So in Part 1 I talked about how I pressured washed the whole driveway and backyard, the stones looked nice and clean. I was pretty happy with how it turned out, all the roots and weeds between the stones also had been blown away by the pressure washing power.

The thing I did not consider was the sand between the tiles :). I thought they can just be left empty, but I was wrong, it seems whenever this driveway and backyard was built, since then there has been some shifting in the tiles so they had pretty big gaps in-between.

You can see some of the gaps between the tiles here

I bought about 75kg worth of sand to pour and fill in between the tiles, I also bought another 50kg of sand that is waiting to be used once this current layer settles.

Spreading the sand onto the tile gaps

My first idea was to just pour the sand in-between the gaps by hand or with a small shovel.. But thanks to my smart partner, pouring all the sand down and pushing it over the tile and tile gaps with a broom or brush was much more effective and faster haha.

The process was pretty easy and straightforward, one issue was ants they kept making more holes the more I filled them up heh.

After filling the gaps between the tiles

All the major gaps were filled with this first layer, now I await rain to fall so it gets the sand wet and settles it so if there is more holes I can fill them up with the reserve sand I got.. I got 50kg of it, what am I going to do with that much sand, I got no clue.

This finishes the DIY part of cleaning the driveway and backyard, what other DIY projects am I planning? There is a few.. making backyard furniture from some euro pallets, installing new lighting in the garage (I am thinking if I should do it smart or dumb via a switch though the current switches are in odd places), and properly setting up my office among other things.

Now I am wondering what I should write about tomorrow, lord help me.

Until next time,

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