One step(s) at a time

The starting point for this whole flurry of activity was the collapse of some steps leading from our main door to the lawn.  That was because of a leaking joint in the gutters above them and we have replaced the gutters as a starting point..

The step illustrated above  was, I had thought the worst step.  But then the second one (from the top) completely collapsed and was replaced with a jury rigged effort by me.

So we had to get new steps.  One possibility was to get a kit from Bunnings but an expert was consulted and he advised that any wooden steps were likely to fail relatively quickly,   He suggested steel risers and treated pine steps, which we agreed with.

The wood for the steps came a couple of days early, so that it could be prepainted.  Here we have yet another use for an unroadworthy trailer!

To save a bit of time for our expert I removed the old steps.  This took about two hours and astonishingly did not involve any self defeating prophetic language (where the second word is "me") or references to the hot place, even when a huge coach bolt needed to be removed.  In this process I used just about every tool I own - including the chainsaw and the angle grinder - except the lawn mower.

 Having done that, it was important that neither I, nor the smalldog tried to use the steps.  Fortunately we kept the tape from when the ford was concreted.