Thank you! The total cost is close to $2,000, among which about $1,500 went to pressure treated lumbers. I built this during pandemic when lumber price was way high.
Very detailed and precise description and work, just not sure about timber in contact with ground, also the tampering of the soil between the frames will reduce water runoff.
This is a fantastic video and earned you a subscription. Thank you so much for all of your hard work in not only building the landscape stairs but also in all the time it took to put this together.
I've been searching for a really good video explaining the process for DIY stairs into a slope and your video is by far the best one I've found. Thank you for doing such a splendid job of explaining the cuts, angles, degrees needed to maintain not only the visual continuity but also construction of the stairs. I'm really impressed by the final product. I will be saving your video to use as a reference as I begin my own garden stair project. Thank you again for creating such an informative and helpful video.
Super nice, incredibly professional and meticulous job. Great tip about using wood preservative on cut ends; I have never seen anyone do that before in a DIY video. Unfortunately, I don't have all the tools to do such a sophisticated project. My only tools for building steps on a slope are a shovel, compound miter saw, drill and level. Thanks for sharing.
What an impressive project. This video is so much better than the majority of things I have seen on YT. So nice seeing someone put in the effort to make a wonderful and project and instructional video. Well done!
Your video and verbal instructions are beautifully clear, paced well and with superb clarity of audio and visuals .. I'm nominating you for Cannes film festival! LOL. The staircase is a beautiful design, my first thought was 'in my dreams I could make this', but your instructions are so clear and detailed I'm encouraged to have a try. Thank you for your professionalism.
Beautiful job sir. Trust an Asian guy to make everything precise 💪 .. it's annoying me you didn't put a face board at the face of every riser. Even cut the bottom 1/4 inch off .. just to finish it off, even Led light it.
Great video and what an amazing job you have done, just one question, how is the very first step fixed, just with rebar into the ground as there is nothing to screw into?
Thank you! The pressure treated lumber is from a local lumber store, Dunn Lumber. At my area, all ground contact grade pressure treated lumber has those pattern.
That is right. The rise of each step is the same. But the widths can be different. One the upper portion steps, the widths are much larger as the slope is more gentle.
This was an incredible achievement. Definitely a furniture builder at heart. Can't wait to are your approach to other projects.... With that said, I think you made this project take MUCH longer than necessary with your admirably systematic approach. I love it though : )
Beautiful work! I am just wondering about weeds growing up through the boards? Would it make it better to have some kind of membrane/material under the pea-gravel? Thanks for the great video, I learned a lot. Just curious about the weeds, where I will be building my stairs there are a lot of weeds...
Thank you! It's a good point. I did not think about it when I built the stairs. A layer of weed-barrier under pea gravel would certainly help to reduce the risk of weeds. So far, I have not seen weeds growing through the boards yet (the lower part of my stairs was built last year).
Amazing and very interesting🎥 video✨.. Super like👌👌👌. Good project. Good information and very helpful Do keep posting more ideas Warm regards and best wishes The UnknownManCub 👍😎👨🏭
What kind of pressure treated lumber did you use? I don’t think I have a local lumber supplier with PT lumber with that look and style. Did you use ProWood? A type of deck wood? Or just standard PT ground contact lumber? Thanks for an amazing video! I am going to be doing this later this year.
Thank you! What I used is ground contact grade pressure treated wood. My local lumber store has both incised (ground contact grade) and non-incised (not ground contact grade) pressure treated lumbers. Based on their explanation, the incisions allows the preservative to penetrate more deeply into the wood.
My first question. What chop saw MODEL are you using. I've been looking for a 4" cut saw for a while. A lot of saws are 65 - 75mm cuts. I want 100mm cuts. Thanks in advance.
Very nice project and outcome. We are trying to follow your example. Any guidance for building the base platform in terms of gravel layers and drainage?
Thank you! For the base layer, I just tempered the soil first, then added gravel about 1 inch thick for leveling and drainage purposes. Then I tempered the gravel and put the wood frame onto it.
@@SunridgeStudio Yeah - it just looks different than any pressure treated lumber I've seen. Is it some special species or treatment (or both)? I've not seen that color and texture before and was curious
This kind of incised pressure treated lumber is quite common in my region (pacific northwest). I bought them from here. Just FYI. www.dunnlumber.com/store/Products.aspx?pl1=2343&pg=2392&sort=StockClassSort&direction=asc
The width of the step is 40". The length of the three 4x4 E-legs is 14.5". So the overall dimension of E-frame is 40" x 18" (14.5" + 3.5" for the width of 4x4).
@@JWEX500 You are right. I did not use weed barrier. So far no issue found, as most of the surface is covered by the 2x6 wood. There are only 1/2" gaps in between. I found few very small weeds growing in those 1/2" gaps. I just pulled them out. I believe the seeds of these weeds came from outside, not from below the gravel. So even if I put weed barrier under the gravel, this will still happen.
Incredibly thorough instructive video, totally professional carpentry, beautiful results. Thanks so much for publishing this.
Thank you! Cheers!
Finding this video was right on time! I now know how I am going to do my stairs! I learned a lot from this video! Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
Awesome attention to detail. 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Excellent ! Very thorough !
U do an excellent job? U help us a lot with your detailed instructions! Many thanks and keep up the good work!
Thank you very much!
Great video thank you for posting.
Our pleasure!
How much roughly we’re the materials for this project? Looks awesome!!
Thank you! The total cost is close to $2,000, among which about $1,500 went to pressure treated lumbers. I built this during pandemic when lumber price was way high.
Very detailed and precise description and work, just not sure about timber in contact with ground, also the tampering of the soil between the frames will reduce water runoff.
great video. how wide is your stairs? Thanks.
Thank you! The width is 40 inches.
What software did you use?
If you were referring to 3D design software, it's Autodesk Fusion 360.
This is a fantastic video and earned you a subscription. Thank you so much for all of your hard work in not only building the landscape stairs but also in all the time it took to put this together.
Thank you! Cheers!
I've been searching for a really good video explaining the process for DIY stairs into a slope and your video is by far the best one I've found. Thank you for doing such a splendid job of explaining the cuts, angles, degrees needed to maintain not only the visual continuity but also construction of the stairs. I'm really impressed by the final product. I will be saving your video to use as a reference as I begin my own garden stair project. Thank you again for creating such an informative and helpful video.
Thank you so much! Glad it's helpful!
Thank you so much for making this. I'm a newbie and I learned a ton from this.
Thank you, cheers!
This video should have 2.5 million views not 25,000
Thank you! I hope it will get to 2.5m one day.
Looks great! How long would something like this (made out of ground-contact pressure treated) last before rotting?
Super nice, incredibly professional and meticulous job. Great tip about using wood preservative on cut ends; I have never seen anyone do that before in a DIY video.
Unfortunately, I don't have all the tools to do such a sophisticated project. My only tools for building steps on a slope are a shovel, compound miter saw, drill and level. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
You have the tools you need.
Excellent work. I wish more people had this much attention to detail. Well done sir.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
What an impressive project. This video is so much better than the majority of things I have seen on YT. So nice seeing someone put in the effort to make a wonderful and project and instructional video. Well done!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Your video and verbal instructions are beautifully clear, paced well and with superb clarity of audio and visuals .. I'm nominating you for Cannes film festival! LOL. The staircase is a beautiful design, my first thought was 'in my dreams I could make this', but your instructions are so clear and detailed I'm encouraged to have a try. Thank you for your professionalism.
Thank you so much! I'm honored to be nominated :) Glad it was helpful!
Wow fantastic video and amazing steps! Thanks for taking the time to share your work 🎉
Thank you, cheers!
I've learned so much from this. Thank you. I'm more confident about taking on my project now. Cheers.
Thank you! Glad to help.
Beautifully planned and executed! I feel like I can tackle my own stair project now
Thank you for posting…I very much enjoyed watching!
As a compulsive stair counter, I couldn't cope with a prime number of stairs but that may just be me. Apart from that, what an excellent video.
Beautiful job sir. Trust an Asian guy to make everything precise 💪 .. it's annoying me you didn't put a face board at the face of every riser. Even cut the bottom 1/4 inch off .. just to finish it off, even Led light it.
Thank you!
Great video - nicely laid out and explained each step in a clear way. Thank you for this.
Thank you, cheers!
Thank you so much for the very detailed visual and verbal instructions, so much appreciated !!!
You are so welcome!
thank you very much for sharing!
Great video and what an amazing job you have done, just one question, how is the very first step fixed, just with rebar into the ground as there is nothing to screw into?
Thank you! Yes, just rebar. The first step (the lowest step) is much larger than the normal steps. So I can use more rebar to stabilize it.
I love how you kept the boards all running in the same direction. More work, but the result is amazing.
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent video. Many thanks for the time and effort. 👍
I like your details work. Can you make one for me?
Thank you! I am not a contractor. This is a DIY project.
Very nice work. Strong and beautiful
Thank you for the great video. Could you tell me where you got the 2x6 from? I like the pattern on them
Thank you! The pressure treated lumber is from a local lumber store, Dunn Lumber. At my area, all ground contact grade pressure treated lumber has those pattern.
So basically you controlled the rise with digging more or less out of each step and followed the slope?
That is right. The rise of each step is the same. But the widths can be different. One the upper portion steps, the widths are much larger as the slope is more gentle.
Very nice thanks for sharing
Beautiful job. I appreciate your attention to detail!
Thank you! Cheers!
gorgeous
Love the idea. Simple and pretty
Asmr and I learned a lot. Win/win
This was an incredible achievement. Definitely a furniture builder at heart. Can't wait to are your approach to other projects....
With that said, I think you made this project take MUCH longer than necessary with your admirably systematic approach. I love it though : )
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Thank you! I did spend weeks on this project. It was labor intensive.
Outstanding presentation. Easy to follow. Well constructed with precision.
Thank you! Cheers!
Fantastic video. Your work is meticulous. Thank you.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful work! I am just wondering about weeds growing up through the boards? Would it make it better to have some kind of membrane/material under the pea-gravel? Thanks for the great video, I learned a lot. Just curious about the weeds, where I will be building my stairs there are a lot of weeds...
Thank you! It's a good point. I did not think about it when I built the stairs. A layer of weed-barrier under pea gravel would certainly help to reduce the risk of weeds. So far, I have not seen weeds growing through the boards yet (the lower part of my stairs was built last year).
A weed barrier will interfere with drainage, doesn’t stop weeds very long, and is bad for soil. Remove weeds initially and maintain with an herbicide.
Amazing and very interesting🎥 video✨.. Super like👌👌👌. Good project.
Good information and very helpful
Do keep posting more ideas
Warm regards and best wishes
The UnknownManCub 👍😎👨🏭
Thank you so much 👍
What kind of pressure treated lumber did you use? I don’t think I have a local lumber supplier with PT lumber with that look and style. Did you use ProWood? A type of deck wood? Or just standard PT ground contact lumber? Thanks for an amazing video! I am going to be doing this later this year.
Thank you! What I used is ground contact grade pressure treated wood. My local lumber store has both incised (ground contact grade) and non-incised (not ground contact grade) pressure treated lumbers. Based on their explanation, the incisions allows the preservative to penetrate more deeply into the wood.
My first question. What chop saw MODEL are you using. I've been looking for a 4" cut saw for a while. A lot of saws are 65 - 75mm cuts. I want 100mm cuts. Thanks in advance.
My miter saw is Makita LS1219L. Any 12" miter saw shall be able to cut 4x4 post.
yeah come help me build some thank you
Impressive planning and execution. Attention to detail maintained throughout. great job. ☮❤🦧-BPB
Thank you, cheers!
How do the stairs drain water?
Water will just flow along the slope. The gravel under the lumber will help water to drain.
Very nice project and outcome. We are trying to follow your example. Any guidance for building the base platform in terms of gravel layers and drainage?
Thank you! For the base layer, I just tempered the soil first, then added gravel about 1 inch thick for leveling and drainage purposes. Then I tempered the gravel and put the wood frame onto it.
Wow, that turned out great!
It looks like it was a lot of work, but very rewarding.
Thank you! It was! My backyard is way better now with the staris.
DId you put rebar into every step on both sides? How long was each rebar piece you used
Yes. rebar on both sides of each step. I used 2ft rebar.
Looks great, can I ask how long did it take to complete the job?
Thank you! I did not work on it everyday. So it is hard to say. Roughly I can complete 1 to 2 steps per day.
excellent video!
Amazing!
very cool - I don't recognize the wood - what type of lumber did you use?
Thank you! They were ground contact grade pressure treated lumbers.
@@SunridgeStudio Yeah - it just looks different than any pressure treated lumber I've seen. Is it some special species or treatment (or both)? I've not seen that color and texture before and was curious
This kind of incised pressure treated lumber is quite common in my region (pacific northwest). I bought them from here. Just FYI. www.dunnlumber.com/store/Products.aspx?pl1=2343&pg=2392&sort=StockClassSort&direction=asc
What were the cut lengths for the e frame?
The width of the step is 40". The length of the three 4x4 E-legs is 14.5". So the overall dimension of E-frame is 40" x 18" (14.5" + 3.5" for the width of 4x4).
Wow. That’s how to do it right.
Thank you! Cheers!
Impressive.
Thank you!
Question - is it safe to build the steps on clay soil?
I really don't know the answer. To test how much load the soil can bear, you may need to involve geotech engineer
@@SunridgeStudio Thank you! I noticed that you did not put down any weed barrier fabric underneath the gravel, has that caused any problems?
@@JWEX500 You are right. I did not use weed barrier. So far no issue found, as most of the surface is covered by the 2x6 wood. There are only 1/2" gaps in between. I found few very small weeds growing in those 1/2" gaps. I just pulled them out. I believe the seeds of these weeds came from outside, not from below the gravel. So even if I put weed barrier under the gravel, this will still happen.
Excellent!