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05-01-08, 09:49 AM

jkelson78

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Paver Stairs

We are going to be building a new pavor patio this spring and we need to have stairs run for the back door to the patio. It will probably only have to be 3 steps. I can not find anything that tells me how to build pavor stairs or anything on how we would do a raised pavor patio if we choose to do two levels. Can anyone help me??????

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05-03-08, 09:24 AM

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Use wall stones and caps for the steps and raised ends of the patio. All the paver companies have web sites that will detail how they are built.

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