All great entryways begin with a welcoming walkway that ushers visitors to your front door in grand fashion.
Concrete landing front door.
Code requires that i have a 36 x36 landing pad outside each exterior door.
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.
Deep in the direction of travel with an exception for juliet balconies accessed only by door and the landing can be sloped for drainage or construction tolerance up to 1 4 in.
With concrete the decorative options for entrance walks are endless.
You ll need roughly a day to excavate build forms mix concrete pour and finish the pad s surface.
Make sure you re able to check for level and square mix concrete and smooth out a concrete surface.
Doors other than the required egress door shall be provided with landings or floors not more than 7 3 4 inches 196 mm below the top of the threshold.
Before you begin determine the location for the pad and remove any sod.
The slab and walk up is about 18 from the ground.
A typical pad has a 4 inch layer of gravel underneath and about 4 inches of concrete on top.
This landing must be at least the width of the door and 36 in.