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LadyEllen -> RE: Looking for simple idea's of making a step for daddies trailer. (6/12/2007 3:40:26 AM)
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If you can put something solid down - ie the trailer isnt going anywhere...
Dig about 6 inches down and 6 inches around where the step will be - watch out for electric and water pipes. Fill this with concrete (sharp sand, gravel and cement) and using a small plank, tamp it down level, though it will if its the right mix, settle pretty much level anyway. Give it a day or two to set hard. This gives you a very stable base on which to build.
You next need 11 concrete blocks of about 12'' x 8'' x 3'' and some cement (red sand and cement) to stick them together. With the blocks you make a wall with one 12'' length across the front of the step and 2 x 12'' lengths running from that toward the trailer on either side and another 12'' length across the back, next to the trailer, you also cement one 12'' length right across the middle, the 8'' dim is the height. Then you make another wall the same, stepped up from the first at the entrance to the trailer. The walls need to be level, but this isnt a house so its not critical.
Then you need two concrete paving slabs - good ones of at least 11/2'' and preferably 2'' thickness, measuring 18'' x 12'' to put on top for the steps. 2-3'' will need cutting off these slabs to make them fit on top of the walls, but this isnt usually a problem as places selling slabs should have a disk cutter for this purpose - if you do it yourself then bear in mind it makes a lot of choking dust.Cement the slabs onto the tops of the walls - here is where even if the walls are wonky you can make the steps level by adjusting their heights. Allow the whole thing to dry - should last for a century or so.
Though not exactly simple.
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