Backyard Steps Project

Glen had originally done the backyard steps with landscape timbers in 2009. 5 years later, they were beginning to deteriorate, so he used the old timbers as forms and filled them in with concrete.


He started at the bottom of the 72 steps in May.




He had to empty out the bricks and gravel that formed the treads, remove the face of the risers, and tack on a board for each step to complete the formwork.




He placed 2-foot rebar spikes and garden fencing as reinforcement.




We bought a medium-duty mixer from Harbor Freight, and many, many bags of quikcrete over the span of the summer.






















































The last step!




He incised his initials and the year with nails.




The full set of all 72 steps.




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