How else are you going to fit all of the new models from every brand?
@wildfire928024 күн бұрын
It's like a regular gravel driveway, but with extra steps
@superimposedtab5 ай бұрын
Ehhh gravel doesn’t hold shape really at all tho. You’ll get ditches eventually
@ThinkTooMuch695 ай бұрын
No, much better. No pits forming from crevices. No water draining away lines of gravel into the road. Not weed sprouting.
@ImNotaRussianBot5 ай бұрын
@ThinkTooMuch69 not if you lazy taterheads would use this fancy space age device called a drag and maintain your shit🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ take your bs driveway elsewhere I'll save my money drink a beer and drive my wheeler around twice a year pulling a $20 driveway drag 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@RoCkR095 ай бұрын
did you miss permeable?
@p6v6655 ай бұрын
@@p6v665crushed rock isn’t permeable, washed rock is. Voiceover is inaccurate
@codedrivenjeff5 ай бұрын
$155 for one square tile? No thanks. I’d rather spend the money on a stronger concrete or asphalt driveway.
@ArchangelMichael.11 күн бұрын
Literally 10 cents of plastic molded and upcharged to $155 lol
@n0rsca3925 күн бұрын
Depending on where you live some counties have a strict concrete/asphalt to land plot ratio and won’t allow for that much material and you are forced to have gravel
@justinaguallo4364 күн бұрын
@@justinaguallo436a driveway that size with these molded plastic tiles, when all is said and done, is about 200k. I’ll deal with plain gravel.
@southernparadise98963 күн бұрын
@@southernparadise9896 yeah that’s fine, my reply was for concrete/asphalt!
@justinaguallo4363 күн бұрын
Ye just get me a good ol paved driveway in that case. Cheaper and it looks nicer as well
@timon70953 күн бұрын
Nobody in their right mind would go to this much trouble... for a gravel driveway.
@russh.736316 күн бұрын
then you could had have it "Gepflastert" as we say in Germany :DD
@matzepeng33712 күн бұрын
Heck I would! That's if it were cheap! An ol wagon trail has less pot holes in it than my driveway! Perfect for going mudding on 🙄🤦🏼♀️😤
@arosefortes65072 күн бұрын
@@arosefortes6507it’s 155$ a piece of the plastic thing I saw some other guy in the comments say
@Star_1_1_1_1Күн бұрын
@@Star_1_1_1_1 That's around what it is for a set of them. You get around 30-50 sq ft per set in coverage. A "normal" sized driveway would probably cost +/- $500 in this stuff.
@LusterreduxКүн бұрын
@@Lusterredux then wtf was the other guy saying???
@Star_1_1_1_1Күн бұрын
They installed this system at a new building for my company. It was like driving through slush, threw up rocks that broke windows, and the plastic grid started to come up out of the rocks after only a few weeks. In less than a year it was completely ripped out and replaced with concrete. EDIT: For everyone saying that we drove on it wrong, or went too fast, or there was too much traffic. The only way into the area was through a security gate that you needed a code for. We moved into the offices in August 2022, but the building was not yet open to the public. (As of this writing: January 2024, it still isn't.) For the majority of the time, the staff of 3 were the only ones in the building. Within a month of the offices being opened, management was already talking about having the gravel replaced with concrete.
@TimeLady85 ай бұрын
Jesus lmfao
@Jordan-rb285 ай бұрын
Sounds like it would only be good in driveways(small and very low speed), as opposed to parking lots. I also wonder if the prep was incorrect in the case you described.
@dearboy055 ай бұрын
@@dearboy05 It wasn't a parking lot. It was a semi-circular driveway.
@TimeLady85 ай бұрын
i would imagine rocks would fly but the thing is you should only be driving 10mph in a car park so im wondering......
@mikemccausland65875 ай бұрын
@@mikemccausland6587 The issue with flying rock was due to them getting into the grass and them being thrown when the grass was cut. There was no way to be certain there were no rocks anywhere in the grass because they would be picked up and carried the car tires or in your shoes. (We parked on the grass, which just made it worse.) They ended up everywhere, including up inside the framework of the cars driving over it.
@TimeLady85 ай бұрын
You combined the high cost and intense labour of a cement driveway with the mediocrity of a gravel driveway lmao
@klusey52445 ай бұрын
Ok, go stick in concrete... oh no, you've just spent $20k and now you have to rip it out because you don't understand permeability requirements... (also the person that made the driveway didn't understand them either or would have used washed rock). There are places you just can't go sticking in as much surface as you would like, no matter what you think your god given rights are.
@petergraphix67403 ай бұрын
Cement driveway will cost way more 😂
@GX2re2 ай бұрын
@@petergraphix6740you need a license/permit to pour concrete 😂
@RoyalLineageLLC2 ай бұрын
@@petergraphix6740and permission from the county to do so anyone just can run around pouring mixes like no tomorrow
@RoyalLineageLLC2 ай бұрын
@@GX2reoh really now? Bc im willing to be you money right now that i can get a quote from 2 different companies that says otherwise on the cost of installing this bullshit over concrete
@surr3ald3sign2 ай бұрын
Hey yall. This is product placement. The idea is stupid and unnecessary because it's an ad. Hope this helps clarify.
@jessicadragonare799312 күн бұрын
Right? My friend was looking for "green" ideas at work cuz they asked him to. He found a spray that claimed to lower greenhouses gases. All you do is spray it on your building evenly. Two coats work even better, and once it dries, its invisible! Its almost as if you did do a damn thing! Well, wastimg time and money and creating more plastix garbage is a thing...
@jackasschicken59226 күн бұрын
damn bro thanks, honestly didn't even think of that. I just thought it seemed strange lol
@beelzebub72214 күн бұрын
Hmm idk. I think the product itself is useful and has uses. It’s good at levelling and also making sure the gravel doesn’t move too much over time as it’s held in place by the lattice rather than just kinda pounded together by the compacter. I’ve personally used it (only in a very small project to level ground for a shed) and it’s pretty good, easy to use, and also takes up a lot of space that would otherwise be gravel (which whilst cheap ish, is a pain in the ass to move around so having to use less of it is nice
@eds72283 күн бұрын
Oh. That makes sense. The whole time i was like "yeah, sure is green to introduce more plastic to erode into yhe environment with all the friction from yhe rocks and weathering from water passing through it"
@penjamin14793 күн бұрын
It is an ad, but it doesn't mean it is a useless product. It's like seeing an advertisement for prescription glasses and calling it a scam because you have good vision. L take, especially when this product gets plastic out of landfills, and actually adds stability and support to a gravel driveway.
@JoeKaylor3 күн бұрын
I saw this and was like "how are we supposed to snowblow that?" before remembering some people live in snow-free locations
@Uufda65113 күн бұрын
That was my first thought exactly. A plow would destroy that in one pass.
@ashg72199 күн бұрын
Plow?! It’s a driveway not farmland.
@sethlarson94338 күн бұрын
@@sethlarson9433Snow plow
@damoneustice97738 күн бұрын
@@sethlarson9433 a snow plow, think bulldozer blade.
@TimberWolfD18 күн бұрын
@@sethlarson9433Snow plows exist- But even a snowblower would destroy this easily lol
@MoonlitBookworm738 күн бұрын
I’m no expert….. wait a minute, yes I am. This is not the correct rock if you want it to be permeable. Low spots will definitely pool.
@tadyoshi36105 ай бұрын
I put down a lot of 3/4 minus crusher run, it turns into an impermeable surface in a hurry with any decent compaction.
@fastst15 ай бұрын
My stepdad works construction and this was practically his response 😂 "everyone's got their own thing, not my house not my problem till they ask for help"
@defectiveaffect5 ай бұрын
Won’t they also because he’s putting in a barrier to stop water that makes it thru the compacted drive being as it’s not completely solid not be able to be absorbed by the ground to cause the lower level to break up and eventually cause the upper level to break up causing cracks all over it ?
@anthonycaruso80145 ай бұрын
Are you able to plow your driveway in the winter snowstorms
@newbluerugby5 ай бұрын
@@newbluerugby well with great care !
@fastst15 ай бұрын
$500,000 later, we had a gravel driveway
@marknunya31073 ай бұрын
no doubt.....imagine winter melt and them filling up , then night time hits temps go back down.....I got a rink
@ttfahdАй бұрын
What a damn mess
@wademckinnon2429Ай бұрын
There is a house with a permeable driveway about half a mile down the road from me. I guess it's about eight years now and there are ruts in it. The shiny gravel is still mostly there, but the gravel has spread out a bit in all directions especially towards the street. Theirs is permeable because it had washed aggregate where the fines were removed. Some weeds can grow on it as winds, tree sap, cottonwood, pollen, mold, etc over the years have deposited enough material to allow weeds to grow in it. The house is on its 2nd owner and they pulled the weeds as it recently looked clear of any growth. But it does rut but certainly far far less than simply pouring gravel over dirt.
@animejanai4657Ай бұрын
@@animejanai4657 Interesting.
@geoculus5606Ай бұрын
LMAO, really!
@georgedavall9449Ай бұрын
"Gravel driveways are nightmares" " MINE will be different! "
@truthveritas873015 күн бұрын
My family transformed our driveway with one truck of gravel and a bunch of kids with rakes. Two hours and $150 lasted a few years.
@CoxDannyJ16 күн бұрын
How long is "a few years" though
@Johanyohann5 күн бұрын
@@Johanyohann For 150 bucks? 1 year is long enough lol.
@PoolamRules5 күн бұрын
And a couple of 🍕 s and 🥤!
@gloriaramirez16315 күн бұрын
Same. Except I'm one of the kids, and the only one who still benefits from the driveway year round.
@Br0nto5aurus4 күн бұрын
Concrete is a huge contributor to flooding. We need better options but not this one.
@wormwood81913 күн бұрын
Compacted crushed stone isn’t permeable. My company installs permeable paver systems and I can tell you that system doesn’t work the way the voiceover claims. You have to use a washed stone base…not crushed. The weed barrier is permeable, but the stone isn’t.
@mikeweaver12145 ай бұрын
Correct
@julianhorn25775 ай бұрын
Oh no...
@karambit65085 ай бұрын
If you take out the sand and silt fraction crushed rock is permable.
@familienglum39025 ай бұрын
And here I thought the Barrier was the problem.
@flagertshkurti72495 ай бұрын
The fabric will be permeable to weeds in the future. Nothing can stop them 😅
@vmr67715 ай бұрын
"Driveway" = "entire property"
@mattrumbattrum9952Ай бұрын
“Next we tore down the house and replaced it with a Dutch gravel retention and sunning system.”
@winonafrog23 күн бұрын
Presumptuous and pointless statement with nothing to prove it right or wrong.
@bigguccinelly30020 күн бұрын
Are you blind? Don't you see that tiny shack which has 1 room (multipurpose bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room all-in-one)?
@amaze372713 күн бұрын
Maybe it's a driveway for little planes
@kayurien84512 күн бұрын
@@bigguccinelly300thus the “”, also, that’s a huge drive way no matter what.. can fit like 5 vehicles.
@LordDomielOfElysium8 күн бұрын
Yard/garden/weed fabric is an absolute nightmare. 7 years after buying my house, I've been spending months ripping it all out by hand because it looks like trash bags showing through the ground. It stopped the weeds for the first year and that's it. 🙃
@fuzz66812 күн бұрын
Glad to see at least one company figured out how to make recycling profitable. You're literally paying them for the opportunity to bury their trash in your yard. Absolutely genius
@zp94413 күн бұрын
I am crying at this comment hahahahahahahaha!
@TheFakeyCakeMaker8 күн бұрын
😅
@MaidenMacabre8 күн бұрын
What a dumb comment - anything that has been recycled was previously trash. What's wrong with that?
@jmckendry845 күн бұрын
@jmckendry84 because with the cost of materials and labor to do this you could of just poured a concrete pad. So you are paying a company to put junk plastic and bury it in your property lol
@frogking55735 күн бұрын
@@frogking5573 You could also use concrete made from recycled plastic instead. South Africa has been using it for its asphalt roads, and apparently they last much longer than any other kind (works for concrete too). Only problem is, companies make less money because you don't have to replace your driveway as often, so thats a no go too.
@cringelord77763 күн бұрын
Gravel driveways are nightmares. Lawnmowers become rock guns.
@rwalters126 күн бұрын
No lawns left to mow if everything is now a gravel driveway.
@deathstr1ker666623 күн бұрын
MY POOR BEAUTIFUL GLASS KITCHEN DOOR!! may it RIP
@Nowyouknowmore22 күн бұрын
Yea We have a long gravel driveway and it’s so dusty when I mow And when I clean a car it gets dirty again when I move it back to where it was because of the dust :/
@DaPlenThing21 күн бұрын
Also think of snow removal
@urmommamudkips834320 күн бұрын
@@urmommamudkips8343🤯 😖 😩 😳 i cannot imagine why anyone would WANT a *gravel driveway* in the first place! 😬😫
@76marji20 күн бұрын
"Instead of bringing this plastic to the landfill, we put it in the ground"
@DulcetNuanceАй бұрын
And we wonder why we have microplstics in the drinking water and our testosterone goes down
@andreasstuermer494617 күн бұрын
Plastic layer beneath and plastic grid is disgusting
@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz917213 күн бұрын
@@andreasstuermer4946iono bout you but Im on my fifth chunk of irradiated plastic and Im feeling manly
@Paxximus9 күн бұрын
that smooth gravel base is like screaming "pour asphalt over me!"
@rogeriopenna901416 күн бұрын
Oh god, please don't, lol. We have specific materials that go under asphalt and that rock is way too big.
@ceraunoashe91349 күн бұрын
@@ceraunoashe9134 you don't need anything except compact gravel under asphalt
@yono3675 күн бұрын
@yono367 not by coty regulations at least... you need roadbase with a specific hydration and compaction level to be even allowed to pave. That's how it is in Colorado
@ceraunoashe91344 күн бұрын
@@ceraunoashe9134 the regulations are for public roads. But yeah, you still need a finger aggregate before the binder and then the asphalt. But it was simply a humorous comment, meant to say that was a nice and compact base
@rogeriopenna90144 күн бұрын
@@ceraunoashe9134 yeah for road work/city work maybe they make you do that lol but not private sector
@yono3672 күн бұрын
I will take a 6" slab concrete double wide driveway over this. Half the cost.
@accurateapplianceelectroni970317 күн бұрын
A weed barrier is one thing, but it's the dirt and leaf litter on top which causes weed problems eventually. Dirt is trapped in the gravel and stuff just grows. Every time - without fail
@pm28862 ай бұрын
Yeah I've found 5/8" minus makes a wonderful growing medium!
@toma515329 күн бұрын
I hate " weed barrier" " landscape fabric". Waste of time and money. Glad someone else knows.
@treeguyable22 күн бұрын
Life, uh, finds a way.
@Simpson178665 күн бұрын
But weed barrier, when it lasts, prevents weeds from rooting more than a couple inches deep, so they are easy to pull out.
@horsepanther9 сағат бұрын
For the labor cost, get a complete concrete driveway.
@xu47995 ай бұрын
Aaah yess, the good old 'fuck nature it doesn't need the water anyways' approach
@dschaedler5 ай бұрын
That would then look even worse than the stone desert in the vid...
@turkishmaid5 ай бұрын
@@dschaedler Lol... Yes it's all about "nature". Concrete has many advantages. If you're that "pro nature" maybe you should live in the woods and live 100% sustainably like the idiotic climate protesters blocking roads.
@PapaP865 ай бұрын
To me concrete seems like one of them worst materials for your driveway
At the end of the day, you still have a gravel driveway.
@aberamagold750911 күн бұрын
And I'm sure it has an astronomical price tag to go with it!
@crystalphenneger12 күн бұрын
I love how the internet makes people feel like they are reinventing the wheel.
@n8rm3 ай бұрын
It's just allowed monorail salesmen reach more people with less effort.
@IdealConscienceАй бұрын
@@IdealConsciencehey man, look at how he used a homemade leveler out of just immaculate untouched wood bought fresh for this, and immaculate clean rope bought fresh for this, he's such a based guy just working hard!!!!
@calebbarnhouse496Ай бұрын
in the same vein, everyone in the comments is always an expert
@smellierskellier27 күн бұрын
@@smellierskellier Yeah, but in the comments you get a spectrum of nuance, from people who vibe, to people who don't, and everywhere in between ar people sharing their opinions just like fi you talked to people irl about the same thing
@Skumm9315 күн бұрын
@@IdealConscience to be fair, the monorail did put those towns in the map!
@InfernosReaper12 күн бұрын
Buddy, you completely sealed your front yard.
@spaceexplorer394228 күн бұрын
No he didnt. Those cloth weed barriers do literally nothing to stop weeds
@eftheusempire23 күн бұрын
@@eftheusempire it stops them but over time weeds will grow on top if a seed settles
@Jim26D23 күн бұрын
@@Jim26D Yup. Weeds are good at that.
@valkhorn23 күн бұрын
Nature always wins
@ex-spontaneous-spontaneous413422 күн бұрын
@@eftheusempireOf course not, as first earth and seeds are blown onto the gravel, then the weed comes. But this is, how we use them, to stabilize green. Without the liners below and without clean gravel, just use the dirt laying around. We WANT that the nature takes back and is not turned to mud when sometimes a car comes by. Not for everyday use.
@flexiblebirdchannel22 күн бұрын
I think normal grass would've been the better option
@GamesbiteRtDL14 күн бұрын
Dude was like a 70% of the way to just call in a few cement trucks
@kurtnorman87015 күн бұрын
Bro really said make his driveway look like a prison yard
@ethancotton1549Ай бұрын
😂 cannot relate
@sebastienfoulc860025 күн бұрын
❤Q11 free😂🎉😂and li❤@@sebastienfoulc8600
@rtjames800824 күн бұрын
I couldn’t think of something to compare it to, but it does look institutionalized and not attractive to the curb appeal! I would not want to buy that home if it were up for sale and had that blacked out driveway!
@MariaEOD22 күн бұрын
@@MariaEOD 100% agreed, where's the greenery gone? It looks terrible for a home
@ethancotton154922 күн бұрын
That looks like a more expensive way to lay down gravel
@8thst.garage1445 ай бұрын
It is
@Veryfruityloopy4 ай бұрын
My husband though so too. Until winter came and he saw exactly what I meant by "it's not gonna lie where you put it". The cars dug through the gravel and into the clay below, and we had several situation where he used over an hour to get the car loose, and had to call people to come and help him push it. Then we put down a system like this. Never had issues like previously mentioned again.
@lollsazz4 ай бұрын
It's more expensive at base cost but holds so much better. And doesn't require the maintenance level of concrete.
@minacapella83194 ай бұрын
@@minacapella8319”maintenance level of concrete” what? Brother a concrete driveway will last 25-30 years. Like you really don’t even gotta do anything.
@Hoodooboiiii4 ай бұрын
It needs to be compacted.
@monsesh13164 ай бұрын
"How much microplastic do you want your driveway to leak?" "All of it please!"
@Littlecrash16 күн бұрын
Driveway is worth more than the house 💀
@js7037115 күн бұрын
They defeated the point of a gravel driveway..........cost
@irahenderson78402 ай бұрын
Some people like a quality product and will pay for it 🤷
@teaguejelinek4038Ай бұрын
@@teaguejelinek4038 ... And some people like an expensive product regardless of quality.
@AndrewFullertonАй бұрын
@@teaguejelinek4038 That's the other problem, a lot of people here on the comments are saying that this is worse than just gravel
@projectdeveloper9311Ай бұрын
My thoughts, been in constr 35 yrs. Looks expensive to begin with. cheaper and more efficient routes available
@Floyd-bz9voАй бұрын
Granulated worx pretty good, packs like concrete
@Floyd-bz9voАй бұрын
All the drawbacks of gravel, with all the cost and labor of concrete. Great Job!!
@glitchtulsa342921 күн бұрын
lol! I was thinking something similar.. Gotta show it after it rains w/1-3” precipitation. It’s really thin so after a few months of driving (parking) on it with anything heavier than 1/2 ton truck that be plastic will be crushed .. gravity , never forget about gravity! I just think that kinda important.
@analogalien65114 күн бұрын
@@analogalien651nah, it won’t break. Even if it does crack in a few places, it’ll still do it’s job.
@Pluralofvinylisvinyls14 күн бұрын
@@Pluralofvinylisvinyls “I won’t break” and “Even if it does crack” What? Either it does or doesn’t
@sharicamonet967513 күн бұрын
@@sharicamonet9675 do you have a learning disability that affects your reading comprehension. Neither sentence contradicts the other.
@Pluralofvinylisvinyls13 күн бұрын
@@Pluralofvinylisvinylsand, what is the job of that plastic grid?
@johnanon65813 күн бұрын
My dude couldn’t even grade it off with the skid steer and still had to rake his balls off…
@Shank_Sinatra14 күн бұрын
pricepoint done this way: 90k pricepoint if you just pour some concrete: 1.5k upsides done this way: roots wont completely ruin it. water can go through. ice shields wont ever form. doesnt have to be completely flat to work decently upsides done cheap way: quick, cheap, cannot be messed up, roots wont do a thing for many years until they finally break the slab, will dry very quickly. at least that's what i'd estimate
@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw998811 күн бұрын
That weed barrier aint gonna stop the dealers.
@-weaponized649324 күн бұрын
😳 it never does, does it?? 🧐
@76marji20 күн бұрын
@@76marji no weeds are growing out of 4 inches of crushed compacted rock. you might get a weed or 2 but its growing out of dirt/seed from the top, nothing is growing from the botttom.
@darylmixan817013 күн бұрын
@@darylmixan8170 You totally missed the joke 🤣 Weed dealers!! As in ganja, Mary Jane, stuff that some people can't go a day without.
@FrankPCarpi13 күн бұрын
@@darylmixan8170 Hasta yo que no hablo Inglés entendí el chiste.
@tk150013 күн бұрын
@@tk1500😂😂😂😂
@JessicaL08512 күн бұрын
Seems like an incredible way to over charge and under deliver.
@thetokerjokersmusic22 күн бұрын
My driveway to the house is a meadow. I excavated the ground and filled it with gravel. Then I compacted this course. I laid two traces of stone as a path for the wheels of the vehicle. I sifted the soil and mixed it with sand. Then I filled about 4 inches on top of the gravel, compacted the soil and seeded sod. This driveway doesn't get hot in the summer and allows rain to seep away.
@axelmende827012 күн бұрын
Yes exactly!!
@wailingalen6 күн бұрын
Nah I'll stick with my nice solid concrete driveway ✌️
@HolyDevilSunny161611 күн бұрын
Completely changed it from a gravel driveway to a smooth gravel driveway
@Rena15225 күн бұрын
That's plate compacted to you good sir 😂
@beenzndbalogna9223 күн бұрын
😊 funny! 😂
@76marji20 күн бұрын
@@beenzndbalogna92 😹 & *funnier!* 🤣
@76marji20 күн бұрын
Funniest!!😅😅
@slackinbox828014 күн бұрын
Anyone who's ever seen one of these types of systems after a few years knows they don't last or work well.
@BeKozTube5 ай бұрын
I have similar driveway, Its full of bumps
@Hnkka5 ай бұрын
Bumps are good… and it settles out. Its always permeable There’s a huge pipe under it, so it’s collecting water… problem is he puts tar paper and plastic in it… so you shouldn’t drink that water or farm with it without distilling and filtering I don’t get why you’d use this? It’d just break apart into nano particles
@pazsion5 ай бұрын
exactly.
@Rastei5 ай бұрын
I'd imagine they would slide around over time, especially in wet tropical climates.
@jdsguam5 ай бұрын
Oh not to mention adding micro plastics to the surrounding environment
@VeChainStacks5 ай бұрын
putting plastic directly into the ground, nice. Weed barrier decays into a massive pain, and disperses plastics as it breaks down, and as it decays it becomes harder and harder to remove. however that probably isn't an issue with a driveway, still lots of plastic 🫤
@jakeshapiro38913 күн бұрын
Also don't allow heavy vehicles to EVER drive on this driveway. Those retained metaled driveway products have a maximum weight of sweet fuck all.
@alfascav175416 күн бұрын
"Weed barrier" Dandelions: "And I took that personally"
@RabiezDeWorgen24 күн бұрын
I remember my dad learning the hard way about the vengeance of dandelions when he put weed barrier cloth down. They made a full invasion and tore up that cloth within less than 2 weeks. I saw less dedication to protect in plants vs zombies than I did in those dandelions.
@rustyhowe390721 күн бұрын
That made me laugh way harder😂 than it should have. Thank you, I genuinely needed that. Now I'm smiling!!
@user-vh8lv1lm4j16 күн бұрын
@@rustyhowe3907Thank you for the mental picture. 😅😂
@user-vh8lv1lm4j16 күн бұрын
@@user-vh8lv1lm4j Glad to have made you smile, to add to the comedy my dad ending up ripping out each flower and giving them names that were profanity.
@rustyhowe390716 күн бұрын
Kek
@leovillant76811 күн бұрын
"How is this different from me having a ton of gravel just being dumped and me spreading it over with a rake? " "Well, this way you pay me 4500 dollars"
@ArtypNk26 күн бұрын
No pits forming from crevices. No water draining away lines of gravel into the road. Not weed sprouting.
@PebloCostibar15 күн бұрын
@@PebloCostibar that's not really what happens dude you still get all that just with chunks of plastic you will be cleaning up forever. I've been doing commercial and residential landscaping for 15 years I've installed these before by request and was called back to remove every single one within 2 years because the plastic breaks within 6 months and you have plastic bits that stick out everywhere and that's ifthe plastic itself doesn't straight up work its way out and poke halfway out of the rock this stuff only makes sence on a steep hill that rock won't normally stay on...
@Crackpidgeonextreme15 күн бұрын
@@Crackpidgeonextreme Ok this just popped into my head what would happen if instead of plastic it was metal would it last longer? What would the Pros and Cons be.
@cyrushansen537813 күн бұрын
@@PebloCostibar(X)
@johnanon65813 күн бұрын
@@cyrushansen5378no pros, just the cons of metal shards coming up to puncture tires, lol
@johnanon65813 күн бұрын
I have zero knowledge on roadway construction but I do know that driveway still looks like crap even after all that wasted work😂
@yodoleheehoo9017 күн бұрын
Me stopping my homework to watch this after seeing a notification for this video💀
@rund3306Сағат бұрын
It’s called Cellular Confinement and it’s been around for decades. It was never designed to be a permeable solution. It was designed for stabilization and erosion control. The plastic pieces should also be fastened to the ground with spikes before backfilling. When done properly, a system like this can support a 60,000 pound fire truck. And that’s on grass.
@billgermani57695 ай бұрын
The company I worked for had me putting it down were all the grass was going
@bretcappola69045 ай бұрын
I have been looking at doing this with grass also . Since I'm in the Midwest, I'm generally hesitant about how things will be with snow removal. First time I saw it done right was at Newfields in Indianapolis
@jamesrehak20165 ай бұрын
@@jamesrehak2016 I here ya brother,I'm from New England so we deal with the same shit, those plows tear all kinds of landscaping up,it's not like they can see were the street or parking lot ends
@bretcappola69045 ай бұрын
When you think about it, shouldn't the grass itself be able to support a 60k lb truck?
@redbelle6485 ай бұрын
@@redbelle648 maybe somewhere in a permanent drought, that doesn't account for saturated soil from rain or snow at all
@jamesrehak20165 ай бұрын
Buddy just getting absolutely destroyed in the comments and I'm here for every minute of it
@whalahiguyАй бұрын
Hahaha...brilliant. Laugh bonus-multiplier.
@JohnPreston88824 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
@ex-spontaneous-spontaneous413422 күн бұрын
❤ but does it save u in some way? Money or asphalt or......❓
@laurieamaral584421 күн бұрын
@@laurieamaral5844 it will make you bankrupt lmao
@mcdonaldsgaming39746 күн бұрын
Bruh, at that point just pour concrete. That driveway is going to last 2-3 years before it needs more gravel to fill and tamp. Not to mention all the rocks all over the place; stuck in your tire tread, all over the garage, spilling out into the street, in the yard etc. Gravel driveways should only be used for long driveways in rural areas.
@Mouthwsh13 күн бұрын
According to their website, one 24"x16" plastic mold is $100!!!! I think I'll pass!!
@TSCBroken12 күн бұрын
Don't trust everything you see online. Especially, shorts & reels.
@AlphaCentauri245 ай бұрын
Amazing how they removed this dislike button and then went on to introduce the one feature that would spread misinformation the fastest.
@zheil91525 ай бұрын
This videos got 36K dislikes
@JustMeDark5 ай бұрын
@@JustMeDark37k now
@davernrush5 ай бұрын
@@davernrush50k now
@BernardGarcon3 ай бұрын
@@zheil9152 there is an app called return youtube dislike for chrome. the dislike is still there just removed from view. unless the video author (like this) goes out of their way to completely disable dislikes. hmm dunno why anyone would do that for something they are promoting.
@geronimo553722 күн бұрын
I'd love to see how this looks 2 years later.
@nickmueller73104 ай бұрын
It'll probably be all concrete within two years.
@privard893 ай бұрын
covered in asphalt
@atyt113 ай бұрын
It doesnt because after abt a month when its completely ripped up they replace it with concrete and they contemplate an incompitent labor lawsuit against the company that installed it 😂
@surr3ald3sign2 ай бұрын
Covered in weeds
@totaltrolАй бұрын
It doesn't last 1
@JohnyMcNealАй бұрын
After reading the comments, I realized that some people are extremely clueless. They actually think that the shed is the house. Mind boggling.
@TimeToBeKind13 күн бұрын
Bro has a bedroom that's blended in the kitchen,and a toilet,but has this drive way💀
@abangry6 күн бұрын
The most important thing was left out; price?
@bashkillszombiesАй бұрын
more than concrete lol
@JohnnyAnderson119 күн бұрын
but its recycled plastic...i feel like that makes it cost more...concrete would have been cheaper.
@lawnside8216 күн бұрын
I'm sure that was no accident.
@russh.736316 күн бұрын
because its so expensive he left it out on purpose haha
@privateuploads539716 күн бұрын
Click on link. $155. Per panel 😮
@sandrafoy49925 күн бұрын
Plot twist, it costs more than asphalt
@bencopeland35604 ай бұрын
Even more costly than concrete!
@Dstrbrdgrnd3 ай бұрын
No doubt.
@stevechance1502 ай бұрын
I was going to say... All that work could have put 2 inches of 9.5
@SlowMenWorking2 ай бұрын
Asphalt is way more expensive
@GX2re2 ай бұрын
@@GX2reno... its not, it also takes half the labor to install over this bullshit
@surr3ald3sign2 ай бұрын
So, what exactly is the purpose? I understand wanting to have some kind of separating mechanism that keeps the gravel from "washing away" being "dispersed in otherwise non intended manners". however, I feel like this system is a bit of a stretch to combat those symptoms. Would like to see before and after photos of this system, say 5 or 7 years out? to see how much difference it truly makes.
@bitsquirrel14015 күн бұрын
This allows rainwater to drop into the earth below, not to runoff into the sewer system where it can overwhelms it, flooding the neighborhood. I'd like to see earth and grass applied and planted between the plastic.
@MV-qm9ne12 күн бұрын
"We have one beautiful, sexy beast of a driveway" Son that shit looks absolutely fucking horrible lmao
@ophero1082 ай бұрын
You have to epoxy over top.
@stewpendousgrowth4Ай бұрын
It doesnt look any different than a dirt road anywhere..
@camf33Ай бұрын
@@stewpendousgrowth4 Then how is it permeable? What's the point of this whole video? I'm legit confused.
@santanalzАй бұрын
@@santanalzshe made a joke about videos that claim they make something look nice, but making it look horrible, often involving epoxy
@BachenBenno99Ай бұрын
@@stewpendousgrowth4 no.
@themonsterunderyourbed9408Ай бұрын
Hate to say it but this isn’t permeable. When you have multiple layers of compacted rock, that’s eventually going to be filled with sand and other fine materials, it will come in permeable. It doesn’t have to be asphalt to be non-permeable. Think about the bottom of a river or even a puddle. It’s sitting on top of Dirt, which is compacted fine rocks yet water doesn’t go through
@codycast25 күн бұрын
As a pavement design specialist for o ver 25 years, I would not use it due to drainage problems if you do not drain properly. I am pulling out 5000m2 for a client of mine due to damage from trucks. One large truck could destroy it
@ossoss705114 күн бұрын
Bruh the driveway is like 5 times the size of the house LMFAO
@Scyth393410 күн бұрын
Mate I just don’t get it. Can you make a video explaining why this is better than traditional alternatives?
@DctorSkillz15 ай бұрын
Basically this way the sheering force of tires wont push away the material and create holes and dips which then can fill with water etc.
@bastik.30115 ай бұрын
@@bastik.3011honestly I think it's a great idea. Although anywhere I'm worried about pressure I'd probably pave it or something. That being said for a budget driveway or one out in the country or just not city this is solid and will keep that gravel where it needs to be a long time. Although so does just putting it in a 4inch deep hole or whatever.
@YouTube_is_complete-total_shit5 ай бұрын
@@bastik.3011I have a client that uses this system and it’s pretty cool for keeping the driveway flat but it does Need touch up often in the first few years as the rocks break apart and degrade.
@Hardworkpays2095 ай бұрын
@@KZhead_is_complete-total_shit Its not a thing in the USA i lnow but here in Germany there are laws about how much of your property you are allowed to seal and these have the advantage of letting water through
@bastik.30115 ай бұрын
I don't have a clue... but plastic will ruin before concrete and rebar will...
@devinnorsworthy91545 ай бұрын
Is barely permeable: Weed barrier will hold water in puddles, rock was compacted before plastic mesh making it difficult for water to get through. Water will likely pool in the mesh of the plastic. Is bad for environment: 100% recycled plastic or not, you’re still putting 2 layers of plastic in the ground, both of which will likely become damaged. Plastic will be in your soil. It’s not long lasting: Concrete and asphalt, although they do have cons, are long lasting. Gravel often gets messy and new gravel is needed often to maintain a gravel driveway. Whether using typical gravel, or this type, regular maintenance is required for it to look good. Typically gravel though, does have the previous cons.
@ironically_iconic9848Ай бұрын
Yea but this is half the cost of a normal driveway
@Dinkwadd15 күн бұрын
@@Dinkwaddat first
@chubbydinosaur914814 күн бұрын
Not to mention the driveway slopes down to the house and garage. The water will most likely flood the garage and possibly the house.
@emeraldkind14 күн бұрын
The weed barrier isn’t plastic though. It’s a woven fabric like material. Water will go right through with little to no resistance as long as you use the correct stone. The plastic grid is used to strengthen the system. It’s typically used as a “grass-pave” system. In my area we use it for emergency vehicle driveways through landscape areas with sod on top for retirement complexes and apartments/condos. Everything he used in the video is permeable except the stone.
@mikeweaver121414 күн бұрын
To everyone that think this will flood this will not at most it will be a danger when doing the lawn and shoot rocks at the very most! You guys really need to stop being driveway cretics and realize this guy has been doing this type of work for a long time much longer than you have and I’m sure the customer is not going to pay a few grand for a new job that will just flood again
@Dinkwadd14 күн бұрын
I didn’t see any locate marks before you dug lol 😂
@ecasechos77635 күн бұрын
"Sir there is a bit of house on my driveway" 💀
@poizonytgamingxx15044 күн бұрын
Microplastics for centuries
@AncientFlorida3 ай бұрын
How is this the only comment i seen abt this
@booska.Ай бұрын
Thats what I was going to say
@samiam2714Ай бұрын
Millenia.
@LittleRayOfSnshine69Ай бұрын
Macro plastics for millennia.
@theprisonerofthegoldenhead4030Ай бұрын
Until the day of judgment
@MrRicky175Ай бұрын
Ooos 5/8 minus is no longer permeable. When compacted it has only 3% permeability. Next time use 5/8 washed to allow water to pass through
@markfoster25305 ай бұрын
I'm living for these comments calling out OPs messup 😭
@jane58865 ай бұрын
Literally came here to ask why not washed.
@natfoot5 ай бұрын
ohh yah guy messed up 😂
@gordonlekfors27085 ай бұрын
If it’s granular, it’s permeable. The permeability (cm/sec) depends on gradation
@Mars-zgblbl5 ай бұрын
@@gordonlekfors2708Also the plastic will be worn down by stone movements over time and will spread micro plastic into the environment......
@Truth-And-Freedom5 ай бұрын
The sexy part had me dying😂😂
@Nezukolover6854 күн бұрын
“Sorry, it’ll cost the city too much money to lay down pieces of plastic under the roads, you’ll just have to swerve to avoid the 12 inch deep potholes” _woop woop_ “do you know why I pulled you over?” “No, why?” “You looked like you had one too many beers.”
@lillie302912 күн бұрын
This just seems like a very complex and expensive process to something that should be relatively cheap and fast.
@AugmentedGravityАй бұрын
Looks pretty simple and cheap to me
@skyalert3224 күн бұрын
@@skyalert32 There should be no tamping, the plastic stuff is doing nothing here except wasting money, and the stuff he's doing with that crush'n'run is really defeating the purpose of it being "permeable." The most expensive and time consuming part is gonna be when he has to rip it all out, pay for the stone to be hauled away, have new proper permeable stone delivered, and have to do it all over (but with less steps and a better result).
@pr903923 күн бұрын
@@skyalert32 each one of those plastic thingies is like 150 bucks
@TheFilipFonky2 күн бұрын
My next door neighbor had a business doing dirt work and installing septic systems. He always swore by putting down a base layer of 1 and 2 size rock, packing it down and later covering it with light gravel. It really made a strong base. I trust his method over this any day of the week.
@chipwright6193Ай бұрын
Also easier to fix that this damn thing. Just one wrong move on snow blow height adjustment and this thing is in peaces and soon to go into landfill.
@Hellsong89Ай бұрын
Great advice. Need to repair my gravel parking. Will use the rock and gravel method. Seems legit.
@shaylove3786Ай бұрын
Your neighbor knows what he's doing. It's not rocket science and didn't need to be complicated or unnecessarily expensive, like I'm sure this shit show was.
@topspot483428 күн бұрын
man, i'd never do this because the wind would fuck everything up lol especially like 60mph winds
@baldeaglearrage345025 күн бұрын
Well that may last well for 5-10 years but this plastic he uses is the difference needed to extend the lifetime to 25+ years
@tylerfranklin315424 күн бұрын
Friend of mine installed a drive like this in NZ, it's still good 8 years later, and he parks a small garbage truck on it as well as his cars. The rain permeates the drive and helps stop the flooding in the street, unlike the concrete drives of his neighbors.
@pinballrobbie6 күн бұрын
it would be permeable but you used the heavy ass excavator to compact the soil beyond permeability
@zoetice4338 күн бұрын
just installing fresh gravel would've also completely transformed this driveway
@serbianspaceforce6873Ай бұрын
Or a box blade with the scarifiers down (for free)
@danielb1877Ай бұрын
En mi terreno quité yerbas, emparejé el suelo, le puse tres pulgadas de grava y duró mucho. Hay que arrancar los brotes en tiempo de lluvia, pero son muy pocos.
@Ricardo-qe2qx29 күн бұрын
@@Ricardo-qe2qx idk what that says gang
@serbianspaceforce687328 күн бұрын
@@serbianspaceforce6873Do you not have a translate button? I'm being serious are there some devices or OS that don't support the translate system?
@TroublezAhead0024 күн бұрын
@@TroublezAhead00i didn't on my pc but now on my phone i do 🤷
@serbianspaceforce687324 күн бұрын
That looks like the most depressing piece of engineering I've ever seen
@ludovicolami97532 ай бұрын
americans when something isn’t extremely wasteful and bad for the environment: 🤬🤬
@coastingalongАй бұрын
@@coastingalongyeah because putting brittle plastic in the ground for water to wash out is great for the environment
@isaacmarcucci3777Ай бұрын
@@coastingalonglets bury plastic under road instead of using cement that is literally just rocks and sand
@FedkaSlovanichАй бұрын
@@isaacmarcucci3777 you’re proving my point……
@coastingalongАй бұрын
@@FedkaSlovanich damn you’re ultra stupid huh?
@coastingalongАй бұрын
How does the drainage for that work if a heavy downpour of rain comes in?
@Che90093 күн бұрын
How is it permeable if you put down plastic tarps at the bottom?
@royce64856 күн бұрын
i had 3000 sq/ft of this stuff in the heavy duty variant. despite following all best practices for installation and securing it with 9 spikes per panel the entire driveway pulled itself out of the ground and was ruined when someone did a u turn on it. do not use this for anything but driving straight on/off and parking, it does not hold up to regular driving
@Charliegsand24 күн бұрын
Thank you for the info!!!
@greghill110614 күн бұрын
🤣 we appreciate your sacrafice. 🤣 🤣
@bounchofbeaners186813 күн бұрын
The stability of the subgrade should be observed and soft spots should be stabilized. The thickness of the aggregate material should be based on the amount of traffic and loads. There are multiple brands of geogrid reinforcement manufacturers. If completed properly, your driveway should last for many many years without having to buy additional aggregate material.
@flyingace105711 күн бұрын
@@flyingace1057 the subsurface/subgrade was properly prepared & did not fail, the grid failed. no change in aggregate size will change the fact that when making a tight turn in a full time AWD or limited slip vehicle the binding action of the drivetrain places a torsional load causing the the grid to compress and lift with enough force to pull out fully staked panel & tear the plastic. driving directly on & off without turning they work well but i think the term "driveway" is less than clear and slightly misleading. some people have larger spaces & may use the "driveway" to do a u turn.
@Charliegsand11 күн бұрын
The country club I used to work for used this on a section of the golf cart path that needed a quick repair while they allocated money to repave it. It cost them over $2000 and it washed out in a heavy rain 2 weeks after it was installed.
@shaunaisazombie5 ай бұрын
Lol they failed the foresight of storm water run off.
@totaltrolАй бұрын
What is the weight rating on this before it starts to fail?
@TheTyrial866 күн бұрын
why is the drive-way so long😭🙏💀 the house is like 10 square meters
@ydrib608612 күн бұрын
Then the rocks get taken by the tires, grid breaks apart and the plastic starts coming up. Two years later it’s a mess.
@JAYC.5 ай бұрын
with this grid those rocks will stay put for a lot longer
@kmaj-to4ci5 ай бұрын
not really bro, this is a concept of mechanical concrete, its suitable for driveway or for less traffic road.
@idcashflow5 ай бұрын
I’ve had it in one of my driveways for about 12 years and it you’d never know other than the fact it looks better and more level than my other driveway
@goatpepperherbaltea78955 ай бұрын
I'm sorry you can't drive Jay...
@Snaakie835 ай бұрын
And twice as espensive to repair. Rubber tire shred pavementwould be permeable
@chrisdudman27815 ай бұрын
Go to this dude’s New Year’s party and he’ll brag for 10min about the rocks in his driveway. 😅😅
@tonkajahari30105 ай бұрын
Lol! Probably!
@StonemanRocks5 ай бұрын
Probably cuz he had too drink
@Avengedsevenfoldrocks5 ай бұрын
He can describe his driveway in depth but can't remember the girls' name he lost his virginity to.
@topfeedcoco4 ай бұрын
“Yup-we tore down that shed and the guest house to get some extra 5/8 minus gravel in there. Gonna knock down the daughter’s room to get a bit more space for the shaved granite with a plastic base…”
@winonafrog23 күн бұрын
Yeah until about 2 months when it falls apart and for the next 7 years of cleaning plastic out of the ground
@agaimless37242 күн бұрын
Not practical if it snows where you live. Water seeps in and freezes and loosens the gravel.
@pete5212 күн бұрын
And it costs more than a paved driveway!
@froggo108812 күн бұрын
How to turn a small gravel parking space into an expensive over engineered parking space. That should’ve been the headline.
@Stargazer93Ай бұрын
Seriously, and I'm sure it cost at least 3x more than it would've been had he not made it more complicated than it needed to be. It looks like he does good work and pays attention to detail, and maybe he's just trying to separate himself from the competition and has good intentions, but he didn't need to add the extra layer of gravel, and that plastic grid is completely unnecessary. For the money the homeowners must've spent, they could've gotten a paved driveway instead, with stone edging and a drainage system.
@topspot483428 күн бұрын
while adding like 40lbs of plastics into your soil
@shadowsnipes924226 күн бұрын
Cost more than my whole house
@LadydogC11 күн бұрын
Guest: Where do we sleep? "
@arpitsharma95422 күн бұрын
I've never heard a driveway being called a sexy beast. 😂😂😂
@criticaltheories522227 күн бұрын
Aerial view of that blacked out driveway against the house, and the curbside appeal, looks like it would devalue the property/home vs increasing it! This has to be a personal decision and liking from that homeowner bc it’s not attractive or easy on the eyes, to me.
@MariaEOD22 күн бұрын
%100 Devalued the property!!! No one is going to waste their hard earned $, on your over bloated, non-functional gravel driveway!!! Could.have, and should have put in concrete or ashpalt for the same cost as this garbage...
@burtburt226322 күн бұрын
Wait until you see the women
@CWPTraining22 күн бұрын
Theres a first for everything...
@Art--Deco22 күн бұрын
only people can be sexy. Driveways cannot be sexy! SMH
@northernpianotuner331921 күн бұрын
It completely transformed the driveway... NOT the fact that we ripped up the entire driveway and made a new one.... WHAT?
@saris424 ай бұрын
It's things like that that has me questioning whether people either know what they're saying or just don't think before they say it.
@Devj5303 ай бұрын
"Your driveway has a nice house"
@itz_dabloxy46815 күн бұрын
With that level of effort and cost I’d rather just do concrete or take it a step further and lay down cobblestone which would be far more aesthetically pleasing and longer lasting.
@gabriellec596215 күн бұрын
I like the part at the end where you make us think you’re going to put some nice gravel down but then the video just ends
@ukrobbo27 күн бұрын
I was looking in the comments for a reason as to why anyone would do this, I thought I was missing something. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this was useless.
@CornuKarpia4 ай бұрын
Is permeable, so they probably are trying to get rainwater into the ground for the tree roots, or less run off to the storm sewers.... or both😊😊
@red---paulvanravenswaay22472 ай бұрын
It seems too if you lived in a harsh environment, gravel driveway wouldn't crack from ice like concrete. Probably like how some of the longest standing walls are just a few rocks stacked on each other. They can shift slightly over time without cracking.
@michaelberna48362 ай бұрын
So much sexier than a regular driveway, oh lawd
@lowery022 ай бұрын
@@red---paulvanravenswaay2247The rock is permeable. The grid is pointless.
@thetrutha21772 ай бұрын
@@michaelberna4836what? They were talking about the grid system. You don't need it for a rock driveway
@thetrutha21772 ай бұрын
theres only 2 acceptable surfaces around a house. 1. grass 2. asphalt/concrete
@bunnygetspancake6916Сағат бұрын
A pea gravel top layer will still be needed to keep the moss and weeds from taking over again.
@MarkOfWA16 күн бұрын
if you didnt pour it in concrete it's your own asphalt
@kilosierra15604 ай бұрын
Lol
@supahcomix3 ай бұрын
Best construction pun of the day
@nathanielweber78433 ай бұрын
I've been in the industry for over a decade. My crew taught me well@@nathanielweber7843
@kilosierra15603 ай бұрын
I fking hate sht asphalt patch jobs that make the problem worse.
@WhiteSupreme3 ай бұрын
@@WhiteSupremeIkr ? Asphalt patches, phew. Never on my watch. Patches.
90% drive way 10% house
just how lightning mc-queen intended
Car guys house for sure just needs a little shop
the wife wont understand...
Typical American house 👍 😂
How else are you going to fit all of the new models from every brand?
It's like a regular gravel driveway, but with extra steps
Ehhh gravel doesn’t hold shape really at all tho. You’ll get ditches eventually
No, much better. No pits forming from crevices. No water draining away lines of gravel into the road. Not weed sprouting.
@ThinkTooMuch69 not if you lazy taterheads would use this fancy space age device called a drag and maintain your shit🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ take your bs driveway elsewhere I'll save my money drink a beer and drive my wheeler around twice a year pulling a $20 driveway drag 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
did you miss permeable?
@@p6v665crushed rock isn’t permeable, washed rock is. Voiceover is inaccurate
$155 for one square tile? No thanks. I’d rather spend the money on a stronger concrete or asphalt driveway.
Literally 10 cents of plastic molded and upcharged to $155 lol
Depending on where you live some counties have a strict concrete/asphalt to land plot ratio and won’t allow for that much material and you are forced to have gravel
@@justinaguallo436a driveway that size with these molded plastic tiles, when all is said and done, is about 200k. I’ll deal with plain gravel.
@@southernparadise9896 yeah that’s fine, my reply was for concrete/asphalt!
Ye just get me a good ol paved driveway in that case. Cheaper and it looks nicer as well
Nobody in their right mind would go to this much trouble... for a gravel driveway.
then you could had have it "Gepflastert" as we say in Germany :DD
Heck I would! That's if it were cheap! An ol wagon trail has less pot holes in it than my driveway! Perfect for going mudding on 🙄🤦🏼♀️😤
@@arosefortes6507it’s 155$ a piece of the plastic thing I saw some other guy in the comments say
@@Star_1_1_1_1 That's around what it is for a set of them. You get around 30-50 sq ft per set in coverage. A "normal" sized driveway would probably cost +/- $500 in this stuff.
@@Lusterredux then wtf was the other guy saying???
They installed this system at a new building for my company. It was like driving through slush, threw up rocks that broke windows, and the plastic grid started to come up out of the rocks after only a few weeks. In less than a year it was completely ripped out and replaced with concrete. EDIT: For everyone saying that we drove on it wrong, or went too fast, or there was too much traffic. The only way into the area was through a security gate that you needed a code for. We moved into the offices in August 2022, but the building was not yet open to the public. (As of this writing: January 2024, it still isn't.) For the majority of the time, the staff of 3 were the only ones in the building. Within a month of the offices being opened, management was already talking about having the gravel replaced with concrete.
Jesus lmfao
Sounds like it would only be good in driveways(small and very low speed), as opposed to parking lots. I also wonder if the prep was incorrect in the case you described.
@@dearboy05 It wasn't a parking lot. It was a semi-circular driveway.
i would imagine rocks would fly but the thing is you should only be driving 10mph in a car park so im wondering......
@@mikemccausland6587 The issue with flying rock was due to them getting into the grass and them being thrown when the grass was cut. There was no way to be certain there were no rocks anywhere in the grass because they would be picked up and carried the car tires or in your shoes. (We parked on the grass, which just made it worse.) They ended up everywhere, including up inside the framework of the cars driving over it.
You combined the high cost and intense labour of a cement driveway with the mediocrity of a gravel driveway lmao
Ok, go stick in concrete... oh no, you've just spent $20k and now you have to rip it out because you don't understand permeability requirements... (also the person that made the driveway didn't understand them either or would have used washed rock). There are places you just can't go sticking in as much surface as you would like, no matter what you think your god given rights are.
Cement driveway will cost way more 😂
@@petergraphix6740you need a license/permit to pour concrete 😂
@@petergraphix6740and permission from the county to do so anyone just can run around pouring mixes like no tomorrow
@@GX2reoh really now? Bc im willing to be you money right now that i can get a quote from 2 different companies that says otherwise on the cost of installing this bullshit over concrete
Hey yall. This is product placement. The idea is stupid and unnecessary because it's an ad. Hope this helps clarify.
Right? My friend was looking for "green" ideas at work cuz they asked him to. He found a spray that claimed to lower greenhouses gases. All you do is spray it on your building evenly. Two coats work even better, and once it dries, its invisible! Its almost as if you did do a damn thing! Well, wastimg time and money and creating more plastix garbage is a thing...
damn bro thanks, honestly didn't even think of that. I just thought it seemed strange lol
Hmm idk. I think the product itself is useful and has uses. It’s good at levelling and also making sure the gravel doesn’t move too much over time as it’s held in place by the lattice rather than just kinda pounded together by the compacter. I’ve personally used it (only in a very small project to level ground for a shed) and it’s pretty good, easy to use, and also takes up a lot of space that would otherwise be gravel (which whilst cheap ish, is a pain in the ass to move around so having to use less of it is nice
Oh. That makes sense. The whole time i was like "yeah, sure is green to introduce more plastic to erode into yhe environment with all the friction from yhe rocks and weathering from water passing through it"
It is an ad, but it doesn't mean it is a useless product. It's like seeing an advertisement for prescription glasses and calling it a scam because you have good vision. L take, especially when this product gets plastic out of landfills, and actually adds stability and support to a gravel driveway.
I saw this and was like "how are we supposed to snowblow that?" before remembering some people live in snow-free locations
That was my first thought exactly. A plow would destroy that in one pass.
Plow?! It’s a driveway not farmland.
@@sethlarson9433Snow plow
@@sethlarson9433 a snow plow, think bulldozer blade.
@@sethlarson9433Snow plows exist- But even a snowblower would destroy this easily lol
I’m no expert….. wait a minute, yes I am. This is not the correct rock if you want it to be permeable. Low spots will definitely pool.
I put down a lot of 3/4 minus crusher run, it turns into an impermeable surface in a hurry with any decent compaction.
My stepdad works construction and this was practically his response 😂 "everyone's got their own thing, not my house not my problem till they ask for help"
Won’t they also because he’s putting in a barrier to stop water that makes it thru the compacted drive being as it’s not completely solid not be able to be absorbed by the ground to cause the lower level to break up and eventually cause the upper level to break up causing cracks all over it ?
Are you able to plow your driveway in the winter snowstorms
@@newbluerugby well with great care !
$500,000 later, we had a gravel driveway
no doubt.....imagine winter melt and them filling up , then night time hits temps go back down.....I got a rink
What a damn mess
There is a house with a permeable driveway about half a mile down the road from me. I guess it's about eight years now and there are ruts in it. The shiny gravel is still mostly there, but the gravel has spread out a bit in all directions especially towards the street. Theirs is permeable because it had washed aggregate where the fines were removed. Some weeds can grow on it as winds, tree sap, cottonwood, pollen, mold, etc over the years have deposited enough material to allow weeds to grow in it. The house is on its 2nd owner and they pulled the weeds as it recently looked clear of any growth. But it does rut but certainly far far less than simply pouring gravel over dirt.
@@animejanai4657 Interesting.
LMAO, really!
"Gravel driveways are nightmares" " MINE will be different! "
My family transformed our driveway with one truck of gravel and a bunch of kids with rakes. Two hours and $150 lasted a few years.
How long is "a few years" though
@@Johanyohann For 150 bucks? 1 year is long enough lol.
And a couple of 🍕 s and 🥤!
Same. Except I'm one of the kids, and the only one who still benefits from the driveway year round.
Concrete is a huge contributor to flooding. We need better options but not this one.
Compacted crushed stone isn’t permeable. My company installs permeable paver systems and I can tell you that system doesn’t work the way the voiceover claims. You have to use a washed stone base…not crushed. The weed barrier is permeable, but the stone isn’t.
Correct
Oh no...
If you take out the sand and silt fraction crushed rock is permable.
And here I thought the Barrier was the problem.
The fabric will be permeable to weeds in the future. Nothing can stop them 😅
"Driveway" = "entire property"
“Next we tore down the house and replaced it with a Dutch gravel retention and sunning system.”
Presumptuous and pointless statement with nothing to prove it right or wrong.
Are you blind? Don't you see that tiny shack which has 1 room (multipurpose bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room all-in-one)?
Maybe it's a driveway for little planes
@@bigguccinelly300thus the “”, also, that’s a huge drive way no matter what.. can fit like 5 vehicles.
Yard/garden/weed fabric is an absolute nightmare. 7 years after buying my house, I've been spending months ripping it all out by hand because it looks like trash bags showing through the ground. It stopped the weeds for the first year and that's it. 🙃
Glad to see at least one company figured out how to make recycling profitable. You're literally paying them for the opportunity to bury their trash in your yard. Absolutely genius
I am crying at this comment hahahahahahahaha!
😅
What a dumb comment - anything that has been recycled was previously trash. What's wrong with that?
@jmckendry84 because with the cost of materials and labor to do this you could of just poured a concrete pad. So you are paying a company to put junk plastic and bury it in your property lol
@@frogking5573 You could also use concrete made from recycled plastic instead. South Africa has been using it for its asphalt roads, and apparently they last much longer than any other kind (works for concrete too). Only problem is, companies make less money because you don't have to replace your driveway as often, so thats a no go too.
Gravel driveways are nightmares. Lawnmowers become rock guns.
No lawns left to mow if everything is now a gravel driveway.
MY POOR BEAUTIFUL GLASS KITCHEN DOOR!! may it RIP
Yea We have a long gravel driveway and it’s so dusty when I mow And when I clean a car it gets dirty again when I move it back to where it was because of the dust :/
Also think of snow removal
@@urmommamudkips8343🤯 😖 😩 😳 i cannot imagine why anyone would WANT a *gravel driveway* in the first place! 😬😫
"Instead of bringing this plastic to the landfill, we put it in the ground"
And we wonder why we have microplstics in the drinking water and our testosterone goes down
Plastic layer beneath and plastic grid is disgusting
@@andreasstuermer4946iono bout you but Im on my fifth chunk of irradiated plastic and Im feeling manly
that smooth gravel base is like screaming "pour asphalt over me!"
Oh god, please don't, lol. We have specific materials that go under asphalt and that rock is way too big.
@@ceraunoashe9134 you don't need anything except compact gravel under asphalt
@yono367 not by coty regulations at least... you need roadbase with a specific hydration and compaction level to be even allowed to pave. That's how it is in Colorado
@@ceraunoashe9134 the regulations are for public roads. But yeah, you still need a finger aggregate before the binder and then the asphalt. But it was simply a humorous comment, meant to say that was a nice and compact base
@@ceraunoashe9134 yeah for road work/city work maybe they make you do that lol but not private sector
I will take a 6" slab concrete double wide driveway over this. Half the cost.
A weed barrier is one thing, but it's the dirt and leaf litter on top which causes weed problems eventually. Dirt is trapped in the gravel and stuff just grows. Every time - without fail
Yeah I've found 5/8" minus makes a wonderful growing medium!
I hate " weed barrier" " landscape fabric". Waste of time and money. Glad someone else knows.
Life, uh, finds a way.
But weed barrier, when it lasts, prevents weeds from rooting more than a couple inches deep, so they are easy to pull out.
For the labor cost, get a complete concrete driveway.
Aaah yess, the good old 'fuck nature it doesn't need the water anyways' approach
That would then look even worse than the stone desert in the vid...
@@dschaedler Lol... Yes it's all about "nature". Concrete has many advantages. If you're that "pro nature" maybe you should live in the woods and live 100% sustainably like the idiotic climate protesters blocking roads.
To me concrete seems like one of them worst materials for your driveway
@PilotAwe idk quicksand driveway sounds alot worse
At the end of the day, you still have a gravel driveway.
And I'm sure it has an astronomical price tag to go with it!
I love how the internet makes people feel like they are reinventing the wheel.
It's just allowed monorail salesmen reach more people with less effort.
@@IdealConsciencehey man, look at how he used a homemade leveler out of just immaculate untouched wood bought fresh for this, and immaculate clean rope bought fresh for this, he's such a based guy just working hard!!!!
in the same vein, everyone in the comments is always an expert
@@smellierskellier Yeah, but in the comments you get a spectrum of nuance, from people who vibe, to people who don't, and everywhere in between ar people sharing their opinions just like fi you talked to people irl about the same thing
@@IdealConscience to be fair, the monorail did put those towns in the map!
Buddy, you completely sealed your front yard.
No he didnt. Those cloth weed barriers do literally nothing to stop weeds
@@eftheusempire it stops them but over time weeds will grow on top if a seed settles
@@Jim26D Yup. Weeds are good at that.
Nature always wins
@@eftheusempireOf course not, as first earth and seeds are blown onto the gravel, then the weed comes. But this is, how we use them, to stabilize green. Without the liners below and without clean gravel, just use the dirt laying around. We WANT that the nature takes back and is not turned to mud when sometimes a car comes by. Not for everyday use.
I think normal grass would've been the better option
Dude was like a 70% of the way to just call in a few cement trucks
Bro really said make his driveway look like a prison yard
😂 cannot relate
❤Q11 free😂🎉😂and li❤@@sebastienfoulc8600
I couldn’t think of something to compare it to, but it does look institutionalized and not attractive to the curb appeal! I would not want to buy that home if it were up for sale and had that blacked out driveway!
@@MariaEOD 100% agreed, where's the greenery gone? It looks terrible for a home
That looks like a more expensive way to lay down gravel
It is
My husband though so too. Until winter came and he saw exactly what I meant by "it's not gonna lie where you put it". The cars dug through the gravel and into the clay below, and we had several situation where he used over an hour to get the car loose, and had to call people to come and help him push it. Then we put down a system like this. Never had issues like previously mentioned again.
It's more expensive at base cost but holds so much better. And doesn't require the maintenance level of concrete.
@@minacapella8319”maintenance level of concrete” what? Brother a concrete driveway will last 25-30 years. Like you really don’t even gotta do anything.
It needs to be compacted.
"How much microplastic do you want your driveway to leak?" "All of it please!"
Driveway is worth more than the house 💀
They defeated the point of a gravel driveway..........cost
Some people like a quality product and will pay for it 🤷
@@teaguejelinek4038 ... And some people like an expensive product regardless of quality.
@@teaguejelinek4038 That's the other problem, a lot of people here on the comments are saying that this is worse than just gravel
My thoughts, been in constr 35 yrs. Looks expensive to begin with. cheaper and more efficient routes available
Granulated worx pretty good, packs like concrete
All the drawbacks of gravel, with all the cost and labor of concrete. Great Job!!
lol! I was thinking something similar.. Gotta show it after it rains w/1-3” precipitation. It’s really thin so after a few months of driving (parking) on it with anything heavier than 1/2 ton truck that be plastic will be crushed .. gravity , never forget about gravity! I just think that kinda important.
@@analogalien651nah, it won’t break. Even if it does crack in a few places, it’ll still do it’s job.
@@Pluralofvinylisvinyls “I won’t break” and “Even if it does crack” What? Either it does or doesn’t
@@sharicamonet9675 do you have a learning disability that affects your reading comprehension. Neither sentence contradicts the other.
@@Pluralofvinylisvinylsand, what is the job of that plastic grid?
My dude couldn’t even grade it off with the skid steer and still had to rake his balls off…
pricepoint done this way: 90k pricepoint if you just pour some concrete: 1.5k upsides done this way: roots wont completely ruin it. water can go through. ice shields wont ever form. doesnt have to be completely flat to work decently upsides done cheap way: quick, cheap, cannot be messed up, roots wont do a thing for many years until they finally break the slab, will dry very quickly. at least that's what i'd estimate
That weed barrier aint gonna stop the dealers.
😳 it never does, does it?? 🧐
@@76marji no weeds are growing out of 4 inches of crushed compacted rock. you might get a weed or 2 but its growing out of dirt/seed from the top, nothing is growing from the botttom.
@@darylmixan8170 You totally missed the joke 🤣 Weed dealers!! As in ganja, Mary Jane, stuff that some people can't go a day without.
@@darylmixan8170 Hasta yo que no hablo Inglés entendí el chiste.
@@tk1500😂😂😂😂
Seems like an incredible way to over charge and under deliver.
My driveway to the house is a meadow. I excavated the ground and filled it with gravel. Then I compacted this course. I laid two traces of stone as a path for the wheels of the vehicle. I sifted the soil and mixed it with sand. Then I filled about 4 inches on top of the gravel, compacted the soil and seeded sod. This driveway doesn't get hot in the summer and allows rain to seep away.
Yes exactly!!
Nah I'll stick with my nice solid concrete driveway ✌️
Completely changed it from a gravel driveway to a smooth gravel driveway
That's plate compacted to you good sir 😂
😊 funny! 😂
@@beenzndbalogna92 😹 & *funnier!* 🤣
Funniest!!😅😅
Anyone who's ever seen one of these types of systems after a few years knows they don't last or work well.
I have similar driveway, Its full of bumps
Bumps are good… and it settles out. Its always permeable There’s a huge pipe under it, so it’s collecting water… problem is he puts tar paper and plastic in it… so you shouldn’t drink that water or farm with it without distilling and filtering I don’t get why you’d use this? It’d just break apart into nano particles
exactly.
I'd imagine they would slide around over time, especially in wet tropical climates.
Oh not to mention adding micro plastics to the surrounding environment
putting plastic directly into the ground, nice. Weed barrier decays into a massive pain, and disperses plastics as it breaks down, and as it decays it becomes harder and harder to remove. however that probably isn't an issue with a driveway, still lots of plastic 🫤
Also don't allow heavy vehicles to EVER drive on this driveway. Those retained metaled driveway products have a maximum weight of sweet fuck all.
"Weed barrier" Dandelions: "And I took that personally"
I remember my dad learning the hard way about the vengeance of dandelions when he put weed barrier cloth down. They made a full invasion and tore up that cloth within less than 2 weeks. I saw less dedication to protect in plants vs zombies than I did in those dandelions.
That made me laugh way harder😂 than it should have. Thank you, I genuinely needed that. Now I'm smiling!!
@@rustyhowe3907Thank you for the mental picture. 😅😂
@@user-vh8lv1lm4j Glad to have made you smile, to add to the comedy my dad ending up ripping out each flower and giving them names that were profanity.
Kek
"How is this different from me having a ton of gravel just being dumped and me spreading it over with a rake? " "Well, this way you pay me 4500 dollars"
No pits forming from crevices. No water draining away lines of gravel into the road. Not weed sprouting.
@@PebloCostibar that's not really what happens dude you still get all that just with chunks of plastic you will be cleaning up forever. I've been doing commercial and residential landscaping for 15 years I've installed these before by request and was called back to remove every single one within 2 years because the plastic breaks within 6 months and you have plastic bits that stick out everywhere and that's ifthe plastic itself doesn't straight up work its way out and poke halfway out of the rock this stuff only makes sence on a steep hill that rock won't normally stay on...
@@Crackpidgeonextreme Ok this just popped into my head what would happen if instead of plastic it was metal would it last longer? What would the Pros and Cons be.
@@PebloCostibar(X)
@@cyrushansen5378no pros, just the cons of metal shards coming up to puncture tires, lol
I have zero knowledge on roadway construction but I do know that driveway still looks like crap even after all that wasted work😂
Me stopping my homework to watch this after seeing a notification for this video💀
It’s called Cellular Confinement and it’s been around for decades. It was never designed to be a permeable solution. It was designed for stabilization and erosion control. The plastic pieces should also be fastened to the ground with spikes before backfilling. When done properly, a system like this can support a 60,000 pound fire truck. And that’s on grass.
The company I worked for had me putting it down were all the grass was going
I have been looking at doing this with grass also . Since I'm in the Midwest, I'm generally hesitant about how things will be with snow removal. First time I saw it done right was at Newfields in Indianapolis
@@jamesrehak2016 I here ya brother,I'm from New England so we deal with the same shit, those plows tear all kinds of landscaping up,it's not like they can see were the street or parking lot ends
When you think about it, shouldn't the grass itself be able to support a 60k lb truck?
@@redbelle648 maybe somewhere in a permanent drought, that doesn't account for saturated soil from rain or snow at all
Buddy just getting absolutely destroyed in the comments and I'm here for every minute of it
Hahaha...brilliant. Laugh bonus-multiplier.
🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
❤ but does it save u in some way? Money or asphalt or......❓
@@laurieamaral5844 it will make you bankrupt lmao
Bruh, at that point just pour concrete. That driveway is going to last 2-3 years before it needs more gravel to fill and tamp. Not to mention all the rocks all over the place; stuck in your tire tread, all over the garage, spilling out into the street, in the yard etc. Gravel driveways should only be used for long driveways in rural areas.
According to their website, one 24"x16" plastic mold is $100!!!! I think I'll pass!!
Don't trust everything you see online. Especially, shorts & reels.
Amazing how they removed this dislike button and then went on to introduce the one feature that would spread misinformation the fastest.
This videos got 36K dislikes
@@JustMeDark37k now
@@davernrush50k now
@@zheil9152 there is an app called return youtube dislike for chrome. the dislike is still there just removed from view. unless the video author (like this) goes out of their way to completely disable dislikes. hmm dunno why anyone would do that for something they are promoting.
I'd love to see how this looks 2 years later.
It'll probably be all concrete within two years.
covered in asphalt
It doesnt because after abt a month when its completely ripped up they replace it with concrete and they contemplate an incompitent labor lawsuit against the company that installed it 😂
Covered in weeds
It doesn't last 1
After reading the comments, I realized that some people are extremely clueless. They actually think that the shed is the house. Mind boggling.
Bro has a bedroom that's blended in the kitchen,and a toilet,but has this drive way💀
The most important thing was left out; price?
more than concrete lol
but its recycled plastic...i feel like that makes it cost more...concrete would have been cheaper.
I'm sure that was no accident.
because its so expensive he left it out on purpose haha
Click on link. $155. Per panel 😮
Plot twist, it costs more than asphalt
Even more costly than concrete!
No doubt.
I was going to say... All that work could have put 2 inches of 9.5
Asphalt is way more expensive
@@GX2reno... its not, it also takes half the labor to install over this bullshit
So, what exactly is the purpose? I understand wanting to have some kind of separating mechanism that keeps the gravel from "washing away" being "dispersed in otherwise non intended manners". however, I feel like this system is a bit of a stretch to combat those symptoms. Would like to see before and after photos of this system, say 5 or 7 years out? to see how much difference it truly makes.
This allows rainwater to drop into the earth below, not to runoff into the sewer system where it can overwhelms it, flooding the neighborhood. I'd like to see earth and grass applied and planted between the plastic.
"We have one beautiful, sexy beast of a driveway" Son that shit looks absolutely fucking horrible lmao
You have to epoxy over top.
It doesnt look any different than a dirt road anywhere..
@@stewpendousgrowth4 Then how is it permeable? What's the point of this whole video? I'm legit confused.
@@santanalzshe made a joke about videos that claim they make something look nice, but making it look horrible, often involving epoxy
@@stewpendousgrowth4 no.
Hate to say it but this isn’t permeable. When you have multiple layers of compacted rock, that’s eventually going to be filled with sand and other fine materials, it will come in permeable. It doesn’t have to be asphalt to be non-permeable. Think about the bottom of a river or even a puddle. It’s sitting on top of Dirt, which is compacted fine rocks yet water doesn’t go through
As a pavement design specialist for o ver 25 years, I would not use it due to drainage problems if you do not drain properly. I am pulling out 5000m2 for a client of mine due to damage from trucks. One large truck could destroy it
Bruh the driveway is like 5 times the size of the house LMFAO
Mate I just don’t get it. Can you make a video explaining why this is better than traditional alternatives?
Basically this way the sheering force of tires wont push away the material and create holes and dips which then can fill with water etc.
@@bastik.3011honestly I think it's a great idea. Although anywhere I'm worried about pressure I'd probably pave it or something. That being said for a budget driveway or one out in the country or just not city this is solid and will keep that gravel where it needs to be a long time. Although so does just putting it in a 4inch deep hole or whatever.
@@bastik.3011I have a client that uses this system and it’s pretty cool for keeping the driveway flat but it does Need touch up often in the first few years as the rocks break apart and degrade.
@@KZhead_is_complete-total_shit Its not a thing in the USA i lnow but here in Germany there are laws about how much of your property you are allowed to seal and these have the advantage of letting water through
I don't have a clue... but plastic will ruin before concrete and rebar will...
Is barely permeable: Weed barrier will hold water in puddles, rock was compacted before plastic mesh making it difficult for water to get through. Water will likely pool in the mesh of the plastic. Is bad for environment: 100% recycled plastic or not, you’re still putting 2 layers of plastic in the ground, both of which will likely become damaged. Plastic will be in your soil. It’s not long lasting: Concrete and asphalt, although they do have cons, are long lasting. Gravel often gets messy and new gravel is needed often to maintain a gravel driveway. Whether using typical gravel, or this type, regular maintenance is required for it to look good. Typically gravel though, does have the previous cons.
Yea but this is half the cost of a normal driveway
@@Dinkwaddat first
Not to mention the driveway slopes down to the house and garage. The water will most likely flood the garage and possibly the house.
The weed barrier isn’t plastic though. It’s a woven fabric like material. Water will go right through with little to no resistance as long as you use the correct stone. The plastic grid is used to strengthen the system. It’s typically used as a “grass-pave” system. In my area we use it for emergency vehicle driveways through landscape areas with sod on top for retirement complexes and apartments/condos. Everything he used in the video is permeable except the stone.
To everyone that think this will flood this will not at most it will be a danger when doing the lawn and shoot rocks at the very most! You guys really need to stop being driveway cretics and realize this guy has been doing this type of work for a long time much longer than you have and I’m sure the customer is not going to pay a few grand for a new job that will just flood again
I didn’t see any locate marks before you dug lol 😂
"Sir there is a bit of house on my driveway" 💀
Microplastics for centuries
How is this the only comment i seen abt this
Thats what I was going to say
Millenia.
Macro plastics for millennia.
Until the day of judgment
Ooos 5/8 minus is no longer permeable. When compacted it has only 3% permeability. Next time use 5/8 washed to allow water to pass through
I'm living for these comments calling out OPs messup 😭
Literally came here to ask why not washed.
ohh yah guy messed up 😂
If it’s granular, it’s permeable. The permeability (cm/sec) depends on gradation
@@gordonlekfors2708Also the plastic will be worn down by stone movements over time and will spread micro plastic into the environment......
The sexy part had me dying😂😂
“Sorry, it’ll cost the city too much money to lay down pieces of plastic under the roads, you’ll just have to swerve to avoid the 12 inch deep potholes” _woop woop_ “do you know why I pulled you over?” “No, why?” “You looked like you had one too many beers.”
This just seems like a very complex and expensive process to something that should be relatively cheap and fast.
Looks pretty simple and cheap to me
@@skyalert32 There should be no tamping, the plastic stuff is doing nothing here except wasting money, and the stuff he's doing with that crush'n'run is really defeating the purpose of it being "permeable." The most expensive and time consuming part is gonna be when he has to rip it all out, pay for the stone to be hauled away, have new proper permeable stone delivered, and have to do it all over (but with less steps and a better result).
@@skyalert32 each one of those plastic thingies is like 150 bucks
My next door neighbor had a business doing dirt work and installing septic systems. He always swore by putting down a base layer of 1 and 2 size rock, packing it down and later covering it with light gravel. It really made a strong base. I trust his method over this any day of the week.
Also easier to fix that this damn thing. Just one wrong move on snow blow height adjustment and this thing is in peaces and soon to go into landfill.
Great advice. Need to repair my gravel parking. Will use the rock and gravel method. Seems legit.
Your neighbor knows what he's doing. It's not rocket science and didn't need to be complicated or unnecessarily expensive, like I'm sure this shit show was.
man, i'd never do this because the wind would fuck everything up lol especially like 60mph winds
Well that may last well for 5-10 years but this plastic he uses is the difference needed to extend the lifetime to 25+ years
Friend of mine installed a drive like this in NZ, it's still good 8 years later, and he parks a small garbage truck on it as well as his cars. The rain permeates the drive and helps stop the flooding in the street, unlike the concrete drives of his neighbors.
it would be permeable but you used the heavy ass excavator to compact the soil beyond permeability
just installing fresh gravel would've also completely transformed this driveway
Or a box blade with the scarifiers down (for free)
En mi terreno quité yerbas, emparejé el suelo, le puse tres pulgadas de grava y duró mucho. Hay que arrancar los brotes en tiempo de lluvia, pero son muy pocos.
@@Ricardo-qe2qx idk what that says gang
@@serbianspaceforce6873Do you not have a translate button? I'm being serious are there some devices or OS that don't support the translate system?
@@TroublezAhead00i didn't on my pc but now on my phone i do 🤷
That looks like the most depressing piece of engineering I've ever seen
americans when something isn’t extremely wasteful and bad for the environment: 🤬🤬
@@coastingalongyeah because putting brittle plastic in the ground for water to wash out is great for the environment
@@coastingalonglets bury plastic under road instead of using cement that is literally just rocks and sand
@@isaacmarcucci3777 you’re proving my point……
@@FedkaSlovanich damn you’re ultra stupid huh?
How does the drainage for that work if a heavy downpour of rain comes in?
How is it permeable if you put down plastic tarps at the bottom?
i had 3000 sq/ft of this stuff in the heavy duty variant. despite following all best practices for installation and securing it with 9 spikes per panel the entire driveway pulled itself out of the ground and was ruined when someone did a u turn on it. do not use this for anything but driving straight on/off and parking, it does not hold up to regular driving
Thank you for the info!!!
🤣 we appreciate your sacrafice. 🤣 🤣
The stability of the subgrade should be observed and soft spots should be stabilized. The thickness of the aggregate material should be based on the amount of traffic and loads. There are multiple brands of geogrid reinforcement manufacturers. If completed properly, your driveway should last for many many years without having to buy additional aggregate material.
@@flyingace1057 the subsurface/subgrade was properly prepared & did not fail, the grid failed. no change in aggregate size will change the fact that when making a tight turn in a full time AWD or limited slip vehicle the binding action of the drivetrain places a torsional load causing the the grid to compress and lift with enough force to pull out fully staked panel & tear the plastic. driving directly on & off without turning they work well but i think the term "driveway" is less than clear and slightly misleading. some people have larger spaces & may use the "driveway" to do a u turn.
The country club I used to work for used this on a section of the golf cart path that needed a quick repair while they allocated money to repave it. It cost them over $2000 and it washed out in a heavy rain 2 weeks after it was installed.
Lol they failed the foresight of storm water run off.
What is the weight rating on this before it starts to fail?
why is the drive-way so long😭🙏💀 the house is like 10 square meters
Then the rocks get taken by the tires, grid breaks apart and the plastic starts coming up. Two years later it’s a mess.
with this grid those rocks will stay put for a lot longer
not really bro, this is a concept of mechanical concrete, its suitable for driveway or for less traffic road.
I’ve had it in one of my driveways for about 12 years and it you’d never know other than the fact it looks better and more level than my other driveway
I'm sorry you can't drive Jay...
And twice as espensive to repair. Rubber tire shred pavementwould be permeable
Go to this dude’s New Year’s party and he’ll brag for 10min about the rocks in his driveway. 😅😅
Lol! Probably!
Probably cuz he had too drink
He can describe his driveway in depth but can't remember the girls' name he lost his virginity to.
“Yup-we tore down that shed and the guest house to get some extra 5/8 minus gravel in there. Gonna knock down the daughter’s room to get a bit more space for the shaved granite with a plastic base…”
Yeah until about 2 months when it falls apart and for the next 7 years of cleaning plastic out of the ground
Not practical if it snows where you live. Water seeps in and freezes and loosens the gravel.
And it costs more than a paved driveway!
How to turn a small gravel parking space into an expensive over engineered parking space. That should’ve been the headline.
Seriously, and I'm sure it cost at least 3x more than it would've been had he not made it more complicated than it needed to be. It looks like he does good work and pays attention to detail, and maybe he's just trying to separate himself from the competition and has good intentions, but he didn't need to add the extra layer of gravel, and that plastic grid is completely unnecessary. For the money the homeowners must've spent, they could've gotten a paved driveway instead, with stone edging and a drainage system.
while adding like 40lbs of plastics into your soil
Cost more than my whole house
Guest: Where do we sleep? "
I've never heard a driveway being called a sexy beast. 😂😂😂
Aerial view of that blacked out driveway against the house, and the curbside appeal, looks like it would devalue the property/home vs increasing it! This has to be a personal decision and liking from that homeowner bc it’s not attractive or easy on the eyes, to me.
%100 Devalued the property!!! No one is going to waste their hard earned $, on your over bloated, non-functional gravel driveway!!! Could.have, and should have put in concrete or ashpalt for the same cost as this garbage...
Wait until you see the women
Theres a first for everything...
only people can be sexy. Driveways cannot be sexy! SMH
It completely transformed the driveway... NOT the fact that we ripped up the entire driveway and made a new one.... WHAT?
It's things like that that has me questioning whether people either know what they're saying or just don't think before they say it.
"Your driveway has a nice house"
With that level of effort and cost I’d rather just do concrete or take it a step further and lay down cobblestone which would be far more aesthetically pleasing and longer lasting.
I like the part at the end where you make us think you’re going to put some nice gravel down but then the video just ends
I was looking in the comments for a reason as to why anyone would do this, I thought I was missing something. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this was useless.
Is permeable, so they probably are trying to get rainwater into the ground for the tree roots, or less run off to the storm sewers.... or both😊😊
It seems too if you lived in a harsh environment, gravel driveway wouldn't crack from ice like concrete. Probably like how some of the longest standing walls are just a few rocks stacked on each other. They can shift slightly over time without cracking.
So much sexier than a regular driveway, oh lawd
@@red---paulvanravenswaay2247The rock is permeable. The grid is pointless.
@@michaelberna4836what? They were talking about the grid system. You don't need it for a rock driveway
theres only 2 acceptable surfaces around a house. 1. grass 2. asphalt/concrete
A pea gravel top layer will still be needed to keep the moss and weeds from taking over again.
if you didnt pour it in concrete it's your own asphalt
Lol
Best construction pun of the day
I've been in the industry for over a decade. My crew taught me well@@nathanielweber7843
I fking hate sht asphalt patch jobs that make the problem worse.
@@WhiteSupremeIkr ? Asphalt patches, phew. Never on my watch. Patches.