CELLAR STEPS TILEWORK - 2004

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Dream Garden</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dream Garden"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About DREAM GARDEN"><U>About DREAM GARDEN</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2005 rubble retaining wall, brick column"><U>2005 rubble retaining wall, brick column, brick sidewalk</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2005 Lauries wall repair"><U>2005 - Laurie's wall repair</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2005 Front Walk, Steps"><U>2005 - Front Walk, Steps</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hey, nobodys perfect!"><U>Hey, nobody's perfect!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2005 pimp my bathroom"><U>2005 pimp my bathroom</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PATIO 2004"><U>PATIO - 2004</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DRIVEWAY 2004"><U>DRIVEWAY - 2004</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HERRINGBONE WALK (brick mortar) May 20"><U>HERRINGBONE WALK (brick & mortar) - May 2004</U></A>   |   CELLAR STEPS TILEWORK - 2004   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KITCHEN TILEWORK 2003"><U>KITCHEN TILEWORK - 2003</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HERRINGBONE WALK w/ STEPS Oct. 2003"><U>HERRINGBONE WALK w/ STEPS - Oct. 2003</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" DRIVEWAY at New House Sept. 2003"><U> DRIVEWAY at New House - Sept. 2003</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RANDOM RUBBLE May 2003"><U>RANDOM RUBBLE - May 2003</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flemish GARDEN WALL Sept. 2002"><U>Flemish GARDEN WALL - Sept. 2002</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OTHER STUFF I do"><U>OTHER STUFF I do</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About John J. 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The cellar steps, reminiscent of the climax scene in the movie "The Blair Witch Project", do possess a certain charm......but, they are tricky to navigate and my younger daughter has made several trips down the hard way! In addition, the bottom step becomes a reservoir after a heavy rain.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1f4f49b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Step 1 - Analyze the rise. I think a standard amount of rise for a step is usually 7-8", but I'm not inclined to argue the point with reasonably stable 80 year-old concrete. You gotta respect your elders for making it this far!</div> <bR> <div> Stats: The rise varies from 7.25" to 10.25", which might explain some of the navigational problems.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1f8f49b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Step 2 - Equalize the rise. If I build up steps 1, 4 and 5, I can establish a somewhat even 9" rise per step. This works out well, because step one needs adjustment to stop water retention anyway. And step 5, "The Wedge", which has a sizable chunk chipped from its edge, needs a full 1.5" added. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1fcf49b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1fff49b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="201f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="203f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="20ff4e80.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="209f49b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="20bf49b0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="667" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="20df4ab0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>