Hello!
I'm sitting here pondering how to solve the problem with our exterior staircase. It's a stone staircase made of masonry stones. The problem is it has settled significantly due to poor groundwork by the previous owner.
The staircase has 4 steps and is semicircular.
As it is now, it cannot sink anymore because it leans against the house and the height difference between the outer part of the staircase and the part against the house is about 8 cm.
I have thought about mortaring stones but don't think that will be very good. I'm now considering sealing the gap between the house and the top step with foam sealant and then placing a flexible masonite board around the top step and casting it level...
Alternatively, building up the last step with pressure-treated wood, but I don't know if it will look odd with a wood step on top of an otherwise nice stone staircase...
Anyone have any tips???
J P-A
I'm sitting here pondering how to solve the problem with our exterior staircase. It's a stone staircase made of masonry stones. The problem is it has settled significantly due to poor groundwork by the previous owner.
The staircase has 4 steps and is semicircular.
As it is now, it cannot sink anymore because it leans against the house and the height difference between the outer part of the staircase and the part against the house is about 8 cm.
I have thought about mortaring stones but don't think that will be very good. I'm now considering sealing the gap between the house and the top step with foam sealant and then placing a flexible masonite board around the top step and casting it level...
Alternatively, building up the last step with pressure-treated wood, but I don't know if it will look odd with a wood step on top of an otherwise nice stone staircase...
Anyone have any tips???
J P-A
that it leans against the house is not so successful. You should avoid having rainwater run against the house wall and there I would try to seal.
Otherwise, 8 cm is perhaps not so bothersome to step over
. Additionally, there is space under the door edge for a doormat/grate to wipe shoes on and space for 8 cm of snow before you have trouble opening the door . Neither concrete overlay nor a wooden ramp will look nice, in my opinion. However, a type of doormat grate might fit and raise a few cm up to the threshold? That the outdoor step lies lower than the bottom of the door/threshold is better than if it is level with
gaia
Otherwise, 8 cm is perhaps not so bothersome to step over
. Additionally, there is space under the door edge for a doormat/grate to wipe shoes on and space for 8 cm of snow before you have trouble opening the door . Neither concrete overlay nor a wooden ramp will look nice, in my opinion. However, a type of doormat grate might fit and raise a few cm up to the threshold? That the outdoor step lies lower than the bottom of the door/threshold is better than if it is level with gaia
Remove and start over, it will move more.
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It is possible to lift the stairs as they are with PU foam.
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gaia said:that it leans against the house is not so successful. You should avoid rainwater running against the house wall, and I would try to seal that.
Otherwise, 8 cm might not be so troublesome to step over
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Mmmmm....talked to a buddy who suggested I could get down hydraulics between the house wall and the stairs and try to straighten it that way, and when the stairs were level, fill the gap with concrete....
But that'll be a spring problem... now damn 10 cm of snow has come again!!!
Then I also have a laundry room to renovate!!! Yay...
In winter or summer, it doesn't move - it's only when the ground frost goes away that it will move - wait until spring, and then you'll see it move even more.JPA666 said:
But it should be possible to dig around the stairs and put in some steel beams underneath and lift the stairs with jacks or a winch on a steel frame. After that, it should be possible to redo the groundwork and lift the stairs into place.