Rock stairs
and rock stair treads can be difficult to navigate, if they're not built
correctly. Could you imagine walking up and down uneven stair steps,
regularly? If these stairs are difficult to navigate or walk up and
down, they can become extremely frustrating. Not only are they
exhausting, but uneven rock stair treads are also a safety hazard.
Be careful using rock for stair treads, especially if you
don't have any experience building stairs or working with rocks. There
are plenty of experienced Masons who have worked in the construction
industry for years, and don't have enough knowledge, to build a decent
stairway, out of this difficult building material.
If you're only going to build a one or two step rock stairway, you could
probably get through it. Just make sure that your rocks are flat and
aren't creating a trip hazard. The picture above provides you with a
good example of something that wouldn't meet today's, local building
codes.
If you're planning on using large round rocks, your probably going to
have a problem creating a flat surface that's going to provide stair
users, with a decent step. However, you could always use smaller rocks,
to solve this problem.
