This landing must be at least the width of the door and 36 in.
Concrete landing front door.
You ll need roughly a day to excavate build forms mix concrete pour and finish the pad s surface.
A top landing is not required where a stairway of not more than two risers is located on the exterior side of the door provided that the door does not swing over the stairway.
Make sure you re able to check for level and square mix concrete and smooth out a concrete surface.
With concrete the decorative options for entrance walks are endless.
Stamped or stenciled patterns engraving exposed aggregate finishes colored concrete and concrete staining are just a few of the ways you can enhance your sidewalk.
A typical pad has a 4 inch layer of gravel underneath and about 4 inches of concrete on top.
The slab and walk up is about 18 from the ground.
I ve got a building with several exterior doors all opening inward.
Code requires that i have a 36 x36 landing pad outside each exterior door.
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.