I'm a stone mason and I have to say this video is a great tutorial for anyone at all interested in doing this themselves. Excellent work breaking down each step.
Mike, I've been watching your videos for about 3 years and cannot say "Thank you" enough. You are truly a master and I just wanted to say thanks for passing on your knowledge. LM
Searched for hours how to make the base of the garden steps so that I can put on stone tiles. Found this video that provides me the structure that goes behind which is what I needed. The instructions Mike was clear and concise for a gal like me to have a go. Old school! Thank you!! x
Hi Mike, just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your v ideos. I'm 75 and have been doing brick work since I was 12. All my best to you and yours. "Cheers" .
I enjoy your videos very much Mike your a knowledgeable guy thanks to your father and your Owen will to learn your trade ,we appreciate you taking the time to pass on some your knowledge .your a hard working guy to .im 66 live in west Australia and like your self keep busy on small jobs thanks Mike
Really enjoyable pictorials I bet a Mason since 97 and learned a lot over the years from the old timers and you're one of them appreciate you passing on the old skills try to refurbish my house built in 1910 and it's one step at a time and it's all about the dollar bill thanks for all your advice and pictorials good luck
Mike, I really appreciate the thought you put into your videos they really helped me move up at work. I've been working as a stucco mason for 5 years, now the company is getting into masonry work and the insight and tricks that i've picked up from your videos have really increased my value as a worker. I've gotten 2 raises this year and I just had to thank you for them.
Thank you Mike, we do have to know the past to move into the future. It is 4 am here in a Idaho and I can’t wait to redo our daughters steps. The cut out template is an amazing guide to plan the job, check our measurements & keep on task. Super video !
I'm 66 and retired from the USPS. But I'd walk your package across the building (5 minutes) to save you 4 days. Retired now I enjoy your videos because as a factory semi skilled laborer for 42 years I so appreciate old school. I wanted to lay down a single piece hearth for a fireplace. I dug out the brick and went to a place called Ferrari and Banner in Springfield, Mass. Mr Ferrari was in his 70's and me in my 20's but he saw my appreciation for his craft. So he took me from the raw marble (1980's everthing in sheds by hand and machine) and he showed me the whole process from raw to finished stone. At the time they were finishing this black marble with a green vein. For some guys fireplace. Anyway Mr Ferrari saw I loved the stone and set me up wth a carerra marble piece 6 x 3 foot which I set on some self leveling product as the hearth for my fireplace. Just wanted to share that story with you. He was an old school mason and he said to me....I like you. Your'e no bullshit. And then gave me this beautiful cut of marble for 500 USD. And shoed me a piece maybe 10 x 10 andlet me select the cut. I'm divorced widowed and married again. But I will never forget Mr. Farrari and the craft he shared with a regular guy like me.
Love how you cut through all the garbage and do things old school , absolutely awesome videos' . The best tool in your toolbox is your experience.. "Use Portland" now embedded in my head for my resurfacing and mason jobs now ... Keep them coming , great stuff ..
You've got a lot of knowledge. Love your work and your process. You explain things very well. Keep up the awesome work. It was very enjoyable to watch!
I can't tell you how appreciative i am .. You are amazing and i am so grateful. I would like to suggest you add commercials to your videos .. yoiu would make several hundred dollars a month and i believe you deserve it.. Im your biggest fan... always Michael
I just want to say I’m 57 years old been doing masonry on my life I think I’m old-school I enjoy doing Masonary brick block stone look him stick them hard scape in and I’m drawn to your videos are enjoying very much I hope you keep doing them i’d like to see you do a couple different fireplaces
steven, I appreciate hearing that from a pro, I sure you know fireplaces are getting rare,I do not think a inspector knows how to inspect one, thanks mike
Yeah every now and then you get one I was hoping maybe you could do oldschool fireplace versus new school fireplace including something like a Rumsford fireplace a standard fireplace fireplace with heater later and it maybe fireplace with an insert gas fireplaces with wood chimneys stucco on the outside without aluminum pipe sticking out the chimney that be new school
Thank you so much. Really enjoyed watching. Can’t wait to show my husband. He will really like learning from your knowledge and experience. In Gods promised new paradise. He hopes to be a mason.
another great video Mike, you are the best "step-by-step" instructor on the internet, i enjoy watching them all, and have learned a lot from you, keep posting and i'll keep watching, thanks again
Hey, Mike! I prefer “old-school.” Thanks for sharing some of your old-school wisdom in videos like this. I’ve learned so much... And thanks for another great video.
great video, very educational! I totally learned ANOTHER new thing from Mike Haduck! I didn't even consider or know you could use the blocks to build up the background! I thought it had to be poured concrete. Great tip! Also, that was fascinating about the old school vs. new school! I never knew that. THANKS Mike Haduck, you're a fountain of knowledge and amazingly skilled! GREAT stuff.
Old school rules! I need to build steps, block and large concrete pavers for a gradual decline, and install ADA compliant railings. Watching your videos has shifted me from 'over thinking' to doing. I do understand base. I lost the patio in a divorce but it was built on the knowledge of older guys working on sidewalks in Portland, Maine. 18' of gravel and sand, well tamped, pitched, and it's unmoved after 32 years.
Thanks Mike. You make it look so easy that even I can do it. I am going to start off small like you always say and then do a practice before I tackle fixing a brick porch and cement steps (2). Baby steps. It ain't no big deal. Lol :-)
Hello Mike thanks for your videos and sharing all your knowledge, I'm a 28 years Cement Mason as well union trained cant get enough of my craft . I teach for the local all so.
Hi Levi, that is great, I got invited to so a little seminar at a local mason school, so I am hoping it works out, a lot of new things for me, I appreciate it. mike
Good video's, I like how you take the time to teach the scope and at the same time teaching us about the past and present. Your videos are unique. Keep making more. Thx
Thanks so much Mike. Fantastic work and great video. I’m inspired now. Needed a solution for a step up to my back lean to and this would look great. Wish me luck 👍
Your a good man mike down to earth and a hard worker .thanks for passing on your skills iv learned a lot ,maybe it’s time for you to take it a little bit Easy and relax Jimmy west Australia 66 years old
Y no me cansare de agradécele todos estos vídeos que tanto y de una forma sencilla nos instruye y eso que yo no entiendo su idioma, pero aprendo viéndolo
Madison NJ has some great old buildings and some nice new ones. The train runs through town. There are some real signs of wear an tear. You may enjoy a quick peak. And a free hair cut.
Thanks for this Mike, I appreciate seeing how you do things in Penn. And I love your bluestone. Here in upland Yorkshire, England, we are still building like you did in the past - your videos of American houses from the 1800s look like buildings here, which we're still building today (though with the inside skin being block). All the stone we lay follows the strata bed, not end on, and we tip it lightly forward with small stone shims at the back - so rain-driven water is pushed to the front of the building, along the bed. And with plenty of stone laying around we never use it as a veneer. Plus a lot of the mortar we use is lime, which has made a good comeback in the last 20 years - especially for re-pointing lime-built structures. It's the same all over upland Britain, though with regional variations. And Mike, I'm the same but please try to use a mask more when using a grinder - loads of stonemasons and quarry-workers round here have silitosis, from stonedust in the lungs.
Thanks Mike, your videos are great. Have a look at York Minster and the stone buildings - textile mills, churches, castles, houses and drystone walls - all over Pennine Yorkshire.
Yes, Conwy is in North Wales, which is well-known for blue slate. It is not too far from my area - in North Yorkshire (the village is on the border of Lancashire/West Yorkshire/North Yorkshire). We are also near York, and both the Pennines (hills) and the Lake District historically had a lot of quarrying and are full of stone buildings. Derbyshire, in the region around Chatsworth House (a grand estate owned by the Duke of Devonshire) had arguably the first mechanised industrial process in the world, in the form of cotton spinning (using imported US cotton) at Cromford Mill. If you make it to the UK let me know, you'd be welcome to stay if coming a year from now or more. I'm developing an old textile mill for various uses - partly residential/holiday homes. Like all the buildings in my area, it's stone. It's quite a good example of a late 19th century textile mill - from the early Industrial Revolution period; although the oldest sections are thought to be 1000 years old plus. It was originally a corn mill ('corn' in the UK means 'grain' in American English). There is also an American connection - one of the early investors in the enterprise emigrated to the US, and set up cotton spinning mills around the South. If interested in the building, have a look at the Lothersdale Mill website - which is a work in progress.
Hi jonb, I did check it out, you can see where we over here got all our influence (New England) Pennsylvania mostly included. That would be a great trip for sure, I appreciate the offer, I could get a few good videos over there, England has the best stone work in my opinion, we all learned about England in our History books in school, the mother country, of all our law culture and early building, thanks I appreciate it. mike
Do you work in Maryland? Amazing that you are so flexible with homeowners. I want to building my own patio and have steps leading to a 6 feet wide door. I am so happy that you are teaching future masons through your channel.
Mike, do you have a video on making steps and/or top slab of porch that have a protruding half circle design at the top like at 13:38 ? Are these forms usually made or bought to produce that effect?
my grandfather made stone riser steps over 40 years ago with rocks he found in the field which looked like crystals in different colors but today they are old and dirty... Is there an easy way for me to see the natural rocks? thanks
I enjoy watching you work, I could do that all day... I like your passion! That is what makes you so "good" -- you enjoy what you do. Now go buy a mask and some safety glasses... ty
What type of mortar is best for adding the stone tread? Should a bonding agent be used? I live in New England and my stone tread is falling off because the mortar has deterioated. What type of mortar will give me good bond and resist damage from rain, ice and potentially salt (I know you shouldn't use it on steps, but it may happen).
Hi Andre, every mason in their area uses a different mix, I am happy with s mortar with a little portland added but not really necessary, 2 sand one cement , again everyone has a different opinion, thanks mike
I’m doing something like this to my front steps at my house on Long Island NY, not going to attach to the house but assume I should still pour a footing, do I need to go all the way down to the frost line?
Hi, it all depends on their codes, around here three steps are usually OK on a sidewalk, but then weight is also a factor, I would talk with the locals, thanks Mike
Mike - First off let me say I love the videos. I'm working at home now and will watch them on youtube on my TV. My wife eats lunch with me and I find her watching them as well. Kinda funny. Anyways I have a question. I'm going to build masonry steps - 2 risers and a landing. The steps will have 1.5" real stone veneer sides and riser and 2" granite treads and landing. My question is: I poured a 6" thick concrete footing. And I'm going to come up with block. Can I mortar the granite directly on the unfilled cores of the block (some cores will be filled and have reinforcing rod). Thanks in advance. Scott
@@MikeHaduck Thanks very much for quick reply. 2nd question. For the cores that have the rebar do I need to fill the core (top to bottom) at the same time (for strength) or can I fill it as I go up (course by course). Thanks.
As well, there are no stone places in S Mississippi . I was wondering what you think of using a cast of cement for the top step? only because stone just isn't available here.
Hi rob , I recognized the name as soon as I seen it , I have checked out some of your videos and appreciate them, very good, nice to hear from you, Your site does not say where you are from? thanks mike
Hi rob, I know in the UK they are still hot on the brickwork, over here it is disappearing, everything glass and concrete. I plan to do a video on conway castle maybe next year, If you were close we might do a video together, thanks for replying also, mike
Hey Mike, you are great. Can you tell me how much of an overhang do the treads hang over the block (on the fronts and the sides)? I know you have to leave enough room for the veneer, thanks!
Hi rejp, I would say it all depends on the thickness of the stone, but I usually let it hang out at the least 3/4 inch to a 1inch or more, I do not know what they require in your area, thanks mike
Thanks so much! Your knowledge and the way you convey it in your videos is truly amazing - I've learned so much from you and I just finished laying the footer and block for my steps. Keep up the great work!
I haven't made it through the whole video but I don't even need to for the comment. Damn Mike you are awesome this is a lot of work and pretty technical so thank you for the uploads a bunch. I would like to make a set of concrete steps formed up to replace the mess I was left on the home we bought 4years ago. There was brick which must have started falling apart then they went over it with concrete and that to is falling apart and exposing the brick. Any tips you could lend? Thanks a million!
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I'm a stone mason and I have to say this video is a great tutorial for anyone at all interested in doing this themselves. Excellent work breaking down each step.
Thanks rile, I appreciate hearing that from a professional, mike
Love your videos and your calm, informative manner of teaching. Thank you!
Thanks Pat, Mike
This is one of the most informational tools for stone and masonry work on youtube. Thanks Mike Haduck
Thanks Beer, I appreciate it. mike
Mike, I've been watching your videos for about 3 years and cannot say "Thank you" enough. You are truly a master and I just wanted to say thanks for passing on your knowledge. LM
Thanks LM, I appreciate it, Mike
I enjoyed watching and old school is better most of the time.
Thanks Julie, mike
Searched for hours how to make the base of the garden steps so that I can put on stone tiles. Found this video that provides me the structure that goes behind which is what I needed. The instructions Mike was clear and concise for a gal like me to have a go. Old school! Thank you!! x
Thanks Tahera, mike
Hi Mike, just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your v ideos. I'm 75 and have been doing brick work since I was 12. All my best to you and yours. "Cheers" .
thanks Sidney, I bet you have a lot to offer, thanks mike
Thanks Mike for passing on your knowledge.
Thanks john,, Mike
I enjoy your videos very much Mike your a knowledgeable guy thanks to your father and your Owen will to learn your trade ,we appreciate you taking the time to pass on some your knowledge .your a hard working guy to .im 66 live in west Australia and like your self keep busy on small jobs thanks Mike
thanks james, it is good to hear that from you, I appreciate it. mike
Mike your the Bob Ross of masonry-It starts off not so pretty but at the end, it’s a work of art. 🎉
Thanks Gregory, I appreciate the kind words, Mike
That's an awesome set of steps. Strong as a fortress & great looking.
Thanks, Mike
Really enjoyable pictorials I bet a Mason since 97 and learned a lot over the years from the old timers and you're one of them appreciate you passing on the old skills try to refurbish my house built in 1910 and it's one step at a time and it's all about the dollar bill thanks for all your advice and pictorials good luck
thanks David, going into real estate and working on your own home for dollars makes a lot of sense thanks for the comment, mike
Mike, I really appreciate the thought you put into your videos they really helped me move up at work. I've been working as a stucco mason for 5 years, now the company is getting into masonry work and the insight and tricks that i've picked up from your videos have really increased my value as a worker. I've gotten 2 raises this year and I just had to thank you for them.
thanks Alex, I hope you get many more and extra, I appreciate it. mike
You're a good guy Mike. Thanks for passing along your knowledge. Your video's have helped my a lot and I appreciate it.
Thanks r, mike
Those stairs are ...BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thanks Ed, Mike
Sir I am not sending you anything, but I do have a lot of respect and my regards heading your way. One of the best videos I watched on YT. Thank you!
Thanks Noel, Mike
Beautiful. Thank you so much my old timer You Tube friend.❤
Thanks luism,,,Mike
Thank you Mike, we do have to know the past to move into the future. It is 4 am here in a Idaho and I can’t wait to redo our daughters steps. The cut out template is an amazing guide to plan the job, check our measurements & keep on task. Super video !
Thanks Dan, mike
I'm 66 and retired from the USPS. But I'd walk your package across the building (5 minutes) to save you 4 days. Retired now I enjoy your videos because as a factory semi skilled laborer for 42 years I so appreciate old school. I wanted to lay down a single piece hearth for a fireplace. I dug out the brick and went to a place called Ferrari and Banner in Springfield, Mass. Mr Ferrari was in his 70's and me in my 20's but he saw my appreciation for his craft. So he took me from the raw marble (1980's everthing in sheds by hand and machine) and he showed me the whole process from raw to finished stone. At the time they were finishing this black marble with a green vein. For some guys fireplace. Anyway Mr Ferrari saw I loved the stone and set me up wth a carerra marble piece 6 x 3 foot which I set on some self leveling product as the hearth for my fireplace. Just wanted to share that story with you. He was an old school mason and he said to me....I like you. Your'e no bullshit. And then gave me this beautiful cut of marble for 500 USD. And shoed me a piece maybe 10 x 10 andlet me select the cut. I'm divorced widowed and married again. But I will never forget Mr. Farrari and the craft he shared with a regular guy like me.
thanks for the Story tom, all the old timers are gone, I am happy when things get shared, thanks mike
Love how you cut through all the garbage and do things old school , absolutely awesome videos' . The best tool in your toolbox is your experience.. "Use Portland" now embedded in my head for my resurfacing and mason jobs now ... Keep them coming , great stuff ..
thanks Beanz, I appreciate it. mike
Mike you are a gentlemen. Doing the videos to pass on the knowledge and not for the free stuff.
You've got a lot of knowledge. Love your work and your process. You explain things very well. Keep up the awesome work. It was very enjoyable to watch!
Thanks LadyP , mike
You are a great teacher. Knowing where you have been will help you get to where you are going.
Thank you Mike.
Hi Twentyone, I did not realize I said that, I am learning to.lol, thanks mike
I can't tell you how appreciative i am .. You are amazing and i am so grateful. I would like to suggest you add commercials to your videos .. yoiu would make several hundred dollars a month and i believe you deserve it.. Im your biggest fan... always Michael
thanks , I appreciate it. mike
I just want to say I’m 57 years old been doing masonry on my life I think I’m old-school I enjoy doing Masonary brick block stone look him stick them hard scape in and I’m drawn to your videos are enjoying very much I hope you keep doing them i’d like to see you do a couple different fireplaces
steven, I appreciate hearing that from a pro, I sure you know fireplaces are getting rare,I do not think a inspector knows how to inspect one, thanks mike
Yeah every now and then you get one I was hoping maybe you could do oldschool fireplace versus new school fireplace including something like a Rumsford fireplace a standard fireplace fireplace with heater later and it maybe fireplace with an insert gas fireplaces with wood chimneys stucco on the outside without aluminum pipe sticking out the chimney that be new school
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I am going to build some steps for my parents with what you have taught me. You are a stud!
Hi Brent, I do not consider myself a stud but I am sure your parents steps will come out well, thanks mike
I do! :)
Even i am planning to do the same !!!
Otherwise its costly job in Canada
Thank you so much. Really enjoyed watching. Can’t wait to show my husband. He will really like learning from your knowledge and experience. In Gods promised new paradise. He hopes to be a mason.
thanks Julie, I heard tell that Jesus was really a stone mason, no wood over there, thanks mike
another great video Mike, you are the best "step-by-step" instructor on the internet, i enjoy watching them all, and have learned a lot from you, keep posting and i'll keep watching, thanks again
Hey, Mike! I prefer “old-school.” Thanks for sharing some of your old-school wisdom in videos like this. I’ve learned so much... And thanks for another great video.
Thanks Nicholas, mike
Love your background on the project. ❤
Thanks again, Mike
great video, very educational! I totally learned ANOTHER new thing from Mike Haduck! I didn't even consider or know you could use the blocks to build up the background! I thought it had to be poured concrete. Great tip! Also, that was fascinating about the old school vs. new school! I never knew that. THANKS Mike Haduck, you're a fountain of knowledge and amazingly skilled! GREAT stuff.
thanks Mike, I appreciate it. mike
Mike, thank you for all of your knowledge, you are a master! God Bless you.
Thanks Tom, God bless also, mike
Great video's its hard to stop watching them all
thanks Robert, I appreciate it. mike
Old school rules! I need to build steps, block and large concrete pavers for a gradual decline, and install ADA compliant railings.
Watching your videos has shifted me from 'over thinking' to doing.
I do understand base. I lost the patio in a divorce but it was built on the knowledge of older guys working on sidewalks in Portland, Maine.
18' of gravel and sand, well tamped, pitched, and it's unmoved after 32 years.
Thanks paup, The old-timers knew their stuff, Mike
Thanks Mike. You make it look so easy that even I can do it. I am going to start off small like you always say and then do a practice before I tackle fixing a brick porch and cement steps (2). Baby steps. It ain't no big deal. Lol :-)
That's it mark, do a little practice where no one sees it and as you get better you move on, thanks Mike
Hello Mike thanks for your videos and sharing all your knowledge, I'm a 28 years Cement Mason as well union trained cant get enough of my craft . I teach for the local all so.
Hi Levi, that is great, I got invited to so a little seminar at a local mason school, so I am hoping it works out, a lot of new things for me, I appreciate it. mike
Good video's, I like how you take the time to teach the scope and at the same time teaching us about the past and present. Your videos are unique. Keep making more. Thx
Thanks Louis, mike
Thanks so much Mike. Fantastic work and great video. I’m inspired now. Needed a solution for a step up to my back lean to and this would look great. Wish me luck 👍
Thanks Jim, I am sure you will do well, Mike
Mike, great videos. Keep them coming. You are a talented film maker.
Hi Pete, I appreciate it, just passing along what I learned from others, thanks again, mike
thanks Pete, I try, little at a time, thanks again, mike
You do amazing work! Thanks for the videos!
Thanks brawnko, Mike
Your a good man mike down to earth and a hard worker .thanks for passing on your skills iv learned a lot ,maybe it’s time for you to take it a little bit Easy and relax Jimmy west Australia 66 years old
Hi James , I am 63 and I am right behind you, lol. refused a lot of work already and cooling down, God bless, mike
great watching your passion in building history
Thanks Bill, Mike
Always looking out for new videos by you Mike. Thank you!
Thanks Umesh, I appreciate that. mike
What a good soul. Bless you and thank you for the ideas
Thanks, Mike
Y no me cansare de agradécele todos estos vídeos que tanto y de una forma sencilla nos instruye y eso que yo no entiendo su idioma, pero aprendo viéndolo
thanks Alexis, mike
I'm a landscaper, just started doing hardscape work, I really like your video
Thanks thriftyali, I appreciate it, mike
My go to for my projects. Very informative
Thanks Doug, mike
Good job Mike. Informative and entertaining. We used to have a rule. If the owner helps add 20% to the bill.
Thanks Hugh, good idea,lol, mike
You are gifted mike great job.
Thanks Tom, If I have any gifts they ar3 from God, I appreciate it, mike
Madison NJ has some great old buildings and some nice new ones.
The train runs through town. There are some real signs of wear an tear. You may enjoy a quick peak. And a free hair cut.
Thanks Thomas, Mike
Thanks Mike, great stuff as usual. Please keep making these very informative videos
Thank you Joe, it means I am on the right track, thanks mike
Thanks for the videos Mike...fantastic work as usual
Thanks Donny, mike
Mike...
excellent info
Thanks Pizza, mike
Absolutely incredible! Thank you! This is what I have been looking for. Very helpful. I will try to duplicate this as best I can.
Thanks James, Mike
Mike, you're the best guy on RUclips
I appreciate it John, lots of good guys out there, I try, thanks mike
Love your videos. No BS, just do it! Thanks for making these Mike
Thanks ,,mike
Thank you Mike, I am woman and will do it . Great video.
Thanks hana, I know you can, Mike
Thanks for taking your time making these videos. I have learned a lot from watching them.
True craftsman.. great video
thanks MjA, I appreciate it. mike
Thanks for this Mike, I appreciate seeing how you do things in Penn. And I love your bluestone.
Here in upland Yorkshire, England, we are still building like you did in the past - your videos of American houses from the 1800s look like buildings here, which we're still building today (though with the inside skin being block). All the stone we lay follows the strata bed, not end on, and we tip it lightly forward with small stone shims at the back - so rain-driven water is pushed to the front of the building, along the bed. And with plenty of stone laying around we never use it as a veneer. Plus a lot of the mortar we use is lime, which has made a good comeback in the last 20 years - especially for re-pointing lime-built structures. It's the same all over upland Britain, though with regional variations.
And Mike, I'm the same but please try to use a mask more when using a grinder - loads of stonemasons and quarry-workers round here have silitosis, from stonedust in the lungs.
thanks jonb, your comments are always appreciated, I always felt England had the best masons, I still want to visit conwy castle some day, thanks mike
Thanks Mike, your videos are great. Have a look at York Minster and the stone buildings - textile mills, churches, castles, houses and drystone walls - all over Pennine Yorkshire.
Yes, Conwy is in North Wales, which is well-known for blue slate. It is not too far from my area - in North Yorkshire (the village is on the border of Lancashire/West Yorkshire/North Yorkshire). We are also near York, and both the Pennines (hills) and the Lake District historically had a lot of quarrying and are full of stone buildings. Derbyshire, in the region around Chatsworth House (a grand estate owned by the Duke of Devonshire) had arguably the first mechanised industrial process in the world, in the form of cotton spinning (using imported US cotton) at Cromford Mill.
If you make it to the UK let me know, you'd be welcome to stay if coming a year from now or more. I'm developing an old textile mill for various uses - partly residential/holiday homes. Like all the buildings in my area, it's stone. It's quite a good example of a late 19th century textile mill - from the early Industrial Revolution period; although the oldest sections are thought to be 1000 years old plus. It was originally a corn mill ('corn' in the UK means 'grain' in American English). There is also an American connection - one of the early investors in the enterprise emigrated to the US, and set up cotton spinning mills around the South.
If interested in the building, have a look at the Lothersdale Mill website - which is a work in progress.
Hi jonb, I did check it out, you can see where we over here got all our influence (New England) Pennsylvania mostly included. That would be a great trip for sure, I appreciate the offer, I could get a few good videos over there, England has the best stone work in my opinion, we all learned about England in our History books in school, the mother country, of all our law culture and early building, thanks I appreciate it. mike
Ok Mike, I'll email you now. Then you can delete.
Wow beautiful work I'm inspired.
Thanks J, Mike
Nice job Mike, very fessional.
Thanks Greg, I appreciate it, Mike
Nice job Mike, build a few myself enjoyed.
thanks Greg, I appreciate hearing that from a pro, thanks mike
Thank you Mike, excellent as always.
thank you Mike, I appreciate it. Mike
love your videos mike. Keep them coming
Thanks Tony, I will, mike
Thanks Mike 🙂 Great video
Thanks Bob, Mike
great video, having that diagram in hand is perfect, im going to make one myself today for a job im doing tomorrow, thanks again.
Thanks William, mike
Do you work in Maryland? Amazing that you are so flexible with homeowners. I want to building my own patio and have steps leading to a 6 feet wide door. I am so happy that you are teaching future masons through your channel.
Thanks Kryz. Mike
Good work, as always! Thanks for bringing me along.
thanks binnish, I am getting bringed along too, thanks mike
Mike, do you have a video on making steps and/or top slab of porch that have a protruding half circle design at the top like at 13:38 ? Are these forms usually made or bought to produce that effect?
Hi Wave. Check out my video, stone cutting, laying and making patterns, mike haduck, that might help,thanks, mike
Another great video Mike.
I really enjoy the comparisons between old school and new.
Regards
thank you Paul, Regards also, mike
Those steps turned out great.
thanks bg, I appreciate it. mike
great work we're building steps tomorrow just like you did in the video here in Tennessee
Very nice job mike.
thanks brick, I appreciate it. mike
my grandfather made stone riser steps over 40 years ago with rocks he found in the field which looked like crystals in different colors but today they are old and dirty...
Is there an easy way for me to see the natural rocks? thanks
Some folks use a power washer, others a brush and detergent, I usually test a small area and go from there, thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks Mike, any detergent recommendations?
thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks, I appreciate it, Mike
I enjoy watching you work, I could do that all day... I like your passion! That is what makes you so "good" -- you enjoy what you do. Now go buy a mask and some safety glasses... ty
thanks, you are 100% right, I appreciate it thanks mike
Great video do you have a video on how to make the template for the concrete steps
Hi Jeffrey. I would say you just make it like regular steps, I don't think you need one it would be in the forms, thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck ok thanks
What type of mortar is best for adding the stone tread? Should a bonding agent be used? I live in New England and my stone tread is falling off because the mortar has deterioated. What type of mortar will give me good bond and resist damage from rain, ice and potentially salt (I know you shouldn't use it on steps, but it may happen).
Hi Andre, every mason in their area uses a different mix, I am happy with s mortar with a little portland added but not really necessary, 2 sand one cement , again everyone has a different opinion, thanks mike
I’m doing something like this to my front steps at my house on Long Island NY, not going to attach to the house but assume I should still pour a footing, do I need to go all the way down to the frost line?
Hi, it all depends on their codes, around here three steps are usually OK on a sidewalk, but then weight is also a factor, I would talk with the locals, thanks Mike
Thanks so much for the reply and inspiration Mike! Beautiful work you do
Hi Mike - your channel is very helpful! What mortar mix do you use for a job like this?
Hi Philly, I usually show what I used on each job, thanks Mike
I got my own masonry company , I love watching your videos for different ideas 👍🏽, never stop learning 💯
Thanks Fernando, I appreciate that, mike
After a few years, how did they hold up? I’m wondering because I’m about to try this same project
Hi, I have never had a callback, thanks mike
Mike - First off let me say I love the videos. I'm working at home now and will watch them on youtube on my TV. My wife eats lunch with me and I find her watching them as well. Kinda funny. Anyways I have a question. I'm going to build masonry steps - 2 risers and a landing. The steps will have 1.5" real stone veneer sides and riser and 2" granite treads and landing. My question is: I poured a 6" thick concrete footing. And I'm going to come up with block. Can I mortar the granite directly on the unfilled cores of the block (some cores will be filled and have reinforcing rod). Thanks in advance. Scott
Hi Scott, I like to have the cores filled so its easier to lay the stone, other masons think different, thanks, mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks very much for quick reply. 2nd question. For the cores that have the rebar do I need to fill the core (top to bottom) at the same time (for strength) or can I fill it as I go up (course by course). Thanks.
As well, there are no stone places in S Mississippi . I was wondering what you think of using a cast of cement for the top step? only because stone just isn't available here.
Hi Earth, I have done it before but our freezing weather takes a toll, check with the local stone brick, landscaping yards firs, thanks mike
I'm wondering if you can pour the steps in forms with concrete and rebar and hammer the edges like you do to make it look good ?
Hi Randy, I do not see a reason for that, the stone thread last a lot longer and is easier to use, I hope it helps, thanks mike
Can you use 10” tread depths for exterior stairs?
Hi John, anymore you got to ask your local inspector what is acceptable, thanks Mike
Great Job !! 👍👍 Thks ! for Ur explain it how to build this steepest !!
Thanks Felix, I appreciate it, Mike
Thank you, Mike! As usual ,. " Like a Dentist . . ." 💯💪🏾
Thanks Mack, Mike
the steps look beautiful. wanna know my first thought? my first thought was man it would be nice to make something like that myself. Thanks mike!
thank you iGot, I hope it works well, mike
I'm enjoying your videos, thank you
Hi rob , I recognized the name as soon as I seen it , I have checked out some of your videos and appreciate them, very good, nice to hear from you, Your site does not say where you are from? thanks mike
hi Mike, I'm in the UK
thanks for replying.
Hi rob, I know in the UK they are still hot on the brickwork, over here it is disappearing, everything glass and concrete. I plan to do a video on conway castle maybe next year, If you were close we might do a video together, thanks for replying also, mike
it would be great to meet you in person.
same here rob, if I am coming that way, I will let you know, maybe we will do something, thanks mike
You are amazing man!
Thanks Lucas, mike
Great teaching, thanks Mike.
thanks Dave, mike
Thanks mike . Hope you are still around
Thanks Sophia, mike
Hey Mike, you are great. Can you tell me how much of an overhang do the treads hang over the block (on the fronts and the sides)? I know you have to leave enough room for the veneer, thanks!
Hi rejp, I would say it all depends on the thickness of the stone, but I usually let it hang out at the least 3/4 inch to a 1inch or more, I do not know what they require in your area, thanks mike
Thanks so much! Your knowledge and the way you convey it in your videos is truly amazing - I've learned so much from you and I just finished laying the footer and block for my steps. Keep up the great work!
That looks cool 😎
Thanks Cesar, Mike
I haven't made it through the whole video but I don't even need to for the comment. Damn Mike you are awesome this is a lot of work and pretty technical so thank you for the uploads a bunch. I would like to make a set of concrete steps formed up to replace the mess I was left on the home we bought 4years ago. There was brick which must have started falling apart then they went over it with concrete and that to is falling apart and exposing the brick. Any tips you could lend? Thanks a million!
Thanks Monica, I would just take my time and check out all the different approches until you are certain what to do, thanks,mike
awesome video mike thank you
Thanks Jack, Mike
How much is the step overhang when finished?
Hi Mark, every mason says different and it depends on the stone underneath, but usually between 3/4 inch to 1 1/4 inch, my opinion, Mike
Love your videos, Mike! When do you use blocks for steps vs. forms and pouring concrete?