Building steps into a hill.

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3 жыл бұрын

I built steps into a hill using retaining wall blocks.
The wall block I used from Lowe’s
Insignia 12-in L x 4-in H x 7-in D Concrete Retaining Wall Block www.lowes.com/pd/Insignia-Gre...
The cap block I used from Lowe’s
Insignia 12-in L x 3-in H x 7-in D Concrete Retaining Wall Cap www.lowes.com/pd/Insignia-Gre...
The video of me building up this hill to extend my driveway closer to the house.
• Extending my gravel dr...
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@adeyemiadeleke9598 2 ай бұрын

This is by far the most useful video I've found on building steps into a hill. Straight to the point, short and detailed. Well done and thank you!

@tracybrislin 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you realize you just showed a million DIYers how to build steps just like these. You did a great job all the way around on this video! Thank you!

@rickdeckard1075 2 жыл бұрын

and these step will fall apart in two years

@___asd159gh43 Жыл бұрын

agreed. i was surprised he only anchored the bottom step. id love to see an update of them now

@navpap1029 Жыл бұрын

@@rickdeckard1075 why so? Care to explain?

@violetjames7534 Жыл бұрын

649,000

@genesmay6589 11 ай бұрын

Those 5 and the other 3 need a grasp able hand rail..

@MelAtlNP Ай бұрын

Wow! I have been wanting to put steps on my hillside for 33 years but had no clue how to do it. You make it look very do-able, even for this old lady :) thank you so much! They are actually very attractive!

@brousd1 Күн бұрын

Thanks for this idea. We are on a budget and need steps up to my moms house on a wicked steep hill. Great video

@therhambo 4 ай бұрын

I've watched tonnes of videos on building steps in a short slope and this is far and away the most useful. Thank you from the Scottish Highlands!

@stephanieray6587 9 ай бұрын

So helpful that you showed the real nitty-gritty, like the tamper and scoring the caps to cut them down to size. Thank you!

@marvakelly8136 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you made this so easy to follow. I was quoted $1500 for steps and I now see I can do it myself. Thank you so much I will be doing it myself.

@ajbell4242 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooooo much for helping a single mom home owner on a budget solve a problem. My slope is half the size of your but still a pain .😊👍🏽keep the DIY videos coming . Also love the gravel driveway video. I have a 150 foot gravel driveway . It will have to do for now

@damarisrivera8279 28 күн бұрын

Forget about the rot! This is a great idea for a rental property or short term deck. I’m going to try this. Thank you for sharing this idea ❤

@briannapatrick442 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your project with us! I love how you just did it with some planning but nothing too much! we have a hill that needs some stairs so we can get to the rest of our back yard. Keep up the DIY!!

@mwsculls 3 жыл бұрын

The steps turned out great. I like the way you showed the process too. Well done!

@Korre84 3 жыл бұрын

I love this so much. Several years ago, I bought a home that had an unfinished dirt path to the back fence gate. It got muddy all the time. One day I got sick if it and crafted a beautiful brick and gravel walkway from the patio to the back gate that never got muddy. When I sold the place, the buy mentioned how much they liked the pathway I made.

@tinymompj Жыл бұрын

This REALLY helped me understand how to do this. Thank you for posting an inexpensive, not too laborious process! Happy my slopes now have a beautiful alternative to high quoted costs---steps on a budget.

@alphaprime7413 Ай бұрын

Great job. You made it look easy. I'm glad this is the video that popped up on Google entry. Thank you for sharing.

@davfree9732 3 жыл бұрын

I'd add some buried pipe along the top and down the sides to help water drain away from the blocks, otherwise over the years you might see a slump. The size of the pavers though, you might get away with it but water is the enemy when dealing with gradients. It keeps washing things from top to bottom unless its given an easy way down that bypasses all the hard work. That and/or add some plants along the side to stabilise the soil

@CP-mb7ly Жыл бұрын

The correct way is actually putting the drainage down the middle of that area first, not the sides. Otherwise you're not addressing the water seeping into the middle which can then freeze (frost heave) but some drainage is better than no drainage.

@carriecreative6555 Жыл бұрын

I close on an older historic home soon and have a hilly backyard. Thank you so very much for this! Single and determined to DIY. 🤗

@shawnsnyder8918 3 жыл бұрын

I came for the stairs , ill subscribe because you sound like me "im never getting it done today" "this is harder then i thought " "it worked better last time" hahah brother from another mother!

@skeyeubridges738 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I need to make some steps into a incline behind my house and the side of my house. I had no idea where to start. This is a big help.

@annarossitto9651 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this video-and keeping the the very important stages/process of how you problem solved along the way! We now own a house with a steeply sloped backyard in dire need of some erosion-stemming upgrades to the original access routes before the rain season(s!) start up again next month. Your design-build experience and process just saved me so much time and sanity! Much appreciated!

@cynthiaayers7696 2 жыл бұрын

Do you actually own the home or are you still buying it..? Remember you don't own a thing until you paid for the thing. And if you owe taxes then you will never own the property. It's just a cheap rent. Age 65 homeowner / cheap renter myself. I pay a dollar a week for my home. 0.06 cents is what the buying power of a dollar is. So $52 is in reality, $8.66 per- year in "taxes" or rent.

@artistlight 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job! Some of the best projects come from winging it! It's also creative and fun.

@kaylahoneycutt9520 2 жыл бұрын

I love the realness of this video. Thank you for making it. I am going to attempt these in my hillside that is washing out.

@McrueProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Stakes driven down in the brick holes to help limit any movement from heavy rain ect would be the only thing I’d do different, fantastic look. I’m stealing your idea. Great vid.

@dodgeplow 3 жыл бұрын

You can see the blocks were designed with that in mind. There're 2 round holes in each to drive in a paver spike or a length of rebar.

@lis819 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...I think I would have put some rebar stakes in....but pretty impressive job!

@dodgeplow 3 жыл бұрын

@@lis819 agreed. my lot is flat, but if I ever need exterior steps, I'm doing something like this (but with rebar lol)

@EdwardT9 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Depending on the climate, especially freeze thaw and rain, those might move and shift around a bit. But what is now there can be realigned in a weekend if needed in 10 years.

@niloyd Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, this has been by far the most non technical video on making garden steps I have come across :) - Thank you!

@bbikermama 2 жыл бұрын

I felt very satisfied watching you climb those steps!’

@dannywhittington2094 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! This gives me a better idea of what to do with our far back yard which is very sloped. I was trying to think of ways that were not too expensive and labor intensive and I think your idea is a good one. Now to get started…

@hansmeier9758 5 ай бұрын

I love it! Very smooth! Now I have mit red line for our steps in the garden! THX for sharing!!!!

@shmedwinardo 2 жыл бұрын

You two got some badass stairs right theres!! I just watched this in preparation for what I want to do this summer 👍👨‍🔧🤓🤠 great video!!! & Thanks for the info!! ✅🏁

@fourdayhomestead2839 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I found this video. I have a lower garden behind a grain bin. A set of curved steps will be nice.

@funstuffonthenet5573 Жыл бұрын

I like this design, looks simpler than a lot of other ones which involved burying wood deeper into the hill, a lot more digging, etc.

@BrianLiles 3 жыл бұрын

The finished steps looked great!

@olddanb1 7 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy. You just gave me the confidence to go ahead. You made a lovely stair. Well done.

@stevemondin4960 2 ай бұрын

Nice !! Great job. Thanks for filming

@kathymore6326 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping it real and sharing your project to make it where I now feel I as a woman can even do it. Your final result is exactly what I was looking for. Great instructions and enjoyed the learn.

@mantwaan 2 жыл бұрын

That’s sexist

@badcatmadcat7694 Жыл бұрын

@@mantwaan I guess these large landscape stones I need for my raised garden are sexist.

@him5695 8 ай бұрын

@@badcatmadcat7694Yes if you can't lift them they are sexist stones and you must sue the quarry for everything they've got😂😂😂

@LazyLabAcres 19 күн бұрын

Great project!

@aleecewhite1087 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing how you did this. Figuring this out on a small budget is hard enough. Nice to have a direction to adapt to my space. I won't have a way to cut stone but I think I can find a alternative anyway. Saving this video!

@barbarab2945 2 жыл бұрын

Great design. Thanks for sharing

@markk.7531 2 жыл бұрын

Thanking for the video. Going to the backyard slopped down on both sides of my house and it gets very slippery and muddy most of the times so now with your help I can solve this problem finally myself

@handyrus 2 жыл бұрын

I have a project like this to do on my yard. I keep getting hung up on the geometry- you know rise&run, slope, etc. Yet, here this guy does a great job - on the fly!!! Kudos

@jordanlauritsen511 2 жыл бұрын

Use 3/4 in. Rock it compacts better

@thebugalito 2 ай бұрын

Same here. I have a long steep hill and I used wood pre cut stringers for the first 15 steps and what this gut used for the remaining 15 steps that curve at the bottom. I have torn it out at least 3 times only to have the end result look like crap and as dangerous as it can get. A year later and I have torn it out again. impossible!!

@gerardellis1127 Жыл бұрын

Awesome build and great instructions!

@flyoverurbangarden4315 Ай бұрын

Looks great, excellent instructions.

@71050505 2 жыл бұрын

I like that you made the tread area wide. This wide is more natural for stride. With 12" and under, a person has to contract their movements when going up or down.

@awesomemaan 2 жыл бұрын

Dude I’m so jealous of how soft y’all’s dirt is. I live in NC, where it about takes dynamite to get through some of the soil. It’s all clay.

@savann.sun1980 2 жыл бұрын

Mine too and damn it took me 30 mins to dig one hole. My friend wasn’t lucky too, his land is full of rocks and stones.

@actionanimations4879 2 жыл бұрын

Well be glad because in a few years after constantly going up and down those steps it'll eventually sink and become uneven.

@janemack8852 Жыл бұрын

Me, too. I got rock and almost no soil.

@JohnLopez1958 Жыл бұрын

Got rocks and pine tree roots.

@drewfogle Жыл бұрын

Haha i hear you. Same in western PA. all clay, and tree root.

@bettyescookingchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@StormtrooperJeffID17004 Жыл бұрын

That’s the EXACT project that I need to do! Thanks for that!

@davecollier8054 2 жыл бұрын

Nice careful shovel work. Surgical! Well done.

@stephendaniel168 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great job. Totally completed in one step. Some people trying to do this that aren’t as good with all hand tools may try renting a small demo hammer with a spade on it for the clay. It works good for that type of job where you don’t want to over dig too much. And that rock is really important. Home Depot sells round pea gravel in bags. It doesn’t work as a base as well as the angular crushed stuff you used here.

@stevenreynolds7968 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for making this video. I'll be using single pavers for a small incline from the sidewalk up to my front door. Why the builder had such a steep incline is beyond me, forcing people to walk up the driveway to get to the front door. I was just unsure how to dig out the hill the way you did and you gave me some great ideas.

@Alex1973ander. Жыл бұрын

Просто и со вкусом! Возьму общую идею, подстрою под себя! Молодец.

@user-ek9pm9lc8g 9 ай бұрын

Очень интересное решение. Не сильно затратно, просто замечательно. Обязательно сделаю у себя. Посмотрим как будет стоять через пару зим. Спасибо. Вы молодец.

@lucaslegz 3 жыл бұрын

You did a great job!

@christydaedae9825 11 ай бұрын

Awesome diy steps! I've been searching for something like this. Even better coming from a DAWG! Looks great- Go Dawgs!! ❤️🖤

@juschill1 3 күн бұрын

Wow... I need to try this on my little hill

@JesusIsLoveTR 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Well done 👏🏾

@luckydogfarms Жыл бұрын

Subscribed! Always learn more when I watch your videos! Thanks, J

@Violet_Lotus_ 3 жыл бұрын

looks great. Well done.

@GiWitched 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! I'm doing this in Spring in my backyard

@joannenardoni17 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great, interesting to me how you ppl can see the end from the beginning and it’s perfect

@lorettagordon4148 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job.

@DingleBerryMTB Жыл бұрын

Wow... That is so simple but works so well!

@noraved7 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent vision and execution. Thanks I’m advance.

@Rabbit4842 Жыл бұрын

Very nice and simple. Thanks!

@stevenwells4749 3 жыл бұрын

great video. it was very informative and helpful. your on screen dialogue is enjoyable and pleasant.

@catherinemurphy873 7 ай бұрын

An amazing job 💯. Thanks 👍

@jesussilguero8389 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid! Very straight forward !

@angieherrera1850 11 ай бұрын

Gorgeous.

@ivangarrido5381 Ай бұрын

Very nice buddy!!

@heathermoore3729 11 ай бұрын

Thank you...we are putting in stairs similar to these. Yours is the best video I've seen so far. Inspired us..🙂

@saramarotto8466 3 жыл бұрын

Love the steps and live the sound trac

@themekfrommars 3 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty nice real-world solution. You'll have to redo it eventually but much quicker and visually appealing the way you did it vs concrete.

@911noambulance 5 ай бұрын

Just what i needed. Thanks for the video.

@petecoffman9048 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Gives my a new idea for steps to my pool.

@GEEMONEY973 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea...

@penelopemaynard9016 3 жыл бұрын

i came for the stairs, i stayed for the beautiful music ... and the fine stairs. liked and subbed, thanks.

@Firekid144 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, cool video.

@kennyrdr72 3 жыл бұрын

This is just awesome and very details showing. Thanks

@gtu847 2 жыл бұрын

very impressive work!

@Jake_4x4andcooks Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! I can’t wait to build this buy the lake side

@Gaber1983 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great!!!

@The72challenger 3 жыл бұрын

it's a beautiful privilege to have a house in which to make a castle.

@willb4095 3 жыл бұрын

Great Job!

@kristineb3709 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. This is so helpful for me to visualize what I need.

@25inspector 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great!

@squeekhobby4571 2 жыл бұрын

Looks beautiful

@jimsjacob 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, thank you for sharing that. I have an big embankment in my back yard and couldn’t think of a way to put steps in to get up. Fairly steep incline, but this looks like something that could work.