Anyone ever do it?
We just did. We have a client that we completed a good deal of retaining wall and paver work in the front, moved to the back to work on that, and overnight we got 6" of rain. With the eavestrough layout, a good deal of the water from the roof spilled over the troughs and onto our step area.
Now we used our BP 4545, with it's 9600 pounds of compaction, but it was not match for the 6" of rain. Overnight the thing settled 2". Knowing this trend would likely continue, we tore the steps out, excavated more, packed the bejesus out of the stone again, then drilled holes in the foundation and inserted 1/2" rebar, and poured a 4" slab for the block to sit on.
I'm hoping that any additional settling that is bound to happen will not affect the steps.
I'm even thinking about making this a standard practice for steps at new homes.
Anyone else try this? Did it work?