[dropcap type=”circle” color=”#ffffff” background=”#ef7f2c”]P[/dropcap]roject: Steps Remodel
Location: Mt. Baker
What we envisioned at the outset was to create a set of steps that walked like a mountain trail.
Project entailed demoing a set of crumbling concrete steps and replacing them with eight tons or granite boulders, shaped with 11 – 4″x8″ cedar risers from Issaquah Cedar. Decomposed granite was used as the surface tread, and was purchased at Terrazzo Stone & Supply in Bellevue. Each step was set upon 6 – 12 inches of crushed and packed 5/8″ minus. Because of the weather we compacted the course of steps beyond code, making an almost cement of gravel and mud around the bottom boulders.
Cedar risers were installed to be modular, meaning they can be unbolted from their posts and replaced after 15 years of use.
Plumb Landscapes, owned and operated by my brother Rodney Zollinger, was used in overall design and plant layout, and played a big role in getting the whole project installed on time.
Finished up with a mortised copper-pipe railing, landscape lighting, irrigation and mulching.
I’ll update in a month or so as the landscape becomes more settled.