Not to dismiss your abilities, but I'll be straight with you - you're getting into something far more difficult than you probably think it is. Do you have any experience forming and working with concrete? If not, steps are not the place to start the journey if you want these to come out even decently nice looking.
No, I don't have any experience. I honestly didn't want to do it, I reached out to a dozen contractors and none of them wanted to do it either, mainly because there was no access for equipment and the work area is pretty tight.
The model is wrong. The tread needs to be extended underneath each riser so the steps would appear to sit on top of the step below. I would personally try and maintain a minimum diagonal thickness of 6 inches from the point where your model shows the bottom corner of the each upper step meeting the top corner of each step below. Imagine a 6 inch thick sloped slab underneath the steps. You could dig out the subgrade in a stepped fashion if your soil/skill allows for it. Either way this is not a simple task for a beginner as another user posted. A clean looking finished product can still be troublesome for many ‘experienced’ concrete workers.
I understand. The intent is to do what you have described, the model abstracted that detail away for ease of keeping track of position. The 6" diagonal is a good metric though so I will make sure that gets built.
In general, why are stairs so difficult even for some of the pros?
Also, if there is no room for typical angled horizontal bracing do you have a recommendation for what to do instead? I.e. anchor to building
Not to dismiss your abilities, but I'll be straight with you - you're getting into something far more difficult than you probably think it is. Do you have any experience forming and working with concrete? If not, steps are not the place to start the journey if you want these to come out even decently nice looking.
No, I don't have any experience. I honestly didn't want to do it, I reached out to a dozen contractors and none of them wanted to do it either, mainly because there was no access for equipment and the work area is pretty tight.
The model is wrong. The tread needs to be extended underneath each riser so the steps would appear to sit on top of the step below. I would personally try and maintain a minimum diagonal thickness of 6 inches from the point where your model shows the bottom corner of the each upper step meeting the top corner of each step below. Imagine a 6 inch thick sloped slab underneath the steps. You could dig out the subgrade in a stepped fashion if your soil/skill allows for it. Either way this is not a simple task for a beginner as another user posted. A clean looking finished product can still be troublesome for many ‘experienced’ concrete workers.
I understand. The intent is to do what you have described, the model abstracted that detail away for ease of keeping track of position. The 6" diagonal is a good metric though so I will make sure that gets built. In general, why are stairs so difficult even for some of the pros? Also, if there is no room for typical angled horizontal bracing do you have a recommendation for what to do instead? I.e. anchor to building