How we made a concrete stairway in the jungle of Puerto Rico to reach our cabin. Formwork, concrete mixing, rebar, removing forms Update: 3 year update can be seen here. • How to Make Jungle Sta...
I do concrete work for a living and watching you bucket that makes my back ake for you. I don't think most people understand just how heavy a bucket of concrete is good job
I am a concrete finisher from Washington State. I've done all phases and finishes. But "This Brotha" is an Animal. Hand mix 5 gallon bucket and I think some dollar store flip flops. I have much respect for you. Awesome job bro!
I’ve been looking for a video like this for a long time and I finally found it. And it happens to be in PR. Exactly where I’ll be doing a very similar stairway in San Lorenzo. Thank you very much. And may God continue to bless you.
Yes. A very happy coincidence for me. I was also considering hiring a company to do it for me but this seems much more feasible fore me. Keep up the good work on your videos. I’ve been enjoying them for some time now. You guys make me feel like my decision to move back to PR was a good one.
Dude, you did an Excellent DIY job ! My only suggestion would be to put in a couple rebars uprights in the concrete to weld on a handrail in the future.
Awesome job Sir!! My time is coming. I envy you be able to do anything on the Isla!! My wife is from Puerto Rico. I fell in love with it's beauty and people my first trip there. It's like CRACK now I can't get enough of it.
Thank you for the love you have for the island you are certainly an inspiration two others that are thinking about moving to Puerto Rico we'll be making that decision soon just retired
Amazing! you have got quite the skills and you are right, there isn't a whole lot of videos out there on how to do concrete steps but over all, I was blown away with the work that you done, is impressive... I do recoment safety shoes, even though you are at the comfort of home... Amazing work.
It's beautiful here. This is super hard work, but we also have a lot of fun at the beach and around the island as you can see in some of our other videos.
Beautiful job bro, I’m happy to find this video so that I can get ideals to build the same steps were I live to. I live in area much like yours. But in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. And my property is like down hill and I have falling on my ass so many times.so I’m going to start working on my steps as well. keep up the good work. Many health to you and your wife thank you 🙏
Thanks Diego! We just made a video tour of the whole farm if you'd like to check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kfWnH4X_Wbc.html&lc=Ugxy8bflEy1pCeJOurZ4AaABAg
Brilliant,you sir are very creative,i would of love to see how you build that supa dupa bridge which am sure you build yourself as well,this little getaway is definitely my kind of tantrum,let the lady help you with something except filming please lol
awesome man i found this video looking for staris DIY... didnt realize it was puerto rico until i heard the Coqui in the Background! i need to do this but on a "talud" in my property but its 100% rock... so it will take time but this will help me out
Nice Job! You make it look so simple making concrete steps, gives me the confidence to do it myself. I have cut many stairs for deck projects so what could possibly go wrong!........ Stock is all at Home Depot, One question……Where can I get Steel Toe flip flops?
also, how do you calculate the raiser? number of steps? how do you know when to have a landing? I'm going to be working on something like this at home this coming summer and just began doing research. Thxs for the great video.
You should have made a platform area on both sides of the bridge like where you're mixing the concrete and where the bridge meets the stairs on the other side
Pretty cool stuff. I'm fascinated on how staircases are made its no easy task meaning cement ones. I can't find anything on the web how ancient ones were built. I assume they never had medal rods or bars just wood and cement somehow they came out really nice. Must have been the aliens who showed them :)
southjunction12 Frogs?? Noooo COQUI Originally from Puerto Rico, the coqui have been arriving in Hawaii as cargo-ship stowaways since the late 1980s. Coqui the official mascot of Puerto Rico .
Hola LifeTransPlanet I was raised in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Where are you building up this little paradise? I am actually thinking about going back and finding a few acres like yours. Great job buddy !! Thanks for sharing !! Where you there for Hurricane Maria? Hope you fared well if you were. Take care.... Tony A
Question, did you make anything to prevent it from sliding off that slope? Once heavy rain falls, and that causes water to run along the stairs, it will remove the dirt under it, which may be a problem down the line.
Hey man, You really need to add some water proof ground cloth, some perforated drain pipe and a bunch of gravel on the top side of those stairs (at least on the top side), or that new staircase will wash away during the first down pour.
Well considering that it is nearly 4 years old and went through many downpours and the worst hurricane in recent history that is obviously not true. Thanks for commenting though. You can see a recent video of it on our channel.
***Good job BUT one major issue you always ALWAYS want a form exit plan meaning your form is strong but is it able to be taken down with out damaging the steps you just poured my friend. The saying dont paint yourself in a corner you can apply that here also. Have a blessed night always give him the credit GN my friend.***
We didn't count how many buckets, but we used about 40 bags of cement. This was mixed with the rock and sand and water. Probably about 5-6 buckets per step depending. It took about 3 days (6-7 hour day) for one person.
It's a lot more expensive! To mix it yourself the way we did is by far the cheapest, though not the easiest way to go about building something in concrete! For a small project it might be worth the expense to go with ready mix, but for a large one this is definitely the way to go unless you have a very large budget.
Nice work very extensive. I saw another video and a guy said you should vibrate the concrete to help get the honeycombs and holes out. to keep nature from pre damage and water can do anything. I didnt see that you did that, have you noticed any change to your work in the passing months? Did you seal it? And if so with what?
First I would like to tell you that you should use a mask to proctec your lungs from the deadly cement. Thank you very much for sharing this excellent project with us. God bless you.
the rebars makes the stairway perfectly strong so there is no need to worry about shifting,however yes in an earthquake the stairway would crack,also if there is heavy rainfall & nowhere for the water to run off it will undermine the stairway that can lead to damaging it's form
nice job,but I don't see how you anchored it to the ground.I hope you aren't depending on the weight of the concrete to keep it in place.one good sold day of rain and those steps will be undermined,then crack,then wash away.
We have a concrete slab at the top and middle. We have gone through tropical storms and hurricanes with torrential rain and have not had a problem at all in three years!
How many stairs have you got there to climb up , worst part would be carrying all your shopping up to your house beside that look like a beautiful place to live well done .
We have no problems with drainage. The soil is very well draining. We put a tube through the base of one step at the very top just in case water came down the hill, but it never did.
