Sandstone steps - Installing the front steps

Sandstone Steps

The sandstone front steps have been sat in their packing crates for over a year as they arrived in the same consignment as the sandstone for the ballustrading on the roof and the sandstone chimney pots.

So having had a pause after the roof was completed I had got used to looking at the front of the house with a large concrete blockwork structure at the base of the front door and a large gap in the sandstone façade where all you could see was blockwork. This was now going to be transformed by the addition of the front steps.

The sandstone treads themselves are bull nosed and there are special corner pieces with the bull nosing on two sides, the treads come in three sizes so that the width of the steps can be reduced as you climb higher and the joints can also be staggered.

Along with the steps there are sandstone risers also in three sizes, these are fixed with resin onto the front of the blockwork frame and the treads are then bedded on top with compo, both the sandstone steps and risers have a honed finish and the edges have been slightly bevelled.

With accurate architects drawings the steps turned out to be not particularly difficult to do, though like everything else, time spent in preparation and laying out was rewarded by an easy job later on, and now the finished steps have completely changed the look of the front of the house.

The house now seems to extend down from the façade and now has started to command and dominate the space in front of it, whilst at the same time making the space I front of it now look a complete mess, the sandstone flags however for the front have also been sitting in their packing crates for a year and will be going in next.

These sandstone steps and risers could be configured in many different ways to suit different drops and widths, if you are looking for sandstone steps please contact us through the website.