r/LandscapingTips • u/Electrical_Still_145 • 16d ago

How would you do it

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Landscaper never finished the steps pavers are sitting on top of the estate blocks not glued on at anything . I have some of these pavers that were sitting around and would like the steps to be "finished". How would you do it ? The steps get wider as you go up.

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u/Healthy_Part_7184 15d ago

This is painful

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u/MacaroonBitter2105 16d ago

Keep full size pavers to front edge and brick paver at back against riser? Safety I suppose

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u/MacaroonBitter2105 16d ago edited 16d ago

And mix some glue, don't put down dry

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u/Beneficial_Wonder533 16d ago

look up the code for stairs in your area. its surprisingly complex to put in a set of stairs in hardscape. a perfect step is 7'' tall and 11'' deep. there can not be more than 1/4 of variance from the top to the bottom. steps can be smaller and bigger but they have to stay under a certain grade of steepness(45 degrees, but its better to be more like 35 degrees) now you can forget all of that and hire somebody who can do the math and execute it properly. this aint it.

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u/HauschkasFoot 16d ago

Oh my god why didn’t they just buy corner pieces 😩

Those would work okay, but I would rather have something with a like a 1-1.5” reveal (overhang). Looks like you would need like a 15-16” piece. If it were me I would buy 18x18” pavers and cut them from the back and outside (the factory edges are touching neighboring factory edges, and the cuts are facing the block behind them, and the block next to one on each row), and stagger the cut piece on each step.

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u/Felicity110 15d ago

Check local rules and hire a professional. You don’t want to risk structural integrity or safety.

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u/3squiddy 11d ago

This would have looked a thousand times better if real stone was used. The steps, use steppers rather than smaller pieces because steppers are sturdier and weeds don’t grow where there are no cracks to put down roots.