Worth Spending $65,000 On A Backyard Renovation?

0:26 why hello there brent here the bring your own tools on today's episode we are finishing off this amazing summer slash fall project and i'm going to show you the actual budget of what it actually costs to get this project done if you want to learn how to do it keep on watching we'll get started [Music] this backyard renovation has been truly one of a kind and i've shown you the entire process from start to finish and i actually just made a playlist for this entire backyard renovation so if you want to see any of the things you might

1:12 have missed in the past you're easily able to find it in chronological order however the only steps that i haven't shown you yet are comically the steps the steps specifically off the deck and the landing that's right next to our retaining wall so let's get these things taken care of and at the tail end as i promised i'll make sure and show you the entire budget from start to finish on this entire project we previously built an amazing deck and retain wall however there is approximately a four foot gap between the two we need to figure out how we're going to connect the two with a landing i built a formwork system for pouring concrete and the concrete is going to be sectioned off in four different sections i take a laser level to determine the exact height that i need the formwork to

1:57 be in order to have the perfect height that meets up with our existing stair treads i hammer in steel stakes in all four corners and then fasten them securely to the framework to make sure we have a guaranteed position for the forms that won't be moving on us after we pour our concrete once i have the positioning taken care of as well as my back fill i double check my levelness and as long as that is good we're ready to start pouring we're going to be pouring a bit of crushed rock first into the each form because we want to make sure our freshly poured concrete is just not sitting on a bed of dirt once you have your crushed rock sub base poured out i do suggest wetting it down and then trying to compact it a bit prior to pouring concrete because we want a nice solid

2:44 base to work upon as for concrete i'm going to be using your standard 60 pound bags of sakrete that is gonna be just a nice general high strength concrete mix the one tip that i always have for people that are mixing concrete is to always pour the water in first and then pour in your concrete this way i find it much easier to avoid those pesky lumps that no one wants in their concrete i begin filling the first bay of concrete and as i'm pouring i do try and make sure and solidify all that concrete into the tight-knit corners of the formwork then i come back with a screed and screed off the very top portion so we have a very nice and smooth surface to work upon after it dries now the one

3:32 thing i wish i thought about a little bit more thoroughly is that this framework was extremely difficult to remove so much so that i actually just left it in there i wish i made it so i was actually attaching those vertical slats to the retain wall versus having that one piece of form work right up against my retaining wall but you live and you learn and i'll think about that one a little bit more thoroughly when i do my next landing project once my concrete is dry i take a pressure treated 2x4 and wrap it in g-tape then i fasten each 2x4 down using the tapcon drill and screw kit system this was a really nice and easy way to fasten these boards into the concrete because the kit comes with the appropriate drill bit you set your drill to the hammer setting while drilling

4:17 into the concrete then clean out the hole and secure it in place with the appropriate tapcon screws that come with the kit these ones are 3 inches long i place three to four screws into each board which gives us plenty of structural support and just keep in mind the top of these boards should align perfectly with the height of a retaining wall which means that our stair treads are gonna be the exact same height as the landing itself with our landing framework taken care of it's now time to proceed to our step and for a step we have to make a step down from the deck to the landing because of the fact that we have approximately 15 inches of height which is way too much and we don't want anyone to be busting an ankle while trying to get from the

5:03 deck to the landing but luckily for us being able to use two by eights which is seven half inches wide and therefore it makes a perfect height for this one step that we need this step and landing are gonna be four feet wide which matches our stairs on our retaining wall however because we have a railing here the railing does get in the way a bit and therefore we do have to do some framework and some bracing around the sides to make sure we have the proper framework to be able to slide into place underneath our railing i notch out the appropriate mount with my multi-tool which makes quick work of any notchy needs and after i have a position correctly and level i secure it to the deck with

5:49 just a few exterior screws at this point it's now time for the decking boards and for the decking we're going to be using the same stuff that we've used in previous videos which is the timber tech vintage collection and the color for these boards is english walnut and just like all of my videos if you like any of the tools or materials that are seen in this video i will make sure and leave links in the description box below on where you can find said tool or said material for my stair tread i do have to notch out a small section on both sides in order for it to fit perfectly and snugly right up against the deck i use my deck spacers to make sure we have even space in between each board and then secure the boards in place with our cortex fasteners these are the same

6:36 cortex fasteners that we used on the deck which provides an extremely strong hold as well as their amazing cap system which matches our decking which we'll get to shortly we didn't have the perfect amount of spacing needed for us to have a full board at the very end of our landing therefore we just ripped off a small piece and installed it just like all the other boards but now that we have all of our boards fully installed we just need to make sure we cap them off appropriately with their cortex cap system which matches our decking boards perfectly now i'm not going to show the process on how i fabricate and installed our other step on the opposite side of the deck because it was the same exact process just no landing so keep that in mind and at this point all we have to do is sit

7:22 back relax and watch others install turf yep one project that i didn't have to take on because i already have a turf video on my channel so if you are interested in learning how to install turf properly then make sure and check out the link above but guess what now that we have our landing taken care of and the turf in we are done [Music] this was a project that was months in the making and is something that from the small details to the large impacts this thing is truly one beautiful sexy

8:10 beast and one amazing transformation as you can see a huge thank you goes out to all sponsors that were part of this project whether it was view rail timber tech power pro georgia boot and so forth they were some amazing players that helped us along the way on this entire project and i'm truly proud to be a part of a project that will bring so much joy and happiness to this family but i know what you're asking yourself what did all this cost well let's take a look that was a busy summer fall project and as you can see it was an amazing transformation but there was a lot of time and energy

8:57 involved with this project with that being said i had copious amounts of people asking me what's the cost and the estimate for all of this work i figured on this specific project i'll actually share that with top secret pricing associated with byot now i just have to put in a little password i have to put a little fingerprint action as well as retina skin very official now i'm going to go into detail as to where the cost is associated based upon the materials and labor for each portion the first thing is the deck now the deck came in at a total cost of seventeen thousand two hundred fifty eight dollars and twenty six cents

9:42 yeah that's a lot of money just for the deck itself now you have to consider the fact that the materials for just the pressure treated and the timber tech decking material was extremely expensive especially during the summer months and that came in at 70 percent of the overall cost there the labor was only 29 of that specific cost keep that in mind and the retaining wall after we got done with the deck the retain wall came in at 8893 in two cents the materials alone for that was 65 of the overall and the labor portion was closer to 35

10:29 again materials were quite expensive on that portion but it was actually a lot cheaper than doing it via stone so also keep that in mind the railing the beautiful railing around our gorgeous deck came in at 19 827 and 54 cents now i have to tell you that that railing was expensive because the railing itself came in at 80 over 88 of the overall cost there and view rail is a gorgeous system it's a high quality system and it's made here in the united states so i always love supporting those type of companies but keep in mind that is an expensive

11:15 railing which also included the railing for the stairwell downs so just know that you're gonna get a very high quality product but with a high quality product comes at a price the stairs the stairs that also include the landing and the steps off the deck came in at 3946.20 assuming and 92 cents now this was the only one where the materials is actually less than the labor the materials was closer to 42 and the labor came in at closer to 58 but keep in mind that the materials for this was pretty simple just some concrete

12:00 some framing and some decking boards but the labor to actually make sure that all those steps were perfect and aligned properly that what took a lot of time and energy to do so keep that in mind on that particular section and finally the section that i personally actually didn't do but i did get pricing for was the turf the stone walkway as well as some of the more landscaping aspects of the backyard came in at around 16 000 now the material for that was closer to a 63 percent where the labor came in at more towards 37 for that entire area

12:46 that is the pricing for this entire project the overall budget for this entire backyard renovation was 65 925 and 74 cents that is the price for this project yeah that was expensive but keep in mind that we are also in an area where seattle greater seattle area you can add that to your home and guess what you'll get that back so we have completely transformed that backyard and therefore their house has increased in value probably at least 65 000 worth especially in the area that we live in

13:32 and also keep in mind that the labor portion for all these costs whether it was me working or someone else that was working on the project i charged them at a 50 per hour rate which in our neck of the woods is extremely reasonable for labor especially good high quality labor that you know and trust keep that in mind and hopefully you can do some of this yourself but it's been beautiful it's been amazing it's one one truly beautiful sexy beast of a project but i'm glad it's done and now we just can move on to the next project see you then