How To Make Landscape Timber Stairs

In addition youll need to calculate the width of each step to ensure you have adequate materials.

How to make landscape timber stairs. Use the long width of your board 55 side to make the rise of your stair. Cut an 8-foot long landscape timber into two 4. See more ideas about garden steps garden stairs backyard.

How to Build Exterior Stairs Learn how to build an exterior stairs using pressure-treated wood and galvanized rust-proof hardware to combat rot rust and other damage from water and weather. Replacing worn-out steps with attractive flagstone steps provides a more inviting entry into any outdoor space. As this video shows landscape timbers make an excellent garden fence that can be put up quickly and simply with no need for nails or cement.

2 Use level to find height of grade at bottom. If for instance your slope is 775 inches tall and you plan to build steps of 7 ¾ inches you will need 10 steps. We had concerns about the wood splitting and considered pre-drilling a pilot hole.

The most common type of landscape timber stairs consists of a 4 wide front piece and 2 side pieces that are usually 12 to 24 inches in length. Lay two 3-foot landscape timbers from left to right across the sleepers with one timber placed directly behind the front timber to make a stair tread that is about 11 inches deep. Article by This Old House.

How to Build Steps with Landscape Timbers. Creating a durable outdoor staircase with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook. Its perhaps an obvious place to start but who knows where youll end up when you start exploring the vast array of shapes sizes and colors you have at your disposal when it comes to building a fence out of landscape timbers.

Cut carefully into the slope making room for the desired tread and riser dimensions. Place one of the 3 legs behind it and hammer your 8 spike right down the center. Steps of two 8-inch timbers work well if they overlap by 4 inches.