Excellent work! I’m going to build this style step in my backyard leading to my patio. I appreciate your thorough yet simple explainer video. Thanks for sharing!

Fantastic ! Very detailed and easy to follow. I will be building a small staircase to my "she-shed". Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This video was very useful for me.

You’re the man! I have been wanting to do this for years and just happened to come across your awesome video today. I like the way you explain things and to use limestone instead of concrete is the way to go for my project. Thanks and God Bless You Brother!

Great video. Like how you explain the little things. (Why use a washer etc) may seem obvious to some but most people watch these videos because they are learning.

Most useful video that I have found for my project. Thank you.

What a great tutorial. We are going to attempt this (on a much smaller scale) tomorrow. Thanks for the great info!

thank you very much for this video! I will sound silly when saying this but I will say it anyway "it has given me confidence to do this to a client, who at first had no idea how to start". The client's house is also on the shore of a lake.

I cannot thank you guys enough for this simple and perfect video solution for my gal and l. 🙌🏼

Your KZfaq video "Installing outdoor stairs on a lake front home" was so well done! The easy to follow step by step instructions gave us the confidence to give it a try! Although the slope was small & the stairs are large we did a pretty good job today framing everything out. We watched your video at least 30x .... a lag bolt ? What the heck is that? We made a list, we pre-drilled holes & leveled everything! We couldn't have done it without you!

Thank you so much for the video. I'm going to attempt our first project of the summer using this video.

Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!!! Awesome job. Very detailed and easy to understand. My husband and I will start ours this weekend. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

just found your vid. it is so great. I am going to do exactly what you are doing to my son's new house. But I am going to use creek rock instead of just crushed stone. The length and the width are exactly what I had planned. Never seen it like you made it. But I really love it. Thank you very much.

Grey hair and physical work is a clear sign of strength, endurance, knowledge, trust and earned respect.

im a girl and i have an outdoor stair project which i started yesterday. this video made so much sense to me and gives me confidence that I really can get the job done right. thanks a million

Looks great! This is exactly what we need at the camp I work at. I think we may build this exact same thing. Thanks!

Nice video. Thanks for posting!

You keep making me money George! Thanks for all of the videos!

Very nice steps. Good to watch this. Gives me some hope to try this myself.

Perfect video. Exactly what I needed to see.

Yes we can get the ground treated ones here, but I've heard others say the same thing, keep looking around, someone must have them. Good Luck George

Thank you so much for making this video step my step!

so happy i found this video!!!! thanks very informative!

man that's nice. no one has ever bothered to teach me how to do that. thanks for yet another great video

Great video, I followed the same plan and it turned out perfect. Although I used pea gravel instead of sand.

THANK YOU, I feel like this is achievable!

Great instructions! Thanks for the video

Great work bud, keep it up. 👍👍👍

Incredible! Great job.....

Makes perfect sense in every detail you explained! Not like a lot of these videos where there is lots of talking but no useful info! Or talk talk talk and then speed up the main project! I will compact with sand then lay a layer of crushed landscape rocks.

Thank you. I have a 10' run to figure out. Should be easy, just need to figure it out....but your stairs are exactly what I was thinking (wood frame, but infilled with dirt/gravel).

I thank you so much for this video. We rent and our backyard has a quite a slope. I wanted to do something affordable that my husband and I could do ourselves. It was so easy to understand and follow along. I really appreciate this, thank you.

Really helpful. I was going to ask a local builder to make some concrete steps but this method looks quicker and a lot less messy. A big thank you from Dennis in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

I've done a lot of steps mostly out of stone but this is thinking out side the box looks awesome never would I have tho of doing them this way

Excellent work guys. My professional advise would be to add used motor oil inside the forms to make the wood last longer and keep away all insects. Thank you and have and excellent day.

This is exactly the design I was looking for!! Learned a lot from your install video! Can you provide some dimensions on the lumber you used? New subscriber. Thanks again!

Great video thanks from France

Very useful and professional, thank you sir!

His must be the happiest woman. He loves a good pounding. Good job guys 💪

Great job...

This is so far the most useful video I’ve found for my step project. Thanks for sharing this. I do have one question. How do you determine where to set your top step and bottom step so it will match up with the natural landing?

Great DYI video, this is perfect for my application...... One thing though u state the risers are 8x8...just double checking they look like 4x6 if not would 4x6 work in this application. Thanks so much

Great Video. Thanks ! I started doing my steps, and wish I had seen this first. Difference being I cant go straight down. Obstacles are killing me

this was awesome.. thank you :)

Wow ! Awesome!

Great Video! Thanks!

From 10 years ago not bad. Today of course we have timberlocs. Better than lag bolts

great video!! If I can’t get the digger into the back, what do you suggest so we don’t have to hand dig?

It's beautiful. Another video said that you "must" use gravel, otherwise it washes out. What are the tradeoffs between using the two materials? I can see that sand looks nicer and is easier on the feet.

did you use galvanized lag bolts?

I would love to find out more detailed info on how you did the joining of the runners. How did you figure out the angle etc...

Hello, Fantastic video ty for taking the time to film and post! I hope it works as the best business card going. Question for you--I don't have much love of pressure treated--at all. If I did not want to use PT wood...is there something else that I could use...10 years of guaranteed stairs...I'd like to think they'd be there for 25-30 years. Cheers and thanks again.

very good tutorial

Thank you this helps me a lot!

Good job buddy, this is an awesome video. Exactly what I was looking for. Any chance you could update the video description with the size of materials that you used?

really a series of stepped terraces, mini-sized

If installing on a slope that already has erosion issues (so much water!) Would you add any kind of drainage? Compacted gravel in the steps? Very helpful video- thank you!!

Thanks George, I have been struggling on the best way to build these type of steps. I have about at 14 foot run down hill and would like to fill in the step with limestone and cover with patio stones that will come flush with the wooden step. Would I need to alter the wooden step to do this? Also did you use the support rods on both sides?, and how long are the lag bolts? Thx again

Great video and thank you. I have 20 feet, just finished 10 feet and looks great. I have another 10 feet but with an angle just like you have it at 10:50 of the video , what did you use to hold 2x12 to together ?

Excellent video. An inexpensive solution compared to what’s out there on YT. Btw, can you provide some measurement on the thickness and width of the board you’re using? Thanks a lot.

You are awesome

Thanks for the great video! For steps that aren't going to be used by people (used by a dog) would it be reasonable to just use sections of a pressure treated 2x6 instead of the larger 6x6 for the riser?

Thanks man!!!

Thanks George, exactly what I needed to see. As far as vertical anchoring of the runners, are you relying on the nails and re bars? I am thinking that may not support the rails from sinking in level - or is the grip of the nails on re bars tight enough?

I'm building these steps as we speak...but I have one question: When you made the angle with the 2 X 12's how did you secure the seam between the two runners? Thanks and an answer ASAP will help me continue. Great Video. Thanks.

Thank you for sharing! Do you have a list of tools and materials you used for this project? Thanks!

Did you dig the middle out or just the sides

hard work , hint ? take soil fabric felt kind and attach it to riser inside lay on the ground to attach to next riser, help in wash out and more ...

It's good that you didn't use concrete but soil and wood, it's more natural this way plus concrete reminds me the city streets.

What size beams are you using 4x6??

Just wondering long would you expect the treated wood to last on the ground? Thanks.

I will build this for my mum

Great video. After you fastened the 2x12 with the 8x8 steps did you take out the rebar that was originally holding the 2x12 in place. Thank you

Nice work! Say, how many beers did it take to get it finished? lol

George, I have a 25 foot slope in my backyard and want to build stairs like you show in this video. The slope is pretty constant but the earth below the grass is full of large rocks that will be hard/expensive to dig out. Can we lay the side rails above ground and use the rebar to hold the rails and stairs in place, almost laying them on top of the ground ? I saw one video that also showed rebar driven though a few of the steps to assure the entire system does not clip down the hill. Can we do the entire system laying on the actual ground ? Thanks,Allen

awesome

What the run tho? I feel like climbing upstairs will always be with the same foot up ahead first cause of the length of the run ? Good video. Thank you kindly

I have a similar hill but part of it is ROCK face so I can not dig trenches for the 2Xs ! Iam wondering can Ijust float the whole thing on top of the hill side with no ditches and the once it it is all framed in use rocks and motor and sand to lock it all in? Would that work?

Great video, looking to do this beside my house leading to the backyard/basement. Was wondering if grass and weeds grow up through the limestone screening?

Do you just dig out for the runners? Or also the middle of the pads?

What did you fill with? Is there anything else i could use if i cant find what you used.

Thank you George from Campford Ontario, I,m will be doing about a 60 foot run. The material being put in between the steps is lime stone yes or no. Are you using 6x6 or 8x8 and 2x12 for the sides. Are you using 1/2 " or 3/4 rebar. and is it best to keep the 2x12s off the ground. Thanks once again George, great video. Jeff Schmalz

Hi there. So you really don't cut the treads out of the ground/earth. Looks like you are creating the stair/tread mainly and then filling it in and compacting it down. I am looking to do something like this at our cottage. It is about 60 ft down a hill (maybe 30% grade) and I would like to add safe stairs to the water. Looks like this is doable with some 2x10 or 12's x 16's on each side then run a 4x4 across and add a "filling" and compact it down. Thanks for this.

Are the limestone screenings underneath the steps as well then as they have a gap? How do you compact it under the wooden steps? Thank you in advance.

How long is the run of the step the distance between both steps from one step to the other

How can I contact you for more questions?

how did it hold up over the rainy season?

cool! but how long will this last until it rots away?

Excellent video. Can you add bricks instead of the limestone. If so, do you put a small layer of the limestone or blue stone and then lay the bricks on top? Once in cover with sand and sweep it into the cracks?

What would you do if the angle was steeper?

that is nice thank u for this video DAVeteran

2x12rinner and what is the size of the support beam? Thank you.

What's the angle of the runners on the sides?

Will wood rot soon when buried in ground?

How much money would it cost to make a 7-step stone and concrete staircase in front of the house?

If i wanted to back fill with gravel for a different look would i need to add a baselayer of limestone first?

how close are you to Phelp, Wis.

What is the spacing on the steps? Great video!

Does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to pay someone to do this?

You make it look easy, but I know its not..well done..