Now we finally have a newly built house. Only the exterior is left... For the moment, the most urgent question is what kind of steps we should have up to the front door.
We have a white plastered stone house in Skåne, if that makes any difference. The Byasten in front of the house will meet asphalt on the driveway. We don't have much space between the house and the garage (where the front door happens to be), so it won't be a large staircase. The door itself is about 2 steps up, but our idea was to have just one step, so the step into the house would be the second step. Not sure if it will look completely odd? So far, we've had a pallet lying as a step, and it's worked well height-wise. We think we save space by not having two steps.
At first, I considered having the steps also made with Byasten in a darker color. Then the stonemason suggested he could cast a step instead. When I later googled around, I instead got a bit stuck on granite steps. To me, a cast stair seems uncertain - a high risk of cracks and frost damages? It seems like that risk is much less with granite, but maybe that's just me not being knowledgeable?
Which material would you recommend for our entrance steps?
We have a white plastered stone house in Skåne, if that makes any difference. The Byasten in front of the house will meet asphalt on the driveway. We don't have much space between the house and the garage (where the front door happens to be), so it won't be a large staircase. The door itself is about 2 steps up, but our idea was to have just one step, so the step into the house would be the second step. Not sure if it will look completely odd? So far, we've had a pallet lying as a step, and it's worked well height-wise. We think we save space by not having two steps.
At first, I considered having the steps also made with Byasten in a darker color. Then the stonemason suggested he could cast a step instead. When I later googled around, I instead got a bit stuck on granite steps. To me, a cast stair seems uncertain - a high risk of cracks and frost damages? It seems like that risk is much less with granite, but maybe that's just me not being knowledgeable?
Which material would you recommend for our entrance steps?
I have made a stackable staircase of tumbled blocks type byasten. The very top step is on the same level as indoors. Make the staircase shallow but wide if space is limited in depth in front of the door. It's good to be able to place the shopping bag next to the door when you open it.
Apparently, I had slightly misunderstood the stone layer... Since we are laying the stones first, we will automatically raise the ground enough that it only requires one step up to be level with the indoors.
But what do you think about the choice of materials, from a purely durability perspective?
(Unfortunately, I don't have a picture available right now, and we have the next meeting with the stone guy tomorrow).
But what do you think about the choice of materials, from a purely durability perspective?
(Unfortunately, I don't have a picture available right now, and we have the next meeting with the stone guy tomorrow).
Our staircase has been lying still for eight years so far
Just stacked
Just stacked
If you like granite, you should naturally have one of these:
https://www.flisbyab.se/produkter-ute/marksten-i-natursten/natursten-granit/granit-90x60
PS
We've had our pallet for six years now
https://www.flisbyab.se/produkter-ute/marksten-i-natursten/natursten-granit/granit-90x60
PS
Oh, only two years?henkepenk said:
We've had our pallet for six years now
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If it's just one step up, then the simplest thing is to continue with similar blocks in the stairs as in the paving. Otherwise, granite block steps are nice, comfortable to walk on (I think), and among the most durable available: e.g., http://www.stenbolaget.se/blocksteg-granit-ljus.html
If you lay granite steps, remember to place the rough, flamed side up (not the smooth sawn side because it becomes slippery in winter).
If you lay granite steps, remember to place the rough, flamed side up (not the smooth sawn side because it becomes slippery in winter).