How to form & pour Concrete Steps with a Pier Foundation. D.I.Y.

[@rl945]

Awesome narrative, all beef no rambling

[@lmtd4r966]

Great job, can’t go wrong with a hard working wife Sir, y’all make a great team. Thank you for the knowledge you share with us newbies.

[@chaiselabrie6965]

Very professional work and description. People like you are the hero’s of KZbin 👍👌

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

I appreciate that!

[@chaiselabrie6965]

@@D.I.Y._All-in-One hey man you deserve it. Ur a smart and hard worker. U deserve any positive happening in ur life

[@rubenheymans1988]

Would it also possible to do this with a 12 steps stair and 2m width? Or it that just too much for diy

[@zeridiusmagus1676]

Those are some beautiful steps! Thank you for the very detailed break down of each step.

[@joecanad7893]

Really informative and great work... this fellow knows his stuff!

[@yevgenaleksyeyenko8291]

Good video. Thank you bro

[@joelsmith6050]

Nice video. As an option, the steel beams could be eliminated by reinforcing the concrete wall to create a "concrete beam". With that span (2) #5's top and bottom, 16" apart would work.

[@killazftw]

Thanks for the video it took a bit for me to finally find someone that would describe the consistency at which to start finishing the concrete ( the 1/4 in press you mentioned ) the only downfall is now I have to start my project

[@marcusn3902]

Wow great video. I really appreciate how you explain everything step by step. It will definitely help me. I’m subscribing asap.

[@VickiBragdon]

Hello my name is vicki I enjoy the work you do on your own home

[@BEanz911]

That’s a great video man that’s exactly how it’s done brother !!

[@chadchad9407]

This was a good video.. Very well explained. Thank you.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks man

[@AMMhair]

You guys are so awesome and inspiring!

[@dogbardave6851]

Very nice! Great job on the foundation. Appreciate the setback measurements from rebar to form. The only thing I'd do differently, is I'd use concrete epoxy to glue the rebar to the house. IMO, too much to ask of construction glue. But it looks like you have good fit otherwise.

[@coloradodayhiker]

Turned out really nice. My city is way more relaxed on codes. I like the idea of the steel beams and supports as the ground here shifts over time due to cold winters and hot summers coupled with rain and snow melt.

[@RoseBrosHTX]

Amazing video. Thank u 🙏🏼 so so much for sharing. I learned so much. Please make more

[@sammyg973]

WOW!!! Nice. I just need a small form of 2 stairs off of my belco basement door. Impressive.

[@jonasoliveira9366]

Best video so far! Thanks for the great explanation

[@juanrafaeltosado1812]

¡¡ GREAT JOB ( BEAUTIFUL & SOLID STEPS !!!🙏).

[@pardeapsambi9465]

Very inspirational and informative

[@seanmccluskey4581]

Very nice. Very thorough, great finish. I have a similar project coming up, slightly smaller, but this will help.

[@3jcb123]

Just commenting to say thanks

[@coltykuu]

Super impressive, great job brother!

[@h.b2029]

Excellent. Very helpful. Thanks.

[@bigbankhank1337]

Nice dude but future reference just start at the top and let the mud run where it’s going to run while vibrating. Then once it kinda covers well and starts to settle work from the bottom up. Otherwise cheers dude looks great!

[@Saywhatohno]

amazing video!!!

[@juliomartinez8729]

Good job guys well done ✅

[@joshuahorner2197]

I like ld the pier idea especially since you were anchoring the steps to your house but you could have drilled 16" into the ground hammered in rebar then filled with gravel and tamped it down solid for a good basebto build off of plus gravel is cheap so you could have used that where you used the block

[@seanpaula8924]

Well done.

[@Bigrell0326]

EXCELLENT!!!!! Well done, fast, smartly shot, lots of info.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@jimmyphelix2019]

Good job 👍

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks 👍

[@jacobroberts3961]

Nice work, I would have personally buried the down spouts and ran them to the other side of the slab but looks like you got plenty of pitch so shouldn't matter to much.

[@fakeaccount4092]

Looks great man!!! Thanks for the tips!!!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@steveverhaeghe7698]

Very nice indeed

[@krb365]

concrete work looks amazing. But i'm not sure about pouring concrete directly against the siding. I think cutting the siding then flashing the sheathing before the pour would have been best. The concrete will last likely forever but that siding may rot (also may rot faster now that it's touching concrete).

[@sethhughes2163]

Outstanding my friend! Looks beautiful! Seth

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@sethhughes2163]

@@D.I.Y._All-in-One You bet! Seth

[@olddesifusion9806]

Excellent. Wish you all the best.

[@babyboo3236]

Amazing. Well done 👍

[@byan6189]

Great video!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks!

[@hotdawg9840]

It's a good idea to set up the foundation for the steps the way this guy did it for sure but I would just recommend more than anything getting a giant chunk of foam that is one piece that you can sit down inside this thing that takes up a lot of unnecessary concrete fill making it lighter and less likely to ever sag or settle. We always use foam in our concrete steps because it's lite and it's a no-brainer... Steps that are all concrete on almost every single house you see all start sagging and falling away and it's only because they're not supported right and they're too heavy

[@lisasolis7399]

Wouldn't the weight of the cement crush the foam?

[@benjaminurista9742]

Do you have a video or a picture to show us so we can see what you’re talking about?

[@saltyolbroad2962]

Wouldn't the foam negate the point of the footer?

[@KTIIbot]

In Montreal. Canada. The foundation needs to be at at least 54 inches deep, against frost.

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Hermoso trabajo felicitaciones saludos desde Chile 💖💖💖💖🤗🤗🤗🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@brianzachary5618]

One suggestion on the osb form, make it 1 1/2" longer running overall of the 2x riser instead of using a block to splice the forms together.

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

Nice bruh 👌 👏 👍 loving it n keep it moving thanks

[@kathyevans8013]

Great Video. Thanks for so much information. One minor point, though, shouldn't the broom marks go perpendicular to the intended angle of travel and not parallel? Seems like it would provide more friction and be less slippery that way.

[@junctionrecords876]

Great Job

[@frankdasaintdituri9983]

you guys are real good

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

thanks

[@michaelroberson7813]

Very well done!

[@tracymankey9314]

Very nice job

[@peteculver3549]

Wow great work sir

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks a lot

[@graysonquenelle]

Love it but why didnt you finish it?

[@guanako503tyle6]

Pretty neat job 👍

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@romicapintilie9260]

Meserie te halesc nota 10

[@anonymousgeorge4321]

Good job.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@gausnell]

NO rambling pure info. Great video. How much would you charge a client for that job. I was thinking 5000 dollars.

[@enanotodo]

$7800

[@alancraigie7951]

Thank you, a very informative video. 👍

[@antonioschriss]

VERY NICE WORK AND STRONG . VERY NICE BUT DID YOU THINK THAT MAKE WALLS WITH BLOCKS AND STEPS WITH BLOCKS AND THEN FINISH IT UP WOULD BE MUCH MUCH CHEAPER, IS NOT NEEDED SO HAVY CONTSRUCTION FOR 5 STEPS, MY OPINION

[@loganross1861]

is there a video where you show how to do the concrete footing? Do you put the tube into that while it's wet, or how can I learn how to do the footing? Thank you for this video, I've been trying to find good instructions for how to do a pier, for a light pole

[@joshsundiwa]

good one thanks for sharing

[@stevewort]

Good to see you filled in before pouring. I was looking at the finished steps and thinking that would be a LOT of concrete and how did it set in the middle without cracking :) what about using drain rock if you don’t have a bunch of old concrete blocks lying around?

[@marekzalewski8447]

This is the clearest and most helpful description I've come across. Thank you very much

[@johnreds1384]

Nice!

[@tipboss4374]

Beautiful 🔥🔥🔥👌

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@rajneeshmilarepa6090]

Very nicely done. Did you add a slope at all to your steps? A foreman I recently worked with told me that interior steps can be level, but exterior steps technically require a 1% slope so water runs off.

[@SofiNme365]

Can you give us an idea how much will that cost, year 2024. Thank you!

[@romicapintilie9260]

Frumos ❤

[@garrysmith7156]

The only thing that won’t pass where I live is, it has to be construction epoxy They don’t mess around with that around here you can’t use PL rebar into concrete or rock

[@СергейРаковец-б6я]

cool

[@lorenabrown9311]

Where did you get your hand rail? Very nice!

[@DAMusic-qu2ec]

Whoever built my stairs on my new house might not have built a footing. It has sunk by a 1/4” over time. Not sure how old the steps are.

[@shantor100]

And,,,,,, have a helper like the wife

[@billfranks1905]

Nice video

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@TraderIsaac]

How much would this cost in April 2023 to have someone do for me? Are these steps/installation cheaper than composite steps? Wondering about cost/value of concreate steps with patio slab vs. composite deck just for overlooking backyard, no water views.

[@healthyhealthy1781]

Thank you for uploading the videos. May I ask a question? There are two flooring nails on my basement near the water tank and the main water pipe. I do not know what the nails are for. However, there has been a small dripping from the main pipe which I did not notice until 2-3 days ago. The floor was very wet and the concrete at the site of the nails site sagged. Now there are two holes on the floor where the nails are. I though the concrete floor is pretty thick. How come it became so thin and sagged into holes. I guess it is because of the water leak nearby. There is wet soil in the holes. May I know your advice about it?. Thank you.

[@frezh2deathboii]

Does moisture build up between concrete and siding?

[@browdyy5048]

question? Besides adding filler like the blocks and dirt. Could i just fill the whole thing with concrete instead.. I know ill be spending more on concrete but could i just do that instead ?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Yes. But you will need to use more rebar. And possibly put in a center footing to provide more support for the extra weight of the concrete in the middle.

[@louish.9414]

Why put railing on top of stairs not on side for more strength.

[@Pugelista41]

expansion against the house?

[@genollanas2110]

I’m really perplexed by the steel I-beams. Is it because the ground is not stable enough to hold the weight of the steps? Also, I have also heard about keeping rebar away from the forms, but I thought it was because they could rust and come through. Does that apply to I-beams also?

[@larryzdanis5377]

Essentially, to comply with the "footing below frostline" requirement, since only his column piers go down to the footing, he's not permitted to assume the ground above the footing will support any weight at all.. the load path must go to the piers, so he needs a "beam" to transfer the weight of the step to the piers. As another savvy commenter said, he could have eliminated the steel by adding a little more rebar, so that essentially the concrete and rebar would serve as a "concrete beam" across the column/pier footings.

[@Seaninirish]

Nice video! Is there a slight fall (built into the forms) on each step so that rain water doesn't accumulate?

[@g.lav80]

Should be

[@1HourBule]

Im new to concrete but want to try, is it okay to put concrete over older concrete steps that look horrible and have some cracks?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

It's usually best to just start over, Unfortunately. To overlay the old concrete is an art form in itself and requires quite a bit of skill, and is usually is not very structurly strong.

[@reaper-sz5tm]

You can do that but laying it over old concrete will always just be a patch, you’ll have to go back in and touch it up periodically to cover up cracks as it ages, not particularly expensive but it is some labor. I just recovered a 20 year old concrete slab with mortar just to build it back up, it was only 4x4 so 2 bags of mortar did it just fine. It all depends on what your goal is for the project

[@richardjacques1731]

I am not a pro but would this idea be possible if there is room at the bottom. Extend the top landing by the length of one tread, cut cement board to cover old treads to lessen cracking, them build new forms and pour right over the top?

[@dolphin3299]

How do you quote this job?

[@pocoyobatista9949]

Never seen a steel foundations for steps on grade,where are you located??

[@georgekatsinis5224]

He said there's a 30" frost line.

[@sathyanathan235]

What slump you use in this project?

[@scottoldham7459]

4 it looks like

[@slinkypow]

No slope for ext stairs?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Slight slope.

[@imacyclepath440]

I’d be worried about the angle iron on the edges. It looks great and makes it more slip resistant but I feel like water would get caught up there. Even if it flows to the sides because there is a gap at the ends. Some water is bound to stay there and pool a bit. But hey, I could be wrong. Nice job overall. Looks great.

[@dwaynemartin8305]

No bracing on the rise forms ? Tell me they didnt bow ..

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

It's only 5' wide, the 2x8 did not bow.

[@cryptingme1763]

It didn’t bow bc concrete was very rough. Like slump 2 lol. If he did slump 6 were it flows like water that would bow

[@iamstevestrough8185]

That's what I was thinking exactly at the very least run one two by four right down the middle I mean geez come on

[@iamstevestrough8185]

@@D.I.Y._All-in-One CLS all in one I wasn't breaking balls or nothing bro you know I'm no master at what I do I just got in my front door I live in Philly it's 1:57. right now a.m. I was I did a set of steps in somebody's basement I literally just got home so yeah I mean we all work hard never bash anybody it's just not my style baby stay humble and make that money God bless stay safe

[@justinkindler9682]

Bro, overbuild much. Damn, nice job though.

[@Yophillips3272]

These stairs will probably outlast your house

[@juanrafaeltosado1812]

¡¡ 🍞🌷❤️ I LOVE YOU MAMI' !! .

[@putsomesugaronme]

Really informative great job.

[@FrankMason406]

I've never seen steps done without stripping the risers and finishing them. Unless it's being covered with tile or not finished floor. To each their own, it came out great. Thanks for sharing.

[@marko_s1000r]

Gives it that industrial look

[@shovelheadseven]

Nice job. Wondering why you didn't just pour a slab for your foundation.

[@conqueringlion420]

Exactly, if I saw this being done I’d tell him to pack it up. I want a solid foundation on my steps

[@michaele8896]

Due to the freeze depth, digging down 36 inches and making a solid block of concrete that deep and thick is extreme. A 4 inch slab won't make it below freeze depth.

[@faydogg21h]

Lol these guys thinking you can just pour a slab 😂 would be nice and easy. Literally you have to dig down 3’ and prep the entire area with 3/4”stone then pour. Much easier way out is digging tubes in deep frost areas.

[@sdandrea5245]

@@faydogg21h Concrete slab will move for sure.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Great job and one thing for sure it will NEVER EVER EVER, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS, EVER sink...:)...General contractor in philly for 35 years, I've used a few italian concrete guys over the years for steps...We do them a bit different. We pull forms when the concrete is still green, then use a 1-1 pointing sand and portland mix to coat the entire thing...Like a skim coat...Also steel trowel the finish, with grooving on the treads and Bull nose edges...

[@ahmedhadidi6961]

With all the additions of dirt and blocs, those stairs are going to stay there for a long time solid job right there👌

[@DavidJohnson-nw3dz]

Until all those air pockets make it fail 😂 ever hear of a vibrator

[@JA-wp6cj]

Don't forget to tip your concrete driver, that job sucks. Hurry the f up,your late!!! 😁

[@22pnc37]

Job sucks getting over 35$ an hour and bonuses vacation paid yeah sucks

[@AJ-ew7kr]

@@22pnc37 EXACTLY LMAO

[@josefranco7254]

Great work 💪

[@stevewort]

2.5 yards still seems like a massive amount of concrete ??? I am assuming a lot of that is because your fill is hollow concrete blocks vs using a more solid fill like drainage rock?

[@simonrizk4451]

awesome, thank u

[@sdandrea5245]

Use styrofoam under steps and top.

[@jeffbassett9607]

why cant you use only block