Outdoor landing sloped at 1/2″ per ft?!
Quick and urgent question…
Hired a company to redo my concrete front steps. My drawings call for 7 5/8″ risers. He wants to put 7 1/4″ (his standard form).
I can make this work with the upcoming landscaping wall but would need to slope a 3 ft long intermediate landing at 1/2″ per foot to make it work instead of the 1/8″ to 1/4″ slope which I called for in my original drawings.
Will 1/2″ per foot slope on a concrete outdoor landing look and _feel_ weird when walked on? Will people slide on it if ice-covered? What is standard slope?
Please help! Pour happening today (unless I tell him “Tough luck buddy. You bid it per drawing. Now build it!” in which case he needs to modify his forms)
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1/2 per foot is too steep for me. A slab adjacent to the building could be 1/8 per foot and drain fine. This isn't a sewer. Why can't the guy just build what he bid on??
It's too steep tell him to tack a strip of lath to his riser forms....
..........Rik..........
OK. I told him to rip some 3/8" ply and tack it onto his 2x8 riser forms. He just got back from HD 5 minutes ago.
So we're back to 1/8" to 3/16" of a slope on my landings. I feel better now.
Thanks for quick responses!
I'm sure you figured this out and I'm not sure where your landings fall, but the risers on each step except the first one will end up at 7-1/4". You add to each an equal amount and you change only the rise of the first step, all others in that run remain the same. If there's a landing at the bottom of the stairs, you may need to bump up that height too. If I'm not thinking right on this, sorry for the worry.Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Oh oh. Now I'm confused ;)
No. I think everything is fine now. All risers will be 7 5/8". Just confirmed the total rise (I have two landings) and it gets me to where I want.
I'll double check the form measurements before they pour (just in case).