biggerken t1_j9w2kwo wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:40 PM

Reply to comment by cdog77777blue in Pea Gravel Installation Prep by cdog77777blue

Sounds good, pea gravel will work.

I don’t think I would bother digging down to put a base of larger rocks. Seems like a lot of work 😂

At our old place it was just weed barrier and then pea gravel on top and we had no issues.

cdog77777blue OP t1_j9w6gxu wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:08 AM

Awesome and yeah I was originally planning on just using weed block and a light layer of pea gravel. I then decided to watch a quick diy just in case and noticed everyone and their mom said that you needed to dig down 5 inches and use 3 inches of larger rocks which just sounded like 10 extra hours of unnecessary work. Thank you so much for your input because if not for your comment Id be paying a ton more for stupid extra rocks lol

cdog77777blue OP t1_j9w87lt wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:21 AM

Also final question what would you recommend for a boarder? The whole area is fenced in but the fence Im assuming is super old and is crazy warped. Im debating between having wood around the edges or larger bricks/stones.

biggerken t1_j9y8wm2 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:06 PM

If you have 6 inches to go up I’d put in a few inches of gravel, tamp it down level, then just place a 2x4 frame out of pressure treated with the top level with your patio to hold the pea gravel. At my new place I had to come up about 8 inches, so did a 4 inch tamped level gravel base with 2x4 frame filled with wood mulch.