Installing stepping stones is easier than you think!

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Published 2022-05-16
Our lawn was balding, so time to install some stepping stones. They'll give your garden a +2 bonus to whimsy while providing an easy path anywhere you want to go. Remember to bend with your knees when lifting heavy stones and bags of sand!

Stepping stones from B&Q. Sand from Wickes. Tools, model's own.

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00:00 Intro
00:32 Layout
01:21 Turf Cutting
02:37 Levelling
04:19 Final Step

Music is from Youtube audio library
Ibiza Dream
Snowy Peaks pt 1
both by artist Chris Haugen

All Comments (21)
  • @katewells3755
    Nice, clear, detailed, step by step explanation. I liked the fact that the garden was, like mine, a working garden and not super tidy. Thank you, you have given the confidence to put stepping stones in the muddy bit between the gate and the front door. Great stuff!!!
  • @ghengis430
    That's great. I wish the person who laid the lovely York Stone in my lawn had measured the lengths. There's one point where i have to leap. I now know how to lay an in-between stone. Thanks❤
  • @57colliegirl
    Your stones with the sand borders look the best of all the other videos. You are very good at this! I actually paid a landscaper to put in my pavers and he didn't use a base of sand or gravel. Three years later, they are
    sinking into the ground and ruining my landscape. I have to weed wack around them to be seen...what a job ahead to pull each one out and level it and use sand or gravel. 😢😢
  • @ClaireSara
    Great video! Loved the editing and all the different angles. Love a little DIY project!
  • @neonhenry
    excellent video and pleasant narration, thank you
  • @joyciejd9673
    love this video. I want to put in a simple step stone path and looked at a couple of other videos and the "productions" discouraged me before I even started. at his was great!
  • @ellengrace2367
    This is so helpful! I got a whole bunch of free flagstone from a man who was getting rid of his pond, and I'm going to try to make a path to my shed where the ground is getting super compacted and weedy. Hopefully my path ends up looking as nice as yours!
  • @nathan5577
    Great way to test it by "getting on top and rocking back and forth"
  • Hi. It's a great video. Why back fill with sand and not the soil that you've dug out?