Stoop construction inside!

[tthomass]

Here's a front stoop that we overhauled for a customer this past summer.......think it was early June actually. I would have preferred nice treads but the budget did not allow.

*Details are key. You may notice I adjusted the siding on the house to be on top of the flagstone. I have seen supposed hardscapers put a joint against the siding......a no no.

[cgland]

Hey Todd - I'm only seeing a couple of pics of the demo. Any finished pics?

Chris

[tthomass]

More pictures...........

[cgland]

My bad!

Chris

[tthomass]

My connection is horrible right now but I'm getting there........may not get all of them uploaded tonight but its pretty step by step with the construction through the pictures.

-Hey, is it just my connection being slow or are the pictures only as links?

[cgland]

The pics are only links. Would you like to see them a different way? I can make it so they pop right up if you like.

Chris

[tthomass]

And more........

[tthomass]

Personally I think that is best. When you click on the page the pictures are loaded and no need to click on each one to see what it is. More user friendly.

[-EGLC-]

That looks really good!

[cgland]

Personally I think that is best. When you click on the page the pictures are loaded and no need to click on each one to see what it is. More user friendly.
I'm working on it!

Chris

[chardscapes]

What is that 2" flag ? Did you find that going over the concrete gave you a trip step going into the house ?

[tthomass]

let me try to load the final pictures.....the steps worked out evenly in the end, you'll see......no tripping

[tthomass]

Finished...

[tthomass]

Looking back I would have liked to have added a couping around it all and nice thick treads but this all comes back to the original problem, budget. Oh well.....he's happy and it looks 100% better then before.

Put down some sod to clean up after ourselves. I'll have to find another picture but that is a tight inside radius that was cut. Very much the limits with a 14" blade.

[MuirView Design]

Looks good Todd. What did your overhang work out to? Looks like it could've stuck out a 1/2 inch or so more. Also, I'd expect to be back fixing the pointing along the driveway and along the garden wall. Unfortunately your walk is bordered by two unstable areas, but there's not much you can do. I do a lot of cobblestone borders for driveways and find I always get a hairline in my pointing after winter, from what I assumed to be the asphalt contracting. The last cobblestone border job I did, I actually recessed my pointing along the driveway, then when it was dry, I put blacktop patch down in the recessed area and then the customer sealed the driveway right up to the cobblestone. Now I'm not too worried about water freezing in a crack and popping the pointing. Seemed to work okay, but only time will tell. Anyone else have problems with mortaring right up to asphalt? Any good solutions?

Besides all that, I really like the job you did. Did you put new J channels around the flagstone? I wouldn't think to do broken flagstone risers with patterned flatwork, but you pulled it off. Can't argue with success my friend!!

[kris]

Looking back I would have liked to have added a couping around it all and nice thick treads but this all comes back to the original problem, budget. Oh well.....he's happy and it looks 100% better then before.

Put down some sod to clean up after ourselves. I'll have to find another picture but that is a tight inside radius that was cut. Very much the limits with a 14" blade.


Hey Looks good and Ill let you in on a little secret ..In all my years I have never seen a 100% perfect job that I would not have liked to have either done more or something a little different ..or a slight imperfection in something. Dont beat yourself up ... always try to learn and do better the next time.

[tthomass]

Yeah those two joints may be an issue. I did cut the asphault so that I had a nice edge vs the rounded. I cut the siding and used the existing j-channel.

Usually for a riser I like to use PA Fieldstone but guess what of all things happened to not be available that day? Not as much contrast as I would have liked but it worked. The overhang did come out to less then I would have liked. I was teaching the guy that works for me to do the risers and they wondered just a tad....a 1/2" to be exact. The overhang is much more noticeable in person.......I guess its just the lighting?

Cobble stone edging........I cut the asphault for a nice edge, pour a concrete footer and set each stone in mortar. Then I go back and put asphault patch over my joint for a clean finish. I've seen a few different designs that I would like to try out including dry set, not mortar.

Thanks for the comments.