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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #1
the size of breeze blocks.

I need to build a set of steps and being an accountant I havent a clue so need to work out how many etc I will need.
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #2
Order plenty and you will be ok. that's what i did and Ive about 100 small ones over.
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #4
Don't do what Dan in Treegrove campsite did and make them so high it takes real effort to get up or down them.
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #5
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the size of breeze blocks.




Standard size..


8" high
16" long
4" thick

Do you want it in metric ? :)
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #6
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the size of breeze blocks.

I need to build a set of steps and being an accountant I havent a clue so need to work out how many etc I will need.

In inches,17 1/2" long 4" wide 8 1/2" high depending on where you buy them. by the time you bed them ,2 blocks is aprox 3 feet long.and 2 blocks are aprox 18" high. thats the size of turley bros blocks in Newry.
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #7
BTW
That's the size of the block not the finished size, allow for 10 mil beds :)

Did I just mix inches with metric

225 x 450 x 100 with beds
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #8
:D Get up the steps!
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #9
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BTW
That's the size of the block not the finished size, allow for 10 mil beds :)

Did I just mix inches with metric :)


Will you settle for a 3/8'' bed Ally :-)
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Will you settle for a 3/8'' bed Ally :-)


Is that a chat up line? :lol:
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Will you settle for a 3/8'' bed Ally :-)


Is that a chat up line? :lol:


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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #12
As far as I know a standard step should be 7.5" high, (vague memory from the staging days) :up:
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #13
I'm going to make steps not a bed, whats this about 10mil and 3/8

I was thinking of block on its side and paving stone on top, could that be 71/2 inches!


I might just make everyone jump off the deck, its going to be too much bother and making my head hurt
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #14
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I'm going to make steps not a bed, whats this about 10mil and 3/8




Mortar bed.
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #17
Are you allowing for one large step at the top or two small ones
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 ·  Posted: 21.03.2014  ·  #19
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They will all have to be 2ft wide as I have no way to cut the slabs


Can borrow a Stihl saw if you like.
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 ·  Posted: 22.03.2014  ·  #20
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:D Get up the steps!


Get up the yard :D
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 ·  Posted: 23.03.2014  ·  #21
John

Your not much of a motorhomer - use the motorhome step. Job done :D :D :D

Dee :up:

ps - or do you posh motorhomers have built in steps!!!!
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 ·  Posted: 23.03.2014  ·  #23
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I need a brick layer


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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #24
As we are a very helping bunch here.......... :hide: :hide:


Give us a rough idea what you are doing and accurate measurements in inches :P and I bet we will work it out between us :up:

But then you need a brickie of course to lay the bricks :lol:
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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #25
Yeah mad max I agree we are a clever bunch in here if we've got the proper info. It's certainly the lack of info here that has baffled us.
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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #26
98cm wide and a depth of 61.5cm, how far out isnt a problem.


Dont ask inches as I havent a clue as my tape measure only had metric
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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #27
For that size you might might be better with soap bars,............I don't know the dimensions of a soap bar though :(

The size in 98cm = 38.5"

61.5cm = just over 24"

If you know a carpenter it might be easier to get a shutter made up and pour it with a bit of concrete, as it's only going to be 3 steps :up: (then before it sets get the grand kids to put the initials and date on it :lol: :lol:
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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #28
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98cm wide and a depth of 61.5cm, how far out isnt a problem.


Dont ask inches as I havent a clue as my tape measure only had metric


What are you finishing the top with? Paving slabs?

3 steps at 20 cms each
Blocks on flat (tight) 24 and 12 bricks
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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #29
FC just get Ally to do the job :whistle:
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 ·  Posted: 24.03.2014  ·  #30
I am not good a brick/Block laying cant get the mortar right

Made a set of wooden steps out of decking planks a lot easier to cut to the right size and you only need a few nails to fix it together
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