With concrete the decorative options for entrance walks are endless.
Concrete landing front door.
You ll need roughly a day to excavate build forms mix concrete pour and finish the pad s surface.
Code requires that i have a 36 x36 landing pad outside each exterior door.
A typical pad has a 4 inch layer of gravel underneath and about 4 inches of concrete on top.
I ve got a building with several exterior doors all opening inward.
The slab and walk up is about 18 from the ground.
This landing must be at least the width of the door and 36 in.
Stamped or stenciled patterns engraving exposed aggregate finishes colored concrete and concrete staining are just a few of the ways you can enhance your sidewalk.
When building a landing for deck stairs typical codes require the pad to extend beyond the steps about 36 inches behind the steps about 12 inches and on the sides of the steps about 6 inches.
All great entryways begin with a welcoming walkway that ushers visitors to your front door in grand fashion.
Before you begin determine the location for the pad and remove any sod.
Deep in the direction of travel with an exception for juliet balconies accessed only by door and the landing can be sloped for drainage or construction tolerance up to 1 4 in.