Building stairs or steps is hard and brick stairs laying needs to be done just right. Even if you are only building a few stairs, you have to get the proportions just right. If you have ever walked up steps that are crooked or where you have to adjust your own step, something is wrong. Not all brick layers know how to lay steps correctly and honestly, not all building project managers know either. Building a wall is different to building steps. For important brick laying work, although it is all important brick laying work, work with the brick specialists. A brick specialist is someone who has experience in laying bricks. If you look at brick laying specialist’s information, generally they learned the job from people who have really trained them well, usually, their family!
It is all about experience
An inexperienced brick layer needs to work with an experienced brick layer when laying brick stairs, or to be honest, when laying anything. People need to learn from the best and if you are employing a builder, you want to know that they have learned from the best. While it is often tempting to hire a builder ‘off the street’ and there are plenty of builders looking for work, rather go for a professional company. Hopefully they are the kind of professional company who also uplift and up-skill those who are learning, a good way for them to get experience. Chat to the experts, tell them what you want, and let them get the depth, width and height of the stairs just right for you. And of course, let them do the finishes absolutely perfectly too.
What is involved with building stairs
Steps or stairs lead somewhere and that somewhere is going up. They might be wide steps all around a verandah, they might be steps leading to a house entrance, they might be steps leading out the house and in to the garden, and they could be indoor steps. Steps need to be safe for the person walking up or down them. If they are wide and with a gentle gradient, they may not need a balustrade. If they are steep, a balustrade or handrail is important. Get designs for your steps from the brick specialists and once you are happy with the designs, let them start building.
Get the job done properly the first time
Unless you are an experienced brick layer, do not even attempt to lay your own steps or stairs. Work with the professionals from the beginning. They handle everything for you, so they will buy the bricks, cement and any materials used, and they have access to wholesale prices. They will only work with quality materials. They will lay the steps and do the finishes so the steps last for decades. If you do it on your own, beware! There is an art to brick stairs laying. Do you have it?