NEVER SEEN BEFORE TECHNIQUE TO BUILD STAIRS

Here we are building two sets of stairs on a new house out of chimney blocks. This is quite labor intensive but quite easy to lay out the step height because the blocks are 7-1/2" tall and they are big enough to make a comfortable stair tread. I am sure you have never seen stairs built like this before but the customer wanted something cost effective and unique for their new home.

[@wingman8447]

Those stairs will be there until the end of time. Nice work as usual

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks

[@dawnmitchell8213]

I used to work for a concrete company 30 years ago and we built stairs like that all the time so I’ve definitely seen stairs built like that before.

[@bondobuilt386]

Did you use chimney blocks?

[@kellybeaton8215]

Good thing this homeowner built up his driveway so it can push the water to his neighbors side yard up to the foundation. Great guy

[@croboy751]

Yeah, that’s fucked up!

[@brucecotnoir9135]

looks just like my dog MAGOO, GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS...........2 THUMBS UP

[@robertnash2446]

Those concrete stairs are fricken gorgeous!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks Robert

[@kdubs3]

Nice work. Chimney block was a smart idea - looks great.

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks.

[@russellgilson4072]

Bondo you are a good instructor, your level of experience speaks for itself! Interesting frost protection work and step construction. Good looking steps made with chimney blocks!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you.

[@oby-1607]

Better give the gopher a raise. He did good in front of all of the 7 subscribers. I wonder if the air bags in your truck can be increased in size for more weight capacity. I have never had a problem with the air bags in my Kenworth.

[@bondobuilt386]

Ya he is getting a raise 👍🏻

[@joer4595]

Beautiful job boys !👍

[@Yorkie285]

Sure is a lot of work for stairs, your guys are good workers.

[@bondobuilt386]

Ya a big project if you see it from the start.

[@Praterphil]

Another beautiful job, looks like it should hold anything they want to haul up them!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks 😊

[@donaldhilton731]

Definitely know where you are on this project, my brother had a house down the street, good to see the old stomping grounds.

[@bondobuilt386]

Awesome it's a small world.

[@billmadle1235]

Interesting those steps are the strongest thinking steps I’ve ever seen put together those things will last forever!😊

[@bondobuilt386]

I hope they last a long time.

[@toddavis8603]

The teamwork is good here.Those stairs will last a very long time!

[@joehuinker7009]

Excellent job Bondo as usual

[@bondobuilt386]

thanks Joe.

[@soniagiddings9884]

NICE WORK

[@garybarkley2286]

Nice job guys it sets the whole front of the house off the main focus point

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks.

[@adambradley8645]

Great work as always 🙂👍👍atb

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks

[@josephrottina1901]

Turned out great brother.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks Joe.

[@idropbars]

Beautiful!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you

[@DarrellCatt]

watching from Alberta Canada

[@DeuceGenius]

not bad nice n easy job

[@DavidProulx-wf4pr]

What a great idea using chimney block it gives me an idea thank you you guys are amazing

[@bondobuilt386]

Awesome glad to help.

[@JonathonJenkins-h5e]

They look great I’d worry about the sides cracking and chipping away but awesome work fuys

[@bondobuilt386]

That definetly will not happen.

[@KayDurrant]

Well if its only 8 watching I'm gonna make it 9. Subscribing now ❤ yalls personality and workmanship

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks Kay

[@palladini9718]

On Lake Ontario, in about a month we will be living in the house we purchased in ST Thomas Ontario. I would love to have one of the t-shirts you guys wear. I know I am in Canada, but it would be a great advertisement for you guys

[@user-in5vg3cp9b]

Beautiful job 👏

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you

[@barrypierce9100]

Nice job friends..😊😊😊

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks 😊

[@chipmiller9074]

What a beautiful job you have created!😊 Them some nicest stepers I've ever seen built!!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you.

[@Youtubsucks5]

Too bad the front of the slab doesn't match the steps ,if I was paying for that we would have a problem

[@bondobuilt386]

No idea what you are talking about?@@Youtubsucks5

[@rickallen9382]

What is he trying to say

[@bondobuilt386]

The bottom step looks different but it is not even backfilled up to finally grade so after that it will look the same. Don't pay much attention to a hater who KZbin name is KZbinsucks5 LMAO @@rickallen9382

[@Mymusickb]

Looks like a beautiful house. Some day I'll have to take a motorcycle ride around the pond see if I can find it lol....

[@bondobuilt386]

That would be a nice ride I do it sometimes myself.

[@aaronbrown3573]

Legit work, you always produce high quality work, seeing that cut Block in the middle of the run on the steps, obviously because of the predetermined width of the steps , got me wondering , why not run those half bond or running bond. ? Then as I'm typing it hit me. There all getting core filled and it prolly fills more complete without the bond.

[@bondobuilt386]

You are correct my friend. 😀 Thanks.

[@condor4679123]

I am embarking on a home build and I have found your videos on concrete work both educational and entertaining. Wish you were located in Wisconsin!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you I appreciate that.

[@Raul28153]

Nice and big, good overhang. there a reason you didn't tie the stacks to each other, and stagger the joints? ? How long will the sealant last?

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks. We line the blocks up that way I could fill the cells with stone.

[@Jake53]

Good job Gopher🎉🎉

[@Ps119]

You did a great job. Hold up that wall as well.

[@bondobuilt386]

LOL that wall is not going anywhere either.

[@majorpayne5289]

Awesome steps!

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you

[@colinratcliffe2454]

Excellent job.

[@mikedalton4697]

I hit the liked button. Lol Good job as always.

[@bondobuilt386]

thanks Mike.

[@thomasbordi8726]

The best I've seen. WOW.😁.

[@alisharif1997]

Great house 🏗️🏘️

[@TeeJay10664]

Great instructional video...thank you. I am sure you also do traditional concrete stairs all the time. Would be real interesting if you had or could make a video with the same level of detail as this one. Especially interested in the overlapping forms, rebar structure, stair caps that overhang...just think it would be really instructional. Really enjoy your channel. Thanks again.

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you. We only build stairs once in a while but I will video next time we do.

[@johnparkhurst825]

For the type of concrete work that you do I don't see how it could be done any better. Well done as usual!👍👍👍 I hope these Lake elites tip well 😁

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks John.

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Salute to the chat

[@bondobuilt386]

What's that mean buddy? LOL

[@Kate-turbokateproducts]

What a great job guys I was wondering what kind of sealer you were using on those some stairs if you wouldn't mind sharing. Those stairs look absolutely fantastic

[@richardscarlett7942]

I need some help. I hope you have time to answer my question. Awesome video as usual. Love watching your videos. I learn a lot from them. Things have definitely changed since i worked with my Grandfather (concrete mason,crew leader) 35 years ago. I need to build a house, my40 year old mobil home is coming down around me. I want to pour a slab but don't have the money for a monolithic pour. Here's my question: Can you pour footers and footers for beams, build stem walls and beams for loadbearing walls with concrete blocks, and pour concrete inside to top of concrete blocks for a fished slab?

[@bondobuilt386]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKiwYZmAhsSritksi=6U_qggyI_oE4FEuQ Here is a video where we did blocks on a footer and then poured a cap on top.

[@romainehall1698]

Just a little tip the edge underneath i know is hard so i would have placed a half inch pipe at the 90 degrees angle there to give it that indented look. Edges would be looking better. Job well done though

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks for the tip. I will have to try that.

[@romainehall1698]

Your welcome sir

[@stephenk.5839]

Nice job. I was wondering what the final rise and run dimensions were? They look comfortable to use.

[@johnpalmer9088]

looks great

[@bondobuilt386]

thanks John.

[@Musclecar1972]

Fulton Spring Works 👍, and the slow shift into gear is probably a sticky air servo, sometimes you can clean them up, sometimes just replace them, might be electric too, but yours sounds like an air servo.

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks for the info on the truck.

[@Musclecar1972]

@@bondobuilt386 Been there, done that! 😉 By the way, a lot of armchair quarterbacks in here today, I think you should take everything they say very seriously! And to make sure you don’t forget, write it down on some Charmin, or Angel Soft, using some brown ink, of sorts! 😂🤣

[@bondobuilt386]

Ya buddy this video has brang them out of the woodwork. LOL@@Musclecar1972

[@ricksardella3436]

Nice Job

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks

[@scotthultin7769]

5 👍's up BB thank you for sharing 😅

[@bondobuilt386]

Thank you.

[@dh5594]

Seems like that foam would end up rotting and basically disintegrate and everything above it will settle 2 inches or whatever the foam thickness is.

[@mrdongerous]

Just a question, why didnt you smooth out the bottom edge of the stairs when you removed the forms? The stairs came out amazing, but i noticed all the jagged bottom edges.. or is that how the owners wanted it? Thanks.. please keep your videos coming. :)

[@davidturner8689]

I think quicker than i can type. Staggered!!

[@bondobuilt386]

😀

[@jeremyl8637]

my dad is the opposite with getting old and teaching, he has 0 patience lol, fellow concrete finisher here. good job!!

[@vinceromano8245]

Great informative videos. You mentioned that the step caps have a slight pitch to them. I don’t understand how the pitch can be formed when the concrete is in a fluid state. How can the pitch stay put until the concrete hardens? Just trying to understand this. Thanks again for the effort that you put into making and publishing these videos.

[@joehrlein847]

Nice job on the stairs. What's the purpose of the sealer? Should a sealer be used on all new concrete stairs?

[@jessefarlingjr2247]

Fished around there. Stayed at Ron ditched place

[@ronbaker8007]

I just caught this one; very interesting deserves a patent. btw, before I enlisted in the Coast Guard in 68, I worked for a summer at Rail City, (sadly, for the guy who nailed the cofin in Dr.Groman's dream). I noticed this is another job you did on Sandy Pond.

[@bondobuilt386]

Yes we work there a few times a year it seems ike.

[@kat2641]

1.2 watching the bull floating 😁😁 is he nervous now??🤣🤣🤣 nice pore

[@bondobuilt386]

His first time. lol 😂

[@tnolan3176]

Looks awesome Bondo !!

[@bondobuilt386]

thanks

[@nicclark9791]

Very nice, was wondering if you were going to do the bottom step and you did, very nice, luv the over hang of the steps, i'm thinking its 1 1/2"? I do this often an 1 1/2" with chimney caps and columns.

[@donaldcurtis9229]

Compaction is the best thing

[@alisharif1997]

MashaAllah Allahuma Aafeehuum🇸🇦

[@RJM1011]

Nice. 👍

[@bondobuilt386]

Thanks Jim.

[@bus-fun-addict]

I would cut those step slabs into thirds or atleast a center cut. Looks good.

[@rickwatson1000]

Great work looks fantastic ! Has Biscuit thought about modeling ? LOL

[@jasonbond1666]

I’ve thought about it but I’m too busy pouring concrete 😂 Big biscuit

[@bondobuilt386]

LOL Good one Jason. @@jasonbond1666

[@bondobuilt386]

A good winter gig. LOL

[@curtisharlan9230]

Super nice

[@bondobuilt386]

thanks.

[@jimanderson4495]

Beautiful. They ain’t goin anywhere. What’s the rise & run?

[@bondobuilt386]

Uncle JIM. 😀The rise was 7-1/2" I think the runway like 18" maybe? LOL

[@vaulmoremack3072]

Those block are huge ! what size are those?

[@bondobuilt386]

There chimney blocks with an 8x12 flue

[@vaulmoremack3072]

What are the external dimensions of the block. I'm from the Caribbean we don't use chimneys.

[@jacobbuckley8232]

Need to get a power buggy for those long pushes

[@bondobuilt386]

I have one but we like the wheel barrows actually

[@thefulchman]

I’m curious about something - when you are laying your blocks down, wouldn’t it be more stable if you used your half block at the end of alternating rows so you don’t always have the edges in the same spot? I know nothing about out this type of construction. That was just the first thought I had when watching it.

[@bondobuilt386]

We line the cells here so we can fill it with the stone and that helps lock it together.

[@thefulchman]

Cool. I love your videos. The big Fox Blocks videos were really interesting.

[@robertp4716]

Not sure how that frost protection works. Is the foam board there to take up the heave expansion, sparing the concrete?

[@bondobuilt386]

The foam stops the ground from freezing under the slab and lifting it up.

[@criticalevent]

What's the reason for the layer of gravel between the foam and the concrete?

[@bondobuilt386]

I wanted to line the foam up with the foam that was around the house slab but I did not want the slab to be 16” thick so we added 6” of gravel so slab was 10” thick. The house slab was 16” thick on the edge.

[@tokouatonga7914]

Those stairs will stand thru the millennial. Gg 👏 Just have one question. Did you guys tie rebars into the porch? If not, what’s the thinking behind this?

[@Saki630]

nice stairs. I wonder if there are 'light weight' blocks you could have used instead of those 120lb behemoths.

[@bondobuilt386]

I find light weight blocks to be junk. But I do not think so.

[@trhodes1707]

I have a parged basement from 2007 in Maryland that has chipping spots any repair products you’d recommend

[@bondobuilt386]

The comproco we used in this video. Chip off all the loose and fill the low spots then let dry and re parge the entire wall. Wet the blocks if it is dry out.

[@DT-jz3wn]

Great videos. Please let me know if my thinking is correct. Is the foam to thermally decouple the stairs from the warm ground so that all of the concrete gets cold?

[@ripperwrestling6587]

It's to prevent frost from getting under the steps.

[@bondobuilt386]

Yup thanks. @@ripperwrestling6587

[@bondobuilt386]

to to protect from the frost getting under them

[@DonEunice-u8h]

hey bondo.. I loved the stairs you built. I wanted to ask a question not related to this video but I have seen your guys with the boots on to be in the concrete however i see them step out so how do they NOT get dirt into the concrete when they get back in ? My mother watches you when I watch you now so you have another fan. Also Have you ever laid concrete for an in ground pool? I would love to see that.. Take care and say hello to your guys.

[@bondobuilt386]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Svnn1pe55-jZIsi=LxCEfuxeJODFrSsf Here is a pool we did. A little dirt on your boot should not affect the concrete. Thanks for the comment and tell your mom I said hi.

[@DonEunice-u8h]

@@bondobuilt386 Thanks for the reply. I will be sure to tell her.

[@vanahenry4565]

Why couldn’t you use your bobcat , looks mean your borrow with two wheels awesome.

[@Catholic_warrior_of_Christ]

Those are so smooth stairs I hope no one slips on them 😂

[@terencemerritt]

Looks awesome. I think I’d want the bottom step to match the rest tho 🤷🏼‍♂️. Kinda looks odd like that

[@bondobuilt386]

The dirt is going to the top of bottom step after backfill.

[@PeNGuiNZoMbiEUYA]

The foam doesn’t get crushed from all the weight?

[@bondobuilt386]

No definitely not.

[@BCS2023]

what was the sealant product sprayed at 36:12?

[@WoodenSteel-J6artisan]

What happened to good ‘ol crushed 1” gravel compacted with heavy sand???? Trying to keep those steps warm & floating???

[@polarlab113]

Aren’t you supposed to tie the rebar together?

[@bondobuilt386]

You can. sometimes we pour out a slab then drop them where we want them.

[@vince9486]

When I was a youngster some 50 years ago, we would lay at that time the 'cinder block' and fill with sand and pour steps over. Sometime later maybe 70s the precast stairs took over.

[@bondobuilt386]

Yes I have made steps from regular blocks as well.

[@jasoncanmore5838]

Hey Ron, How many sf does a 50lb bag of Conproco cover?

[@bondobuilt386]

50 square feet at 1/8" thick.

[@stevelink7541]

only thing i learned from bondo is how to say "here comes the mud!".

[@bondobuilt386]

ya buddy

[@stevelink7541]

enjoy the videos. keep em coming !@@bondobuilt386

[@lmena5696]

Solid concrete block steps just like they make in Mexico. But a railing that will be wobbly from the get-go and need replacement sooner than later. Get some quality wrought iron.

[@ianjohnson1207]

Listen to what he says, “the wooden railings are temporary”

[@WeekleyRehabFishingCharters]

Make sure your axle can handle, i would just look into airbag helpers. The air ride system is safer and smoother ride. That truck can only take so much. In long run if you need more weight capacity you may need a dual axle bigger truck

[@bondobuilt386]

Ya I think you are right

[@Joe74854]

Nice but could do with bullnose front edges

[@danieltoth6119]

What's the purpose of the foam?

[@yotajeff68]

What kind of insulation and where do you get it?

[@saidtheblueknight]

What's the difference between filling the cores of the blocks with stone rather than filling them up with concrete as you're pouring the caps?

[@ripperwrestling6587]

Personally I would prefer the stone in the cores for moisture control during the freeze thaw cycle.

[@bondobuilt386]

the stone is to let water drain out as I stated in the video.

[@jerieb2809]

Beautiful, not to be a Debby Downer, but the bottom edge could use a more finished look like the top edge, instead of the rough edge look. Just a simple edger like the top edge.

[@gjones5153]

If your property is on the water the front is always the water side if the house!

[@bondobuilt386]

That is a good point Greg.

[@approots]

So close to perfect, but no nosing on bottom step, top step looks like a lower rise, and bead of caulk on forms for bottom of nosings could have made a smoother finish.

[@bondobuilt386]

the bottom is the slab and it will be backfilled to the surface so no need in making nosing.

[@elijahduran80]

What’s being sprayed on at the end?

[@bondobuilt386]

it is a water based cure and seal.

[@appl314]

Do you put a french drain at the base of the foam pad?

[@bondobuilt386]

There is a drain around the entire house slab.

[@micahwatson9017]

Why did you hand wheel when you’ve got the Bobcat sitting there?

[@bondobuilt386]

We had 3 wheel barrels and they each hold 2 bobcat scoops.