How To Build A Stepping Stone Path - Small Cost With Big Results!

A stepping stone path is a great way to step up your landscaping and connect different parts of your yard. Although there is a bit of manual labor involved the material cost can be very reasonable. This is a perfect weekend project and you can select inexpensive pavers or natural stone for a higher-end look.

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[jwrightgardening]

Well I kinda did this myself but I just simply tossed the pavers onto the grass thinking I could at least walk on them and stay out of the slippery muddy grass until I had time to do it nicer. But the pavers just sank into the ground as we walked on them and are level with the ground after one year.

[Geoduck.]

I never would have thought of using a reciprocating saw with used blade. What a great idea!

[sharonbannister]

Thank you! We’ve been talking about installing pavers in the path between the front an back yard for years. It’s shady so grass won’t grow and there are roots from surrounding trees. My husband and I both watched the video, moved the 16 inch pavers around a bit until we were both happy and the next day we got started. Using the edger was brilliant! That was the most intimidating part. We did use an ax and loppers on a few roots but it was surprisingly easy. Because it’s July and we’re not young we installed four pavers each morning. We’re pretty darn pleased with ourselves.

[meatball]

First off-always by 2 extra. You will break one now or later. Especially if at the store you realize they’re very wet towards the center they will be fragile there. Sometimes i lay them out in sun for day or 2 to let them dry and harden first. They’re stacked pretty quickly at cement yards and aren’t quite hard enough yet in the center.
I’ve been both a General Contractor and Had a landscape Design install business in Florida-both business around 25 yrs. So I’ve done every paver 1000s of times. I’ve never seen or thought about the sawzall. That was genius but if people do this in Florida keep in mind the cable lines are in inch below surface, water lines are 4-6 inches and then your sprinkler anywhere from 2-6 inches. I know people will say I’m wrong and that’s not code. I’m not talking about where they ‘should’ be -just where they are. I love the sawzall idea but there’s alot places here you couldn’t use it without pissing off your wife or neighbor when you hack their cable line on a Sunday. When you use a spade like he did and wiggle it down you can actually feel a cable line or pvc pipe while you push it down. If you get any resistance stop and check. If you know you are in line of the cable box by road and your cable hookup by house then just pull up your cable line because seriously it’s just below the surface and you can tuck it back down after you’re done in sane slot or make a slot with your shovel and tuck it in. Trust me. I’ve hit a waterline for a complex of a 1000 ppl and it was 4 inches below surface at this one spot and it shot a 50 foot geyser and turned the roads into a river in minutes. It was just in a little old ladies garden so not some place you might think. So in Florida do with caution even if you get stuff marked. Many ppl don’t know even when you get stuff marked they have a 3 foot variable on each side of that mark. So if they mark a water line it could be 3 feet on each side if their line & not where the painted line is, lol. And you’d be surprised how much you can feel if you wiggle the spade downward and meet a pipe or cable and then be able to work around it without breaking it.

[serenadevon]

This is probably the easiest home diy i have seen of this type & i have been watching quite a few 😂

[marathonrunner]

Sir, I appreciate your candor and honesty at the end of the video where you admitted you cracked a paver. It's reassuring to know that accidents like that can happen to anyone! Regardless, if the worst thing that ever happens to you is you crack a paver, you have NOTHING to worry about in life! Enjoy your day.

[kevincharles]

I did this same project a couple of years ago. I wish i had the shovel you used. It would have made the depth of my cuts a lot more consistent. I also wish I didn’t set the pavers quite as deep as I did. I need to raise them a bit already. Definitely a DIY job and I'm almost 70.

[igelkott]

It looks to me like you set them a little deep. I would've raised them up a little. I remember we had a stone path in our backyard where I grew up and it settled over the years and slowly was being overgrown by the grass. Another case was some border bricks that after 10-15 years slowly disappeared under the lawn. I think when laying them out at the beginning it's good to leave them a little proud so that it'll be longer before you have to reset them.

[veronicalee]

I did this to my 2 garden gates, shed, and Koi pond. I just lay them down on the lawn and over time they sunk into the ground, so there was NO digging for this gal! Walkway looks GREAT today!

[ShellSellars-Smith]

I had a client do this and set them in concrete using double thick path with these stones. It looks so professional!

[keithneal]

Did this same job about 3 weeks ago for a pathway to wife’s garden. I did find the larger paving slabs were prone to cracking just bringing them home in the back of the truck. Additionally I added a tiny amount of cement to the sand to help them bed down better. 9-1.

[bigbearbear]

The use of a reciprocating saw to cut out the turf is pure genius! I will use this method for some of my garden projects.

[mukeshvig]

For someone like me who prefers DIY, this was so satisfying to see your project take a great shape.
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[goldnpink]

this is cool. I got 47 pavers to recycle and this is fantastic.

[maripresta]

Well I made the jump and bought 100 16”x16” pavers… I’m gonna do a 10’ x 23’ patio in a checkerboard pattern with mosses in between … 😮. Wish me luck !!! Lol

[Kas]

I enjoy doing gardening and this is something I would love to do myself. Thank you for your videos and God bless you and your family.

[hassanbazzi]

This is one fun simple project and is very doable for anyone. It really gave the landscape a better look by connecting the property. Well done and thank you for sharing

[dianaorozco]

This is such a great video for someone like myself that want to do themselves but just need guidance! GREAT STUFF ❤

[larryz]

I would do it myself, but probably would make it a 2 day project so as to minimize the physical effect. Great project and it is EXACTLY what we could use to connect our house and our daughter next door. Love the sawzall method and something I would never have thought of. Thanks.

[cherrycherry]

Thanks for the tip about the saw!!! I can do this myself now.