Dear visitors of the site, from the presented material you will learn and learn how to build garden stairs in your summer cottage or garden of a private house.
Summer residents They are well aware that the plots are not always located on a perfectly flat surface of the earth, there are drops, slopes and even ravines. For example, in the city of Ulyanovsk there are cottages on the steep bank of the river. The Volga, which were given to workers in Soviet times by 4 acres, is little that can be grown there, mainly orchards with fruit trees.
So the problem of slopes and land level differences on the site is quite serious, but to solve it you need to build a ladder for convenient ascent and descent. The first step is to mark the area with pegs and twine, then the turf layer is removed, steps are formed. The approach is poured with cement mortar, after it dries up, a base of brick or blocks is laid on it, the slabs are laid on top of the cement bed. The height of the steps is generally made 15-17 cm and a width of the order of 30-35 cm. Next, backfill is made of fine gravel and rammed by hand tamping, the next step is constructed in the same way as the first. The step should have a slight slope of about 8-10 mm for water drainage.
So, let's look at what exactly is needed to build a staircase in the garden?
Materials1. cement
2. sand
3. fine gravel
4. red brick
5. cement slab
6. waterproofing (roofing material)
Instruments1. shovel
2. trowel
3. wooden pegs
4. twine
5. level
6. roulette
7. mallet
8. hammer
Step-by-step instructions for creating a garden staircase do it yourself. Before starting work, the first step is to mark the area on which the staircase will be located, this can be done using ordinary wooden pegs and twine.
Next, you need to measure the distance from the lower point to the upper and make a preliminary calculation, that is, how many steps you need if the average height of one step is 15-17 cm and a width of 30-35 cm.
Then we boldly pick up a shovel and begin to remove the turf layer.
In the course of excavation we form steps.
Periodically check the steps with a level so that they are even and without a bias in any direction.
The approach is poured with cement mortar and smoothed with a trowel, it turns out this kind of shallow foundation under the step.
Then it is necessary to allow the cement mortar to dry. We lay the waterproofing in the form of roofing material and you can start laying brick or blocks.
The author pours the base under the next step with fine gravel and rams it with a manual rammer.
Gravel is laid with a slight elevation above the masonry, check the level.
The slabs are quite heavy and the author stacks them with an assistant, previously a layer of cement mortar is applied to the brickwork and rammed base from fine gravel.
Plates should have a slight slope of the order of 8-10 mm - this is necessary for the outflow of water during precipitation. It was stated above that the base of fine gravel should be slightly higher than the brickwork, which is why it is slightly higher.
When creating the second stage, be sure to measure the height using a level and a tape measure.
The edges of all steps should be on the same level (see the main photo). Also presented to your attention are already completed and time-tested for strength garden stairs.
These are such wonderful steps in the garden and in the summer cottage you can do it yourself. The matter is certainly difficult and time-consuming, but it is worth it. A step-by-step instruction is presented to you, so we take and do it. Go for it friends!
This concludes the article. Thank you all for your attention!
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