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Footing below the frost line
Steps start on a real footing set below Boulder's frost depth, so water freezing under it cannot lift the flight and walk it away from the house over the winters.
Proof
A job we'd put our name on
Steps that hold their line through a Front Range winter: footed below the frost so freeze can't heave them off the house, risers kept even for a safe climb, and a surface that grips when it is iced.
Credibility comes from how it's built, not from promises. Here's the order of operations on every concrete steps & stairs job.
Steps start on a real footing set below Boulder's frost depth, so water freezing under it cannot lift the flight and walk it away from the house over the winters.
We hold the riser heights even and inside code so each step meets your foot the same, an easy and safe climb whether the treads are dry or dusted with snow.
We reinforce the pour so the steps keep their edges and corners as the ground works through its freeze-thaw and the clay shifts beneath the footing.
A broom or textured finish gives footing through snow, ice, and rain, and we cut in extra grit on the north-facing entries that hold ice the longest.
We knit the new steps into the porch, slab, or walkway they meet so the entry reads as one piece, and we set anchor points for a railing where the climb needs one.
Most contractors vanish after the deposit. We pick up the phone, show up when we say, and stand behind the work after the truck leaves. The follow-through is the difference.
A foreman we know runs your job and a vetted crew does the work, managed by Lucky's, one company accountable from the first call to the final walkthrough.
COI and lien waivers on file before we break ground. The documentation that lets commercial clients pay and gives homeowners peace of mind.
Prepped subgrade, reinforced and mixed to spec for the job, and proper curing. We build credibility through the process, not promises. On concrete steps & stairs, that starts with footing below the frost line.
Steps usually price by the set rather than the square foot, set by the riser count, the footing depth (below the frost line up here), and how the run ties into the house. For an honest starting point, a typical set lands in the $300 to $500 per step range. We put a firm figure to it once we have walked the entry.
Most often the footing never went below the frost line, so water freezes beneath it and heaves the flight off the house a little more each winter. We set footings to the local frost depth and reinforce the pour so the steps stay put.
We keep every riser the same height and within local code so no step lands short or tall underfoot. An uneven riser is awkward to climb and a place to catch a toe, and that risk only sharpens when the tread is iced.
The damage decides it. Surface spalling from de-icers will sometimes take a patch, but a heaved footing or broken risers usually means a rebuild. We tell you straight which of the two the damage calls for.
We pour and finish the steps and set the anchor points a railing needs, then coordinate the railing install so the entry comes out right for access and winter safety.
Hold off on regular use for the first few days while the concrete gains strength, and add to that in cold weather when our nights slow the cure. We give you the cure timeline for your own set before we break ground.
You'll hear back from a real person, usually the same day. No call center, no runaround, no chasing us down.
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