Front and rear steps for the house.

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Needed a 4'x4' landing and stairs at 2 entrances for my new home. Apparently the $100,000.00 I am paying these azzholes doesnt cover that. Now, a "normal" person would just go an spend $300 each on a wooden kit and put it together.Fvck that. Larp aint normal and he dont do wood. So.Bits and pieces scavenged from work and the scrapyard. All welded together with 6010 (aka too lazy to clean rust rod) and hobart titan 8. Still need to add hand rails yet.Fiance' gets to paint them.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:I don't get why they are so high and elevated off the ground. Do you need them to access the roof easily? Lincoln Power Mig 216Lincoln AC/DC-225/125Miller  625 X-Treme PlasmaMiller 211 Forney 95FI-A 301HF 91110Victor Journeyman O/PMilwaukee DaytonMakita  Baileigh NRA Life Member
Reply:That'll look great in front of a cargo pickup at a rail station ! You put that pizzashlt in front of my house you'll be dancing with my bulldogs.Bubble gumTooth pixDuct tapeBlack glueGBMF hammerScrew gun --bad battery (see above)
Reply:I did something similar to this. Only I built mine in place, because I concreted the legs into the ground for better support.http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...nt-Porch-StepsThere is a product called "Rust-Kill" you can get at Sherwin-Williams that you can spray or brush on that will stop the rust. It reacts with the rust and turns it black when dry. I applied two coats of Rustoleum for rusty metal after using this, and two coats of Rustoleum Hunter Green, to the front steps I built. No signs of rust bleeding through yet. The side steps, I had the grating sand blasted, then primed and painted, but the blasting cost more than the Rust-Kill for a smaller amount of grating. No rust on those step either, yet. You don't want to have to go back every few years to repaint when the rust starts bleeding through. So do it right the first time. What do you have to set these on to keep them from sinking in the ground? Put up some pics when they are installed and painted. How are you going to move them to their respective places?
Reply:That white building looks like about what you get in this area for $100K. Did they forget to but the blocks under your new home before they took the wheels back? .No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:if the wife get's too vociferous you can throw a sheet of plywood on top and lock her in.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:Originally Posted by BurpeeThat'll look great in front of a cargo pickup at a rail station ! You put that pizzashlt in front of my house you'll be dancing with my bulldogs.
Reply:Originally Posted by docwelderif the wife get's too vociferous you can throw a sheet of plywood on top and lock her in.
Reply:Originally Posted by larphead Hell of an idea Doc. She might chew her way through the plywood though. I have some sheetmetal and some 6013 rod.
Reply:Originally Posted by BD1IF she reads this you are gonna be in deep shlt !    I'm sure she will just laugh or smile over it.
Reply:Originally Posted by walkerweldYeah, right!
Reply:I guess she will never go up them in heels.
Reply:Originally Posted by larpheadNo, she probably would. Now if I posted the pic I took of her the other day wearing my muck boots....
Reply:Originally Posted by walkerweldYeah, but let me tell you..........sometimes when a woman laughs.....it ain't because she thinks it's funny.  It's because she already has a plan for revenge.
Reply:Originally Posted by larpheadShe is 5' 9". I dont even think she owns a set of high heels.
Reply:That's looking good! Install it now. Little more work needs to be done with that thing. Keep us posted.
Reply:She decided to snap a pic as I was finishing up for the night. If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Did you ever check out the steps I made? What are you welding to in the photo?
Reply:Originally Posted by BistineauDid you ever check out the steps I made? What are you welding to in the photo?