Hi all,
I am rebuilding the stairs to get to my house.
There are 13 steps + a landing on the top.
So far:
1- I demolished the old stairs that was folling appart
2- I built a wooden frame to poor conctrete in and will get a local company to poor it in for me.
3- I have 10 of 12mm x 3m rebars to be placed in the concrete for re-enforcement.
Now, my question is about the base for the concrete:
Am I OK to put in old brick and stones that made the old stairs in the base?
Should I use Hardcore MOT 1 ?
The problem with MOT 1 is it normally needs compacting and in my case I can't use a wacker plate as it is on a fairly stip slope (being base for a stairs)...
The Wooden frame is about 54cm (20 inches) deep on average. How much of that should be base and how much of that should be concrete?
Thank you for any help, sugggestions...
Laurent
I am rebuilding the stairs to get to my house.
There are 13 steps + a landing on the top.
So far:
1- I demolished the old stairs that was folling appart
2- I built a wooden frame to poor conctrete in and will get a local company to poor it in for me.
3- I have 10 of 12mm x 3m rebars to be placed in the concrete for re-enforcement.
Now, my question is about the base for the concrete:
Am I OK to put in old brick and stones that made the old stairs in the base?
Should I use Hardcore MOT 1 ?
The problem with MOT 1 is it normally needs compacting and in my case I can't use a wacker plate as it is on a fairly stip slope (being base for a stairs)...
The Wooden frame is about 54cm (20 inches) deep on average. How much of that should be base and how much of that should be concrete?
Thank you for any help, sugggestions...
Laurent
