Extending the landing and footing for new steps
New paver walkway and steps
New paver walkway from garage entry door to back porch
Finished steps and house painting in progress
Our front door landing was settling and pulling away from the house, there was rotten wood behind it, and the stucco covering required constant patching. Also, we never liked how our landing and steps were recessed behind the garage wall. We wanted to extend the steps and flare them out into the yard for a more welcoming entry way.
The new landing and steps turned out great. The job was very labor intensive, loud, and dirty as the crew did a lot of stone cutting. The dust and debris were everywhere, but in the end we were very happy. We had planned that the landing extension be on the same level as the existing landing, but I came home one night to check out the progress and noticed that the extension was 4-6 inches lower. The more I looked at it the more I liked it. I called the contractor and they said that they had just run out of material, but still planned to raise the extension. I told them to leave it like it was and make the landing multi-level, which led to the railing stepping down as well. It was a really nice effect. We had also planned to do iron railing, but worked out the stone railing on the fly and it turned out great.
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