Dan Have you looked in to precast modular cement steps? I have not used them or know of anyone who has used them. Art ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:26 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] pouring cement stairs.
Anyone ever poured a set of cement stairs? One future project for me might be to rip out my front steps up to my porch. They are cement but in pretty bad shape. Many people in the neighborhood have had their's patched, but within a couple of years, they are in just as bad condition. The patches just don't hold up. So, I was thinking about just starting over. So, do you build a form that just has the sides and risers there, but no treads so that you can use a float or trowel to smooth over the tread? If so, doesn't the weight of the cement from the riser above force the cement in the lower tread to overflow? Or is cement thick enough to resist the pressure? Or, is this not how you do it at all? There are four steps up to my front porch. There are sloping cheek walls on either side of the steps. I assume that the cement itself is not solid all the way threw to the ground, but poured over rubble? Is that correct? -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
