Concrete landings make for stronger deck stairs.
Concrete pad for deck stairs.
Once the pad has cured the stairs from the landing can be built.
Concrete landing a concrete landing is the most permanent and stable solution for your deck stair landing.
Here we will be installing a concrete pad.
After setting and filling the form screed the concrete flush with the top of the form and trowel it smooth.
Attach the short stringers to a 2x nailer bolted to the pad.
Always follow building codes when installing.
A typical pad has a 4 inch layer of gravel underneath and about 4 inches of concrete on top.
Therefore if you anchor the stairs of an attached deck to a cement pad it must have footings under it to the frost line like any of the other deck footings.
A concrete landing for your deck stairs will always result in a stronger stairwell.
A concrete pad does not require the footings to rise above grade like other landing types.
Attaching deck stairs to footings one of the easiest ways to attach deck stair footings to concrete is through the base plate.
A concrete pad is formed to terminate the two tread run from the landing above.