Steps & Stairs · Narragansett, RI
Steps & Stairs in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
The Towers, Ocean Road, and open-Atlantic estate frontage. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry hand-builds steps & stairs across Narragansett and Washington County — set on sandy coastal soil over ledge, matched to its shingle-style seaside estates and stone-trimmed summer houses, and built to outlast the New England freeze-thaw.
Choosing material that suits Narragansett
We buy from New England quarries and yards we have used for years, and we hand-pick rather than take a pallet sight unseen. For Narragansett, that usually means matching color and texture to the shingle-style seaside estates and stone-trimmed summer houses already on the street.
A real foundation under every tread
Steps heave before anything else because they concentrate load on a small footprint. Set on sandy coastal soil over ledge, exposed to full ocean weather, that risk is real — so we excavate below frost, compact a structural base, and bed each tread so it cannot rock, settle, or drift out of line through the winter.
Solid granite treads, stacked bluestone, or dry-set fieldstone risers each get a different build sequence, matched to the shingle-style seaside estates and stone-trimmed summer houses of the house they serve.
Our footprint around Narragansett
Narragansett sits in Washington County, and most weeks we are somewhere in this pocket of Washington County — which means shorter travel, faster site visits, and a crew that already knows how ground behaves around here.
Consistent risers on Narragansett grade
Nothing gives a stone contractor away faster than a run of steps. We survey the grade across open Atlantic shoreline along Ocean Road with bluff and beach lots, calculate the run so the risers divide evenly, and set every tread to that number — no fudging the last step at the top, which is the classic tell of a rushed job.
The foot notices a riser off by a quarter inch even when the eye does not. On garden stairs we keep risers low and treads generous, so the climb feels like part of the walk.
The honest numbers for Narragansett
Two properties on the same Narragansett street can differ by a third in price, and it is almost never the stone. It is access for machines, the base depth sandy coastal soil over ledge calls for, how much water has to be managed, and whether existing planting has to be protected while we work.
You get an itemized scope after we walk the property — what is included, what is not, and where the money actually goes. No allowances that quietly become change orders halfway through.
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Questions
Steps & Stairs in Narragansett, answered.
Almost always because they were set on soil or an inadequate base and water is lifting them each winter. Resetting them on a compacted base below frost depth fixes it permanently — we will tell you honestly whether resetting or rebuilding is the better value.
Ocean Road takes the open Atlantic head-on — seawall exposure and storm surge dictate how every terrace and wall on this stretch is founded. We handle the local checks that go with that as part of the project rather than leaving them to you.
Most residential work runs one to three weeks on site, depending on size, access, and how much excavation sandy coastal soil over ledge demands. You get a real schedule before we start, and we hold it — including the clean-up at the end of each day.
Solid granite treads are generally priced by the riser, commonly $900 to $2,200+ per step installed depending on length, thickness, access, and the foundation work beneath. A full entry stair with landings is scoped as one piece of work.
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