NRALIFR wrote:
cewillis wrote:
If I'm seeing it right, I like your steps better. (no step down right out the door)
Well that was the main point I thought we had agreed on, but apparently not.
The picture doesn't really convey the height of the top landing very well, but even I had to admit that it felt too high when you were on it. More than one person said that it looked like the base of a monument.
The rise of each step was OK, but I screwed up the tread depth in an attempt to keep it away from the door opening next to it. I think it would have been a problem for a few of our elderly family members to negotiate, and the boss let me know in no uncertain terms that going down wearing heels was an accident waiting to happen. We'll just have to take her word on that one. :B
We had to make a decision quickly before it cured much more, so we chose to not try to make them work. Even green concrete is tough to break out when it's cured overnight. If we'd let it cure enough to turn white, it would have been much tougher.
The design of the new steps will be very close to the way the entry steps to the front door of the house are now, so it should at least feel familiar.
As an aside, this little boondoggle convinced me that I don't want concrete or even steel stairs from the upper bay to the lower bay. I'm going to make them out of wood initially, and make certain of the design I want. Then (and only then :) ) I may have them built out of steel.
:):)
When I built steps inside my shop, I read somewhere that stairs should have a total of 18" of rise + run. I think I ended up with 8 rise, 10 run. They felt perfect. Your originals looked a bit narrow to me too.
