{"id":9170,"date":"2026-06-17T15:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:55:51","slug":"concrete-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/17\/concrete-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next step in our deck project was to pour a concrete pad for the bottom of the stairs. We\u2019d been putting it off because it seemed intimidating. Not only do we not have much experience with concrete, but getting the math right was challenging. It wouldn\u2019t do much good if the stairs don\u2019t land on the pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We finally tackled it last week. We think we got it right, though there is as much art to the process as science.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The pad location. You can see where the stairs will originate above Sarah. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Deep enough for a gravel bed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Overnight rain gummed up the works a bit. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Leveling the gravel. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The form is in place and leveled. Starting to lay the rebar. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Local badass cutting the cross bars to size. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Rebar is ready. Time to mix and pour. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Spreading concrete. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finishing and edging was more challenging than expected. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Victory!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Wetting it down to help the curing process. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Final pad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Once we build the staircase and see how the pad handles rain, we will adjust the edging as needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the biggest hurdle for finishing the deck. The project is back on track. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next step in our deck project was to pour a concrete pad for the bottom of the stairs. We\u2019d been putting it off because it seemed intimidating. Not only do we not have much experience with concrete, but getting the math right was challenging. It wouldn\u2019t do much good if the stairs don\u2019t land … Continue reading Concrete Action<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[86,87,54,83],"tags":[115,100,88,51,114],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-andrew","category-oliver","category-photo","category-sarah","tag-andrew","tag-house","tag-oliver","tag-pictures","tag-sarah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_2425-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1918&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9172,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions\/9172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}