By installing a concrete landing you not only provide a very strong base for the bottom of the stairs but you also help to reduce the load requirement for a posts pr beams that are attached to stringers on the stairs.
Concrete pad for deck stairs.
Concrete landings make for stronger deck stairs.
Always follow building codes when installing.
Therefore if you anchor the stairs of an attached deck to a cement pad it must have footings under it to the frost line like any of the other deck footings.
Here we will be installing a concrete pad.
Attach the short stringers to a 2x nailer bolted to the pad.
Attaching deck stairs to footings one of the easiest ways to attach deck stair footings to concrete is through the base plate.
When building a landing for deck stairs typical codes require the pad to extend beyond the steps about 36 inches behind the steps about 12 inches and on the sides of the steps about 6 inches.
A concrete landing for your deck stairs will always result in a stronger stairwell.
Once the pad has cured the stairs from the landing can be built.
A concrete pad does not require the footings to rise above grade like other landing types.
Concrete landing a concrete landing is the most permanent and stable solution for your deck stair landing.
A concrete pad is formed to terminate the two tread run from the landing above.