I love the way these stairs came out. Great job. I appreciate you posting this video. I'm a DIY guy and going to try to do something similar. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for checking it out! By the way, that was a nice chat we had going on; sorry I had to take off, had to pick up my daughter from a Halloween activity.🎃 How much longer did it go? Did any of the other usuals stop by?
I really like the look and functionality here. I would advise others who wish to copy this project to make that top step level with the top area though, as it's a trip hazard as it is here. But well done!
Thanks for watching! This video is really getting around! For the last year, most of my videos get a maximum of 50-100 views, but I think the UA-cam algorithm discovered this video 2 or 3 months ago, and since then it has been racking up 300 or so views a day!
Finally found a video similar to what I want to do. What was that sand mix it looks like you were using to go right beneath the flagstone? Also, what was that last step you were doing to the "riser" rocks? Were you filling in the spaces with mortar? Thanks!
Thank you Gordon for the extremely helpful video. We will be doing something very similar to this and will be referring to your video for instruction. Maybe reach out to you if we have any problems. Also, I will subscribe and look for more videos you have done. I appreciate that it is short and reading the comments helps answer some of the questions I had. A suggestion for future videos... maybe add supply list or instruction on mix at the end of video or in the summary. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching! This was one of the first timelapse videos I ever did of my work and didn't have a very good editing app, so I couldn't do captions. Too bad this is the video that everyone sees. Yes, subscribe and you can see some of my more recent videos with more captions. If you have any other questions, just comment.
Thanks for watching! The tread height was 7 inches and the tread depth was around 12 inches or so. If you are interested, the job I'm working on this week is a set of stairs like this, but a slightly different style stone. I should be uploading it at the end of the week when I'm finished building them! Please subscribe so you don't miss it! Thanks again for watching!
Thank you for your comment! Yes, masonry craftsmen are very important here! Here in my hometown, Victoria, it is known as the city of gardens, and there are many rich people here with huge houses and gardens, so there is so much work for masonry craftsmen. But there is a problem here, for many years here in Victoria, all of the best masonry craftsmen came from Portugal, but in the last 10 years or so, many of these men are retiring or they die. Also , many of these Portuguese men have sons that must have learned masonry when they were growing up, but in the end, they did not want to take over the family business. There is nobody to continue the craft. All of the new masonry craftsmen are young and don't have experience and are not real craftsmen, their work is very bad! I always try to be the best! I am mostly self taught, but I learned the fundamentals from an amazing masonry craftsman from Portugal! I will continue the craft! Anyways, thanks again for your comment!
@@gordchapman3469 I see, it's great. In my country, not only masons but also craftsmen are decreasing. It's a job that doesn't suit difficult jobs. I also want to work in Victoria someday using Japanese technology.
@@gordchapman3469 interesting commentary on the loss of skilled trades in Canada. We’ve been focused on letting people from high tech or advanced degrees into this country for so long that we’re now in a shortage of workers that can do these hands on things that require great skill. Cheers from Ottawa.
That project turned out really nice. Question.. from the bottom up, step #3 what did you use to level and add aupport there that is cut round and flat? Also did mortar the top of each step?
@@DiannaAtherton thank you so much. Stay tuned for my next video in a week or so. I'm working on a beautiful set of steps that climb up a rocky hill/cliff!
Hi Donna, I used flagstone for the steps, random rock for building the risers and around the steps, sand and cement (4-1 mix), and gravel for the base, so you are not just building on dirt. The climate here in Victoria is similar to Seattle or Portland, so we don't have to be concerned with freezing and thawing. I always just out a nice compacted base of gravel under all of my work. Do you have to worry about freezing where you live? Thanks for watching!
It was just gravel that I layed down and compacted; it's nice to have a solid base before you start. By the way, seems like this video is being found by a lot of people; how did you find it?
This was cool. I want to do this in the center of my yard. Delivery folks just walk through my grass anyway instead of going up the driveway. I get it. So mortar is better to use than concrete? Is it a better adhesive for the stone? Your mix looks like Fat Mud or a Bedding mix for shower pans. That flag stone looks heavy too. I wonder if I could use something more manageable for treads? Maybe pieces of field stone wit 1” joints? Could you see a problem with this? I live in Oregon, so we probably have similar weather. It still boggles my mind on how a path is cut out for run, with each rise, the path or step is brought to level. I couldn’t grasp this until I saw your videos. I thought I would have to dig back into the earth with each step. Duh. And was that 1/4 minus you used for the base? Keep the videos coming. Subscribed.
Yeah, I know, but this was one of the first work timelapse videos I ever did, and the crappy editing app I was using didn't allow me to put captions. If you check out some of my newer videos, there are more captions to explain a little more. I also don't really want to be on camera; explaining it verbally is not really something I want to do. To bashful!😆 Thanks for watching!
a true craftsman!
@@dancullen7767 Thank you!
I love the way these stairs came out. Great job. I appreciate you posting this video. I'm a DIY guy and going to try to do something similar. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for watching Mike! I do stonework and pavers for a living, so there's more inspiration on the way! Subscribe so you don't miss anything!
So elaborate in details, but so natural. 😍
Thank you!
In the words of Master Chief Ben Randall "He's FAST" Nice job, looks great.
Thanks for watching!
That's a nice stairs you just made there! Very tidy!
Thanks for checking it out! By the way, that was a nice chat we had going on; sorry I had to take off, had to pick up my daughter from a Halloween activity.🎃 How much longer did it go? Did any of the other usuals stop by?
@@gordchapman3469 you didn't miss anything! Halloween! Happy Halloween!!
That is lovely. I'm wanting to do something like this in my sloping front yard . A garden path to my gardens.
That turned out really nice.
Such a natural appearance...Great job!
I really like the look and functionality here. I would advise others who wish to copy this project to make that top step level with the top area though, as it's a trip hazard as it is here. But well done!
Thanks for watching! I think you are seeing this wrong, because the top step is perfectly level with the top area. There is no tripping hazard here.
Should make full video with details
That's so pretty! Hope I can build something like that myself when it's time for it!
Really looks nice. Good job.
Great work.
Looks good mate! Well done
Thanks for watching! This video is really getting around! For the last year, most of my videos get a maximum of 50-100 views, but I think the UA-cam algorithm discovered this video 2 or 3 months ago, and since then it has been racking up 300 or so views a day!
I been a mason since 1967, so when i see something i think is done right it will get my nod. :)
@@bustinya2240 thanks for your compliment! I hope you subscribed; I will be uploading a video of me building a stone wall sometime today!
Hard work but very rewarding. Just awesome 👌.
Yes, very hard work, but in the end I'm happy!🍻 Thanks for watching!
Looks fabulous
Great job and thanks for the detailed video, I've been looking for a video like this and your's is by far the best I've seen.
I have another stone stairs building video I uploaded last week, check it out!
Thanks for watching!
This is looking awesome!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Outstanding!
This is good work 👌🏽
Te quedo increible
Beautiful work, what kind of mortar are you using? I'm just about to do a few steps in the back. Thanks
I use a mix of sand and cement; for every 4 scoops of sand you add one scoop of cement.
Finally found a video similar to what I want to do. What was that sand mix it looks like you were using to go right beneath the flagstone? Also, what was that last step you were doing to the "riser" rocks? Were you filling in the spaces with mortar? Thanks!
It was mortar just beneath the flagstone, and the last step was probably putting mortar in the spaces. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Gordon for the extremely helpful video. We will be doing something very similar to this and will be referring to your video for instruction. Maybe reach out to you if we have any problems. Also, I will subscribe and look for more videos you have done. I appreciate that it is short and reading the comments helps answer some of the questions I had. A suggestion for future videos... maybe add supply list or instruction on mix at the end of video or in the summary. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching! This was one of the first timelapse videos I ever did of my work and didn't have a very good editing app, so I couldn't do captions. Too bad this is the video that everyone sees. Yes, subscribe and you can see some of my more recent videos with more captions. If you have any other questions, just comment.
Great looking steps! You did an awesome job! What is the riser height and what is the tread depth? Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! The tread height was 7 inches and the tread depth was around 12 inches or so. If you are interested, the job I'm working on this week is a set of stairs like this, but a slightly different style stone. I should be uploading it at the end of the week when I'm finished building them! Please subscribe so you don't miss it! Thanks again for watching!
@@gordchapman3469 Thanks for your prompt reply. I have subscribed you!
Love it .
Thanks for watching!
It's a wonderful stone staircase. Are masonry craftsmen important in Canada?
Thank you for your comment! Yes, masonry craftsmen are very important here! Here in my hometown, Victoria, it is known as the city of gardens, and there are many rich people here with huge houses and gardens, so there is so much work for masonry craftsmen. But there is a problem here, for many years here in Victoria, all of the best masonry craftsmen came from Portugal, but in the last 10 years or so, many of these men are retiring or they die. Also , many of these Portuguese men have sons that must have learned masonry when they were growing up, but in the end, they did not want to take over the family business. There is nobody to continue the craft. All of the new masonry craftsmen are young and don't have experience and are not real craftsmen, their work is very bad! I always try to be the best! I am mostly self taught, but I learned the fundamentals from an amazing masonry craftsman from Portugal! I will continue the craft! Anyways, thanks again for your comment!
@@gordchapman3469 I see, it's great. In my country, not only masons but also craftsmen are decreasing. It's a job that doesn't suit difficult jobs.
I also want to work in Victoria someday using Japanese technology.
@@gordchapman3469 interesting commentary on the loss of skilled trades in Canada. We’ve been focused on letting people from high tech or advanced degrees into this country for so long that we’re now in a shortage of workers that can do these hands on things that require great skill. Cheers from Ottawa.
That's awesome. Looks to be about a 5-6 inch step? Were you using dry pack mortar or what exactly. They look great.
I think they were closer to 6 inches. Yes, I was using a fairly dry mortar mix. Thanks for watching!
That project turned out really nice. Question.. from the bottom up, step #3 what did you use to level and add aupport there that is cut round and flat? Also did mortar the top of each step?
Thanks! Yes everything is mortared, and I also used leftover pavers from the same house to build up underneath the steps.
@@gordchapman3469 thank you for replying. It turned out really nice
@@DiannaAtherton thank you so much. Stay tuned for my next video in a week or so. I'm working on a beautiful set of steps that climb up a rocky hill/cliff!
What materials are those?
I need something like that!
The materials are flagstone, rock, and the morter mix, which is a 4-1 sand/cement mix.
@@gordchapman3469 thank you so much for responding.:) And those steps look great.
I want to do this at our cottage, but it’s a 20 foot rise and a 60 foot run! Take me about an entire summer to do I suppose?
Go for it! Just start at the bottom and work your way to the top! Let me know if you need any tips!
@@gordchapman3469 I might, but we need to excavate to the rock face to see what’s possible. It would look so much nicer than wooden steps.
Awesone
Did you use mortar on the small stones to keep them in place?
Yes, I used mortar on everything.
😉👍
This is the type of step I want to build. Could you provide a list of what you used? Do you live in a cold climate? Will this hold up to snow and ice?
Hi Donna, I used flagstone for the steps, random rock for building the risers and around the steps, sand and cement (4-1 mix), and gravel for the base, so you are not just building on dirt. The climate here in Victoria is similar to Seattle or Portland, so we don't have to be concerned with freezing and thawing. I always just out a nice compacted base of gravel under all of my work. Do you have to worry about freezing where you live? Thanks for watching!
@@gordchapman3469 yes I live in New York about an hour from NYC. Lots of snow and freezing.
@@donnacosta6633 yes, I see on TV it gets pretty cold there!😬
After you removed the excess dirt what did you lay down before setting the first step? Looked like gravel or some concrete mix?
It was just gravel that I layed down and compacted; it's nice to have a solid base before you start. By the way, seems like this video is being found by a lot of people; how did you find it?
@@gordchapman3469 I searched flagstone steps
This was cool. I want to do this in the center of my yard. Delivery folks just walk through my grass anyway instead of going up the driveway. I get it.
So mortar is better to use than concrete? Is it a better adhesive for the stone? Your mix looks like Fat Mud or a Bedding mix for shower pans.
That flag stone looks heavy too. I wonder if I could use something more manageable for treads? Maybe pieces of field stone wit 1” joints? Could you see a problem with this?
I live in Oregon, so we probably have similar weather. It still boggles my mind on how a path is cut out for run, with each rise, the path or step is brought to level.
I couldn’t grasp this until I saw your videos. I thought I would have to dig back into the earth with each step. Duh.
And was that 1/4 minus you used for the base?
Keep the videos coming. Subscribed.
More "tell" would have been nice.
Yeah, I know, but this was one of the first work timelapse videos I ever did, and the crappy editing app I was using didn't allow me to put captions. If you check out some of my newer videos, there are more captions to explain a little more. I also don't really want to be on camera; explaining it verbally is not really something I want to do. To bashful!😆 Thanks for watching!