Steps To The Shed




Marking the first stringer

Verifying that the new stringer will fit

Placing the first stringer

Installing a backboard to hang the stringers

Using the first stringer to mark the others

Using a stringer to mark the first skirt

Google's Trimble SketchUp of the staircase

4x4 aluminum footings on assembled stringers

This hole is ready for its concrete pier

... ditto

Wetting the pier holes before pouring concrete

The PVC anchors pass through the aluminum feet

The concrete is poured into the Sonotube form

Covered to minimize evaporation

The shim will put the skirt even with the stringer

Attaching the skirts

Topping the skirt

Even with the pending plywood deck

Predrilling the steps

Predrilling the risers

Attaching the steps, extensions and risers

Second coat of Bear Natural [not] Waterproofing

Trimming the plywood overhang to fit the top riser

Weep holes are drilled through this step extension

Glue seals the riser and plywood seam




This SketchUp plan was drawn
before and during the project

Copyright © 2013, Van Blakeman