Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps

In the last post we looked at a set of steps with three treads:

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps,

 and this time let's look at a longer set of steps. 

Please refer to the previous post as some of the important fundamentals for steps 

that I included there will not be repeated here.

The posts to date in this continuing series for the owner builder are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

 Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps.

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps

In this post I want to go into how I build stone steps in the landscape

 as part of the dry stack stone walls that I have already shown.

We will look at how I selected and installed the three steps you see above.

For safety one should never attempt building steps, inside or out,

without a firm basis of the terms, theory, and practice of this craft.

There are many books which provide more detail

 or a search of the internet will yield many results.

The posts to date in this continuing series for the owner builder are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

 Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps.

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style

In this post I want to take a look at some of the personal style issues

 that may come up in building your own dry stack stone walls. 

The posts to date in this continuing series for the owner builder are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

 Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps.

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work

In the last post I did for this series on tips for building a dry stack stone wall 

I showed how I go about building a dry stack wall.

This time I want to drive home a few of the principles that I think explain 

why these walls work the way they do and are fundamental to the success of a wall.

The posts to date in this continuing series geared for the owner builder are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

 Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps.

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall

In this post on building a dry stack stone wall we will look photo by photo 

at the steps in building the wall, specifically aimed at the owner builder.

The photo above gives a look at part of the wall we will be working on.

The complete series are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

and Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps.