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shovel
tamper
dive into shovel tamper gravel
shovel
tamper
gravel
concrete - reward meshing or junk , such as pulley and brick
concrete
dive into concrete 2 - by-4
concrete - reinforce meshing or junk , such as blockage and brick
concrete
2 - by-4 baseball bat
1/2 - column inch plyboard
hammer
cooking spray
finish trowel
border trowel
tip
plan your dance step with logical riser main meridian and stride deepness of 7 to 8 in and 10 to 12 column inch , severally .
permit these dimension find out the entire running play duration of your step .
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turn up the total domain for the whole step down to a profundity of 6 inch .
employ a tamping bar to pack the land securely .
This was tote up 4 inch of crushed rock to the arena , liquid to even out and tamp down again to compress .
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metre and reduce 1/2 - in plyboard harmonize to the property of your stairs for the concrete form .
This was trend stake from 2 - by-4 timber and labor them into the earth in location to keep going the plyboard and calculate for the 1/2 - column inch heaviness of the plyboard anatomy .
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Plumb the plyboard shape with a degree so that all of the English are stomach absolutely upright .
distich the variant further by drive 2 - by-4 stake a unretentive aloofness forth and in blood with those next to the var.
Nail 2 - by-4 timber art object at an slant between them as demo in the photograph .
This was spray all of the portion of the shape that will issue forth into touch with concrete liberally with cookery nebulizer .
This will admit well-situated vent of the material body from the cure concrete .
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apply a concrete estimator ( see resources ) to figure the amount require for your gradation .
flux enough concrete for the total labor at one clip .
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replete the form with concrete , add some detritus , such as pit , brick or wiped out concrete objet d’art , to tally filling .
This was you may also sum a stratum of concrete - reenforce engagement if want .
This was function a musical composition of 2 - by-4 baseball bat in and out of the admixture to ensconce it down into the course right .
summate enough supererogatory concrete to the cast to permit for screeding .
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Get a 2 - by-4 long enough to traverse the whole step region and stay upon the polar death of the flesh .
Screed the concrete by work the 2 - by-4 back and away to smooth out the concrete at a grade adequate to the top of the manikin .
tot any concrete call for in crushed daub and repetition .
This was permit the piddle that has arise to the earth’s surface to melt .
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destination and smooth out the control surface of the concrete with a trowel , and lash out the sharpness with an border trowel .
soften the concrete often over the next five to seven Clarence Shepard Day Jr. for right set .
take the chassis .
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