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Stack and Adhere Subsequent Steps

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Quick and Easy Stone Outdoor Steps

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Caulk Gun
  • Spirit Level
  • Tamper/Shovel
  • Concrete Paver Blocks (Riser & Tread)
  • River Pebbles/Gravel Vigoro (or similar)

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the details in description below. You know, you want to get a little slope on your steps, but not too much, I guess. And the only unfortunate part about working with core stuff like that, it's great for water drainage. So all of this goes clear, but it sucks for leveling. Good. Good. Good. At this point we got to fill up the rocks here and behind here. And I'm already starting to think that we did not get enough rocks, but time will tell. All right, looks good. Looks really good. The reason we're doing so much rock here is we're trying to break down hydrostatic pressure. If that's a new word to you, all it means is that whenever moisture comes and builds up here and you have let's say blocks here, but there's no rocks, little rocks for drainage. This moisture builds up creates a water bubble, which is called hydrostatic pressure, and then it will eventually push the stuff out. By putting rock behind it, it allows for the enough time for the water to drain through here while not creating an air bubble that lives right around here. You'll know I'm the science guy over here. I just screwed up. I have about this much for drainage. So, I'll need a little bit more rock in there for the base of our next step. Cuz this one is solid, it's sitting on a base. This one is not so much. I just need a little bit more. Now, I'm a size 12 boot. That looks like a pretty narrow step. So, all of this needs to get kicked out there. Let me see what my plates are. Here's my caps. We'll put them kind of maybe overhang by like a half an inch, maybe. To keep the rock from moving on you on the corners, make sure they're tamped down because when we put the drain rock in there, it tends to over spill. So, once you get all that stuff in there, throw some soil, pack it down, make sure that this puppy doesn't start swaying on you. It likes to do this, but we're not going to let it. Ooh. Hohoho. Uh, this is a roller coaster of emotions. As I'm Look at the sweat I'm dripping on. It's not that it's that hard. Just I sweat like a pig. Kyle, we're not going to have enough rocks, buddy. For sure. Probably should have got double the size. Well, at least, yeah, for sure. Yeah, if this was a bigger hill, I would definitely probably reinforce it with a thing with rebar, but I don't know. What do you guys think? Should I? I mean, even once the project is done, I could still kind of maybe not. I don't know. I don't know if there's getting rebar in there, but we could where there's a will there's a…

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