Steps & Stoops
Paver Steps & Stoops in New Orleans
Paver and stone steps and entry stoops built on an engineered base, so they stay solid, level, and slip-resistant through New Orleans rain and humidity.
Steps and stoops carry every visitor, grocery run, and rainy-night arrival, and they sit exactly where roof runoff lands. On our soft alluvial delta soil with its high water table, a poured concrete stoop is the first thing to crack, tilt away from the door, and grow slick with mildew. We build steps and entry stoops in interlocking pavers and natural stone set on a compacted, engineered base, so every tread stays solid, level, and grippy underfoot.
Why pavers and stone beat poured concrete
A monolithic concrete stoop has no give. When the ground shifts under it, and on New Orleans ground it will, the slab cracks at the corners and pulls a gap at the