granite step

The original house had a granite step that we decided to reuse. Martin and I spent an afternoon wrestling the step into place in front of the front porch. Because the front yard isn't regraded yet, we hauled in sand, from the sand dune in the back yard, to raise it to the correct height and level it. Then we were worried that with run off from the roof, the sand would wash away. Martin and I hauled rocks from the rock pile in the back yard, left over from digging out the original kitchen foundation. We then placed the rocks around the granite slab we are using for a step, filled in gaps with more sand, and are hoping that everything is stable enough to last a while.