This video reads 3yrs old and I can still use this very detailed and easy to understand video. Thank you!!!❤

Wow… I bet I’ve watched at least 2 dozen of these, “build steps on a slope”, videos in the last couple months. I have learned a lot thus far, but I truly wish I had watched this video first. Not being an engineer, mathematician, nor a super-experienced-with-construction-kinda-gal, many of the videos I watched were above my pay grade, so to speak. others had some useful information, but I didn’t get the impression that the author of the video knew what he/she was talking about/ doing any more(and sadly, sometimes less) than I do. So...Just wanted to say thanks. You explained it in a way that I actually understood it the first time/only time through, without having to rewind/pause a dozen times to make sense of it. I am sure I will watch it again for a reference tool while undergoing my project, but, having watched it once, I have a much clearer understanding. I generally don’t subscribe to things, but I’m making an exception this time. So, thanks again and I look forward to learning more stuff and building some things with y’all! Wish me luck…Have a great day.🌻

Thank you for such an instructive video and explanation of how to create steps in a slope. So wish I had found you first as husband, Simon, used to teach this subject in natural stone and can no longer actually do this work physically although can still appreciate all the processes. If done slowly know I can achieve this now having all this information and sketches taken from your video. I am treating this as a teaching exercise and making notes and then conferring with Simon and he says this is an absolutely perfect explanation (utube not really available 27 years ago when he was teaching...). Have now watched all your videos on this topic so have the other background information in my head and notes and this now makes perfect sense. Really looking forward to the process now rather than dreading even starting - especially all the measuring. Do have some friendly knowledgeable builders locally / DIY folk who can just keep a kindly eye, if necessary. Two of the firms we had a quote for this work were asking for the same value as a quality 2nd hand car and now appreciate why! The other guy declined as we would have to wait until winter as he is so busy... and trying to do this type of build in cold, wet weather did not appeal.

Simple to understand, and straightforward. I'm looking to build something exactly like this to walk down the slope to my fishing pond bench. Thank you!

Thank you. Planning on doing this in the spring here in Pennsylvania!

Thanks for clarifying the details of planning the stairs instead of just digging and hoping you get it right!

Thanks very much for the insight. I've built similar before but this is dug out wilderness at the back of the garden at the mother in law's house. Big slope and you gave me some good pointers to make it happen without a shit load of 'how to measure. I've to properly investigate what kind of ground I'm up against but this was very helpful. Thank you 🤙

Thats great. Just the video was enough to get this project going. Thank you so much!

Gracias por tu vídeo ..

I've been in search of a comprehensive video about stair building because I'm going to be doing it on my own in my backyard and I've been really struggling on finding something that would explain it in a clear manner and you definitely do so. Thank you so much for this I'm really looking forward to building my stairs in my backyard.

❤out of all the videos I have watched on this, this was absolutely the most easiest and best one. I hate my slope in my backyard. The older I get, the more I hate it, and over the yesrs, it looks like, it has gotten worse.

Great video. Thankyou very much for sharing your video to us. God bless.

Best teacher in the school ! Thank you Sir!

Thanx a 💯... this works for me!

Nice explanation thank you

Excellent video and very informative !

No matter how many steps there are its always one less step than there are risers? Glad I watch your video because I was going to divide the length by the amount of risers!

very well explained

Very helpful 👌

Love the video. Are you putting 2-3 stakes onto the back of each each riser to hold them in place? Could you drill a hole in the riser and drive rebar into each one?

This was very helpful for a first time builder who will be doing this on a hillside that is about 100+ feet long. I have pavers that are 12x12 and plan to surround them with stone. For a long distane is it easier to make my steps longer like 18in. or even 20 or stick with the 12? I know it’s going to take me, what is going to feel like an eternity… DYING it :) 💪🏾 thanks

This is fabulous, thanks so much for it! Do you have any suggestions on the height/width of the lumbar to use for the steps? Apologies if I missed that info in the video. Thanks so much, I am so excited to try this - especially because my area is 8’x3’!

Thank you for the video. Are there any additional steps that need to be considered if you are living in a cold climate where there is a lot of freeze/thaw? I live in Ontario, Canada. Thanks

Thank you from Ukraine!

Great video! However, what if the slope goes down in the back of the yard to a privacy fence? My dog thinks it’s a digging mud bath where he can bark at the dogs behind us. I put a fence 4’ before the slope, but he’s been jumping over it. I’m depressed because I’m sick and he’s constantly filthy. Would you recommend a sleeper planter? I have a ton of firewood I’m not using, so possibly I’ll use that. I’m only 4’ 9”, so this will be a slow process.

Hi for the steps what wood dimension did you use?

Hey if we wanted to add lights under the steps would we leave room. How would that work

I might actually send you an email soon. 😂 Thanks for the information

I feel a bit silly by asking this because no one else has asked before now. Anyway, I became confused when you spoke of lowering the guide board 3". You had made 2 marks at each tread position on the guide board. How did you figure these marks?

What about a steeper grade? Same concepts apply?

how do you know the length of each tread

I want to do landscape timbers trying to convince hubs we can just make u shaped boxes open at back end and fill with gravel to level. We have a small slope..may only need about 10 steps down..has a slight curve as well. I don’t want to build fancy boxes or perfectly even stairs..just natural steps that follow the slope to the driveway and I don’t want to dig anything..just lay the timbers and put gravel level with timbers short sided to contain the gravel within the stairs as much as possible. Tell me it’s doable.

Sorry can't see the link to the type of lumber to use. Wood on dirt will rot?

do stairs like this need a hand rail if the steps are as shown hugging the slope in a yard over 7 steps high

Hi!...What do you do if you have lots tree roots? Do you just cut through them to lay your boards.

Do you have printable step by step directions. Thanks

God i hate inches : ) Metric would have been perfect ; ) So i'm thinking you use the building codes for usa ? or international code ? BTW does landscape stairs need to follow building codes if not attached to a building and not concrete ????? say gravel stairs ???? where im from going max is 355mm. Is it possible to go bigger and not have to rip em out if inspectors happen by ???

How long is the wood? We know the width but what’s the length?

I want to know why you divided by 5 to get the risers

So where did you get the number 5?

Oh man, awesome video but this is going to hurt my brain to convert it all to Metric. The American system is so confusing

Dance steps

As someone who uses AutoCAD and Revit on a daily basis I would just model it up in ten minutes and take all my measurements off that 😂

Yeah put boards into the dirt lmfao