Entryway Stairs||14x14 Addition||

[@RickFlairWoo5]

You can add a concrete base in the future but the stringers will last longer with a 8” footer fwiw. We do these often and pack soil rock with hand tamp and then frame a 2X4x10 footings usually 1 bag of quick Crete

[@thomasingle1333]

Great helpers/testers you got there.

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

Right?! Thanks!

[@MrIg3845]

Hey! you got an helper.😀😀

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

Oh yeah, they pop in every once in a while. 💪

[@mikedkc]

Great job.

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

Thanks Mike! You're the real MVP

[@huejanus5505]

Steps look good. Should have put some End Cut on the cut edges of your stringers

[@MrWaldorfian]

Good job on the stairs. They look good and solid. One question: Did you put the stringers right down on the soil? Maybe putting some patio stones or something underneath will keep those stringers from rotting prematurely? I know they are pressure treated but Mother Nature doesn't care.

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

I didn't on this build, i actually re build the stairs to drop them down because i thought it was causing water penetration issues (turned out not to be the stairs) but i put a bottom support on the next one.

[@MrWaldorfian]

@@BreakFreeHomestead good job!

[@kervincastro1116]

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[@albertpasciuti2900]

You can figure out steps fairly easy in coded states rules are 8” max rise and 9” min tread steps not varying more than1/4” any where

[@etherx8604]

Are you gonna paint / stain / waterproof those steps?

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

Yes, we will stain these when the pressure treated wood dries out.

[@etherx8604]

@@BreakFreeHomestead Do you plan to remove the steps so you can treat all six sides of each board?

[@jimmys.8062]

@@etherx8604 It's not necessary with treated, provided you live in a warmer climate like mine. North US and very wet places are probably different rules.

[@unclemony5939]

The bottom of the stairs has no support. Soil erosion will cause some problem for you in the future. I love the project.

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

Thanks for the heads up! Next time i will put the lower support but for this set i might install a backer support near the bottom so give it come more rigidity. Thanks for sticking with us!

[@travispolson4615]

Yes. The best thing to do is pour a small concrete slab for the bottom to rest on and secure it to the concrete with brackets made for that.

[@jimmys.8062]

@@travispolson4615 This was my thought as well. IF you really want it to last, you build the connection to the ground like a fence post with the concrete piers as deep as needed. Then connect with a slab if you need a landing.

[@nodoubt46able]

you built a set of steps on plain dirt ? no solid block or concrete? they will pull off the house in 6 months

[@josephbohme7917]

I hate notching stairs when there are great inside tread galv braces made. Why weaken the good 2x12. No brick/blocks and drain trough footing even Temporary I guess.

[@dorianwilson4559]

The music that is playing, who is that?

[@BreakFreeHomestead]

Not sure which song you're referencing; Music; Sunny; Bensound Moving On; Pressure; Riot

[@pain_inthe_bass]

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[@edgardestrada7669]

In the way you do your video speedy way. No one will understand and probably learn nothing.