Avoid drilling into the foundation when building a wooden entry staircase

[Mjärn]

I was thinking of building a wooden staircase at the entrance. It should look almost exactly like in the film. However, there is a problem. In the video, they attach the plank under the door directly into the foundation. I don't want to drill into the foundation. Is there another way to make the staircase stand firmly without having to drill into the house foundation?

 

[Centano]

Do as they've done at the forefront, put it on blocks.

 

[z_bumbi]

You can add I ballast before you screw on the top layers and/or screw I into the concrete stone if you think it will move.

 

[Mjärn]

You can add ballast before you screw on the top layers and/or screw into the concrete stone if you think it will move.

Excuse me?

 

[Mjärn]

Do as they did at the forefront, put it on blocks.

It's true! But won't the stairs move then?

 

[pacman42]

It's true! But won't the stairs move then?

That's where the ballast comes in, fill the stairs with old concrete slabs or similar.

 

[Mjärn]

That's where ballast comes in, fill the stairs with old concrete slabs or similar.

I google ballast, but only get a tiny bit of information about boats. What exactly is ballast?

 

[Plupp 405730]

I'm googling ballast, but I'm only getting tiny bits of information about boats. What exactly is ballast?

In your case, weights that hold the stairs in place…

 

[Centano]

As long as you have a flat, stable, and drained surface, the stairs should not move.

 

[pacman42]

As long as you have a flat, stable, and drained base, the stairs shouldn't move.

Yes, they do. If we assume that one will always walk to the left or come from the left, there will be many small nudges to the stairs that move it a fraction of a millimeter from time to time. Especially when it's freezing.

/ Wise from experience

 

[Daniel 109]

I have my stairs on piers, both at the front and against the house. If you use blocks like in the film, you could use angle brackets to fix them to the blocks.