Making steps. Easiest way

[drinksloe]

Alright

 

Was wondering is there an easy way?

Going to replace some old slab steps at my place, bit shoogily and all different heights and sizes.

 

Was thinking about running 2 boards either side with cross boards vertically and filling behind with stone/hardcore.

Was meaning to cut out sections on the 2 runners to hold boards.

So basically everything pre fabricated before hand and dug into ground.

 

According to my crappy phone app slopes about 30 degrees and 9m long..

Wot hieght of step is normal?

Is there a way/formula to work out where boards should go as would be easier to cut grooves out on deck 1st, just meaning to do a bit of chainsaw joinery and milling the timber as well.

 

Done very rough steps before but just 2 posts and a board making it up as went along.

 

Cheers folks

[aspenarb]

It’s not hard to calculate steps, step height is not critical as long as they are all the same, get an odd one in there and someone will go arse over tit. There is rising and going,pick a step height and divide that into the rising  to see if it works out, adjust accordingly and the step length will be determined by the going. divide by the number of steps.If the going( step length) is getting tight you can cheat a bit with an over hang of the tread.

 

Bob