts store and said listen can I have some of your old oil and take all the oil and stain all the other asphalt just oil stain it cover it with plastic and the whole thing would be blended with with the oil stain right and then you wash the top off and now it's a new color but it's Blended and it looks a lot better and probably would last another 27 years but the new driveway obviously you get more money with the new driveway right so good job with that too
LOL, they cut us some slack during covid, wrote me again in January of this year, I got the approval, and waited 12 weeks for bricks to be made, then the install.
. 5:02 *_Houston, we have a problem_* ! . . . Yes sure. But more than ONE problem. 1st of all you rose the wrong finger. Then who is that neighbor that is this much-pissed off?! so what she/she needs to know about his! property!? One thing for sure, this ain't end here... Not to forget 15:47 that should have been on some other location! ( ; - ) Then this is exactly why I never buy a property that has H&A at any damn cheap price. God bless everyone else. btw thanks for sharing this great job and seriously wished you could end up with a more ugly, eyesore color of the pavement that they deserve and won't reflect the imperfections caused by that leaking car that surely will not be changed!
@@jeffostroff A lot of time a small O ring change in the line is all that is needed to address the leak (Hydraulic lines) and if it is the gasket etc, yes better sell the problem to someone else who can deal with it.
I’m not sure if it’s just me, but some of those pavers don’t look level (some are higher than others). Reading comments, I understand now how you were able to pay “cheap” to have this done. Lots of foreigners undercharge to make sure they get the job. They’re more about quantity over quality. I’m a foreigner too, but no way I’d sell myself cheap. By the way, Not to be negative but I doubt that install wi last as long as the original driveway
This was not a cheap job, and I did not see any unlevel pavers. This was a professional contracting company with VPs and directors, and at the end of the video I showed you their $1 million project in Boca That just completed the paving for. This cost $6000 which is about in the range what a paver brick driveway goes for. This was about 20 x 20 driveway.
@@jeffostroff you know, I guess you are right. I didn’t take into account a few steps/ or if you were building a BRAND new patio. This was a much easier project than doing a brand new one. I wasn’t taking into account the excavation and base stone material/ labour. I wasn’t trying to offend you, I just missed a few extra steps. Still, for 6k you transformed your driveway and walkway. You are happy and you HOA is happy. That’s what matters!
Jeff, your work is simply unbelievable. I mean, how can one man literally pave himself up to his knees into the middle of a driveway, and STILL finish the paving job??? Well Jeffrey, you can count me in as a new subscriber, and I’ll be following your new, ill-fated career as a Driveway Speedbump...
I'm planning on changing my driveway myself. I have not experienced doing it but it's my house so I can take the risk. The question is what's the deal with those inspectors? Do I need any permission to fix my own driveway?
I'm surprised the pattern didn't violate HOA something. Even with that sealer 20:54 still think you might need that tool if there's ever another oil spill.
I sent the HOA photos of tiles and drawings and they approved. The sealant is supposed to be resistant to oil spills, so hopefully we don't have to test that.
Give it a year or 2, the HOA will find something to complain about. As I say, 'If there's an HOA, just say "NO WAY"' - NEVER buy a house in an HOA unless you like being pestered continually about the stupidest crap.
This total job was about $6000. The 1st day The demolition crew came and took them about 2 hours with a Bobcat to pull up all of the old driveway bricks and haul them away then they put down sand on the driveway and tamped it down. Then on the 2nd day they came and put more sand and tampt it down again After starting about 7 AM, they finished by 3:30 PM
HI Jeff, I need to put a sealer for my pool deck. Would you be able to share the information of the company that you use put the sealer for your driveway? Thanks in advance.
My daughter and son-in-law just did a new patio in pavers. My hubby and I helped haul 7 pallets of paver and one of sand from the driveway to the back yard. It sure is nice!
They had it excavated, gravel compacted on the dirt with a weed barrier underneath. The sand was not leveled by eye but with 1” pipe laid to screed over. Interesting this was not so detailed sand leveling - must be the experience showing.
@@jeffostroff Once, I was doing a big landscape job next-door to a house where a man was doing a patio and fire pit decorative stone job. Beautiful work! However, he used no safety glasses with his saw and he worked in flip-flops. I complimented him on his work but told him I was frightened for his safety. He said he had been doing it this way for 10 years with no problem. I never saw him again, but I wondered if his career ended after 1 or 2 more years.
YOU SHOULD STOP COPYING OTHER PEOPLE'S CONTENT AND USING IT UNDER"FAIR USE" THIS VIDEO IS NOT YOUR OWN
You should stop trolling. Disclose you are really Kai's minion in disguise. This is not copying anybody's video this was on my own property I shot my own video, nowhere did I mention fair use, as it is my own video for my own use. You're just an immature ignorant person along with Kai, who trolls other channels with this nonsense. I actually feel sorry for the pathetic joke of a life you both must lead that you feel the need to leave false testimony comments like this on everybody's videos with all capital letters. What Toxic Teds you are. In the wake of that condo collapse, you have trolled every video on it with hate, and false testimony, with no regard for the dead, just to amuse yourselves like little school girls. Shame on you. I know you think you are funny, ha ha, but In Proverbs 6:17-19, God gives us a list of seven things that are an abomination to Him. “Haughty eyes, a lying tongue..." and one day he'll be going ha ha to you.
@@jeffostroff Beautiful reply. Guess he is blind as well.
@@jeffostroff get on a diet and do cardio so you can run out of a driveway collapse
@@olegkosygin2993 I am on a seafood diet I see food I eat it.
@@jeffostroff 🤣🤣🤣
Interesting top comment. Speaking about the patio. Whoever did it prior, did an EXCELLENT job. After 27 years it held up exceptionally well. New pavers look good too.
This new design is just what our house needed
Just like brick driveways, I'm not a fan of paver driveways. Maybe because those I have had to suffer over the years weren't installed properly or maintained, IDK, but I have to say this is the prettiest paver driveway I think I have ever seen. Love the colors and pattern. It really stands out and goes well with the home.
thanks! IT's great driving home to this.
HONESTLY THE DRIVE WAY WAS PERFECT BEFORE YOU COULD HAVE JUST FLIPPED THE PAVERS THAT HAD OIL AND THE HOME OWNER COULD HAVE SAVED THOUSANDS
Wow, what a beautiful job. You were fortunate to find such a great contractor. A big 👍. Thanks for the video.
With so many lazy, scammy, druggie, shady, unprofessional, understaffed, under-supplied, under-prepared, under quoting and asking for more, and generally just bad... It is good to see a plan come together in the end with a professional crew and a professional job. It’s beautiful.
Thanks 👍
These were one of only 2 driveway contractors wo even returned my calls
@@jeffostroff I’m in an area where it’s hard to get good help. You are blessed that it turned out quite nice.
Jeff, what area are you in? Any any tips on negotiating with a driveway company prior to signing a contract. Thanks!
Nice....I am planning to do something the same but a different style. I am glad I came across this video first that came up and mr.jeff explains on every details. Driveway came out really nice and beautiful. I live in south san francisco california and the weather is great. Might need few things to protect the driveway surfaces and other things might not. This is exactly what I was looking for and been thinking about changing driveway. To redo the original driveway with concrete is not ideal when later in time will crack and split. Nice driveway to your home and my home is exactly like yours.
Awesome Jose I am glad you liked the video
I’ve never seen anyone compact the sand before, but it looks like a good strategy.
I believe it is required by code
it is necessary, but they did it completely wrong... they cracked all those bricks with the compactor, that's not how you do it
@@notimportant3686 I'm not sure what you're talking about they do not crack any birds with a compactor.
Great looking driveway and walk way!!! Hope it lasts a very long time!! Great video as always!!! Hope you and yours are safe and well!!!
thanks Wiliam
Gotta say that the old driveway is actually in pretty good shape (minus the oil stains) and looks like, after 28 years, it held up well. It's a shame to have to replace because of oil stains, but I get it. I would have done the same. To bad you had an incompetent inspector.
Yes the bricks of the old driveway were physically in good condition. The perimeters were starting to sink into the edge of the driveway, and the oil stains no matter what we tried and no matter what companies we've brought in over the years with acid wash and everything else, nobody was able to get rid of the oil stains. Tried every remedy people suggested over the years. The homeowners association was really getting on me about the driveway stains and I had no other option but to replace the driveway. But I did get 27 good years out of it.
The driveway looks pretty amazing. I can see why people stop to ask about it. When I was a younger man and my back had less to say, I laid my fair share of patios and walkways, but nothing like this. Visually stunning.
amazing to watch them too
This is SUCH a Florida driveway...I love it!
Jeff, out of curiosity, is the sealer just for parking cars on it? If it was for the backyard, I assume it wouldn't be necessary.
The sealer protects the surface against stains from oil drips, brake fluids, other liquids, fruits, etc. I always seal all my bricks even the back patio
More like such a typical HOA BS waste of money "ugh, your driveway has OIL on it! You must replace the driveway". That'd be the day! If there's an HOA, just say "NO WAY". NEVER buy a house in an HOA if you like simplicity and quietness in your life. HOAs are nothing but a PIA
@@gorak9000 They did not force me to install a new driveway they simply said clean off the oil stick ass. But we could not get them to come off and I wanted a new driveway for a number of years anyway so I replaced it.
Dang we just realized you’d just put up a new Very educational and easy to understand video.
And you did a great job spending the time to actually edit.
🤣🤣🤣 guess you can’t troll a troll. Karma
they still try anyway and face plant on the dismount
Looks Fantastic !!
Thanks LITO!
water must be used at all times when sawing
There are saws and blades that can be used either wet or dry
I stopped using water years ago. Got tired of the mess it makes and the residue it leaves on the pavers requiring the extra step of washing it off. That being said you're comment is a good one for most diy'ers in that they probably won't take the proper health and safety precautions when dry cutting.
wow look great and thanks for the video. was wondering what size the large brown pavers and small white ones?
thank again !!
large are 12x12, medium are 4x8, small are 4x4
Mesmerizing.
thansk!
Seems like a job that is really easy on the back.
It also looks like these workers have never done this before.
That's why I farmed this one out. Just cleaning up afterwards broke my back I was tired vacuuming excess sand from the lawn
@@jeffostroff I was joking, by the who. lol
Hi Jeff 🙋🏽. I'M relatively new to your channel. I just wanted to say, you and your guys did an amazing beautiful job. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏽👌🏾💞❤️💞.
Welcome to the channel Carole and thanks!
Looks great! No gravel is needed under the sand?
There was already gravel there from the previous paper break driveway that we had installed prior to this one
1st comment, Nice work Jeff, one of the hardest working people on UA-cam! Keep up the good work and we will keep watching!🧐🧐🤓🤓🥳🥳
I appreciate that!
Great job and beautiful executed! However, I find the new look too psychedelic for my taste. But luckily I don’t have to live with it 😅
Fair enough! But lots of people slowed down to look and few got out of their cars to ask who installed it
We installed??? He was filming lol
So you didn't have to wait 60-90 days to let the pavers set before sealing them? And did they treat your pavers for efflorescence?
Right these are concrete pavers not standard brick pavers, so the concrete can be sealed right away, whereas the standard bricks you do have to wait a couple of months for the efflorescence
That old driveway looked good..... It just required a degrease and to reset the borders
No decreased worked even acid wash did not work
@@jeffostroff that's a pity... That old driveway is much better than mine..... But the new one was the dogs bollocks!!
Its beautiful.
Its 2 yrs since this video, but i have a question if anyone can answer. Why wasn't gravel used as part of the foundation? Thanks.
Why would someone say flip the pavers of the old driveway? When you get to spend alot more money and works and time to get a new paver driveway
Good thing that you guys got that roach! LOL
he was tressroaching
💥🖐🇺🇲😎 UA-cam must be paying you well to pay to have that installed lol
This was $4800 for the driveway install, then $700 for the polymeric sand and sealing days later
😆..Big shout out for all the UA-cam subscriber donations 👏
How much something like this would cost...pretty much the same size driveway?
This was $5800
@@jeffostroff labor + materials...or just labor?
Are any of these guys using mask for all that silica dust ??
Yes, but they often wait until the cloud starts blowing at them before they lift the masks up. One guy pulls his shirt up over his nose.
@@jeffostroff Very dangerous stuff to be breathing everyday , + listening to those saws all day !!
This is my first time to this channel and I guess he pinned it so it's at the top in capital letters saying you should stop copying other people's content and using it under the Fair Act use or whatever it's a very good thing you sent a rebuttal because I wasn't going to subscribe or like the video because of that comment that comment seem pretty bold as though they knew that what they were talking about that's a deep ass troll so I'm really glad you said something so now I'll subscribe and like your video I'm sorry you got falsely accused I'm sorry I almost fell for that false accuser but I tried to do a little research and test the spirit because you know where's the test of spirits right and I'm just grateful you might have to do that with every video honey you might have to do it because God forbid you lose people because of some ignorant asshole who has nothing else better to do
There are jerks out there on every video that every you tube creator publishes. Just a lot of immature people with nothing fruitful going on their lives, so they waste time on this nonsense.
Nice
thanks mark!
The driveway looks great. The installers did great work. One thing that is concerning is that you should never dry cut. A saw that distributes water to the blade should be used, or someone should be pouring water to the pavers that are being cut to greatly reduce the silica dust. I didn't see anyone using PPE when pavers were being cut so everyone, including Jeff, was breathing silica dust. I wonder how the installers' lungs will work in the future. I hope that someone makes them aware of the damage they are causing and do the proper steps to be safer.
I agree. I stayed away from the cloud of dust when they cut.
OCD Inspectors are the Karens of the building world.
you got that right Ed!
That's why I don't like homeowners association
In the end they serve a vital purpose of keeping us from putting our cars up on 4 blocks
@@jeffostroff And the HOA would have them putting them up on 2, which is insufficient by half.
Completed Driveway looks beautiful, but I thought that was the point of having pavers…? If you have broken or stained pavers you can just replace those particular pavers and not have to interrupt or replace your whole project!?
Majority of your old driveway was still in great shape; I hope you gave those pavers to a place like ‘ReStore- Habitat for Humanity’.
Thanks for sharing all the steps and beautiful driveway and walkway.
I stopped them from carting off more bricks, and posted them on craigslist for free. Guy showed up in 30 minutes with his pickup and tool the rest away to re-use. You can insert new bricks if you have them, these are 27 years old. I wanted a change and these newer bricks with the small diamonds were just the pavers to do this job.
@@jeffostroff plus they would be hard to match color and style!
Just another BUSY-BODY homeowner association. They need to mind their own business and not be so petty!!!
but by eeping all the homes looking tip top the hood has great curb appeal and the houses sell for more
@@jeffostroff If you can find people that don't know the woe's of being in an HOA - there are fewer and fewer of those people around all the time. As people experience them first hand, they learn to stay away. I specifically spent extra time looking for a house without an HOA - 2 houses down the street from me, there is one, but the little corner I'm in has NO HOA and NO CC&R's on the deeds because the developer never set one up / instated that crap on the deeds. The houses in the NON HOA section are better maintained than the ones 2 houses down that have an HOA, so I don't buy into this bs that HOAs improve property values. An HOA in an area not that far from me is run by a total bunch of Karens, and people requested to have basketball hoops so their kids had something to do during COVID last year, and they refused. You own the house, and some Karen won't let you have a basketball hoop in your own driveway for your own kids to use?? If you like your life being dictated by little power hungry HOA nazzis, then they're great. Most sane rational people find them irritating beyond belief.
@@gorak9000 homeowners’ associations are made up of people, and most people are ignoramuses. Best to avoid them at all costs.
I've heard that using play sand is bad for getting ants. Is that true?
Answer wi'll go anywhere Dirt or sand
15:51 BRO !!!! WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU !!!
By the time you read this you should look like a peg leg pirate🤣
these guys made me cringe they were so dangerous.
How much does something like this cost? Just need an idea without calling someone out for estimate
This was $5800 for the driveway
Wait, there are paver available in the US? 😳 Dry cutting pavers is very professional ... NOT!
All guys down here cut concrete dry.
@@jeffostroff It's forbidden in Germany for good reasons.
Is there any reason they don’t use a hose to mist and catch the paver dust from the air when cutting it?
like a wet saw. I don't know, concrete cutting guys have always done it this way
The inspector lol. Like they really care. It’s all about funding their position (with other people’s money). Inspector was probably picked on as a kid and now he/she is knowingly or unknowingly getting back at society…
Pretty interesting. I found you when you were doing videos of the Miami collapse. I don’t know why I want to watch a driveway video, although my driveway is horrendous. Maybe I’ll be inspired to fix it. Anyway, you make it interesting. Thx.
worth every penny!
Those Pavers remind me of my Cutting board 😂
They somewhat make me dizzy. Not waiting two hours for sealant to dry is why this sealant will fail sooner than later.
You can’t use that pressure washer after you put the polymeric sand down it blows all the polymeric sand out of the joints. Yes your pavers are clean but now there’s no more polymeric sand where it needs to be. Yes your pavers are sealed
awesome
thanks Mike!
14:28 - That's not a safe way to use a saw like this.
yes a lot of contractors use tools in risky manners. I see carpenters hold wood on their leg and slice through the wood with circ saw, makes me cringe
Hate to be "that guy" as well, but this particular cut was unnecessarily dangerous holy cow.
@@jeffostroff
I've got almost cold sweat by watching fingers, hands and feet that close to a saw blade in this video. An involuntary amputation waiting to happen.
@@MrKoenig1985 These guys do this all the time A calculated risk
The drive way looks amazing. Do you have the links for the paver bricks you used, both bigger and the smaller one? Thank you for sharing this video.
No I chose them out of a catalog
@@jeffostroff Can you please share the shop info or catalog details where you got it from ? i am looking to do my driveway in the same way. Thank You.
I think I would have tried to paint the old pavers!
Painting old pavers is really not the solution it looks really bad somebody on our street did it and it was terrible and it just makes the driveway even slipperier when it's wet
The key is find quality craftsmen to do your projects, and these guys are disappearing fast!
What I want to know is why a guy would complain about the former contractors on a paving job that was excellent. Then in the next minute complain that an inspector actually wanted you to remove all the pavers so he could check base depth. Did you know how deep the base was on the sidewalk? Don't do half the job and complain that an inspector doing his job is OCD. Oh and I've never seen anyone cut paver that are already on the ground. The cuts just aren't straight when cut on the ground. Thats why saws have flat tables. There's also plastic borders that are secured with big spikes that are used to retain the edges that work at least as well as the cement as ground moves and concrete doesn't so it breaks
Hey Jeff - a question. I will be doing a small patio on the back of my condo. It will be 2- 20” pavers wide and about 20-20” pavers long. Do you think I need to have the vibration machine for this small of a job? I do think that the polymer sand will be a good choice, but not sure I want to invest in the vibration machine for such a small job. If there something else I could do instead to get it all in the cracks? Again, it will be 20X20s so not nearly as many cracks to fill as you did. BTW, beautiful new driveway!
You need to find some way to vibrate it, you buy a tamper from home depot, $30 and but a board down and down and tamp the board to cause vibration. Are yo on the first floor? not a good idea to add pavers or tile to upper floor patios
@@jeffostroff ok I can do that. My dad has a tamper so I can borrow his (I was going to use it anyway to tamp down the sand before laying the pavers). And yes, this will be on the ground not in a balcony. Thanks!
Awesome job, and fantastic narration!!! With a lot more research, you've motivated me to redo my own driveway in a couple of years!
Is it just me or did I not see the step involving bars and scraping the surface perfectly flush?
Not sure they did it, the tapped the bricks with rubber mallets
Great reason to avoid HOAS. The owner had to spend thousands of dollars at a moments notice because someone else couldnt stand the oil spots on the driveway they dont own. Hopefully they actually fixed the car. Otherwise theyll just have to do it all again
Yeh, there was no need for him to kill the cockroach..other than that the video is ok.
I wholeheartedly agree 💕.
The worker could've allowed he|she to go merrily onward; the insect was leaving his work area anyway.
I hate roaches!
@@jeffostroff
I had a celebrated career in an old 5-diamond, high-rise hotel in Chicago in which roaches were, once-in-awhile, falling from the ceilings, crawling across floors, and etcetera. 😐😑
I believe I saw the grand-daddy of the roach-world there, one day. 😶
We had exterminators, of course. 🙃
When they're outside,
I say: please, leave them be. 🙂
“Do not despise the creatures because they are minute…, doubt not that in these tiny creatures are mysteries more than we shall ever fathom”
~ Charles Kingsley
PS: I loved the paver design your family selected❣
A friend of mine has been in the concrete business since 1981, and since he fancied-up his drive, two neighboring properties ordered his skills on theirs.
Thank you for inspiring others, Jeff.
Cockroaches are vermin, not wildlife…
@@G1llmanBlacklg00n
😄. 👍.
We shouldn't go
out-of-our-way
to kill anything, though. 💓
can any of that old brick be reused?
It could be, I put a craigslist curb alert out and one guy in a pickup showed up and took some, but the contractors really want to remove with bobcat, get it out of the way, and dump truck removes it
i dont like surfaces where there are small bricks, it's not even. asphalt on the other hand is a little too dull and ugly. so i like something in the middle. i like it most where there are very large plates. if i walk in city and have chance where to walk i chose bigger plates. best is to pour concrete and then cut it into large pieces to prevent cracking and to enhance visual appeal. looks good too.
6:45 Down voted
Jeff, nice work. Can you provide the manufactures name and product numbers for the two pavers? I cannot find them.
Also inspectors can make or break you, I've seen 2 show up on one of my jobs and get into a full blown argument over their opinion, and on other projects they've been super helpful and very easy to work with, memorize the good ones so you know when you see them if your screwed or not.
This inspector cost us 5 freaking days! He shows up on Thursday, leaves the note. Not in on Friday, they call Monday 7AM to get on the inspection docket for the day, and he shows up the end of the day Tuesday. My blood was boilng.
@@jeffostroff Like many petty bureaucrats, they can be ate up with their power real or imagined.
Love the driveway. But thank you for reminding me why i will never live in a subdivision with hoa. Power hungry
This is all great...unless of course, you live in a State like our WISCONSIN and have to run a snow blower or plow over it during our 4 months of snow each season!
Would not do a snow plow on this
You’d have to have a rubber blade. I used to plow brick drives all the time. Though, rubber blades don’t do as good of a job.
Did you ask where those guys where from? BADASS CREW no talking just moving. That is a money making crew right there.
Ii think the head guy on the crew placing most of the pavers was Russian
Beautiful job on the drive way, what are they charging in South Florida a sq Foot to do the job?
This was $4800 for the driveway install, then $700 for the polymeric sand and sealing days later
@@jeffostroff That sounds like a good price. How big was the driveway? I've been adding pavers the last two years, contracted.
The driveway looks great and the video was excellent. A couple of questions. I have found that using small area pavers can cause eventual uneveness when something sits on the corner of one of the small pavers. Not a tire, but something smaller that can apply pressure in a small area. Even though the sand is compacted, it can still give. Have you expereinced any unevenness? How did they finish out the perimeter. I saw the mortar/cement for the soldier bricks. It did not look like there was much room left for topsoil and sod though.
yes, all edges had just enough mortar to hold it in place, then grass is brought up on top of it. A few of the pavers have developed a bit of lippage between pavers, and no sand is perfect, and can still shift a bit underneath from rains
Hey Jeff - The new driveway looks amazing - even better in 4K on UA-cam!
thanks, we are still pinching ourselves!
Should be a concrete base?
They always use a bed of sand
Me and my dad started out working in Idaho and it made us take extra step when laying pavers, we would always lay them on top of 2 to 3 inches of cement that had rebar inside and never had any issues in many years it seems like overkill but I've continued to use similar methods in California where we are now, I don't like avoidable call backs by cheeping out on labor or materials.
Good idea!
What’s best between pavers and concrete on a driveway that goes a little down hill
Hi my friend how much cost per sf to do a driveway in your area i live in Orlando fla,,,by the way nice video
They charged $4700 to do the driveway
I really don't know what to say that driveway looks absolutely amazing the old one the 27-year-old one and you couldn't get the grease stains out right you tried so I'm wondering what if you went to some kind of auto parts store and said listen can I have some of your old oil and take all the oil and stain all the other asphalt just oil stain it cover it with plastic and the whole thing would be blended with with the oil stain right and then you wash the top off and now it's a new color but it's Blended and it looks a lot better and probably would last another 27 years but the new driveway obviously you get more money with the new driveway right so good job with that too
Yes, we tried every cleaner out there that people said would work. Even had a company acid wash the driveway but did not work
That letter from the HOA was dated January 2020. You had 15 days to comply. You're doing that now? You're still in violation.
LOL, they cut us some slack during covid, wrote me again in January of this year, I got the approval, and waited 12 weeks for bricks to be made, then the install.
Splendid ! Many thanks for all the trouble you have taken with describing all the steps and the time stamps !
Glad you liked it Robert!
wow.these guys really know what they are doing! looks great.
It was cool filming them
Funny. Most of the neighbors have asphalt. And they’re being told to pressure wash their pavers. 😂
HOAs, gotta love them!
I would just painted them. Old ones look better.
Do you know how deep the power lines are? Thank you.
When I look at the meter Box they appear to be about 12" or so below the surface I don't know if that's the way it is across the yard or not
@@jeffostroff Thank you very much for your response. I appreciate it.
The old driveway looked better, just needed cleaning.
could not get oil out
That looks awesome, Jeff! Congrats on the new driveway 👍
thank you so much!
you can tell he put him self in this video fake its not his work.He's using viideo editing scammer
maybe i'm wrong maybe his driveway.Still seemss like a scammer
. 5:02 *_Houston, we have a problem_* ! . . .
Yes sure. But more than ONE problem. 1st of all you rose the wrong finger. Then who is that neighbor that is this much-pissed off?! so what she/she needs to know about his! property!? One thing for sure, this ain't end here... Not to forget 15:47 that should have been on some other location! ( ; - )
Then this is exactly why I never buy a property that has H&A at any damn cheap price. God bless everyone else.
btw thanks for sharing this great job and seriously wished you could end up with a more ugly, eyesore color of the pavement that they deserve and won't reflect the imperfections caused by that leaking car that surely will not be changed!
Car was sold already, no more oil stains
@@jeffostroff A lot of time a small O ring change in the line is all that is needed to address the leak (Hydraulic lines) and if it is the gasket etc, yes better sell the problem to someone else who can deal with it.
I’m not sure if it’s just me, but some of those pavers don’t look level (some are higher than others). Reading comments, I understand now how you were able to pay “cheap” to have this done. Lots of foreigners undercharge to make sure they get the job. They’re more about quantity over quality. I’m a foreigner too, but no way I’d sell myself cheap. By the way, Not to be negative but I doubt that install wi last as long as the original driveway
This was not a cheap job, and I did not see any unlevel pavers. This was a professional contracting company with VPs and directors, and at the end of the video I showed you their $1 million project in Boca That just completed the paving for. This cost $6000 which is about in the range what a paver brick driveway goes for. This was about 20 x 20 driveway.
@@jeffostroff you know, I guess you are right. I didn’t take into account a few steps/ or if you were building a BRAND new patio. This was a much easier project than doing a brand new one. I wasn’t taking into account the excavation and base stone material/ labour. I wasn’t trying to offend you, I just missed a few extra steps. Still, for 6k you transformed your driveway and walkway. You are happy and you HOA is happy. That’s what matters!
Enjoyed the video, but would hate to think how much something like this costs
This was $4800 for the driveway install, then $700 for the polymeric sand and sealing days later
Love your driveway, those other asphalt driveways look horrible.
I am so over cracked and crumbling driveways
Jeff, your work is simply unbelievable. I mean, how can one man literally pave himself up to his knees into the middle of a driveway, and STILL finish the paving job??? Well Jeffrey, you can count me in as a new subscriber, and I’ll be following your new, ill-fated career as a Driveway Speedbump...
Ha! yes sir, see you at the premier 4 pm
I'm planning on changing my driveway myself. I have not experienced doing it but it's my house so I can take the risk. The question is what's the deal with those inspectors? Do I need any permission to fix my own driveway?
I'm surprised the pattern didn't violate HOA something. Even with that sealer 20:54 still think you might need that tool if there's ever another oil spill.
I sent the HOA photos of tiles and drawings and they approved. The sealant is supposed to be resistant to oil spills, so hopefully we don't have to test that.
Give it a year or 2, the HOA will find something to complain about. As I say, 'If there's an HOA, just say "NO WAY"' - NEVER buy a house in an HOA unless you like being pestered continually about the stupidest crap.
How much would this cost? Labor and materials. What was the total work time (how many days?)
This total job was about $6000. The 1st day The demolition crew came and took them about 2 hours with a Bobcat to pull up all of the old driveway bricks and haul them away then they put down sand on the driveway and tamped it down. Then on the 2nd day they came and put more sand and tampt it down again After starting about 7 AM, they finished by 3:30 PM
@@jeffostroff thank you!
some blocks look two different colors in some spots.
No, fingers were sacrificed in the process, real pros...
or toes either! These guys had me nervous!
the classical motif matches the house perfectly
make sit look wealthy
That's a beautiful driveway.
HI Jeff, I need to put a sealer for my pool deck. Would you be able to share the information of the company that you use put the sealer for your driveway? Thanks in advance.
Mind you they did this all on a diagonal .... damn .
My daughter and son-in-law just did a new patio in pavers. My hubby and I helped haul 7 pallets of paver and one of sand from the driveway to the back yard. It sure is nice!
They had it excavated, gravel compacted on the dirt with a weed barrier underneath. The sand was not leveled by eye but with 1” pipe laid to screed over. Interesting this was not so detailed sand leveling - must be the experience showing.
Wow that is a lot of work!
Very cool driveway and walkway. These guys really knew what they were doing. I was a little uneasy when their hands got so close to the saw blade. 😣
That one seen the blade was spinning an inch from his toe!
@@jeffostroff Once, I was doing a big landscape job next-door to a house where a man was doing a patio and fire pit decorative stone job. Beautiful work! However, he used no safety glasses with his saw and he worked in flip-flops. I complimented him on his work but told him I was frightened for his safety. He said he had been doing it this way for 10 years with no problem. I never saw him again, but I wondered if his career ended after 1 or 2 more years.
Damn that looks good. What’s the cost on that about 40K?
This was $4800 for the driveway install, then $700 for the polymeric sand and sealing days later
@@jeffostroff really? Amazing deal .
@@jeffostroff did they give you a huge discount? Lol great deal for the Florida area.
@@jeffostroff Wow that wasn't bad.
Wow i think the original looked pretty good