Village Landscape Development of Fenton, Michigan was at our house (off and on) for the whole month of July, 2014 working on two projects. This gallery post has a selection of captioned photographs from the front entrance sidewalk/stairs project.
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- The old half-circle step. It was 12″ down from the porch.
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- The new front stairs get delivered.
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- The excavator is used to rough out the area.
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- The first step to be placed is the third step down from the porch.
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- Setting the first step the correct distance out and down from the porch.
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- Marking the drop for the bottom steps.
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- Adding the crushed limestone base behind the third top step.
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- The 2nd & 3rd top steps installed and the base prepared for the 1st one.
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- Steve cutting the top step so the treads are the same depth.
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- The cut-off saw makes quite a bit of dust.
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- The precast concrete steps are 46″x21″x7″. This is how they are moved.
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- All nine steps installed. Preparing the base for the brick pavers, which are piled in the driveway.
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- Using the excavator to set large boulders by the top stairs.
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- Steve trimming the brick pavers, which are laid in a herringbone pattern, for the border bricks.
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- The front yard graded out around the new sidewalk and stairs, seeded, and covered in straw.
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- Decorative boulders to the right (facing the porch) of the top stairs.
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- The herringbone paver pattern with border bricks.
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- The finished front entrance stairs and sidewalk. The flair on the bottom steps makes it easier to go either direction in the driveway.
