DIY Git Shit Done 'Pro Tips' Thread

**Game Over** · 07-18-2018, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by doebedoe

Not sure if this video has been shared yet, but it and the whole channel are wonderful

Great video. Thanks.

I'm building a staircase up a steep hill from the garden to the driveway. Any guess on his support spacing?

**::: :::** · 07-18-2018, 11:26 PM

4’ max

**Game Over** · 07-18-2018, 11:55 PM

Thanks. I hate projects like this. Not big enough to justify hiring it done yet something that could easily be fucked up and done incorrectly.

**snoqpass** · 07-19-2018, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by steepconcrete

Thanks. I hate projects like this. Not big enough to justify hiring it done yet something that could easily be fucked up and done incorrectly.

**Game Over** · 07-19-2018, 10:52 AM

^yea I'm a shitty carpenter.

**plugboots** · 07-19-2018, 11:25 AM

I used to build these to pay for college, what about this for your steep walkway:

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**Game Over** · 07-19-2018, 11:32 AM

^ I like that. Would rot be issue? Our ground is wet 8-9 months a year.

**::: :::** · 07-19-2018, 11:38 AM

I’ll let you know in 10 yrs

Did this a couple summers ago...still holds up great

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**Game Over** · 07-19-2018, 11:46 AM

All right. Thanks guys.

**mattig** · 07-19-2018, 11:48 AM

Not old enough to be an expert, but given that it's PT lumber on a comparatively steep grade, I would guess you're looking at 25 years+ before it starts to go. Maybe significantly more.

Just thinking of shittily-installed PT fence posts that sit in poorly drained soil and concrete still managing to last 15-20 years. Bring that concrete above grade and slope it away from the wood!

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**Game Over** · 07-19-2018, 12:13 PM

Cool. Looks good also!

**plugboots** · 07-19-2018, 12:33 PM

FYI, we really never did straight stretches. We would bend them around and have landings and such, so that we could blend them into the landscaping. Well we were a landscaping company, so...

**Supermoon** · 07-19-2018, 01:06 PM

^ hourly work huh? :P

**Dantheman** · 07-19-2018, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by steepconcrete

^ I like that. Would rot be issue? Our ground is wet 8-9 months a year.

Just be sure to use ground contact-rated PT lumber.

**plugboots** · 07-19-2018, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Supermoon

^ hourly work huh? :P

A straight line going up a bluff looks like a wall of lumber from below. Not only ugly, but is not discreet to people walking up the beach and from the lake.

**mattig** · 07-19-2018, 04:19 PM

Ugly like AC's straight line? Pretty harsh! Ha!I been there tho... It looks good. Walks good even after a few energy drinks.

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**Game Over** · 07-19-2018, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by Dantheman

Just be sure to use ground contact-rated PT lumber.

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We have a shitload of these 4x4s Id like to use. Any thoughts on doubling up to make a full step?

**::: :::** · 07-19-2018, 10:02 PM

(2) 4x4’s = 7” of rise

Visually, it will look a little thin, ie not proportional

But it would work fine for height

**Game Over** · 07-19-2018, 10:04 PM

How would you secure that? Rebar thru them both into the ground?

**::: :::** · 07-19-2018, 10:11 PM

We did #3 rebar 2’ long driven into ground for sleeper at base of stair. Then, just pegged one layer to the next with spikes

With the double construction, it may be beneficial to use the rebar to keep them fixed in plane at each step

**wooley12** · 07-22-2018, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by steepconcrete

How would you secure that? Rebar thru them both into the ground?

So I was working in the HD lumber dept and a lady says she needs a deck pronto on her new house for insurance and would tell her how to build it. I asked her if she had a hammer and a saw. She said yes on the hammer, no on the saw. I told her to go buy a saw and I'd show her how to build a bird house.

**GreenMtnBob** · 07-31-2018, 03:42 PM

I've found that the secret to productivity is to always carry some round tuit with me. Just started about a month ago, I've gotten more done in this past month than I have in a long time.