HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240723 15 Lafayette Porch Steps Updated Plans & PhotosPage 1
• Current state of front steps at 15 Lafayette
• 15 Lafayette Street; August 2024
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• Same picture zooming in on front
steps
• Renovation will restore front steps to
original design as best we can
• Picture of 15 Lafayette Street from
early 1900s
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• Remove current wooden steps and
crumbling concrete platform
• Widen hardscape walkway from 53 inches
to 92 inches
o Blue line current (53 inches)
o Proposed yellow line (92 inches)
• Install new stone steps and black metal
handrails
Sidewalk
Grass
Scale:= 1 inch by 1 inch
▪install 4 steps
▪treads 1" thick bluestone; 80" width (same
as existing width); 11" depth (same existing)
▪7" rise (same as existing rise)
▪rise belgium block
▪14" wide cheek wall cap stone same material
as treads; cheek wall under cap stone
material same as material under treads
▪Black metal handrail on both sides; hand rail
posts anchored to end of 1st step and 4th
step (not to cheek wall)
Front View
80" (same as current)
92" wide hardscape walk
Side View
14"
Grass
14"
32"
44"
Belgium block material
(sample next page)
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Materials and photo of existing foundation
• Indian Bluestone Wall Cap for treads and cheek
wall capstone
• Photo of current foundation on side of house.
Not visible from front view.
• Granite Gray Belgium Block for under treads and
under cheek wall capstone
• Black matted metal handrail, galvanized steel